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Voters wait hours in long lines to cast their early vote at the Summit County Board of Elections on Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, in Akron, Ohio. About 30 million people have already voted in 34 states and the District of Columbia, either by mail or in person.

Poll problems cropping up around US

By Pete Williams and Michael Isikoff, NBC News

As of noon, we've seen no major efforts to prevent voting, though several other problems have cropped up. We've seen a multitude reports of problems getting … Read More

New York And New Jersey Continue To Recover From Superstorm Sandy

One week after Sandy, Latinos try to move on

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It's been one week since Hurricane Sandy hit the Northeast, and Frank Maldonado's Tribeca restaurant Sazon is still not open. Maldonado, the Executive Chef of … Read More

A police officer directs traffic as a line of motorists stretches down Frenchtown Road Thursday morning, Nov. 1, 2012 as customers wait to enter a gas station in Milford Borough, N.J. At 10 a.m. the line exceeded 50 cars and caused congestion at the intersection of Milford-Mt. Pleasant Road. (AP Photo/The Express-Times, Stephen Flood)

New Jersey student leads gas station mapping project in Sandy’s wake

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Dayana Bustamante may not have power in her New Jersey home, but that's not stopping her from helping residents in the Hurricane Sandy stricken Northeast find … Read More

As temperatures begin to drop, people wait in line to fill containers with gas at a Shell gasoline filling station Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012, in Keyport, N.J. In parts of New York and New Jersey, drivers lined up Thursday for hours at gas stations that were struggling to stay supplied. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Four days after Sandy, one family’s story of living in darkness

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Today is the fourth day after the storm and many people in New Jersey are still in the dark but have found ways to keep on living. Sugey Vigoya, 18, and … Read More

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Christina Aguilera will perform at NBCUniversal Hurricane Sandy concert fundraiser

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Just days after President Barack Obama declared the East Coast in a state of emergency due to the devastating effects of Hurricane Sandy, NBCUniversal has … Read More

This aerial photo shows destroyed homes left in the wake of superstorm Sandy on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012, in Seaside Heights, N.J. New Jersey got the brunt of Sandy, which made landfall in the state and killed six people. More than 2 million customers were without power as of Wednesday afternoon, down from a peak of 2.7 million. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

TODAY Show: Natalie Morales reports on NJ’s vast destruction, thousands without power

By Natalie Morales, NBC News Today Show

TODAY’s Natalie Morales reports from Hoboken, N.J., where chilling new images capture communities utterly destroyed; meanwhile, thousands still remain trapped … Read More

HOBOKEN, NJ - OCTOBER 30: A street remains flooded with water from Hurricane Sandy on October 30, 2012 in Hoboken, New Jersey. The storm has claimed many lives in the United States and has caused massive flooding across much of the Atlantic seaboard. U.S. President Barack Obama has declared the situation a 'major disaster' for large areas of the U.S. east coast, including New York City, with widespread power outages and significant flooding in parts of the city.

Today Show’s Natalie Morales views Hurricane Sandy damage to her own N.J. neighborhood from above

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In the aftermath of the extensive damage to Hoboken, New Jersey following Hurricane Sandy, the National Guard has arrived to give much-needed help to people … Read More

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How will Sandy affect early voting in Virginia, North Carolina?

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Superstorm Sandy pummeled the East Coast, leaving fatalities and destruction in its wake, but now the question of how much early and absentee voting will be … Read More

Dominican author Junot Díaz.

Junot Díaz named genius, wins MacArthur Foundation Fellowship

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Academia has made official what Latino fans have known for years: Junot Díaz is a genius. Díaz, a Dominican author whose published works include “Drown,” … Read More

Author Junot Diaz.

Pulitzer Prize winner Junot Díaz on his newest novel and being Dominican

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It's been a long time coming, but author Junot Díaz is ready to reveal his latest novel, "This is How You Lose Her." In his first book following the … Read More