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Utah colleges use blackout marketing device for financial gain and exposure

Tom Christensen Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, January 11, 2013 - 5:55pm

For a collegiate football team, to offer one uniform scheme seems passé these days. It’s also not too marketing savvy.

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Driver injured in four-car I-15 pileup in Davis

Mike McFall Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, February 3, 2012 - 7:23am

FARMINGTON — A man was seriously injured Thursday in a four-vehicle accident on Interstate 15.

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Weber County areas get blackout

Michael McFall Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, November 18, 2011 - 11:54pm

OGDEN — Wind and roofing were blamed for a short power outage in Weber County, according to Rocky Mountain Power.

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Nativity ceremony is Sunday in Layton

Brady Bingham Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, November 18, 2011 - 11:38pm

LAYTON — The fifth annual Nativity Lighting Ceremony and Concert will be held at 6 p.m. Sunday in the Layton High School auditorium, 440 Wasatch Drive. Admission is free.

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Blackout a reminder of power grid vulnerabilities

Elliot Spagat, Michael R. Blood The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, September 10, 2011 - 7:17am

SAN DIEGO -- Power has been restored to millions of people in the Southwest and Mexico, but questions linger over how such a massive outage could have been caused by a single utility worker doing a minor repair job.

Thursday's blackout has puzzled authorities and experts and was a reminder that the nation's transmission lines remain all too vulnerable to cascading power failures.

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