After Irene: When will the power come back on? (AP)

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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110902/ap_on_re_us/us_irene"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20110901/capt.aaf10ea80f054af7a4a26265cf635806-aaf10ea80f054af7a4a26265cf635806-0.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=pJCtt0.X0nPRw24o4SBIGQ--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Washington Electric Cooperative linemen Kyle Harper, right, and Rich Hallstrom ride ATVs to check on power lines on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2011 in Roxbury, Vt. With hundreds of roads impassable, utilities are using all means to restore power to victims of Tropical Storm Irene, but the scope of the devastation means it will be some time before everyone has their power back. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)" border="0" /></a>AP - Cold showers. Meals in the dark. Refrigerators full of spoiled food. No TV. No Internet. Up and down the East Coast, patience is wearing thin among the hundreds of thousands of people still waiting for the electricity to come back on after Hurricane Irene knocked out the power last weekend.</p><br clear="all"/>

 

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