CLINTWOOD, Va. -- Today's election is seen by many in this coal-rich mountain town as a judgment on their way of life, more than a century old, that threatens to push their community a little faster into history. Mining is the economy's center here, with everything else circling around the mineral found high and low in the complex terrain of remote ridges and gulches. Restaurants serve coal workers. If Dickenson County were a stock portfolio, no one would call it diversified. There's just coal. Go to story #1

A week after Hurricane Sandy struck the East Coast, parts of the Northeast are still reeling from the wind, rain and flooding. Though the darkened Manhattan skyline may be the hurricane's most obvious consequence, the storm's health impacts may be the more significant and longest-lasting. Go to story #2