Foundations and pilings are all that remain of brick buildings and a boardwalk in Atlantic City, N.J., Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, after they were destroyed when a powerful storm that started out as Hurricane Sandy made landfall on the East Coast on Monday night. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Foundations and pilings are all that remain of brick buildings and a boardwalk in Atlantic City, N.J., Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, after they were destroyed when a powerful storm that started out as Hurricane Sandy made landfall on the East Coast on Monday night. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
In this Monday, Oct. 29, 2012 photo, a rebel sniper sneaks through a residential building as he looks for a firing position during clashes between rebel fighters and the Syrian army in the Jedida district of Aleppo, Syria. Syrian fighter jets pounded rebel areas across the country on Monday with scores of airstrikes that anti-regime activists called the most widespread bombing in a single day since Syria's troubles started 19 months ago. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras).
FILE - In this Oct. 15, 2011 file photo, "Darth Vader" accepts the Ultimate Villain award from "Star Wars" creator George Lucas during the 2011 Scream Awards, in Los Angeles. A decade after George Lucas said "Star Wars" was finished on the big screen, a new trilogy is destined for theaters after The Walt Disney Co. announced Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, that it was buying Lucasfilm Ltd. for $4.05 billion. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and stories that will be talked about on Tuesday:
1. A DAZED, INUNDATED NEW YORK TRAILS SUPERSTORM
"Nature," says Mayor Bloomberg, assessing the damage to his city, "is an awful lot more powerful than we are."
2. ECONOMICALLY, A WASH IN THE LONG RUN
Slightly slower economy in coming weeks will likely be matched by reconstruction and storm repairs that will contribute to growth over time.
3. BEST-LAID CAMPAIGN PLANS GO AWRY
Obama cancels Ohio trip in favor of a swing through storm-ravaged New Jersey. Romney, striving for right tone, eases up on politicking.
4. SYRIAN REGIME RESUMES AIRSTRIKES, SHELLING
The latest assaults, killing 23, level a Damascus suburb one day after what activists called the heaviest and most widespread bombing of the war.
5. WHY THE FORCE IS WITH DISNEY
The entertainment conglomerate is buying Lucasfilm Ltd., creators of "Star Wars," and it says that it'll keep the sci-fi movie franchise alive.
6. MORE THAN A OUI BIT EMBARRASSING
France's prime minister, after a series of sexist missteps by government officials, has decided that his ministers need sensitivity training.
7. HOW AIRPORTS BREEZED THROUGH THE STORM
After years of bad-weather bungling, U.S. airlines have learned that it's best to cancel flights early ? and keep the public away from flight terminals.
8. GUILTY PLEA IN 'FAST AND FURIOUS' BORDER KILLING
Mexican man's conviction is the biggest so far in a case that shamed the federal government and led to a series of congressional probes.
9. ANOTHER STEVE JOBS' DREAM LAUNCHES
Just over a year after the Apple founder's death, the luxury motor yacht he commissioned and helped make slips out of a Dutch shipyard.
10. AND THE WINNER IS ... LIONEL MESSI
He's the best soccer player in the world, and his Barcelona team is the top-rated club, according to the AP's inaugural weekly world soccer rankings.
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