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Storms knock out power in Northeast

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
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Power plant blast kills 5

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
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Snow blacks out thousands

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
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At least 2 killed in power plant blast in Connecticut

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
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Winter storm slams mid-South

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
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Winter storm moves through Midwest

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
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Power restored to some California homes after quake

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
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Sources: U.S. power grid vulnerable to cyber attack

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
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The Padilla verdict

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
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Power Outage Shuts Trains, Traffic Lights in NYC

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
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Texas Storms Kill 3; Thousands Without Power

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
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30,000 Lose Power After Texas Gas Blast

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
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Does America need a Foreign Legion?

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
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The Private Arm of the Law

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
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Utility: Cancer patient's power will stay on

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
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Staten Island Ferry crash injures 10

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
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Laws drive utilities to green resources

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
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Florida power blackout a puzzle

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
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Precautions help you keep your calm in the eye of a storm

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
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Outages Remain in SoCal Due to Winds

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
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