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As Hurricane Irene threatens to lash the U.S. East Coast this weekend, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has signed a declaration of emergency in order to mobilize the National Guard in preparation for the storm.

A hurricane has not made direct landfall in New York City in almost 100 years: Can we handle it?

Unusually large and powerful, Hurricane Irene is moving slow but plodding on a path pushing the massive storm toward possible landfall on the North Carolina coast Saturday before assaulting the Northeast's I-95 corridor late Sunday. With hurricane force winds of at least 74 miles per hour currently extending 70 miles from its center, and tropical-storm force winds extending another 255 miles in all directions, the Category 3 storm is packing winds of 115 miles per hour and forecasters say the...

Hurricane Irene is threatening to become one most impacting storms to ever strike the Northeast U.S., possibly striking major cities including Philadelphia, New York and Boston at hurricane strength late into the weekend. After lashing the Bahamas on Wednesday, Irene is moving up the U.S. East Coast as a major Category 3 hurricane, packing winds of 115 miles per hour. Irene is centered about 65 miles east-northeast of Nassau, Bahamas and moving northwest at 13 miles per hour.

Hurricane Irene is cutting its way toward a direct hit on the U.S. East Coast, threatening to wreak havoc in major cities along the highly-populated I-95 corridor late this weekend, including Philadelphia, New York, Hartford, and Boston. After lashing the Bahamas on Wednesday, pummeling small outlying Caribbean islands, the first hurricane of the 2011 Atlantic season is posing an extreme threat to the U.S. East Coast -- with potential to become historic before it sweeps away from...

Hurricane Irene is strengthening, and taking aim at New York, America's largest city. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is urging city residents to focus on potential damage Irene could cause, in a rare hurricane strength strike.

The last hurricane to pass directly over the new York, in 1821, caused tides to rise 13 feet in one hour, flooding all of Lower Manhattan up to Canal Street. According to official estimates, a storm similar to the great Long Island Express of 1938 would cause $40 billion in damage if it hit Long Island now.

Hurricane Irene is taking shape as a historic storm, strengthening and taking aim at the Northeast. Forecasters are calling Irene an extreme threat with the potential to be a serious multi-hazard threat for the major metropolitan areas of the Northeast along the I-95 corridor including New York City.

As most New Yorkers and readers know, a hurricane is a dangerous storm Further, it goes without saying that the safest habit is to leave when government officials request that residents of a likely storm-affected area leave. Accordingly, here are three positive reasons to evacuate on time.

A growing number of scandals suggests there risks exist when a school district relies solely on test scores to evaluate academic proficiency and skills mastery.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said at a Tuesday afternoon press conference that tremors emanating from an earthquake in Virginia did not cause any deaths, injuries or significant damage to city infrastructure and buildings.

No, you're not imagining it: East Coast earthquakes affect and can be felt by a wider region than West Coast earthquakes -- and there's a good geological reason for that.

The earthquake in Virginia that shook the east coast and the approaching Hurricane Irene storm remind us that mother nature is the most poweful force of all.

A 5.9 magnitude earthquake emanating from Virginia caused more anxiety than physical damage in New York City, where employees at City Hall returned to work after a brief evacuation.

A 5.9 magnitude earthquake emanating from Virginia caused more anxiety than physical damage in New York City, where employees at City Hall returned to work after a brief evacuation.

It was a sweet court victory for New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg when a federal judge dismissed claims against his namesake company Bloomberg LP for discriminating against pregnant women and new mothers.

Pop music stars The Black Eyed Peas have rescheduled their Concert 4 NYC to September 30 after extreme weather in June forced organizers to cancel the Central Park event, Will.I.Am announced on Wednesday.

A New York City education panel should delay voting on a $120 million contract for Verizon Communications Inc until the telecommunications company settles a strike by 45,000 of its workers in a Northeast unit, the city comptroller said on Wednesday.

New York City has filed a formal challenge to the 2010 census on Wednesday, alleging it may have overlooked "tens of thousands" of Queens and Brooklyn residents at the least.

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg administration has filed a formal challenge to the 2010 census on Wednesday, alleging it may have overlooked "tens of thousands" of Queens and Brooklyn residents at the least.

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Wednesday he has filed a formal challenge with the U.S. Census Bureau over the 2010 count, saying it may have overlooked at least "tens of thousands" of New Yorkers.