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November 01, 2012 | | FREAK SHOW New York City slowly lurched back to life on Thursdays, as subways lines and electricity begin to be restored. But Brooklyn's iconic neighborhood is still a disaster zone. The Daily Beast's Paula Szuchman reports from the seaside community, where residents are trying to pick up the pieces, while fighting off looters. Plus, see photos of the damage to Coney Island's world famous attractions, businesses, and homes. RELIEF There's relief in sight for stranded New York City residents: Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Thursday the National Guard and FEMA will deliver one million hot meals and bottled water to areas most affected by the hurricane. While the city's electrical company, Con Edison, said power should be restored to Manhattan by this weekend, other parts of the city could remain without power for longer and be stranded. Staten Island in particular took a particularly harsh hit from the storm: roughly 113,000 residents are without power and are not expected to get it back for 10 days, while the city's main transport to Manhattan, the ferry, is closed. ENDORSEMENT "You don't have to believe the president is a Marxist Muslim to prefer a different direction for the country over the next four years." The Daily Beast's David Frum writes why Mitt Romney's vision for national security and the economy has earned his vote for president next Tuesday. LET THERE BE LIGHT Con Edison, New York's power company, said Thursday morning that they expected power to be restored to most of Manhattan by Friday or Saturday. The good news comes on the heels of the announcement that power has already been restored to 225,000 customers, including some in lower Manhattan, although there are still 667,000 customers without power in the city as a whole. Meanwhile, the Long Island Power Authority said there are still 750,000 without power in the suburban Nassau and Suffolk counties, which Gov. Andrew Cuomo said on Wednesday had suffered the most power damage. BLOODSHED Syrian rebels allegedly killed 28 soldiers loyal to the Bashar al-Assad regime on Thursday in three coordinated attacks on highway checkpoints, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a pro-opposition group. Unverified video footage showed the rebels shooting several of the soldiers after they had surrendered. The fighting occurred 25 miles south of Aleppo near the town of Saraqeb. Aleppo has seen some of the most intense fighting in the 19-month civil war. Also on Thursday, the Chinese government proposed a resolution to end the fighting that included a region-by-region cease-fire and to set up a transitional government. | | 
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