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•  The 2008 Florida blackout was small in comparison with the Aug. 14 event 10 years ago that swept eight states and parts of Canada. The big blackout interrupted phone service, cut lights and air conditioning, impeded power plants, hospitals and prisons, and disrupted transportation from Michigan to New England.
•  Akron-based FirstEnergy Corp. wasn't penalized for its role in the event, which cascaded from the outage of transmission lines in Ohio.
•  "There were no mandatory standards, so there would have been nothing to fine them for," said Craig Cano, a spokesman for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
•  The nonprofit North American Electric Reliability Corp. since has been transformed from a voluntary industry group to a government-sanctioned overseer of new reliability requirements developed in the wake of the 2003 blackout. Its recommended penalties are brought before the federal regulatory commission for approval.
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•  ATLANTA (AP) -- A man who fell more than 60 feet from an upper-level platform at Atlanta's Turner Field onto a parking lot during a baseball game died Monday night, police said.
•  Atlanta police spokesman John Chafee confirmed the death of the man, whose name has not been released. The man fell during Monday night's game between the Atlanta Braves and Philadelphia Phillies.
•  "At this time there's no indication of foul play and the fall appears accidental," Chafee said late Monday. "It appears he fell from an upper-level platform to a secured lot below."
•  Chafee said police received the report of the fall just before 9 p.m. Monday. When officers arrived, they located a man who appeared to have fallen 65 feet, or about six stories.
•  The man was transported to Atlanta Medical Center and died of his injuries.
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•  WASHINGTON (AP) -- Despite all the grumbling about tuition increases and student loan costs, other college expenses also are going up.

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