HURRICANE

After Hurricane Irene forced a massive shutdown of mass transit in New York City, subway service has been fully restored citywide, NBC New York reported.

The hard-working maids of The Help hung on to the top of a storm-battered box office over the weekend and beat a trio of new releases with $14.3 million in domestic ticket sales, studio estimates released on Sunday showed.

The New York Blood Center, which serves more than 20 million people in New York City, Long Island, the Hudson Valley and New Jersey, is the first blood bank to suffer from an urgent need of blood donors because it lost an estimated 2,000 donations during the Hurricane Irene storm.

Jose Sierra, 68, was found floating in a City Island marina on Sunday morning, just a few hours after the hurricane tore through the area.

Irene does damage to 1,400 cell towers, but for the most part, telecom infrastructure was left alone.

New Jersey Transit's trains remain out of service Monday until further notice, as a result of damage inflicted by Hurricane Irene.

Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann said that she was just kidding when she said that Hurricane Irene and the earthquake that rocked the East Coast Tuesday was a message from God. The Minnesota congresswoman, who notoriously hates President Barack Obama, publicly announced that Hurricane Irene was the channel through which God wanted to tell politicians to pay attention to the debt and deficit crisis in the United States.

Irene brought sustained winds of 60 mph, a five-foot storm surge and dumped 12 inches of rain on the city.

Following Hurricane Irene, the MTA began operating Monday, offering limited service on subway, bus, and railroad.

In the wake of Hurricane Irene, airlines are struggling to resume a normal schedule, particularly in New York City.

Investors appear to be relieved that the destruction wrought by the storm turned out to be less than feared.

Hurricane Irene, which ravaged through 10 states on the East Coast, left countless communities from North Carolina to New Jersey damaged, flooded and sans power as photos of the aftermath emerged.

Not disguising his complete aversion to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), 2012 Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul said he believes the country would be better off without it.

Hurricane Irene prompted a death toll of at least 25 across eight states, the Associated Press reported. States of Emergency were declared in Virginia, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Connecticut, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Maryland, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire.

Claims by Michele Bachmann and Glenn Beck that last week's earthquake and hurricane were merely attempts by God to get our attention aren't funny. Nevertheless, Bachmann says her quote was only made in jest. Some of us aren't laughing, however.

President Barack Obama said Monday he is continuing to direct Hurricane Irene recovery and rebuilding efforts, as federal, state, and local officials assess damage in Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states, even as Northeast states like Vermont and New Jersey continue to get people out of harm's way of rising flood waters.

The effects of Hurricane Irene have not been as dire as expected, but the storm did wreak havoc on universities throughout the Northeast, many of which shut down part or all of their campuses or postponed student move-in dates.

After finding out that I'd finally get my hands on the 2011 Chevrolet Volt -- but during the weekend of Hurricane Irene's assault on the East Coast -- major concerns filled my head.

With the city in good shape after Hurricane Irene’s visit to New York, one person has scored a big political victory: Michael Bloomberg.

Hurricane Irene and the earthquake that recently rumbled through Washington, D.C. were God's way of telling Washington to reduce spending, according to GOP presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann.

Vermont sustained massive flooding from Irene, with may bridges -- including several scenic/historic bridges -- washed away along with roads. Heavy rain deluged the southern and central portion of the state Sunday, swelling rivers and in some cases cut off inundated communities.