Sunday, August 17, 2003
Ohio alarms failed ahead of blackout: "A failure to contain problems with three transmission lines in northern Ohio just south of Cleveland was the likely trigger of the nation's biggest power blackout, a leading investigator says."
In JuneauEmpire.com: Associated Press
Blackout areas urged to conserve energy: "Aside from the garbage cans overflowing with spoiled food, the water-boil warnings and the flood of questions about how transmission problems ended up leaving 50 million people in the dark, life was close to normal two days after a historically bad blackout."
In JuneauEmpire.com: Associated Press
Indonesia arrests 9 in deadly hotel blast: "Nine people have been arrested in connection with last week's attack on the Marriot Hotel in Jakarta that killed 12 people and injured nearly 150, the national police chief said Sunday."
In JuneauEmpire.com: Associated Press
Iraq pipeline burns; jail attack kills 3: "Two ferocious blazes raged out of control Sunday along the pipeline that exports Iraq's oil to the north, and saboteurs blew a hole in a giant Baghdad water main, forcing engineers to cut off water to the capital and complicating efforts to bring stability to war-torn Iraq."
In JuneauEmpire.com: Associated Press
Afghan insurgents fight police; 22 killed: "Insurgents attacked a police headquarters in southeastern Afghanistan, sparking a battle Sunday that killed at least 15 fighters and seven Afghan police, a police chief said. It was part of a disturbing new surge of violence in the country."
In JuneauEmpire.com: Associated Press
W.Va. residents fear possible sniper: "Police stopped black pickup trucks in this small town and residents warily went about their errands as authorities investigated three recent shooting deaths that could be the work of a single sniper."
In JuneauEmpire.com: Associated Press
Israel sets up Hebron military outposts: "The Israeli army has set up two military outposts in Hebron, flying Israeli flags over Palestinian areas of the divided West Bank city for the first time in six years, while both sides on Sunday blasted tenuous peace moves."
In JuneauEmpire.com: Associated Press
Bustamante, Schwarzenegger lead in Calif.: "California's lieutenant governor is in a tight race with actor Arnold Schwarzenegger as the leading candidates to succeed Gray Davis if voters decide to oust the Democratic governor, according to a poll released Saturday."
In JuneauEmpire.com: Associated Press
Wildfires force evacuations in Montana: "Hundreds of homes were evacuated as surging wildfires forced firefighters to shuffle crews to cover the blazes, including one they thought was under control."
In JuneauEmpire.com: Associated Press
Untested Campbell, Micheel lead PGA: "The PGA Championship was supposed to be the last chance for Tiger Woods to win a major. It turned into a great opportunity for two guys who have never even contended in one."
In JuneauEmpire.com: Associated Press
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In JuneauEmpire.com: Associated Press
Blackout areas urged to conserve energy: "Aside from the garbage cans overflowing with spoiled food, the water-boil warnings and the flood of questions about how transmission problems ended up leaving 50 million people in the dark, life was close to normal two days after a historically bad blackout."
In JuneauEmpire.com: Associated Press
Indonesia arrests 9 in deadly hotel blast: "Nine people have been arrested in connection with last week's attack on the Marriot Hotel in Jakarta that killed 12 people and injured nearly 150, the national police chief said Sunday."
In JuneauEmpire.com: Associated Press
Iraq pipeline burns; jail attack kills 3: "Two ferocious blazes raged out of control Sunday along the pipeline that exports Iraq's oil to the north, and saboteurs blew a hole in a giant Baghdad water main, forcing engineers to cut off water to the capital and complicating efforts to bring stability to war-torn Iraq."
In JuneauEmpire.com: Associated Press
Afghan insurgents fight police; 22 killed: "Insurgents attacked a police headquarters in southeastern Afghanistan, sparking a battle Sunday that killed at least 15 fighters and seven Afghan police, a police chief said. It was part of a disturbing new surge of violence in the country."
In JuneauEmpire.com: Associated Press
W.Va. residents fear possible sniper: "Police stopped black pickup trucks in this small town and residents warily went about their errands as authorities investigated three recent shooting deaths that could be the work of a single sniper."
In JuneauEmpire.com: Associated Press
Israel sets up Hebron military outposts: "The Israeli army has set up two military outposts in Hebron, flying Israeli flags over Palestinian areas of the divided West Bank city for the first time in six years, while both sides on Sunday blasted tenuous peace moves."
In JuneauEmpire.com: Associated Press
Bustamante, Schwarzenegger lead in Calif.: "California's lieutenant governor is in a tight race with actor Arnold Schwarzenegger as the leading candidates to succeed Gray Davis if voters decide to oust the Democratic governor, according to a poll released Saturday."
In JuneauEmpire.com: Associated Press
Wildfires force evacuations in Montana: "Hundreds of homes were evacuated as surging wildfires forced firefighters to shuffle crews to cover the blazes, including one they thought was under control."
In JuneauEmpire.com: Associated Press
Untested Campbell, Micheel lead PGA: "The PGA Championship was supposed to be the last chance for Tiger Woods to win a major. It turned into a great opportunity for two guys who have never even contended in one."
In JuneauEmpire.com: Associated Press
