Misery in outer regions after Hurricane Sandy

Saturday, November 3, 2012 | 8:12 p.m. CDT; updated 2:17 a.m. CST, Sunday, November 4, 2012

NEW YORK — The lights were back on Saturday in lower Manhattan, prompting screams of sweet relief from residents who had been plunged into darkness for nearly five days by Superstorm Sandy. But that joy contrasted with deepening resentment in the city's outer boroughs and suburbs over a continued lack of power and maddening gas shortages.

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