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  Storm-ravaged aquarium opens splashy new shark exhibit

  Sharks are the stars of a splashy new exhibit hall at the New York Aquarium that marks a major step in the beachfront facility's recovery from the devastating impact of 2012's Superstorm Sandy.

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  After Sandy: Are New York, New Jersey ready for the next big storm?

  After Superstorm Sandy, officials in New York and New Jersey vowed to make sure the unprecedented destruction wouldn't happen again. Two years later, would it?

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  Superstorm Sandy: One year later, survivors pay their respects

  Candles and flashlights will light up the shore along the East Coast as survivors of Superstorm Sandy pay their respects to what was lost when the storm roared ashore one year ago.

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  In Sandy's path: N.Y. photo exhibit features shots from those slammed by the storm

  With her home on Long Island's Long Beach swamped by Superstorm Sandy's unyielding surge, Christina Tisi-Kramer pointed her camera outside and captured an image that summed up her town's destruction -- the beach boardwalk reduced to a jumble of sticks just steps from her door.

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  Superstorm Sandy's 'freaky' path may be less likely in future: study

  Man-made global warming may further lessen the likelihood of the freak atmospheric steering currents that last year shoved Superstorm Sandy due west into New Jersey, a new study says.

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  6 months after Sandy, thousands remain homeless

  Six months after Superstorm Sandy devastated the Jersey shore and New York City and pounded coastal areas of New England, the region is dealing with a slow and frustrating, yet often hopeful, recovery. Tens of thousands of people remain homeless.

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  NYC's Coney Island hopes for strong rebound after Sandy

  Five months after Sandy's surge swamped New York City's most storied beach destination, many businesses are pinning their hopes on a strong season to help them make up for the hundreds of thousands of dollars they have spent to get back up and running.

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  NYC aquarium rebounds after Superstorm Sandy

  The New York Aquarium has cherished its big-city setting by the sea for half a century. But the ocean that is the aquarium's lifeblood dealt it a shattering blow last fall.

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  Homes damaged by Sandy hit market at bargain prices

  People scouring waterside communities looking to buy homes damaged by Superstorm Sandy are finding deep discounts ranging from 10 per cent off pre-storm prices for homes on New York's Long Island and the Jersey Shore to as much as 60 per cent off modest bungalows in Staten Island, but it's still very much a game of buyer beware.

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  Scientists try to replace lab mice lost in Sandy

  It was one of the most dramatic stories from Superstorm Sandy: more than 300 patients including tiny babies safely removed from a flooded New York hospital that lost power. But in a research building at the complex, where thousands of lab mice were kept, the story had a sadder ending.

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  Acclaimed children's book author, illustrator team up on Sandy Hook story

  The author of the children's classic "Sarah, Plain and Tall" is teaming up with an acclaimed illustrator for a tribute to the victims of the Sandy Hook school shootings.

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  Grilling begins over Canadian-built tallship that sunk during Sandy

  Officials from a Maine shipyard that worked on a Canadian-built replica 18th-century sailing ship that sank during hurricane Sandy will testify at a coast guard hearing in Virginia.

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  Sandy was deadliest storm in northeastern U.S. in 40 years: report

  Superstorm Sandy was the deadliest hurricane in the northeastern U.S. in 40 years and the second-costliest in the nation's history, according to a report released Tuesday.

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  Man climbs storm-ravaged New Jersey roller coaster

  Police have apprehended a man who apparently climbed the New Jersey roller coaster that was swept into the ocean during Superstorm Sandy and unfurled an American flag.

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  House approves $9.7B aid package for Sandy victims

  The first large aid package for victims of the deadly Superstorm Sandy started moving through the U.S. Congress on Friday, as the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved $9.7 billion to pay flood insurance claims. A Senate vote was expected later in the day.

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  House Speaker John Boehner agrees to Sandy aid vote on Friday

  Under intense pressure from angry Republicans, House Speaker John Boehner agreed Wednesday to a vote this week on aid for Superstorm Sandy recovery.

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  NYC hospital partly reopens after evacuating patients during storm

  Following weeks of reconstruction after Super Storm Sandy battered New York in October, NYU Langone Medical Center reopened its operating and intensive care units Thursday.

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  Few tests done at toxic sites after Sandy

  For more than a month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has said that the recent superstorm didn't cause significant problems at any of the 247 Superfund toxic waste sites it's monitoring in New York and New Jersey.

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  N.Y. lifeguard who rescued neighbours during Hurricane Sandy drowns

  A lifeguard widely praised as a hero after Superstorm Sandy for rescuing neighbours endangered by rolling floodwaters and a fire that destroyed several homes in a small community where grief has been a frequent visitor has died in a surfing accident in Puerto Rico.

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  Story #10: The devastating impact of superstorm Sandy

  Number 10 on our Top Stories of 2012: Superstorm Sandy, one of the worst weather events in recent U.S. history. Sandy killed at least 130 people and resulted in insured loss estimates as high as $25 billion.