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Georgia Power returns 2 Plant Bowen coal-fired units to service
ReutersHOUSTON, May 3 (Reuters) - Southern Co's largest utility unit, Georgia Power, has returned two coal-fired units to service at its 3,166-megawatt Plant Bowen station, the company said on Friday. All four units at the plant had been shut since an...Tags: Emergency Incidents, Standards, Science and Technology, Explosions
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More workers, pipe needed to finish Southern Co coal project
ReutersHOUSTON, April 24 (Reuters) - More high-quality pipe and more workers are needed to complete Southern Co's coal-gasification plant in Kemper County, Mississippi, by a 2014 deadline, company executives said on Wednesday. Atlanta-based Southern Co said...Tags: Coal, Career and Workplace, Employees, Petroleum Industry, Plant Openings
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Two dead after storms rake South, take aim at East
ADAIRSVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Kandi Cash trudged in rain through the splintered debris of her grandparents' home, hoping to salvage photos and other keepsakes after violent storms and tornadoes scoured the Southeast, leaving two people dead before the...Tags: Floods, House Building, Natural Disasters, Dollar General Corporation, Loudoun County
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Snowstorm heads east after South twisters; 3 dead
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — An enormous storm system that dumped snow and sleet on the nation's midsection and unleashed damaging tornadoes around the Deep South has begun punching its way toward the Northeast, slowing holiday travel. Post-Christmas...
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Police Helicopter Crashes in Atlanta, Killing 2 Officers
CNNATLANTA -- It started as a helicopter search for a missing 9-year old boy. About two hours later, the police chopper lay in pieces on a city street, two officers were dead, and hundreds of northwest Atlanta residents had no power. The helicopter with two...Tags: Transportation Industry, Federal Aviation Administration, Transportation Accidents, National Transportation Safety Board, Kraft Foods Group, Inc.
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Weakened Beryl still dumping rain on Southeast
A weakened Tropical Depression Beryl was soaking parts of Florida and Georgia on Monday, leaving thousands in the dark and hindering Memorial Day activities. A tropical storm warning for a large swath of the southeastern Atlantic Coast was canceled...
Tags: Georgia Floods (2009), Hurricanes, National Hurricane Center, Meteorological Disasters, Human Interest
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Nuclear power: NRC approves first new reactors in U.S. since 1978
Nation NowNew nuclear reactors: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Thursday approved construction of the first new nuclear reactors to be built in the United States since 1978; the reactors will be built at Georgia's Plant Vogtle, near Augusta.... -
Nuclear power: Feds may OK first reactors since Three Mile Island
Nation NowGeorgia nuclear power plant: Federal regulators are scheduled to vote on whether to approve construction plans for two Georgia nuclear reactors; the reactors would be the first nuclear plants built since the 1979 meltdown at Three Mile Island.... -
Coal needs fair shake in energy discussions
Guest ColumnistWhen Robert Kennedy Jr. appeared at the University of Kentucky last year, he — as many alternative energy proponents often do — referred to the Midwest as being the Saudi Arabia of wind energy. Well, I had occasion to drive through “...Tags: Defense, Hampton Roads, Regional Authority, Mining, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011)
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Cee Lo Green, Big Boi to hit road in joint 'Georgia Power' tour
Pop & HissHip-hop heads, rejoice! On the heels of their current critically acclaimed albums, hip-hop heavyweights Cee Lo Green and Big Boi have announced they are teaming up for a co-headlining 2011 tour they're calling “Georgia Power,” a shout out to the...... -
Big Boi unfazed by Grammy snub, ready to deliver more solo hits [Video]
Pop & HissAntwan "Big Boi" Patton is probably one of hip-hop’s most even-keeled emcees. Though it’s been more than four years since OutKast, the platinum-selling, Grammy-winning group he co-founded with Andre "Andre 3000" Benjamin, released an album --...
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