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1,300 Lack Power In Baltimore-Washington Area

August 4, 2010
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WASHINGTON (AP) About 1,330 customers in Washington and Maryland are still in the dark after storms blew through the area.

At 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Pepco was reporting about 1,130 outages in the region. About 900 of the outages were in Montgomery County, Md.

Baltimore Gas + Electric was reporting about 200 outages in Maryland.

(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

Arts & Culture

NPR

Giant Renaissance Food People Descend Upon New York

Giuseppe Arcimboldo was a 16th-century artist who liked to play with his food, transforming it into the building blocks of many of his fantastical portraits. Artist Philip Haas has taken those portraits out of museums, reinterpreting them as colossal statues that interact with the natural environment.

Food

NPR

Giant Renaissance Food People Descend Upon New York

Giuseppe Arcimboldo was a 16th-century artist who liked to play with his food, transforming it into the building blocks of many of his fantastical portraits. Artist Philip Haas has taken those portraits out of museums, reinterpreting them as colossal statues that interact with the natural environment.

Politics

WAMU 88.5

Virginia Republicans Determine Slate Of Candidates

Republicans have selected candidates to represent the party in the November election.

Technology

NPR

Book News: Amazon May Be Called Before Parliament Over Taxes

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