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We keep hearing that Sandy is a Category One hurricane, but at the same time, we're told not to treat it lightly. It could be because of the way hurricanes are rated in the first place.

It’s called the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane scale. It was developed in 1971 by civil engineer Herbert Saffir and meteorologist Bob Simpson, who was the director of the National Hurricane Center at the time. The idea was to give the public an idea of the destructive force of a hurricane in a simple way, a lot like the Richter Scale rates earthquakes.

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Everyone in the Northeast is bracing for Hurricane Sandy. Parts of New York City and New Jersey have already been evacuated in preparation for the storm. Locally, we aren't supposed to see much until Wednesday (October 31), which would put somewhat of a damper on any trick-or-treating plans.

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I have been a weather junkie my entire life. But, when there is a big storm like Hurricane Sandy headed our way, I am obsessed! If you would like to follow the storm and get some insight as  what other areas are doing to prepare/recover from the damage, I think you will find this helpful.

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New York, New Jersey and other coastal states announced evacuations of citizens living in low-lying coastal areas on Sunday, as Hurricane Sandy and an accompanying storm surge threatened the East Coast of the United States.

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Regardless of who wins the presidential election, starting January 2013 some 163 million workers across the United States will be slapped with a significant tax increase.

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Politicians work really hard, and can work up quite an appetite! Since it's rare that they find time to sit down and review their culinary experiences on Yelp!, we thought we'd help them out. Check out these weird pictures of politicians eating, with some real quotes (in bold) that we turned into Yelp! reviews.

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Barack Obama and Mitt Romney got to blow off some steam last night at the Al  Smith Dinner, a pre-election tradition that should just be called an election roast. Each candidate took some good natured jabs at the other at the Catholic Charities event

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This week's presidential debate was a little intense. This video ought to make you feel better. Barack Obama and Mitt Romney coming together to perform Katy Perry's 'Hot and Cold.'

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On boy, that was an uncomfortable moment at this week's presidential debate when Mitt Romney bragged about having "binders full of women." We wonder if he instantly knew, as we did, that was a creepy-sounding thing to say, and soon there would be memes, memes EVERYWHERE!

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We still haven't recovered from Felix Baumgartner's amazing leap to Earth from the stratosphere. Fortunately, the internet is right there with us. Here are the best memes and GIFS we could find on the subject of Baumgartner's 128,000-foot free-fall. Ugh, just saying it makes us feel a little queasy, and watching a Felix Baumgartner jump GIF is almost too much. Maybe you'll fare better.

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Everyone has something they'd like to ask the candidates at the next presidential debate. But if you're brave enough to stand up in that highly televised forum and ask the age-old question “Sausage or pepperoni?”—free pizza for life shall be your reward.

Pizza Hut and its Pizza Party announced on Tuesday that they will provide a lifetime of free pizza—the option of one large pizza a week for the next 30 years, or a check for $15,600—to any attendee who asks either candidate this simple question during the live town hall format presidential debate on October 16 at Hofstra University.

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Nielsen SoundScan has tallied the sales numbers for the year so far, and while the overall picture isn't terribly encouraging, there are signs that gains in the digital sector may make up for the softening CD market.

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