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• “Many more people are taking to the streets protesting ballooning inflation and power and gas shut-offs.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Zardari Under Renewed Criticism for Trip Overseas

• “Critics at the Pipeline Safety Trust would also like to see pipeline operators continue to replace manual shut-off valves with automatic and remote shut-offs, especially after the San Bruno incident.”

  The Washington Post: Development in once-rural areas put populations closer to natural gas pipelines

• “Even pawn shops and loan sharks are more palatable and less expensive than the bounced checks and utility shut-offs that would result in their absence.”

  The Washington Post: Wonkbook: Bill Daley as CoS?; House will vote on HCR repeal Jan. 12th; a very long day for filibuster reform

• “John Lynch (D) has called on state regulators to review procedures on power shut-offs because a woman who used oxygen equipment died Thursday after a utility cut her electricity.”

  The Washington Post: Arizona governor: Illegal immigrants transport drugs

• “Hart noted that it is common to have manual shut-off valves for pipes of that size, rather than automatic shut-offs.”

  The Huffington Post: San Bruno Fire: Feds Probe Time It Took To Shut Down Gas Pipe

• “In the past, the Russians have used gas shut-offs to neighboring states to extend their political clout.”

  Michael T. Klare: Oil 2009: Be Careful What You Wish For

• “Those who are dealing with corporate control of water's manifold downsides – water takings, water shut-offs, price hikes, short cuts on water treatment – are people deeply affected by the water crisis and corporations 'actions," said Mark Hays from Corporate Accountability International.”

  Privatising Water is Denying People a Human Right: UN

• “The background details clearly show the shut-offs violate federal and state regulations that provide minimal health and utility safeguards for the rest of us.”

  Obama Sells Out the Sioux | miscellani.org

• “Buildings inspectors also tested the safety devices, such as audible and visual warning signals, anti-two block devices, and boom hoist safety shut-offs on the tower cranes to determine whether they were working properly.”

  Six Cranes Shut Down for Safety Violations

• “Despite stepped-up efforts by state and federal governments, utilities and private groups to help people avoid shut-offs this winter, some worry the problem will only get worse in the coming months, particularly with the downturn on Wall Street.”

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