Downtown Vancouver without power for second day

We welcome more information about the continuing power outage in Downtown Vancouver. Please add your footage and comments below.Update 3:21 PDT  Telus is struggling alongside B.C. Hydro to restore phone service...

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"This is Rachel Nixon. I'm calling on behalf of the NowPublic team about the Vancouver fires. It's Monday, the 14th of July. As previously reported on NowPublic there are severe power outages in Downtown Vancouver...

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2009 Dodge Journey recall

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Probe into sub-station explosion in England

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Zap! Scientists use Lasers to Cause Lightning Storms

This is the coolest thing I've heard in a while, scientists have used lasers to trigger electrical activity in clouds. I can just imagine a team of scientists in white gowns firing a big cannon into a cloud. Zap!"A...

Reading, Righting, Rithmatic, and Rage

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Jostling shirt fabric may power iPods and such

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British men opt for 50-inch plasma over sex

Hey, Come on, were talking a 50" plasma TV here.Unless your wife or girlfriend is a Supermodel, why wouldn't a man go for the 50 incher?  Pleasure comes in many forms Sex is just one of them. As Al Bundy...

Mobile Power Supply Solution With Legs :: Symblogogy

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