Sandy storm victims react to proposed home buyout

(CBS News) STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - One hundred days ago, the Northeast was hit by a left hook from superstorm Sandy. This week, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposed spending $400 million to buy up and demolish thousands of those homes, so the property can be turned back into wetlands. Homeowners have mixed feelings about the proposal. For 11 years, Joe Monte worked two jobs and spent weekends renovating...

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Lance Armstrong Under Criminal Investigation

Federal investigators are in the midst of an active criminal investigation of disgraced former Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong, ABC News has learned.The revelation comes in stark contrast to statements made by the U.S. Attorney for Southern California, Andre Birotte, who addressed his own criminal inquiry of Armstrong for the first time publicly on Tuesday. Birotte's...

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What follows N. Korea's nuclear test?

STORY HIGHLIGHTSLopez: Uranium-based blast would pose new challenge to U.N. Security CouncilIndicates Pyongyang has advanced centrifuge technologies and related systemsNorth Korea's young leader appears to care little about what U.N. or China thinkProduct-based sanctions may stifle the North's ability to continue nuclear programEditor's note: George A. Lopez holds the Hesburgh Chair in Peace Studies...

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Afghanistan's Karzai confirms to leave power in 2014

OSLO: Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai confirmed Tuesday in Oslo that he plans to step down next year when his mandate expires."The question of me staying as the president beyond 2014 is out of the question," Karzai said when reporters asked about recent speculation that he was keen to stay on."Neither am I seeking a third term, nor does the constitution allow it. There will be an election...

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Ethan 'doing fine' after Alabama standoff ends

STORY HIGHLIGHTS Rescued child is in good spirits at hospital, authorities sayFBI says boy was rescued after negotiators felt he was in dangerWitness said he heard explosion followed by gunshotsA family member says Ethan will stay overnight in the hospitalMidland City, Alabama (CNN) -- At least Ethan is safe.That is the sentiment many were expressing in Midland City, Alabama, and beyond. But what...

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Signs of runaway heat seen in Dreamliner batteries

TOKYO An investigation into a lithium ion battery that overheated on a Boeing 787 flight in Japan last month found evidence of the same type of "thermal runaway" seen in a similar incident in Boston, officials said Tuesday. The Japan Transportation Safety Board said that CAT scans and other analysis found damage to all eight cells in the battery that overheated on the All Nippon Airways 787 on Jan....

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Sarai Sierra's 2 Young Boys Don't Know Mom's Dead

The two young sons of slain New York mom Sarai Sierra are under the impression that their father has gone to Turkey to bring their mother home - alive.Sierra, whose battered body was found near a highway in Istanbul over the weekend, was the mother of two boys aged 9 and 11.Steven Sierra, who went to Istanbul in search of his wife after she disappeared nearly two weeks ago,...

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Richard III still the criminal king

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Aliwal Arts Centre to be launched in March 2013

SINGAPORE : The Aliwal Arts Centre will be launched in March 2013 as the next arts housing development under the Framework for Arts Spaces.The framework comes under the National Arts Council's (NAC) plan to create a stronger link between infrastructure support and the different needs of artists.The Goodman Arts Centre was rolled out in 2011 as a pilot project under the framework.Since...

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English king's body found under parking lot

Royal remains: Skull of the skeleton found at the Grey Friars excavation in LeicesterSTORY HIGHLIGHTSNEW: DNA evidence says remains found under parking lot are those of Richard IIIArchaeologists found the body of a man buried beneath a car park in Leicester last yearDNA tests confirm "beyond reasonable doubt" the identity of the bonesSupporters of Richard III hope the discovery will mean history has...

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