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U.S. / NEWS Sun Mar 14, 2010 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- Severe weather toppled trees, left more than a half-million people without power and suspended travel throughout much of the Northeast on Saturday... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Feb 8, 2010 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- State and federal investigators were expected to launch an investigation Monday at a power plant where an explosion killed at least five people and injured more than two dozen, authorities said... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Feb 7, 2010 @ 3:00pm neoform

CNN -- Hundreds of thousands of people along the Eastern seaboard are without power today after a major storm that dropped 2 feet of snow on Washington... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Feb 7, 2010 @ 3:00pm neoform

CNN -- At least two people were killed today in an explosion at a Connecticut power plant, police say.The gas-fired plant was in a "testing phase" and was set to go online later this year... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Jan 30, 2010 @ 3:00pm neoform

CNN -- A storm that barreled into the Southeast and part of the Northeast has left thousands without power. Asheville, North Carolina, got a record 11 inches of snow... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Jan 29, 2010 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- A strong storm dumped snow and sleet on Oklahoma and Texas on Thursday, leaving hundreds of thousands of people without power, canceling flights and causing dozens of traffic accidents... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Jan 10, 2010 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- Residents are cleaning up the damage caused by a 6.5-magnitude quake that struck Saturday off the coast of Eureka, California... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Sep 27, 2007 @ 8:16am neoform

CNN -- Researchers who launched an experimental cyber attack caused a generator to self-destruct, alarming the government and electrical industry about what might happen if such an attack were carried out on a larger scale, CNN has learned. Sources familiar with.. Read More

U.S. / OPINION Fri Aug 17, 2007 @ 9:25am neoform

Salon -- A federal jury in Miami today unanimously found U.S. citizen Jose Padilla guilty of "conspiracy to support Islamic terrorism overseas." In so doing, the jury dealt an enormous blow not only to Padilla himself, but also to the theory which the Bush adminis.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Jun 28, 2007 @ 1:09am neoform

FOX News -- A power outage darkened a large swath of Manhattan and the Bronx on Wednesday, knocking out traffic lights, cutting subway service and forcing the evacuation of the Metropolitan Museum of Art on one of the hottest days of the year. "The entire neighbor.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri May 4, 2007 @ 8:20am neoform

FOX News -- Days of deadly storms flooded roads, damaged homes and knocked down trees in Texas, and about 200,000 homes and businesses remained in the dark Thursday. At least three people have been killed — two hit by lightning and a third stuck in a submerged c.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Mar 12, 2007 @ 7:54pm neoform

FOX News -- Officials reported all workers were accounted for and safe after a gas pipeline ruptured and exploded, touching off a spectacular super-heated inferno that ignited several small brush fires and cut power to about 30,000 people in the surrounding area... Read More

U.S. / OPINION Fri Jan 5, 2007 @ 9:35am mrmdc

Canada.com -- In 1787, shortly after the Constitutional Convention that gave final form to the government of the rebellious American colonies, a woman approached 81-year-old Ben Franklin and asked what sort of arrangement the delegates had come up with. "A republic --.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Jan 3, 2007 @ 3:39pm mrmdc

Washington Post -- Kevin Watt crouched down to search the rusted Cadillac he had stopped for cruising the parking lot of a Raleigh apartment complex with a broken light. He pulled out two open Bud Light cans, an empty Corona bottle, rolling papers, a knife, a hammer, a ster.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Oct 15, 2009 @ 9:02am neoform

CNN -- The Public Utility Commission of Texas will review the case of a cancer patient fighting to keep her electricity on to power her oxygen machine, the commission told CNN on Wednesday... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Jul 2, 2009 @ 9:02am neoform

CNN -- A Staten Island Ferry lost power and hit a pier Wednesday at full speed, resulting in one serious injury and nine minor injuries, a Coast Guard spokesman said... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Apr 22, 2008 @ 8:23am neoform

MSNBC -- The Imperial Valley of California is ideal country for solar and wind power. It rains less than three inches a year. Temperatures hit 110 degrees in the summer. The wind blows pretty steadily, too. And it's just east of San Diego. Now, because of a Cal.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Feb 27, 2008 @ 8:20am neoform

MSNBC -- Power executives were still in the dark Wednesday about how a glitch at a substation triggered a blackout that cut power to millions across south Florida. The outage snarled traffic when traffic signals went dead, forced hospitals to scramble for generato.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Jan 9, 2008 @ 8:12am neoform

SF Gate -- The big storm Friday knocked out power to Cole Hardware, but a battery backup kept the cash registers online long enough for the generator to take over, allowing the store to stay open, despite an eight-hour blackout, and sell flashlights, empty sandbags.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Dec 27, 2007 @ 8:23am neoform

SF Gate -- Thousands of Southern California residents were without power Thursday as strong winds knocked down power lines and blew blinding dust across desert roadways. More than 19,000 customers from the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power were without el.. Read More