Recent Blackout News:
Mayor Menino not taking 'blackout' bashes lightly - Wed, 08 Feb 2012
The controversial Barstool Sports Blackout parties that drew protesters in Boston last week have been marred by...
NFL rebuffed Nixon's attempt to lift TV blackout only for playoff games - Sat, 11 Feb 2012
WASHINGTON - The NFL, which is trying to maintain its TV blackout of home games that don't sell out, missed an opportunity 40 years ago to preserve an even more restrictive policy when it rebuffed an effort by President Richard Nixon to lift the hometown blackout just for playoff games...
Spike in deaths blamed on 2003 New York blackout - Fri, 27 Jan 2012
(Reuters) - A vast electricity blackout in the United States and Canada in 2003 led to the deaths of nearly 100 people, a study found, linking the deaths -- higher than official estimates -- to not only accidents caused by lack of power, but also underlying diseases. Researchers said the study published in the journal Epidemiology was the first to show that the death toll of such a power outage ...
SOPA blackout infographic shows the power of online activism - Tue, 31 Jan 2012
The January 18 mass blackout protest over the "Stop Online Piracy Act" (SOPA) and the "PROTECT IP Act" (PIPA) has come and gone. But its undisputed effectiveness will live on in the decade to come as the moment that a new breed of activism was born. Not only did the blackout push SOPA and PIPA off the congressional agenda (for now, at least), it has also forced the Washington lobbying industry ...
Senator steps up efforts in bid to end NFL blackout rule - Fri, 10 Feb 2012
A senator is urging Ohioans to contact the FCC in an effort to repeal the NFL's blackout rule.
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