They ruled out “foul play?”
http://www.wtop.com/?nid=25&sid=2263531
Several sources familiar with the ongoing investigation tell WTOP fire and police investigators believe the radiator in Turton’s 2008 BMW X5 was punctured when it rolled into a workbench. The halogen headlights, which emit a bluish light and illuminate the road better than conventional headlights, stayed on after the radiator was punctured.
The autopsy into Jan. 10 death of Turton, a lobbyist for Progressive Energy and wife of a senior aide to President Barack Obama, is still pending, but investigators believe she was stricken and unconscious before the fire ignited.
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From the start, investigators have not suspected foul play.
Regarding the Duke Energy/Progress Energy merger announced that day:
Merger of Duke Energy and Progress Energy would create largest U.S. utility "As chief executive of the Charlotte-based Duke Energy, James F. Rogers has become a familiar face in Washington over the past three years, playing his part in the futile effort to forge a cap-and-trade scheme to limit greenhouse gas emissions.
But with climate legislation moribund, Rogers has turned to breathing more life into his own company. On Monday, Duke Energy announced a $13.7 billion merger deal with Raleigh, N.C.-based Progress Energy, forging the largest utility in the United States with 7.1 million customers and 57,000 megawatts of power generation capacity. "................