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As many of you know, Sarah Root was my daughter's best friend. She was killed by illegal alien, Edwin Mejia less than 24 hours after graduating with a 4.0 from Bellevue University. Prior to fleeing after posting bail, he worked for a roofing company in Omaha. If your area of the country has experienced hail or storm damage, share his Most Wanted (see link) picture. The family has a $25,000 reward out for his capture.

Superstorm Sandy has even flooded the Internet. Popular New York based media blogs The Huffington Post, Gawker, Gizmodo, Mediate and more were inaccessible Tuesday after flooding from superstorm Sandy knocked out web host Datagram's servers Monday night -- along with power to millions of New York, New Jersey and Connectivity residents. "We are continuing to battle flooding and fiber outages in downtown New York and Connecticut. ... generators are unable pump fuel due to the flooding in the basements," Datagram wrote on its website early Tuesday morning.

WASHINGTON, (AP) -- Legislation that would end the longtime ban on energy development along most of the country's coasts and open an Alaskan wildlife refuge to oil drilling advanced Wednesday in the House. Opponents said Republican leaders were exploiting the aftermath of hurricanes Katrina and Rita to pass pro-industry measures that they failed to get included in an energy bill signed into law only two months ago. It is a "leave no oil company behind" wish list that will damage the environment and do nothing to ease high gasoline or winter heating costs, said Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass. Attempts by...