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NYC Power Outage Hits Subways, Businesses, Elevators

Associated Press

   NEW YORK -- Authorities said a widespread power shortage in Manhattan
   on Saturday evening left businesses without electricity,
   elevatorsstuckand subway cars stalled.
   Power reportedly went out at much of Rockefeller Center,and the outage
   reached the city's Upper West Side. The full extent of the outage,
   however, wasn't clear.
   A diner on Broadway at West 69th Street lost its lights, as did other
   surrounding businesses.
   The Metropolitan Transportation Authority tweeted that there were
   outages at various underground stations. The MTA was working with Con
   Edison to determine the cause.
   Con Edison did not immediately respond to phone messages.

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