Date: 11/14/2008 PHOENIX (AP) _ Cooler weather has created ideal conditions for the return of the seasonal brown pollution cloud over the Phoenix metropolitan area. Visibility was rated as poor Thursday by the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality although pollution levels did not climb high enough to trigger a health watch or warning. State air-quality […]
Date: 11/13/2008 By TRACIE CONEAssociated Press Writer FRESNO, Calif. (AP) _ Lowering air pollution in Southern California and the San Joaquin Valley would save more lives annually than ending all motor vehicle fatalities in the two regions, according to a new study. The study, which examined the costs of air pollution in two areas with […]
Date: 11/10/2008 BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) _ Authorities in Brookings think a missing vent pipe was to blame in the apparent carbon monoxide poisoning deaths of a man and his daughter found in their home early Sunday. The victims are Grant Holmstrum, 54, and Janna Holmstrum, 21. Police Capt. Jeff Miller said the call came in […]
Date: 11/8/2008 NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) _ The Coast Guard says a 52-year-old barge worker has died after being found unresponsive on the ship as it traveled near New Haven Harbor. Coast Guard Lieutenant Ellen Phillips says it appears that John Campagno died of carbon monoxide poisoning. An autopsy is planned. Crew members on the […]
Date: 11/8/2008 By ANGELA K. BROWNAssociated Press Writer FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) _ An attorney says more than 100 families have settled a lawsuit with a utility whose damaged equipment sparked a devastating wildfire. Attorney Bill Altman says the last of five settlements with Oncor was finalized this week. He says the total is “substantially” […]
Date: 11/1/2008 GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) _ A fire that destroyed the Golden Corral restaurant here Wednesday was likely started by a cigarette or a match that was thrown in the trash, authorities said. Doug Bennyhoff, fire marshal for Great Falls Fire/Rescue, said investigators determined the fire started in an area where employees regularly smoked. […]
Date: 10/31/2008 12:35 PM WEST FARGO, N.D. (AP) _ Authorities say a cigar appears to have started a chair on fire, damaging a West Fargo apartment and injuring the tenant. Fire Chief Roy Schatschneider says 61-year-old Leslie Moore had been sitting in the chair in the living room smoking a cigar before the fire on […]
Date: 10/28/2008 By ROGER ALFORDAssociated Press WriterFRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) _ Gov. Steve Beshear said Tuesday he has asked legal experts to determine whether new evidence warrants reopening an investigation into one of the nation’s deadliest fires, a nightclub blaze that killed 165 people more than 30 years ago. Survivors of the 1977 fire at the […]
Date: 10/24/2008METAMORA, Ill. (AP) — Five students needed hospital treatment for breathing problems after someone sprayed an aerosol product on a school bus. Officials said 63 students were on the bus heading to a grade school in Metamora. Four boys and a girl, ages 7 to 13, were affected by the spray. Metamora Superintendent Trish […]
Date: 10/22/2008 1:43 PM By JEFF KAROUBAssociated Press Writer HIGHLAND PARK, Mich. (AP) _ Fire killed a woman and three children in one home early Wednesday and spread to four other houses, three of them vacant, fire and city officials said. Space heaters used to warm the victims’ home may have caused the blaze, fire […]