SANDY STRENGTHENS AGAIN

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Irene left millions of people without power, so utilities companies are taking no chances as they line up extra crews and tree-trimmers. Winds threaten to topple power lines, and trees that still have leaves could be weighed down by snow and fall over if the weight becomes too much.

NYC officials have begun precautions for an ominous but still uncertain forecast. No decision has been made on whether any of the city's public transportation outlets will be shut, despite predictions that a sudden shift of the storm's path could cause a surge of 3 to 6 feet in the subways.

10/28/12 News & Information Service 24/7

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KILLER HURRICANE. May Threaten Millions.
National weather forecasters now say Sandy is a hurricane again, several hours after being downgraded to tropical storm. Frankenstorm lives and it is not to be taken lightly.

CAMP PAIN BATTLES. Swing Votes.
Candidates battle for swing state voters. Mitt Romney’s team catches up with President Obama’s outreach. Meanwhile, President Obama and Governor Romney could split popular and electoral college vote. New polls suggest Romney could win the popular vote, while the electoral college gives Obama a second term.

NYC GREENER BY 20,000 TREES

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Volunteers will plant 5,000 trees in Floyd Bennett Field as part of MillionTreesNYC Fall Planting Day. More than 20,000 trees will be planted citywide. The day will also kick off 40th Anniversary celebrations at Gateway National Recreation Area that will be on-going all year long.

Other activities throughout the day include hikes of the trails of the North Forty Natural Area, tours of the renovated Ryan Visitor Center, wilderness skills classes, special tours of historic aircraft at Hangar B, and Gateway’s 40th Anniversary Campfire Program which will be held in the evening.

PREPARE FOR FRANKENSTORM

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As Halloween approaches, US weather forecasters are frightened about the possibility of a monster storm slamming into the mainland. Frankenstein, which is also called the monster is a fictional character, but according to experts this one is the real deal.

Frankenstorm is a monster combination of high wind, heavy rain, extreme tides and perhaps even a snow storm to boot. The snow could possibly cause havoc along the East Coast around the time the nation celebrates an annual Halloween holiday.

10/26/12 News & Information Service 24/7

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BILLION$ POURING IN. Presidential Race Continues To Heat Up.
These eye-popping figures makes this presidential election to be the costliest ever and nastiest.

HOLIDAY CEASE-FIRE? The World Is Watching.
During this 4 day Muslim holiday, the violence continues as the UN urges all influential countries to pressure both sides to stop all violence in Syria's civil war.

LIBYA CONSULATE ATTACK. Was There US intervention?
US Secretary Panetta says military leaders lacked enough intelligence to risk American forces in what turned out to be a deadly and chaotic situation.

ELECTRONIC MEDIA

The first radio transmission was successfully sent on Christmas Eve in 1906. Reginald Fessenden and his team broadcasted a Christmas concert to the united Fruit Company in the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea; this caused Fessenden to be radio’s first voice. This broadcast foreshadowed the future of radio. Lee DeForest, Edwin Armstrong, Guglielmo Marconi, Nikola Tesla, David Sarnoff, and Fessenden were all considered to be the fathers of radio and radio as we know it now would not be the same without these men and many others.

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A WORD TO THE WISE

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US forecasters are warning citizens living in and around our nation's most populated region to beware of the coming storm.

The US East Coast has a chance of getting blasted by gale-force winds, flooding, heavy rain and snow early next week as a result of a hybrid of hurricane and winter storm.

The storm is reportedly spooking meteorologists. US scientists predict a 70 percent chance of smacking the Northeast.

10/25/12 News & Information Service 24/7

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LITTLE HOPE FOR A SYRIAN TRUCE. Fighting Continues.
UN backs the most recent call for a cease-fire, though previous efforts have failed. Meanwhile, foreign Islamic militants - many cozy with al-Qaida - are joining rebels in Syria.

ABORTION IN POLITICS. Indiana Candidate Comments.
Republicans in close races rush to disavow an Indiana Senate candidate's comment that when a woman becomes pregnant during a rape, "that's something God intended."

ISLANDS AND GULF COAST RESIDENTS BRACE. Hurricane Winds.

Worthwhile Assorted Events

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Event: Get PR Smart: Master Blogger Relations
When: October 26, 2012, 9:00 – 11:00am
Where: National Press Club Journalism Institute, Washington D.C., Zenger Room