Law enforcement officers have been dispatched to stations along the New Jersey turnpike because of a lack of fuel after Superstorm Sandy.

Sandy's winds ravaged the peninsula in Brooklyn, New York, and the remaining residents are struggling to get back on their feet.

The President addressed a crowd at an airport rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin, as he embarked on a whistlestop tour of three key swing states.

Lydia Callis's larger-than-life facial expressions and dramatic gestures have provided a rare moment of pleasure during the unfolding natural disaster.

Matthew Stahl (pictured) was killed outside his Pennsylvania home on Monday, just minutes after his father ordered him to get back inside.

Utility company Consolidated Edison, commonly known as ConEd, said that the outer boroughs will have to wait until November 10th or 11th for their power.

Because of the complete lack of service in many areas of New York, the usually forlorn pay phones have been experiencing an unexpected surge in popularity in an era where wireless is king.

There were news reports and incredible press photographs. But when it came to individual experiences, the story of Superstorm Sandy was best told through people's personal pictures.

Father-of-three Robert E. Dodson II, from Texas, was discovered inside a torched SUV on Sunday. It would have been the 18th birthday of Claudi Hidic, who died at his house during a robbery.

Lowery, 91, who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009, told an audience in Georgia that he had returned to the belief he held as a young militant.

A Texas man convicted of killing his girlfriend was executed on Halloween night. 'I'm really sorry. I never meant to cause you all so much pain,' Donnie Lee Roberts, of Lake Livingstone, said to Vicki Bowen's father.

Speaking publicly for the first time since his August arrest, Minnesota State University, Mankato coach Todd Hoffner, 46, pictured, asked a Blue Earth County district judge to dismiss the charges.

Florida police announced the arrests of nine men, including several youth football coaches who they say were running a massive gambling operation exploiting kids between the ages of five and 15.

German Soldiers, sailors and airmen were caught by operatives at Trent Park listening centre in the UK reminiscing about committing some of the most barbaric atrocities imaginable.

The group, Students Teaching About Racism in Society (STARS), has made its views clear on potentially offensive costumes in its second annual Halloween poster campaign, 'We're a culture, not a costume.'

Officials feared the American Consulate in Benghazi, Libya was vulnerable to an attack by Al-Qaeda militants who were running training camps in the area, according to secret cables.

A neighbour spotted a small fire in a ravine in Camarillo, California on Sunday and alerted firefighters, who were horrified to discover Buddy (not pictured).

Yolanda Reese-Brooks, 40, was found by the rescue team in her bed in Warren, Detroit, covered in her own waste and insects where she had been left by her husband.

An Arizona Superior Court judge this week permanently dismissed charges against Drayton Witt (pictured with his wife), who was convicted in 2002 of second-degree murder.

Christopher Tappin, 65, a millionaire from Kent in south east England, had always denied trying to sell batteries for Iranian surface-to-air missiles.

The five-month-old boy, who weighed just nine kilograms, was found with 39 wounds on his body at his home in Halmstad, Sweden, in July this year.

New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez, pictured, allegedly agreed to pay the two women from the Dominican Republic $500 for sex, but they each received only $100, around Easter this year.

The Ohio researchers found that when we put ourselves into someone else’s shoes, the part of the brain used for cold, hard analysis is suppressed.

The world's first tumour profiler, as it is known, will allow doctors, nurses and pharmacists to quickly identify all known types of cancer while the patient waits.

The Harvard alum and former New York Knicks sensation had 12 points and eight assists during the game. Lin, 24, had a meteoric rise from bench warmer to starting point guard for the Knicks.

Dees, who died in Arkansas last week, had said writing 'Oh, Pretty Woman' with Roy Orbison in 1964 changed his life. The pair co-wrote numerous other songs, including 'It's Over,' which also was a No. 1 hit.

David Thompson, 58, who carries a Colt .380 pistol at all times, followed would-be assailant Donald Lee, also 58, out into the bank's car park and restrained him at gunpoint until police arrived.

Hilary Rees, 45, (pictured) of Bristol had consumed eight pints of cider and fell asleep when she was supposed to be looking after Daniel Rees-Smith, two, in June 2010.

Splawder, twag and zowpig are all traditional, regional words that the game is considering including in its official dictionary to preserve dialects on the brink of extinction.

Following the hang-gliding incident (left) Mr Putin has rarely left his official residence, sparking speculation that illness or injury had laid him low.

Researchers found that workers happy with their pay are less likely to have work and family conflicts, flexible working hours and working from really could have a bigger impact

Try to imagine the scene, suggests BEL MOONEY. You're strolling along the street, suddenly you hear the drumming of hooves, a carriage door banging open. Rough hands seize hold of you, and drag you away.

These ice patterns seem carefully sculptured by hand - but they were actually formed naturally near photographer Warren Krupsaw's home in northern Virginia.

What makes men happy is stability, routine and long term commitment. Men are happiest age 37, like David Beckham and Tobey Maguire- when they have climbed the career ladder and started a family, a new study has found.

Abdulrahman's story is not one of broken dreams and despair, but of extraordinary courage and brotherly love, wrought from the horror of Syria's civil war.

The best friend of Taliban shooting victim Malala Yousafzai, left, has said she is praying for her school friend and is calling for more education for girls in Pakistan.

By the time they reach their mid-fifties ladies can time a roast to perfection, cook for 12 people and bake a cake with confidence (just three years to go then, Nigella!).

Saud Bin Mohammed Al-Thani is being sued by dealers who say he owes them $19.7 million for a collection of ancient Greek coins sold at auction in New York in January, the High Court in London heard.

Karam and Katari Chand, both over the age of 100 from Bradford, have been married for 87 years and have eight children and twenty eight grandchildren together.

Sara Ege is accused of beating her seven-year-old son to death and setting fire to his body in Cardiff because he struggled to commit the Koran to memory.

The three-year British trial showed the treatment alleviated both mental and physical fatigue and improved overall quality of life.