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NEWSFLASH: Transformer Explosion In Manhattan
NEWSFLASH: Transformer Explosion In Manhattan
There is confusion and a little chaos in the streets of Manhattan, New York, following an reported transformer explosion somewhere near 41st Street. Details are sketchy at this stage though initial reports from officials say the explosion is not terrorist related.
For a news report see…
http://www.ny1.com/ny1/content/index.jsp?stid=1&aid=71803
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for a video...
http://av.fark.com/media/2585510166_ORIG.mov
... and for live TV news footage...
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?
section=local_enterprise&id=5489626
The following image of smoke around the Chrysler Building was taken minutes ago by Nicholas Loscalzo.
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http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/0707/34c9920f21facee70a8f.jpeg
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Alastair Thompson is the co-founder of Scoop. He is of Scottish and Irish extraction and from Wellington, New Zealand. Alastair has 24 years experience in the media, at the Dominion, National Business Review, North & South magazine, Straight Furrow newspaper and online since 1997. He is the winner of several journalism awards for business and investigative work.
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