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A man secured the lines on a boat in Eel Pond in Woods Hole during Hurricane Sandy

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South Shore residents got a closer look at the building surf in Hull before Hurricane Sandy arrived.

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Mark Harrington held his ground while being walloped by a giant wave on the second-story balcony of his brother Rick's Oceanside Drive home in Scituate.

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Waves crash over homes on Turner Road in Scituate.

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Jillian Webb and Arianna Corso of Dennis walked on Lighthouse Beach in Chatham as Hurricane Sandy pelted them with wind and sand.

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Jason Locke pushed mud out of his mother's home at Horseneck Beach in Westport after the storm.

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Heavy surf pounded the Outer Cape along the Truro-Wellfleet line.

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President Obama visited with diners at the Common Man restaurant during a campaign stop in Merrimack, N.H.

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Annalouisa Rodriguez, 8, of Mexico had her face made up for Halloween by a professional artist at a street side tent in Salem.

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Bob Foster gave candy to trick-or-treater Sarina Krishnaswamy, 8, at the La Flamme Barber Shop in Lexington as barber John Makris gave John Reece a haircut.

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Eagles quarterback Chase Rettig (11) recovered his own fumble on the game-winning fourth-quarter drive against Maryland at Boston College.