It turned out to be a bad outlet. So after that was replaced everything works. This is the second outlet that has went bad in that room, which makes me a little suspicious.
I'm looking for some advice on this scenario - I caused a short in one room of my house yesterday. I had a damp paper towel and was wiping dirt off one of those rocker type light switches. As I was cleaning the switch plate I heard a little "zztt" sound and the light went out.
So I then...
