Outages hit D.C., including White House, Capitol

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Members of the Secret Service stand on Pennsylvania Avenue outside the White House in Washington, Tuesday, April 7, 2015. The White House, State Department, and Capitol were all affected by reports of widespread power outages across Washington and its suburbs Tuesday afternoon. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ORG XMIT: DCSW111

An explosion at a Maryland power plant is to blame for a region-wide power outage that affected the White House, the Capitol, the

University of Maryland and other buildings in D.C. and Maryland on Tuesday afternoon, according to an official.

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