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Power outage affects thousands; cause unknown

March 7, 2012 5:55 AM

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Entergy New Orleans scrambled to get power back to tens of thousands of customers and to find out what caused the power failure. Spokesman Philip Allison says 34,000 customers were without power about 3:30 p.m. Tuesday. As of 5 p.m., the outage number was at about... more »
Outage Affects Millions in Southwest, Mexico

September 9, 2011 9:08 AM

SAN DIEGO (AP) - The lights are back on in Arizona and steadily returning to parts of Southern California and Mexico after a power outage affecting millions of people. By early Friday, energy had been restored to some 930,000 users in the region. That's according to a combined tally provided... more »
BP Temporarily Suspended Pumping Mud To Assess Affects

May 27, 2010 5:54 PM

ROBERT, La. (AP) - BP suspended its attempt to choke off the gusher at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday so crews could monitor their work and bring in more drilling mud, but the company said everything was going as planned and the effort was expected to... more »