Unmindful of such dark prophecies, the state government has moved determinedly ahead inviting bids to construct the second part of the freeway.

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Clad all in white, Benedict walked with the Cuban president, who was dressed in a dark suit, and greeted other state officials and clergy.

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More than 2.6 million New Jersey customers are living without power, representing 65% of the state's total, and nearly 2.1 million in New York state have been left in the dark, according to federal regulators.

WSJ: Power Outages May Last Over a Week

In the dark, a net loss of jobs in every state.

CNN: Jackson: Candidates 'represent hope and healing'

The first candidate to sit down at the dark-stained conference table was a Chinese-American, from Washington state, named Andrew Hsu.

NEWYORKER: No Death, No Taxes

But there's something else pushing travelers to the after-dark flights, and it's got more to do with the state of the airline business.

CNN: Travelers discover the red-eye

Now he looks like General Sani Abacha, who as head of state would sometimes begin his office hours at 22:00, always behind dark glasses.

NEWYORKER: Baptizing the Gun

Plymouth is 90% in the dark, and most of the power outages in Massachusetts have hit the southeast part of the state.

CNN: 650,000 without power as blizzard heads out to sea

It shows the elder Mr. Cuomo sitting with his legs crossed, in a dark suit with a red-striped tie, flanked on either side by the American and New York state flags.

WSJ: Reluctant Mario Cuomo's Portrait Will Finally Be Displayed in Albany

The French state extending into Africa to bring the benefits of commerce and Christianity to what all Europe considered the dark places of the world.

BBC: Part Three - France and the World