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Editorial Roundup: Tennessee
Recent editorials from Tennessee newspapers: ___ Jan. 14 The Johnson City Press on filling out the Census form: Want to pay more taxes? Here’s a surefire way to inspire a hike — ignore your U.S. Census survey. As Press Staff Writer David Floyd reported in Monday’s edition, Johnson City...
Tests: No carbon monoxide in baby deaths at housing complex
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's state medical examiner's office said Thursday that it found no sign of carbon monoxide poisoning in the deaths of two infants at a public housing community where the gas has forced evacuations. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner issued a news release Thursday...
Bozeman woman dies of carbon monoxide poisoning
BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — A Bozeman woman has died from carbon monoxide poisoning and another person was hospitalized after a car was accidentally left running in a garage attached to a residence, city officials said Monday. Emergency crews responded to a report of a “strange odor” at about 11:15...
Coroner report says WSU student died from alcohol poisoning
PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — The cause of death for a Washington State University student found unconscious at a fraternity has been confirmed as an accident. KOMO-TV reports Sam Martinez, 19, died Nov. 12 from acute alcohol poisoning, according to the Whitman County Medical Examiner. Pullman police originally...
Food poisoning linked to hard-boiled eggs in food service
NEW YORK (AP) — Pregnant women, people over the age of 65 and people with weakened immune systems should throw away store-bought hard-boiled eggs because of a food poisoning outbreak linked to a Georgia company, health officials said Thursday. They said the same goes for products like egg salad that...
Carbon monoxide poisoning likely killed girl, documents say
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Carbon monoxide poisoning is the apparent cause of death for a 4-year-old Nebraska girl, whose Kansas grandfather is charged with first-degree murder. The Topeka Capital-Journal on Thursday cited Shawnee County District Court records related to the death of Brandy Funk. Testing found a...
7 sickened by carbon monoxide during DC boat parade
WASHINGTON (AP) — At least seven people, including three children, were sickened by an apparent carbon dioxide leak while taking part in an annual holiday boat parade in Washington, D.C., authorities say. Authorities responded to a parading 32-foot boat Saturday night after someone aboard fell unconscious...
California university sued over student’s hazing death
FULLERTON, Calif. (AP) — Parents of a 19-year-old woman who died of alcohol poisoning are suing her sorority and California State University, Fullerton, claiming her death was due to hazing. The Orange County Register says the parents of Bea Castro filed the negligence and wrongful death suit this week....
No criminal charges in public housing poisoning deaths of 2
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — No criminal charges will be filed in the carbon monoxide deaths of two people at a Columbia public housing complex in part because South Carolina lacks a criminal negligence law, a prosecutor said Wednesday. The men died in January in separate apartments in the same building at the...
Children treated for carbon monoxide exposure at day care
ATLANTA (AP) — Authorities in Georgia say several children at a day care center are being treated for exposure to carbon monoxide. Atlanta Fire Department spokesman Sgt. Cortez Stafford told news outlets that at least three children were being treated for exposure to carbon monoxide Monday. The symptoms...
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