Across the Eastern U.S., millions are without power as a wall of water crashes ashore. Twenty babies from a neonatal intensive care unit are among 200 patients moved from a Manhattan hospital when a backup generator fails. Obama can't afford to be caught taking his eye off the crisis. And Romney can't risk appearing callous about threats to lives and homes. Sea water floods the Ground Zero construction site, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in New York. Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain. Claudene Christian, rescued in the Atlantic after abandoning ship in rough seas churned up by Sandy, is pronounced dead as the Coast Guard searches for the ship's captain. Sendai airport in northern Japan is closed when an unexploded 550-pound American-made bomb is uncovered during construction. With two months left in 2012, the city marks its 436th homicide, surpassing the total for all of last year. An AP survey of 31 economists says a weaker Europe and the looming congressional tax disputes are among biggest challenges. Bahrain will block demonstrations amid escalating clashes in the strategic Gulf kingdom that hosts the Navy's 5th Fleet. Giants' sweep of Tigers averages just a 7.6 rating but the finale's 1,202,706 comments are a new high.