AP: Hurricane Karl smashed into Mexico’s Gulf Coast on Friday, creating havoc in the major port city of Veracruz and forcing the country to shut down its only nuclear power plant and its central Gulf Coast oil platforms. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said Karl’s eye hit about 10 miles (15 kilometers) northwest of Veracruz at about 11:30 a.m. (12:30 EDT; 1630 GMT) with sustained winds of 115 mph (185 kph). Veracruz civil protection chief Isidro Cano Luna said the storm …