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Power outage leaves Chicago in the dark as crews work to restore
Emergency crews restore electricity after a citywide outage affecting 200000 customers. Water plants and radio stations near the John Hancock Center were briefly affected. Commonwealth Edison said half the customers were back by 1 p.m. and full restoration expected today. The fault traced to a moisture short at a substation. traffic was disrupted while North Side areas recovered.
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Chicago
John Hancock Center
Wrigley Building
William Cormack
Commonwealth Edison Co
Carter Brydon
Edison
Brydon
Chicago River
Lake Michigan
Ernestine Dowell