Foundations and pilings are all that remain of brick buildings and a boardwalk in Atlantic City, N.J., Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, after they were destroyed when a powerful storm that started out as Hurricane Sandy made landfall on the East Coast on Monday night. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Foundations and pilings are all that remain of brick buildings and a boardwalk in Atlantic City, N.J., Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, after they were destroyed when a powerful storm that started out as Hurricane Sandy made landfall on the East Coast on Monday night. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
FILE - In this Oct. 15, 2011 file photo, "Darth Vader" accepts the Ultimate Villain award from "Star Wars" creator George Lucas during the 2011 Scream Awards, in Los Angeles. A decade after George Lucas said "Star Wars" was finished on the big screen, a new trilogy is destined for theaters after The Walt Disney Co. announced Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, that it was buying Lucasfilm Ltd. for $4.05 billion. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
A yacht is docked at the wharf of ship building company Royal De Vries in Aalsmeer, near Amsterdam, Netherlands, Tuesday Oct. 30, 2012. Just over a year after the Apple founder died, the luxury motor yacht he commissioned and helped French product designer Philippe Starck make has finally slipped into an anonymous Dutch backwater. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and stories that will be talked about on Wednesday:
1. IN SUPERSTORM'S WAKE, A DAZED, INUNDATED NEW YORK
"Nature," says Mayor Bloomberg, assessing the damage to his city, "is an awful lot more powerful than we are."
2. ECONOMICALLY, A WASH IN THE LONG RUN
A slightly slower economy in coming weeks will likely be matched by reconstruction and storm repairs that will contribute to growth over time.
3. BEST-LAID CAMPAIGN PLANS GO AWRY
Obama cancels Ohio trip in favor of a swing through storm-ravaged New Jersey. Romney, striving for the right tone, eases up on politicking.
4. SYRIAN REGIME RESUMES AIRSTRIKES, SHELLING
The latest assaults, killing 23, level a Damascus suburb one day after what activists called the heaviest and most widespread bombing of the war.
5. WHY THE FORCE IS WITH DISNEY
The entertainment conglomerate is buying Lucasfilm Ltd., creators of "Star Wars," and it says that it'll keep the sci-fi movie franchise alive.
6. MORE THAN A OUI BIT EMBARRASSING
France's prime minister, after a series of sexist missteps by government officials, has decided that his ministers need sensitivity training.
7. HOW AIRPORTS BREEZED THROUGH THE STORM
After years of bad-weather bungling, U.S. airlines have learned that it's best to cancel flights early ? and keep the public away from flight terminals.
8. GUILTY PLEA IN 'FAST AND FURIOUS' BORDER KILLING
Mexican man's conviction is the biggest so far in a case that shamed the federal government and led to a series of congressional probes.
9. ANOTHER STEVE JOBS DREAM LAUNCHES
Just over a year after the Apple founder's death, the luxury motor yacht he commissioned and helped make slips out of a Dutch shipyard.
10. THE NBA IS UP AND RUNNING
Lebron James gets his championship ring, then the reigning NBA champion Heat down the Celtics 120-107 in the season opener for both teams.
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