Earlier tonight, the MTA released its first pictures from flooded subways in the Cranberry Street Tunnel, which carries the A and C lines beneath the East River.

Nate Silver is still working his pro-Obama, anti-Romney witchcraft, but this time to the fifth decimal place.

THE BOTTOM LINE: There is evidence that large-scale catastrophes may influence birth and marriage rates, but in which direction is not clear.

Two reporters/practical joke columnists (really) who worked for a Kyrgyzstan paper decided to step up their joke game in a normal, reasonable way, which was: by kidnapping the host of an popular entertainment show at gun point and forcing her to strip and dance for them.

John Cusack is developing a film about Rush Limbaugh, tentatively and creatively titled "Rush." And, of course, the former Lloyd Dobler will play the popular conservative radio host/misogynistic racist himself. As the Associated Press notes:

Hopefully, we'll have the "e" back in this site on Monday and we can all start to come out of the darkness relatively unscathed. Thanks to Tumblr for the help. Thanks to those readers who enjoyed this old-school exhibition. And thanks to the writers for being patient.

1. These are the WNBC newscasters ranked in order from Best to Worst:

Even as power slowly returns, Post-Sandy New York City remains a desperate snarl of lines for fuel and transportation. But we hear that just to the northeast lies a pristine land of plenty: Connecticut. Now we must ask: Is it time for New York to invade The Constitution State?

After we posted a brief clip of Hulk Hogan's sex tape last month, TMZ reported that there were three other tapes made. We actually heard there were more than that. Soon after the initial Hulk Hogan not-so-sex-filled "sex tape" was published on Gawker, a man who called himself "Jim Janerro" wrote to us. He claimed he had more footage of Bubba's wife getting it on in the same bedroom with numerous other partners, including other scenes with her and Hogan. He said there were "lots of black guys" involved, too. "Jim" claimed he found the tapes in a box of promotional DVDs he purchased at the annual Bubba Army Garage Sale last year.

Multiple outlets are reporting-on Twitter-that Sunday's New York City Marathon has been canceled due to Hurricane Sandy complications. With many people questioning whether a marathon was a wise use of resources in a time of relative scarcity, this was probably a good decision by the mayor's office.

A junky argues with her landlord while the Red Hot Chili Peppers' heroin ballad "Under the Bridge" plays in the background. Then, when she shoots up, we hear a cover of the Velvet Underground's "Sweet Jane." An alcoholic druggie purges his stash and looks longingly at wedding pictures for a marriage that eventually failed to the strains of Bill Withers' "Ain't No Sunshine." A drug dealer is brought in to deliver some hangover-busting cocaine and the refreshed drunk rides the elevator down from his hotel room to a muzak version of "With a Little Help from My Friends."

Not long after Bloomberg's news conference this afternoon, during which he announced that ConEd could have power restored in most of Manhattan by midnight, did the cries of joy begin eruptnig across Twitter.

Popular Science's Dan Nosowitz introduces us to Ken Mampel, the 56-year-old unemployed Floridian who is largely responsible for the creation of Wikipedia's Hurricane Sandy page-and its conspicuous lack of any reference to climate change:

Sandy's skatepark, from reader Greg Olliver: Skating on a fallen watertank roof @ 12th and 4th ave.

How I feel after working from home for an entire week.

How I feel after working from home for an entire week. But then again, this is how I feel everyday.

Looking to help out in New York? Here are a few ways how you can. [newyork.grubstreet.com]

How I feel after working from home for an entire week. Watch all 10 hours of this and you'll get it.

At what point does "homage" become "outright Hamburglar-style theft"?