Rants & Raves
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February 28, 2008
February 28, 2008
RANTS
A glitch in a south Florida electrical grid forced a nuclear plant to shut down, briefly cutting off power to nearly 3 million people Tuesday.
More than 100 passengers and crew on a Holland America cruise ship were struck with the highly contagious norovirus this week following a trip to Mexico.
RAVES
The New York Philharmonic made a historic trip to North Korea this week, engaging in a kind of musical diplomacy to the traditionally closed country.
A South Carolina firefighter was shot at last Saturday by two men fighting over a gun at a waffle house. The bullet hit a DVD the firefighter was carrying in his pocket, and he was spared any serious injury.
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