Tag: POWEROUTAGE

Share A Maryland man accused of pulling off ten burglaries is sitting in jail right now, thanks to a single cell phone and a well-timed power outage. On Friday evening, 25-year-old Cody Wilkins broke into a home in Silver Spring, Maryland, in search of jewelry. His operation was interrupted, however, when the family's son walked into the house. Panicking, Wilkins jumped out of a window, and ...

Share The digital age has smashed the primacy of the all-powerful television camera. Why rely on major networks when we have Twitpics, cell phone cameras and live-streams to make our own broadcasts? It seems that even the networks have recognized that all their fancy machinery can still be bested by a camera on a laptop. When a power failure hit the 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' studio on Monday, the ...

After this past weekend's devastating ice storms that hit much of the Northeastern U.S., hundreds of thousands of people are still out of power thanks to downed trees and overloaded transformers. Many are getting desperate to get the juice restored in their homes, and sadly at least one scammer is attempting to profit from the situation, posing as a National Grid worker and asking for cash. The ...