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PERRY BEGGED TO SAVE NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS FROM CLOSING: Utility company First Energy is asking the Energy Department to save a big chunk of its nuclear power plant fleet after announcing Wednesday that it would shut down three of its facilities in Ohio and Pennsylvania.