The Big Apple's Great Blackout of 1977
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A lightning strike leads to a massive power failure, and looters take to New York City's streets.
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com. Perhaps it won&#39;t rank in the memory banks of New Yorkers to the extent the 1965, 1977 or 2003 blackouts do, but for the 53,530 in attendance at Yankee Stadium for Friday&#39;s
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Life & style: In pictures: The American label in 1978, 1997 and today, after making another catwalk comeback in New York
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The 1987 stock market crash, whose anniversary fell this week, still features more prominently in the popular memory than any financial disaster since 1929. No doubt the speed of the fall, which knocked 22 per cent off the Dow Jones Industrial Average on the single day of Black Monday, helps explain that fact.
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November 28, 2004 -- More than 3,000 joyful holiday shoppers were forced to flee the Toys &#39;R&#39; Us store in Times Square yesterday when some people suddenly were blinded by tears and started gasping for air.
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By Lily Gordon, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Ga.  Dec. 8--Tiffany and Norman Washington of Columbus sat hopelessly amazed Wednesday night as they watched their apartment go up in flames.
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Utilities in New York restored electric service to more than 20,000 customers in the northern part of the state on Wednesday after a fast-moving wind storm interrupted power to more than 100,000 customers throughout the day, companies said.
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In the year since the largest blackout in US history, utilities have fixed many of the problems that contributed to the breakdown but still haven't resolved larger issues that could lead to future outages, according to industry officials, regulators, and specialists.
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New York City's bustling Pennsylvania Station was shut down and briefly evacuated just before the evening rush today, as firefighters coped with blazes that broke out in a transformer beneath the East River and on tracks near a terminal entrance, the authorities said. Tens of thousands of commuters were left scrambling to find a way home.
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Poll: Most New Yorkers think a terrorist attack, a blackout, a hurricane and a flue pandemic are likely within the next 10 years.
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NEW YORK _ Tempers erupted across large swaths of Queens on Friday where 100,000 disgusted residents _ 10 times more than previously revealed _ remained without power for a fifth straight day as Con Edison fumbled toward a fix.
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One subway line serving tens of thousands of New Yorkers each day was knocked out of service and another severely limited, possibly for years, because a trash fire set on a station platform destroyed hard-to-replace equipment.
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New Yorkers pride themselves on their ability to handle almost anything: Blackouts. Sweltering subway stations. Obscenely small apartments at ridiculously high costs.
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Have you ever visited New York on a hot day and seen that haze that appears to hover at the end the street? Is it diesel exhaust? The Con Ed plant? A Korean barbecue?
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So much for redundant power supplies Some of the net's biggest websites went dark following power interruptions in San Francisco that are disrupted operations at co-location facility 365 Main.â¦
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The Brave One transposes 1970s fears to today's New York City
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On Saturday evening, it's "Lights out San Francisco," where people will voluntary turn off lights for an hour. The aim is to raise awareness of light pollution and the energy wasted by lights left on.            Presented By     From Dell? Home!      &nbsp;&nbsp;The new Dell? Inspiron? 1520 notebook with hi-def widescreen and long-range wireless for only $799. Add mobile broadband for $150. Limited time offer. Click here. www.dell.com    Ads by Pheedo