Justice signs off on recall vote plan
Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante outlined a Tough Love for California plan in Sacramento promising nearly 8 billion dollars in new taxes or fees and 4.5 billion in cuts or savings if elected governor. The Justice Department approved the Oct. 7 special election schedule, though civil rights suits seek to delay it.
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Kerry to officially announce candidacy after Labor Day
Democratic Senator John Kerry will announce his 2004 presidential bid with a two day campaign swing starting September 2. He will appear in Charleston South Carolina and Des Moines Iowa with Vietnam War veterans from his gunboat command. On September 3 he continues to New Hampshire and ends with a rally at Boston's Faneuil Hall focusing on jobs and economy.
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Motorists urged not to hoard gas in Phoenix crunch
Gov. Janet Napolitano urged Phoenix-area motorists to avoid hoarding fuel as the sixth largest US city faced a severe gas shortage for a second day. The shortage follows a pipeline break that shut down a third of the citys supply, with refiners in Arizona offline and all fuel delivered by Kinder Morgan pipelines.
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Warnings of trouble arrived late in blackout events
New York officials say a low tech telephone line system failed to reliably warn regional power groups about grid problems before the blackout. Ohio transmission line failures sparked talks between FirstEnergy and Midwest grid operators as the incident escalated, while Ontario's premier pressed for better cross border notification. Utilities reported little warning before their lines tripped.
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Power blackout timeline shows fast cascading system failures
A North American Electric Reliability Council timeline details power swings across the Eastern US and Canada by 3 08 p m and line failures in Michigan about nine minutes later. In Lansing officials noted grid irregularities but found nothing unusual as the blackout peaked around 3 11 p m Utilities warn that prompt alerts between independent operators could have reduced impact and investigators will examine phone logs, recordings, and conversations among Midwest mid Atlantic and Northeast groups to understand the 11 second collapse.
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RIAA targets major music downloaders in lawsuits
The Recording Industry Association of America says it will sue individual users who illegally share substantial amounts of music online, not small violators. Cary Sherman, president, notes no de minimis targeting, but does not define substantial distribution. Senator Coleman plans hearings amid concerns over penalties.
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RIAA
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