HAGERSTOWN — Electric utilities in Maryland say about 1,000 customers remain without power after a freak October snowstorm. Allegheny Power said Tuesday it had about 800 outages. Nearly 700 of those are in Washington County. Delmarva Power and BGE report ...

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WARWICK, R.I.  — Cold showers. Meals in the dark. Refrigerators full of spoiled food. No TV. No Internet. Up and down the East Coast, patience is wearing thin among the millions of people still waiting for the electricity to come ...

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Drew Greenblatt’s robots took the day off Monday. The machines sat idle in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene as the manufacturing floor of Marlin Steel Wire Products was left without electricity, and Greenblatt without an idea of when it would ...

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Earth Networks Inc. of Germantown, the owner and operator of WeatherBug, the country’s largest weather network, said it is actively tracking the path of Hurricane Irene as it approaches the East Coast by providing an early look into Irene’s total ...

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ANNAPOLIS — As calls grow for new laws that would hold utility companies responsible for sub-standard responses to power outages caused by storms, executives from Pepco, Baltimore Gas & Electric Co. and Allegheny Power were grilled Tuesday by members of ...

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WASHINGTON — A rush of warm air has cut down on the threat of ice in the Washington region, but many are without power and federal workers have been given the option to telework. Pepco, which serves Washington and two ...

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Baltimore Gas and Electric says out-of-state utility resources are on standby before a second wave of a winter storm hits the state. About 200 out-of-state linemen were expected to arrive Tuesday as part of the 1,600 people standing by for ...

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WASHINGTON — Passengers flying from Washington area airports are being advised to check with their airlines for cancellations as a massive winter storm is disrupting travel across the nation. Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority spokeswoman Courtney Mickalonis says passengers should expect ...

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The first significant snowfall of the winter dumped eight or more inches of heavy, wet snow across the region. Motorists endured hours-long commutes, hundreds of thousands were left without power and offices closed.

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NEW YORK — JetBlue says the massive Northeastern blizzard in December cost it about $30 million in lost revenue. The New York airline said the storms, which hit JetBlue’s home base on Dec. 26, had reduced operating income in the ...

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