MIAMI – A malfunction at a single electrical substation caused a cascading blackout that shut down a nuclear plant Tuesday and briefly cut power to about 3 million people from Daytona Beach through the Florida Keys. Authorities said there were no safety concerns at the nuclear plant. The outages initially …
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DAVIE, Fla. – Kim Sjostrom wanted a real-life version of the film “My Big Fat Greek Wedding,” which played in the background as friends fixed her hair and makeup before her own marriage ceremony. But less than an hour after she and Teddy Efkarpides were wed, Sjostrom crumpled in her …
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A 31-year-old elevator company worker is expected to fully recover after being hospitalized when a piece of falling rebar impaled him at a worksite in Denver. Officials are calling his recovery a miracle, MyFOXColorado reports. The accident happened about 12:30 p.m. Tuesday at the site of a residential high-rise construction …
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Justin Chambers, who plays Dr. Alex Karev on “Grey’s Anatomy,” checked himself into the psychiatric hospital at UCLA Medical Center last week, the same place where Britney Spears was admitted on Thursday. Chambers’ publicist confirmed that the star checked in on Monday and checked out on Wednesday. The rep, Danica …
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THE VILLAGE, Okla. – A 4-year-old girl was taken from an elementary school in The Village after teachers reported that she was acting strangely and had an alcohol smell on her breath. The Village police say the child was taken from Andrew Johnson Elementary School in the Oklahoma City suburb …
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WASHINGTON – Consumer confidence is on the skids, yet President Bush is optimistic that tax rebates and help for homeowners will adequately jump-start the economy. During the past few weeks, many Americans have received letters from the Internal Revenue Service, explaining the tax rebates that will be sent out soon …
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LOS ANGELES – California authorities said Tuesday they filed a lawsuit and made seven arrests in a mortgage fraud case involving seven companies and thousands of homebuyers in Southern California. Attorney General Jerry Brown said his office was seeking penalties and restitution of more than $20 million in the bait-and-switch …
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HONOLULU – Using radar equipment along a wall of a landmark Hawaiian building, military specialists Saturday quickly located a time capsule buried more than a century ago by King Kamehameha V. Historians knew the capsule contained priceless pieces of the islands’ history, including photos of royal families dating back to …
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WASHINGTON – The federal government’s budget deficit rose sharply in November as spending raced ahead of tax receipts. The Treasury Department reported Monday that the deficit totaled $83.1 billion, the highest imbalance ever recorded in November. For the first two months of the 2006 budget year, which began Oct. 1, …
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WASHINGTON – Digital television offers the promise of super-sharp pictures and better sound, and there’s now a firm deadline for broadcasters to complete the transition to all-digital signals. Legislation passed by the Senate on Wednesday would require broadcasters to end their traditional analog transmissions by Feb. 17, 2009, and send …
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