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From retail stores to hospitals to universities, doors remained open as back-up generators kicked in almost immediately following the power outage .
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He said there was no power outage .
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Play was delayed for two hours by a power outage .
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She could not breathe on her own enough to survive a power outage longer than a breath or two.
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The midday power outage also caused traffic snarls as police officers directed traffic through intersections whose signals had gone dark.