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Americans are used to watching telethons for desperate and needy people around the globe. On Friday, a one-hour live benefit telethon featuring superstar guests will raise money for ...

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Following Hurricane Sandy, it can be tough to reach all of your friends and family to let them know that you're OK. The American Red Cross has a "Safe and Well" registry that can help spr...

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Power outages have state officials worried about voting on Election Day, and New Jersey officials are working on a contingency plan. Monmouth County Clerk M. Claire French on Wednesd...

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Two days after Sandy severed power to most of North Jersey, dwindling fuel supplies set off a stampede to service stations Wednesday, as empty tank-toting thousands waited hours to pay at...

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  [Updated 1:15 p.m. Thursday] The Exxon gas station, at 75 Belleville Ave. in Bloomfield, refueled early this morning. As of 11:30 a.m., the Exxon still had over 6,000 gallons,...

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  Nearly 150,000 PSE&G customers in Essex County are still without power Wednesday morning after what officials called a "painstaking" restoration process. Power has been re...

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If you'd like to lend a hand in the post-Sandy clean-up, the state of New Jersey volunteer emergency response hotline has been activated. "This hotline was established earlier this y...

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  Montclair declared a state of emergency Monday afternoon and opened its emergency operating center as the effects of Hurricane Sandy intensified.  The worsening conditions -- ...