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Sandy’s force leaves millions across East Coast reeling

The hardest-hit areas of the Atlantic Seaboard began the daunting process Tuesday of rebuilding after a storm that remade the landscape and rewrote the record books.

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Flooded streets kept firefighters away when a blaze tore through homes in New York’s Rockaway area on Tuesday.

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The storm left cars partially submerged in a New York City parking lot.

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The storm upended trees in Washington, D.C. It also left more than 8.2 million homes in 17 states without power.

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A rescue worker helped a young boy evacuate an area in Little Ferry, N.J., on Tuesday, that was hit by flood waters.

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Jason Locke moved mud out of his mother’s home near Gooseberry Point at Horseneck Beach in Westport.

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President Obama monitored relief efforts at the Red Cross in Washington.

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Mitt Romney collected food donations at a campaign event in Ohio.

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A crew from National Grid worked on lines on Randolph Street in Weymouth.

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A tree crew worked to free a pine from power lines in Norwell.

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The storm uprooted a tree in Copley Square.

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Parts of West Virginia received up to two feet of snow.

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A man looked at a tree resting on powerlines in the front yard of a home in Newton.

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A damaged home was seen on Manasquan Beach in Manasquan, N.J.

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A car passed a tree lying on power lines, the morning after Hurricane Sandy in Dartmouth.

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Residents spoke to police on Surf Drive in Falmouth after it was closed due to flooding.

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A woman dragged a wet rug out of her gallery in Falmouth Harbor.

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A woman swept out her gallery in Falmouth Harbor.

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A child looked at power lines knocked down by Hurricane Sandy in Scituate.

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Needham public works crews removed a tree from power lines and traffic lights.

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A submerged boat in Scituate Harbor.

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In the Queens, N.Y., a rainbow could be seen behind homes devastated by the storm.

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In the Breezy Point section of the Queens, at least 80 homes were burned to the ground from a fire during the storm.

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A boat was almost sideways between two flooded houses in Lindenhurst, N.Y.

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A woman looked over the destruction near her seaside apartment in Atlantic City, N.J.

Another home in Cambridge sustained damage from a fallen tree.

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A home in Cambridge sustained damage from a fallen tree.

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Jenny Brennan looked on after a tree fell on the roof of her home in Cambridge.

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A Westport police officer turned a man away from approaching the Atlantic Ocean due to downed power lines Tuesday morning.

Obama to visit N.J.; Romney returning to trail

Both President Obama and Mitt Romney put overt campaigning on hold on Monday and Tuesday and turned their attention to Hurricane Sandy.

Storm’s damage marks out trail for Brown, Warren

Two hours after Senator Brown toured Westport, Elizabeth Warren showed up in the same area near Horseneck Beach, conducting her own tour in the aftermath of Sandy.

Outages but words of relief in Mass.

Overall damage was relatively modest, and state officials expressed relief that the area was spared vast destruction from Sandy.

Despite bacteria in labs, a clean pharmacy report

The Framingham company linked to a meningitis outbreak sent customers a report trumpeting the cleanliness of its labs, though its internal testing showed widespread contamination.

Brookline resident Tom Kennedy was quizzed by Julie Rafferty, a volunteer for Elizabeth Warren’s campaign.

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In Elizabeth Warren camp, a door-to-door formula

With Warren locked in a tight battle to unseat Senator Brown, Democrats hope their sophisticated ground efforts will again help give them an edge.

Brian McGrory

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