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...overloaded power grid some much-needed time to cool off. Yesterday was just about as bad as it could get without going dark; a number of power plants were down for planned, necessary winter maintenance and a storm seriously crippled the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant on the central coast, knocking out a good portion of the state's dwindling supply of electricity. Only last-minute intervention by the state, which purchased emergency power from the Northwest, averted rolling blackouts...
...real test will come later this afternoon, from around 4 to 7 p.m. Pacific Coast Time, the typical peak demand during the winter. If the state can manage that period - and it already did OK during this morning's peak -things should be fine. But everyone cautions that in this tight a market, one problem - like another plant unexpectedly going down - could throw everything else out the window. Still, by 2 p.m. on the West Coast today, state officials were hoping to have a "boring weekend." Of course, with the state still scrambling to get more power plants built...
...Super Bowl rep could be the storied Raiders, with a fan base up and down the California coast and a coach who exemplifies the spirit of the game. Or it could be the Baltimore Ravens, a trash-talking, transplanted team with little national appeal and a defense talented enough to turn the Super Bowl into a scoreless snoozer...
...matchup between the Ivy League and the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC)-the conference known foremost for its academics versus arguably the best in basketball...
...Briefly, here's how: in late 1999, a small boat sank while making its perilous way from Cuba to Florida. Six-year-old Elian Gonzalez's mother and 10 other refugees drowned. Elian was picked up by two fishermen as he floated in an inner tube off Florida's coast. The boy had relatives in Miami, and they took him in. Immediately, debate flared over whether Elian should stay in the U.S. or be returned to his father in Cuba. Fidel Castro's regime staged rallies demanding the latter course. In the U.S., as a crowd of Elian "supporters" grew...