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Editor: Peter Cooney + 1 202 898 8457 Picture Desk: Singapore + 65 6870 3775 Graphics queries: + 65 6870 3595 (All times GMT) TOP STORIES Massive Hurricane Sandy bears down on U.S. East Coast HATTERAS ISLAND, N.C. - Hurricane Sandy closes in on theUnited States as it threatens to smack the eastern third of thecountry with torrential rains, high winds, major flooding andpower outages a week ...