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Earthquake readiness of US nuclear power plants is unclear USA Today By Wendy Koch, USA TODAY The question — what size earthquakes can US nuclear power plants withstand — seems urgent in light of this week's surprising magnitude-5.8 quake on the East Coast. Alas, there's no simple answer and that worries industry ... See all stories on this topic »

FCC to investigate cell phone logjam after earthquake CNN International By Dugald McConnell and Brian Todd,, CNN Washington (CNN) -- The Federal Communications Commission says it is looking into the failures of cell phone service that occurred Tuesday afternoon after East Coast earthquake. For as long as an hour after the ... See all stories on this topic »

More earthquake damage found at Washington Monument Los Angeles Times The monument was closed immediately after the magnitude 5.8 earthquake in Virginia on Tuesday and officials soon afterward discovered cracks in the stone of the 555-foot-tall obelisk. The park service has brought in an engineering firm to work ... See all stories on this topic »

Few homeowners' earthquake damage covered by insurance Washington Examiner Hundreds of Washington-area residents are shelling out thousands of dollars to repair earthquake damage to their homes and businesses, with less than 5 percent of East Coast homeowners carrying quake insurance. But even the insured are likely paying ... See all stories on this topic » Washington Examiner

Earthquake Aftershock May Have Damaged U.S. Treasury Railing Bloomberg By Vincent Giudice - Thu Aug 25 21:25:56 GMT 2011 An earthquake aftershock early today may have jarred loose a granite railing on the US Treasury Department's roof, prompting the Secret Service to close a sidewalk along the building, ... See all stories on this topic »

Earthquakes in California more mellow than on crusty East Coast Los Angeles Times Why was Tuesday's moderately-powered 5.8 earthquake in Virginia felt as much as 500 miles away, shaking up Chicago, Atlanta, Boston and even Canada? "The crust out in the East Coast is older, colder and harder, and does a better job transmitting the ... See all stories on this topic »

Power Prices Spike after East Coast Earthquake Forbes Nearly 2500 megawatts of electric generating capacity tripped offline, including two nuclear reactors in Virginia, after a magnitude-5.8 earthquake rocked vast swaths of the eastern United States on Tuesday. The earthquake, which was centered in ... See all stories on this topic »

Earthquake and resulting gridlock underscores difficulty of evacuating ... Washington Post ( J. Scott Applewhite / Associated Press ) - Damage to the Washington National Cathedral is seen the day after a 5.8 magnitude earthquake shook Washington and much of the East Coast, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011. Traffic was snarled for miles in downtown ... See all stories on this topic »

Earthquake pits broadcasters against wireless Politico Never let an earthquake go to waste, especially when it happens in Washington. After Tuesday's temblor jammed cellphone networks for hours, the broadcast and wireless industries — longtime adversaries in Washington — are using the episode to try and ... See all stories on this topic » Politico

Earthquake felt in Wabash Valley WTHI The east coast earthquake even shook houses in the Wabash Valley. For nearly a minute Tuesday the East Coast shook out of control. It knocked down inventory in stores, rocked homes and caused panic from Georgia up to Maine. Here in the Wabash Valley ... See all stories on this topic » WTHI

Art for Haiti sends health care, supplies to earthquake victims ABC7Chicago.com "How cool would it be to do something after, just bring awareness to what's going on, how the people are living after the earthquake and just what the situation is over there," Hosek said. "When you go and they have no running water and they're ... See all stories on this topic »

Ithaca finds no earthquake damage Ithaca Journal ITHACA -- City buildings and structures sustained no damage in the earthquake that briefly shook the region Tuesday, the Ithaca Board of Public Works reported. Crews were sent out within minutes after the quake was felt to inspect the 60-foot dam ... See all stories on this topic »

Kirstie Alley Responds to Letterman's Earthquake Joke Extra TV In his Top 10 List Wednesday night, Letterman focused on the 5.8 magnitude earthquake centered in Virginia this week, and Alley unfortunately made the top spot as the most overheard comment during the East Coast earthquake. See all stories on this topic » Extra TV

After Rare Earthquake, Washington D.C and New York Will Now Face Hurricane Irene ForexTV.com Hurricane Irene, now a major Category 3 battering Bahamas in the Atlantic southeast of Florida, was expected to make landfall on Saturday in North Carolina, with its high winds raking the heavily populated mid-Atlantic seaboard where Washington and New ... See all stories on this topic »

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