As a result of the lousy weather and Con Ed's labor issues, the utility company reports thousands of scattered power outages all over the northeast Bronx.

To contact them: 800-75-CONED(26633). These thunderstorms and lightning may have been a factor that knocked out power to many areas.

http://apps.coned.com/stormcenter_external/default.html

Among the businesses that Con Edison is responding to as a result of these power outages is The IGA Supermarket on City Island avenue. Power is expected to return by tonight.

SYRIAN CAPITAL UNDER SIEGE. Security Officials Killed In Damascus Danger Zone.
Suicide bombers attack Syria's National Security building killing several officials.

BIG BEN BERNANKE. One More Visit To Capitol Hill With Another Bang.
The Chairman of The Federal Reserve testifies before the House Financial Services Committee after predicting a poor picture of the U.S. economy.

PENN STATE OFFICIAL RESPONSE. Deciding On Their Football Program.
Penn State University will respond to the NCAA's demands for information within days.

Addressing the media in Moscow, the Joint Special Envoy for the United Nations and the League of Arab States for the Syrian Crisis, Kofi Annan, today voiced the hope that members of the Security Council will be able to reach agreement on a course of action to deal with the situation in the Middle Eastern country.

“I would hope that the Council will continue its discussions and hopefully find language that will pull everybody together for us to move forward on this critical issue,” Mr. Annan told reporters, following a meeting with the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin.

1453 France defeats England at Castillon, France, ending the Hundred Years' War.
1762 Peter III of Russia is murdered and his wife, Catherine II, takes the throne.
1785 France limits the importation of goods from Britain.
1791 National Guard troops open fire on a crowd of demonstrators in Paris.
1799 Ottoman forces, supported by the British, capture Egyptian city from the French.
1801 The U.S. fleet arrives in Tripoli.
1815 Napoleon Bonaparte surrenders to the British at Rochefort, France.
1821 Andrew Jackson becomes the governor of Florida.

Sexuality is not just for the young. Results from a University of Chicago survey published in 2007 suggested that over half of Americans remain sexually active well into their 70s. That said, sexual activity does subside with age. Biological factors tug in that direction, as do social arrangements: older people, especially women, often end up single when a spouse or partner dies. But researchers at Indiana University report that 20% to 30% of long-lived Americans are sexually active into their 80s.

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