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year-old artist, whose car was ordered off a Manhattan gas station line by a police officer. Friday was an odd-numbered day, meaning only motorists whose license plates end in odd numbers, or letters, could fuel up. Standart's plate ended in an even number, so he would have to wait until Saturday.
• As drivers sorted out an odd-even plan -- a scheme not seen in New York since the 1970s Arab oil embargo -- thousands of people in the region got their power back for the first time since Sandy came ashore 12 days ago. Still, more than 330,000 customers were still without power in New Jersey and the New York City area.
• President Barack Obama, who visited the battered Jersey coast earlier, said he would survey the damage in New York next week from the storm, which the American Red Cross said will create its largest U.S. relief effort since Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
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• BEIRUT (AP) -- An activist group says twin explosions in a southern Syrian city have killed and wounded dozens of security troops.
• The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the blasts Saturday in Daraa were caused by two suicide bombers who targeted regime forces in the city.
• The group, which relies on a network of activists on the ground, says "dozens" of regime forces were killed and wounded in the near simultaneous explosions.
• State-run news agency SANA says the explosions caused multiple casualties and heavy material damage but did not provide further details.
• The explosions were followed by clashes between regime forces and rebels fighting to topple President Bashar Assad.
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• CAIRO (AP) -- The rise of the Muslim Brotherhood to power in Egypt has brought with it a new group of female politicians who say they are determined to bring more women into leadership roles -- and at the same time want to consecrate a deeply conservative Islamic vision for women in Egypt.

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