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FBI investigating SLC power outage
CNN ^ | Thursday, February 28, 2002

Posted on 02/27/2002 11:39:59 PM PST by JohnHuang2

Edited on 04/29/2004 2:00:10 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- The FBI is investigating the possibility that a power outage on the last day of the Winter Olympics was caused by a bomb, The Associated Press has learned.

Electricity was cut to 33,000 customers -- including the airport and the main media center downtown -- for up to two hours Sunday morning when a circuit breaker exploded at a substation. Investigators later found that a security fence had been cut.


(Excerpt) Read more at sportsillustrated.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: olympicslist
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1 posted on 02/27/2002 11:39:59 PM PST by JohnHuang2
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To: JohnHuang2
This does not scream terrorist, it screams weirdo trying to get a kick
2 posted on 02/27/2002 11:52:12 PM PST by GeronL
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To: JohnHuang2
LA got nuked

Reuters: Los Angeles recieves unexpected warm front

3 posted on 02/28/2002 12:01:29 AM PST by GeronL
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Reuters: Los Angeles recieves unexpected warm front

Minorities, women hardest hit

4 posted on 02/28/2002 12:03:39 AM PST by xm177e2
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To: xm177e2
I skipped threads somewhere... I was griping about a headline then I mentioned the India train that was attacked by a mob, a news report was headlined something like; 57 die in India train incident ... weird.
5 posted on 02/28/2002 12:08:55 AM PST by GeronL
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To: *Olympics list;Utah Girl
Bump List
6 posted on 02/28/2002 6:41:44 AM PST by Free the USA
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