Parts of the East Coast halt as 'superstorm' nears

Monday, October 29, 2012 | 8:16 a.m. CDT; updated 1:13 p.m. CDT, Monday, October 29, 2012

NEW YORK — Hurricane Sandy bore down on the Eastern Seaboard's largest cities Monday, forcing the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds, soaking rain and a surging wall of water up to 11 feet tall.

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