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  • July 2008

    • Calif. Pol Aims to Burst Balloons

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jul 15, 08 8:55 AM CDT

      Calif. Pol Aims to Burst Balloons

      (Newser) - A California lawmaker is pushing to ban helium-filled foil balloons, blaming the globe-shaped menaces for flying into power lines and causing more than 800 blackouts in the state last year. The bill easily passed the state's senate, but it’s facing an uproar from balloon artists and balloon lovers alike as it awaits an assembly vote, the Wall Street Journal reports. More »

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      California  • Arnold Schwarzenegger  • power outage  • blackout  • helium

  • May 2008

    • Cat and Mouse Cause Massive Albanian Blackout

      Reuters  |  May 16, 08 6:42 PM CDT

      Cat and Mouse Cause Massive Albanian Blackout

      (Newser) - It’s an unlikely reason for a power outage: A cat and mouse engaged in a chase accidentally ran into high-voltage cables at the main power station in Tirana, frying themselves and causing a 72-hour blackout in some districts of the Albanian capital, Reuters reports. Outages are relatively common in Albania, but they usually result from the Soviet-era infrastructure, not the law of the jungle. More »

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      cat  • weird  • power outage  • Albania  • blackout  • Tirana  • mouse

  • March 2008

    • FCC Member Wants Probe of Ala. TV Station

      Broadcasting & Cable  |  Mar 4, 08 4:10 PM CST

      FCC Member Wants Probe of Ala. TV Station

      (Newser) - An FCC commissioner wants to know why an Alabama TV station went off the air just as a "60 Minutes" segment critical of Karl Rove started, Broadcasting & Cable reports. WHNT blamed a “technical difficulty," but Michael Copps said today he wants to find out whether Sunday's blackout of most of a segment about the imprisonment of ex-governor Don Siegelman was a political move. More »

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      Karl Rove  • FCC  • governor  • Alabama  • Kevin Martin  • Don Siegelman  • blackout  • Michael Copps  • political decision

    • Engineer's Goof Turned Out Florida Lights

      Miami Herald  |  Mar 1, 08 10:31 AM CST

      Engineer's Goof Turned Out Florida Lights

      (Newser) - One engineer's blunder shut off the power in Florida Tuesday, the Miami Herald reports. Florida Light & Power says a field engineer diagnosing a faulty switch disabled two levels of safety backups—against company policy—as he worked. In a bit of extremely unfortunate timing, a fault then occurred that knocked out dozens of transmission lines and substations, including one that served the Turkey Point nuclear reactor. More »

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      Florida  • electricity  • power outage  • blackout  • engineers  • utility companies  • mistake

  • February 2008

    • Power Back On in South Florida

      Miami Herald  |  Feb 27, 08 5:15 AM CST

      Power Back On in South Florida

      (Newser) - Floridians saw the light again last evening when power was restored after equipment failure at a single Miami substation caused a blackout which dominoed across South Florida, leaving millions without power for several hours. Most homes were back on the grid before nightfall, but why a single substation's failure could have such a devastating impact remains a mystery, reports the Miami Herald . More »

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      Miami  • power outage  • blackout  • South Florida

    • Power Returns to Millions in Fla.

      St. Petersburg Times  |  Feb 26, 08 4:40 PM CST

      Power Returns to Millions in Fla.

      (Newser) - A blackout that cut off millions of Florida residents today is ending, authorities say, but they disagree on the cause. Florida Power & Light blames a substation west of Miami for sparking the outage, and a state emergency office says a station south of Miami suffered a mechanical failure that triggered two nuclear plants to go offline, the St. Petersburg Times reports. More »

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      Florida  • Miami  • power outage  • nuclear power plants  • traffic accident  • blackout

    • Lobbyists Pack Ethics Crusader McCain's Staff

      Washington Post  |  Feb 22, 08 8:00 PM CST

      Lobbyists Pack Ethics Crusader McCain's Staff

      (Newser) - Vicki Iseman is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to John McCain’s associations with lobbyists, the Washington Post reports. McCain targets special interests, but his campaign manager and top advisers are or have been lobbyists representing some of the country’s biggest corporations. Top adviser Charles Black currently numbers GM, JPMorgan, and AT&T among his clients. More »

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      John McCain  • General Motors  • JPMorgan Chase  • AT&T  • lobbyists  • Vicki Iseman  • blackout

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