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WASHINGTON (AP) - All the spare parts appear to be coming together to create what forecasters are calling "Frankenstorm."

It is forecast to become a monster combination of high wind, heavy rain, extreme tides and maybe snow that could cause havoc along the East Coast just before Halloween next week.

Hurricane Sandy, having blown through Haiti and Cuba on Thursday, continues to barrel north.

A wintry storm is chugging across from the West. And frigid air is streaming south from Canada.

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