The Daily Populous

Monday February 12nd, 2018 day edition

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Nearly six months after Hurricane Maria decimated Puerto Rico, the island's electricity has been restored to 75 percent capacity, according to its utility company.

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The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority said Sunday that 75.35 percent of customers now have electricity.

It added that 90.8 percent of the electrical grid, already anemic even before the Sept. 20 storm barrelled through the island, is generating power again.

Despite this, 65 people in shelters and an island-wide boil water advisory is still in effect even though almost 100 percent of Puerto Ricans have access to drinking water, local government records show.

That contract was nixed and Whitefish stopped working in Puerto Rico after FEMA raised "significant concerns" over the procurement process. »

NBC fires Olympic analyst after comments infuriate South Korea

Authored by marketwatch.com

Japan ruled Korea with an iron fist from 1910 to 1945 in a bloody occupation that still strikes a raw nerve.

“It was possible for him to do more with us here; now it is no longer possible,” an NBC official told Korea Times.

NBC anchor Carolyn Manno had also read a statement on-air Saturday, trying to limit the damage of Ramo’s nonsensical comment. »

Russell Crowe: Michael Jackson Used to Prank Call Me

Authored by time.com
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But according to a story Crowe told the The Guardian, there was one man who dared to play practical jokes on the gruff Australian star: Michael Jackson.

Of course the story can’t be confirmed by Jackson, but the image of the pop icon prank calling Crowe is so perfect, we certainly hope it’s true. »