Politics
The Supreme Court, in a victory for consumers and state regulators, ruled Wednesday that a utility has no constitutional right to pass along to ratepayers the cost of canceled nuclear power plants.
Jan. 12, 1989
Business
Allegheny Power System Inc. agreed to buy DQE Inc. for $4.2 billion in stock and assumed debt, in the largest utility acquisition announced so far this year.
April 8, 1997
World & Nation
Three 11,000-volt power transformers atop a downtown skyscraper traded sparks Friday, seriously injuring a utility company worker and igniting a fire that forced office workers onto the streets, officials said.
May 9, 1998
LTV Steel’s once-mighty Aliquippa Works, which hugs the Ohio River for seven miles west of Pittsburgh, finally is being torn down, yard by rusty yard, and union boss Rich Vallecorsa is shedding no tears.
March 5, 1989
Darla S.
May 31, 1991
In two victories for white men who claimed they had suffered reverse discrimination, the Supreme Court on Monday let stand rulings that threw out a quota for promotions of black firefighters in Birmingham, Ala., and awarded a white engineer $425,000 in damages because he was passed over for a promotion.
April 18, 1995
California
Peter A. Weston, a longtime Agoura resident, succumbed recently to a sudden illness and has died.
Jan. 9, 1995
Stock prices finished lower Friday in light pre-holiday trading, marked by jitters over the prospect of higher inflation and hikes in interest rates.
May 28, 1988
Gary Toeller has been made partner and senior vice president of development for the Los Angeles area for Newport Beach-based Koll Real Estate Group.
Sept. 28, 1997
Entertainment & Arts
Choreographer Maurice Bejart and his Twentieth Century Ballet are to leave the Belgian National Opera, the Belgian government said Sunday.
June 15, 1987