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Economic chat...Militants attack...Two quakes

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 04:23:00 GMT

President Barack Obama has been chatting about the economy this morning with an Ohio family at their kitchen table. On the final day of a three-day campaign trip around the nation, Obama met with Joe and Rhonda Weithman and their two children in thei

Smog lingers over Russian capital

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 21:44:00 GMT

The number of wildfires in Russia has shrunk significantly, but clouds of acrid smog generated by them are still hanging over the Russian capital. Mosecomonitoring environment watchdog said that the level of carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons and oth

Moscow deaths twice as high this year amid smog

Sun, 08 Aug 2010 21:16:00 GMT

The Russian capital's chief health official reportedly says the number of deaths in Moscow is twice as high as usual because of smog suffocating the city from ongoing wildfires nearby. The Interfax news agency quotes Andrei Seltsovky on Monday a

Moscow opens antismog centers as fires burn

Sun, 08 Aug 2010 00:25:00 GMT

Moscow authorities say they have opened more than 120 anti-smog centers as wildfires around the capital suffocate residents and ground dozens of flights. Municipal official Vladimir Petrosyan said Sunday that exasperated Muscovites could "get th

Smog over Moscow worsens as wildfires rage

Fri, 06 Aug 2010 22:05:00 GMT

A deep layer of smog from wildfires around Moscow is hanging over the Russian capital, prompting many city residents to wear masks and forcing many planes to divert to other airports. The thick haze is hanging over Moscow for the second straight

Officials: Russian wildfires death toll hits 48

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 20:27:00 GMT

Officials say the death toll from weeks of wildfires that have wiped out forests and villages in western Russia has reached 48. The Emergency Ministry said in a statement Wednesday that 403 new fires were spotted in the last 24 hours, but 293 we

Utah mine takes extra step to snuff out fire

Sun, 11 Jul 2010 10:41:00 GMT

Arch Coal Co. says a smoldering coal seam that shut down a Utah mine last month no longer shows signs of combustion. Arch's senior vice president of operations, Paul Lang, says air monitors are detecting no problem. But Lang says for safet

Death toll at 34 in Colombia mine blast

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 11:16:00 GMT

Colombian rescuers have retrieved the bodies of 34 miners killed in last week's coal mine explosion. Antioquia state disaster coordinator John Rendon says about 40 workers are still underground. Officials hold out little hope any are still alive

Death toll at 32 in Colombia mine blast

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 05:26:00 GMT

Colombian rescuers have retrieved the bodies of 32 miners killed in last week's coal mine explosion. Antioquia state disaster coordinator John Rendon says at least 40 workers are still underground. Officials hold out little hope that any are sti

Media: 46 dead in explosion in central China mine

Sun, 20 Jun 2010 17:06:00 GMT

State media say at least 46 miners were killed when an explosion ripped through a coal mine in the central Chinese province of Henan. The State Administration of Work Safety said the blast early Monday hit a mine in Pingdingshan city in the prov

Rescuers: Little hope for trapped Colombian miners

Fri, 18 Jun 2010 04:23:00 GMT

Colombian authorities are holding out little hope for the dozens of coal miners trapped underground by an explosion that killed at least 18 workers during a shift change. National disaster director Luz Amanda Pulido tells The Associated Press th

Exam done of key area in W.Va. mine disaster

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:37:00 GMT

Exploratory teams have completed examining a key part of the West Virginia mine where 29 men died in the nation's worst coal industry disaster in 40 years. The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration says teams explored the longwall mining

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Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:32:00 GMT

President Barack Obama is extending child care, medical leave and other benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees. Obama has directed federal agencies to immediately begin allowing domestic partners and their children some of the same

Exploration of W.Va. coal mine resumes

Wed, 02 Jun 2010 09:45:00 GMT

Two teams of Massey Energy and government employees have resumed exploring a West Virginia mine where 29 men died in an explosion last month. Massey says the teams went back into the Upper Big Branch mine Wednesday afternoon. Hours earlier, they

New well approved...Israel rejects criticism...Deadly rampage...

Wed, 02 Jun 2010 07:04:00 GMT

Federal regulators have approved the first new Gulf of Mexico oil well since President Barack Obama lifted a brief ban on drilling in shallow water. The Minerals Management Service today granted a drilling permit for a site about 50 miles off the Lou

First visit to W.Va. mine aborted because of gas

Wed, 02 Jun 2010 06:43:00 GMT

Dangerous gases have turned back investigators venturing for the first time into a West Virginia mine where an April explosion killed 29. Federal Mine Safety and Health Administration spokeswoman Amy Louviere says two teams got about 1,000 feet

3 found dead at Md. home, generator found running

Sun, 30 May 2010 06:01:00 GMT

Three people have been found dead in a Maryland home where a gasoline-powered generator was running in the basement. Prince George's County fire officials say a teenager is also being treated at a hospital for exposure to carbon monoxide. They

BP `disappointed'...Radioactive fish...Shrek sequel still No. 1...

Sun, 30 May 2010 05:54:00 GMT

BP's managing director tells "Fox News Sunday" that company officials are disappointed they "failed to wrestle this beast to the ground." They've abandoned the "top kill" procedure after it failed to plug the oil gusher in the Gulf of Mexico, and are

Utah coal mine reopens after fire quarantined

Mon, 24 May 2010 08:21:00 GMT

Arch Coal Co. has reopened a Utah coal mine after closing off a section that caught fire. St. Louis-based Arch Coal shut down the Dugout Mine for nearly three weeks to deal with rising levels of deadly carbon monoxide from the smoldering fire.

W.Va. mine blast survivor's rehab slow, uncertain

Thu, 20 May 2010 22:54:00 GMT

A man injured in an explosion that killed 29 people at a West Virginia coal mine is struggling to form sentences more than a month after the blast. Sherry Lilly says her father, James Woods, suffered bruised lungs and brain trauma in the April 5

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Wed, 05 May 2010 22:12:00 GMT

Carbon County officials have confirmed that a body found in East Rosebud Lake in the Beartooth Mountains is that of 53-year-old David Krueger of Columbus, who was reported missing in November. Undersheriff Dan McJunkin says his office had been a

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Wed, 05 May 2010 11:51:00 GMT

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Midwest Motor Express Inc. for exposing workers to unsafe levels of carbon monoxide. An investigation was launched last year after an East Helena worker was hospitalized due to carbon monoxi

OSHA proposes $75K fine for freight company

Wed, 05 May 2010 09:17:00 GMT

The Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Midwest Motor Express Inc. for exposing workers to unsafe levels of [[kxtopic:carbon-monoxide:t[carbon monoxide]:t]] and proposals $75,000 in fines. OSHA's area of

OSHA proposes $75K fine for freight company

Wed, 05 May 2010 09:17:00 GMT

4 convicted in Greece for hotel monoxide deaths

Tue, 04 May 2010 09:24:00 GMT

Greek court officials say four people have been convicted in the fatal carbon monoxide poisoning of two British children at a luxury hotel on Corfu in 2006. A Corfu misdemeanor court late Tuesday sentenced the hotel manager, a senior maintenance

Fire shuts down Utah coal mine; no injuries

Tue, 04 May 2010 07:53:00 GMT

Utah's largest coal producer has shut down a mine after a fire raised levels of deadly carbon monoxide. Arch Coal Co. says no one was injured. The St. Louis-based company plans to flood a section of Dugout Mine in Utah's Book Cliffs range t

Underground cables blamed in NYC manhole fire

Mon, 03 May 2010 07:53:00 GMT

Underground cables are being blamed for a manhole fire that shot flames into the air a few blocks from Times Square. Fire officials say they're investigating the fire at West 40th Street and Seventh Avenue. One other manhole cover has also blown

Manhole fire reported near NYC's Times Square

Mon, 03 May 2010 07:46:00 GMT

A manhole fire has shot flames into the air a few blocks from Times Square. Fire officials say they're investigating the blaze at West 40th Street and Seventh Avenue. One other manhole cover has also blown off. No injuries have been report

Calif. bill requires home carbon monoxide monitors

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 10:55:00 GMT

Californians would be required to install carbon monoxide monitors if their home has an attached garage or fireplace under legislation adopted by the state Assembly. The bill by Democratic Sen. Allen Lowenthal, of Long Beach, also would mandate

Gases make W.Va. mine unsafe; 4 missing, 25 dead

Tue, 06 Apr 2010 20:27:00 GMT

Crews are drilling to ventilate toxic gas from a West Virginia mine two days after a deadly explosion, trying to make a section of it safe enough for rescuers to search for four missing miners. The Monday blast killed 25 and left two hospitalize

Gas warning accompanied blast...Arrest in alleged plot against...

Tue, 06 Apr 2010 08:07:00 GMT

Company officials say a carbon monoxide warning was the first hint of trouble at a West Virginia mine where an explosion killed at least 25 miners. Massey Energy chief Don Blankenship tells The Associated Press that crews were checking on the alarm y

JULIAN, W.Va. (AP) Massey Energy chief: carbon monoxide...

Tue, 06 Apr 2010 07:25:00 GMT

Massey: alarm 1st sign of problem at W.Va. mine

Tue, 06 Apr 2010 07:25:00 GMT

Massey Energy chief Don Blankenship says a carbon monoxide warning was the first hint of trouble at a West Virginia coal mine where 25 miners have died. Blankenship told The Associated Press on Tuesday that mine crews were checking on the alarm

Rescuers kept back...Drilling will take hours...Stocks lower...

Tue, 06 Apr 2010 03:06:00 GMT

Rescuers at a West Virginia mine are being kept back by poison gases that accumulated near the site of yesterday's big underground explosion. And that is dimming hopes for the survival of four miners who are still missing. The blast, blamed on methan

W.Va. gov. wants miracle to find missing miners

Mon, 05 Apr 2010 21:51:00 GMT

Gov. Joe Manchin says he is hoping for a miracle that four missing West Virginia coal miners will be found alive after a blast killed 25 people. Manchin's comments came early Tuesday morning as rescue crews prepared to begin drilling bore holes

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Fri, 02 Apr 2010 08:21:00 GMT

The Vatican is officially distancing itself from Good Friday remarks by the papal preacher, who likened accusations against the pope in the clergy sex abuse cover-up scandals to collective violence against Jews. Vatican spokesman Rev. Federico L

Rates rise...Jobs added in March...eBay pushing fashion.......

Fri, 02 Apr 2010 06:57:00 GMT

There's no stock trading in the U.S. today in observance of Good Friday. However, word of the strongest increase in jobs in three years pushed interest rates to their highest level since before the worst days of the credit crisis in 2008. CHAR

Feds: Homes with Chinese drywall must be gutted

Fri, 02 Apr 2010 05:26:00 GMT

New federal guidelines say thousands of U.S. homes tainted by Chinese drywall won't be safe unless they are completely gutted. The Consumer Product Safety Commission released the guidelines Friday. They say electrical wiring, outlets, circuit

Serbia issues arrest warrant for suspected Nazi

Thu, 01 Apr 2010 18:56:00 GMT

Serbia has issued an international warrant for the arrest of an alleged Nazi war crimes suspect who lives in the United States. A Serbian court said Friday that 88-year-old Peter Egner is suspected of war crimes against Jews in Belgrade during t

Change Your Clocks?Change Your Batteries

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:00:00 GMT

When it comes time to change your clocks on Sunday, March 14, the Bismarck Fire Department wants to remind everyone to make another change that could save your lives - change the batteries in your smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detec

Hoeven: FEMA Approves Request to Begin Preliminary Damage Assessments Resulting From January's Winter Storm

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:00:00 GMT

BISMARCK, N.D. - Gov. John Hoeven today announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved his request to begin Preliminary Damage Assessments (PDA) to document losses and costs incurred as a result of last month's severe wint

Bismarck Fire Winter Safety Tips

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:00:00 GMT

With winter?s cold temperatures and blowing snow, the Bismarck Fire Department would like to remind residents of a few simple safety tips to stay safe. ? Clear ice and snow from around all the vents outside of your home. This includ

Carbon monoxide suspected in 3 deaths on NY boat

Tue, 23 Mar 2010 18:28:00 GMT

Police on Long Island say carbon monoxide poisoning is suspected in the deaths of two men and a woman found unconscious on a houseboat about 200 feet offshore. A Suffolk County Police spokesman says the three were found about 9 p.m. Tuesday in H

NH school reopens as tests seek cause of illness

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 02:03:00 GMT

A New Hampshire school where 22 students and staff were sickened has reopened as firefighters monitor school equipment to figure out the cause. The group at St. Thomas Aquinas School showed symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning Wednesday and the

NH school monitored to seek cause of illnesses

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:32:00 GMT

New Hampshire firefighters say they're going to be monitoring the equipment at a Derry school to try to find out what sickened 22 students and staff members. Derry Fire Capt. Scott Haggart says the plan is to turn up the furnace at the St. Thoma

Several fall ill at NH school; tests inconclusive

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 07:25:00 GMT

Air tests at a New Hampshire school where more than 20 people showed symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning have turned up no elevated levels of the gas. Derry Fire Chief George Klauber says firefighters responded to St. Thomas Aquinas School at

Feared monoxide leak hurts at least 2 at NH school

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 05:33:00 GMT

A New Hampshire high school has been evacuated after 23 people showed symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning, including a teacher and student who collapsed. Fire officials say they were able to isolate the problem Wednesday morning to the third f

NH hotel reopens day after gas leak sickened 11

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:57:00 GMT

A New Hampshire hotel has reopened after a faulty boiler room vent leaked enough toxic gas to sicken 11 people and prompt an evacuation. The Hilton Garden Inn in downtown Portsmouth was closed Monday morning after two workers and nine guests han

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Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:24:00 GMT

Police say a fifth body has been recovered from the wreckage of a small plane that broke apart and crashed while trying to land at an airport in central New Jersey. Capt. Tim Clayton of the Wall Township police says three men, a teenager and a y

NH hotel to reopen day after gas leak sickened 11

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:07:00 GMT

A New Hampshire hotel that was closed after a toxic-gas leak sickened 11 people so badly they had to be hospitalized says it will reopen Tuesday. The problem at the Hilton Garden Inn in downtown Portsmouth on Monday morning was traced to a leaki

Carbon monoxide leak prompts NH hotel evacuation

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 10:06:00 GMT

A New Hampshire hotel worker has been hospitalized in serious condition after a carbon monoxide leak sickened her and 10 others. Scott Tranchemontagne (TRENCH-mahn-tayn), a spokesman for the Hilton Garden Inn in Portsmouth, says the cause has be

Bayh ready to leave...More civilians killed...Not so special...

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 06:57:00 GMT

Another Senate Democrat is about to say he's had enough. Indiana's Evan Bayh is expected to announce he will not be running for a third term. In prepared remarks obtained by The Associated Press, Bayh says while he loves working for the people of Ind

NH hotel evacuated due to carbon monoxide problem

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 05:54:00 GMT

A carbon monoxide leak forced the evacuation of a Portsmouth, N.H., hotel, and sent 11 people to a hospital. WCSH-TV reports that one of the injured was unresponsive. Police officers and firefighters evacuated the Hilton Garden Inn Monday

34 recovering from carbon monoxide at Pa. church

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 02:24:00 GMT

Thirty-four people are recovering from carbon monoxide poisoning apparently caused by a blocked chimney in a northwestern Pennsylvania church. The adults and children who got sick were attending church services and a social hour Sunday morning a

1 dead, 11 treated for carbon monoxide in Kansas

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:06:00 GMT

Officials say one person died, two emergency responders were hospitalized and nine others were treated after being overcome by carbon monoxide in central Kansas. Fire Marshal Roger Williams says a woman called authorities after finding her frien

Latest Minnesota news, sports, business and entertainment:...

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:45:00 GMT

Job creation under the federal stimulus package is continuing at a steady pace in Minnesota. White House figures on Monday show that stimulus money created or saved 12,291 Minnesota jobs in the fourth quarter of 2009. Some of the top recipi

Here is the latest Minnesota news from The Associated Press...

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:38:00 GMT

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mark Dayton made his way to the top of the Minnesota campaign money heap. Dayton, a former U.S. senator and department store heir, loaned his campaign $570,000. TWO HARBORS, Minn. (AP) A former employee o

Carbon monoxide sickens several in Philly dorm

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:38:00 GMT

Officials have closed a high-rise dormitory in downtown Philadelphia in a carbon monoxide scare that sickened several students and sent at least two to a hospital. Several hundred students at the Art Institute of Philadelphia were forced from th

Officials name cause of fatal carbon monoxide leak

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:35:00 GMT

Investigators have determined the cause of the carbon monoxide leak that killed a woman and sickened seven other people at a house in northern Minnesota. Officials with the Beltrami County sheriff's office say Monday the gas leak has been traced

Critically injured carbon monoxide victim improves

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 03:55:00 GMT

The condition of a man critically sickened by carbon monoxide in northern Minnesota is improving. The carbon monoxide caused the death of 50-year-old Coleen Jennings at her home in Beltrami County's Frohn Township Saturday. It critically injur

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Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:45:00 GMT

A group of schools in southwestern Minnesota wants the state to lift the law that prevents the academic year from starting before Labor Day. School officials say student performance is too important to be limited by such a ban. In all, 25 distri

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Sun, 31 Jan 2010 09:17:00 GMT

Minnesota political party activists are starting the process of narrowing the field of gubernatorial candidates. Thirty candidates think they should fill the state's top office after Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty steps down. Citizens head to precinct

Woman dies, 7 poisoned by carbon monoxide in Minn.

Sat, 30 Jan 2010 23:43:00 GMT

A 50-year-old woman is dead and seven people were injured from apparent carbon monoxide exposure in northern [[kxtopic:minnesota:t[Minnesota]:t]]. Beltrami County sheriff's officials say 20-year-old Gary Jennings returned to his Frohn Township h

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Sat, 30 Jan 2010 19:45:00 GMT

The mother of one of three Americans jailed in Iran for six months says even hiring an attorney in Iran has brought no new information about the welfare of her son or his friends. Cindy Hickey of Pine City, Minn., is the mother of Shane Bauer.

Woman dies, 7 poisoned by carbon monoxide in Minn.

Sat, 30 Jan 2010 09:45:00 GMT

A 50-year-old woman is dead and seven people were poisoned from apparent carbon monoxide exposure in northern Minnesota. According to a Beltrami County sheriff's statement, 20-year-old Gary Jennings had returned to his Frohn Township home about

(Following Advance for Use Saturday, Feb. 6)

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:42:00 GMT

Today in History Today is Saturday, Feb. 6, the 37th day of 2010. There are 328 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 6, 1952, Britain's King George VI died; he was succeeded by his daughter, Elizabeth I

Eye on Health - Air Quality

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 17:14:00 GMT

Another storm blew in over the weekend, and with that comes a reminder to check a few things around our homes to make sure the air we breath is the best it can be. Here's Carla Burbidge with this week's Eye on Health. Snow and cold weather has us spen

(Following Advance for Use Saturday, Feb. 6)

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 02:45:00 GMT

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Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:45:00 GMT

Two men have been indicted on federal murder charges in the 2007 slayings of three people in a St. Paul home. The U.S. attorney's office says 28-year-old Tyvarus Lee Lindsey and 31-year-old Rashad Raleigh could face life in prison or the death p

Authorities ID victim of Parkers Prairie fire

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 10:06:00 GMT

The Otter Tail County sheriff's office has identified the man who died in a house fire in rural Parkers Prairie. KBRF reports that authorities say 88-year old Walter Wallace Paulson died of carbon monoxide poisoning. The early Tuesday fire

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Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:45:00 GMT

Two leading Minnesota lawmakers say its unlikely that the Legislature will return to the Capitol early to vote on Gov. Tim Pawlenty's plan for delaying school aid. House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher and Senate Majority Leader Larry Pogemil

Son of Hutchinson couple who died of CO also dies

Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:04:00 GMT

A memorial service will be held Friday for a Hutchinson man who died about two months after being found unconscious in a northern Minnesota cabin where his parents died of carbon monoxide poisoning. An obituary says 22-year-old Michael Schwarze

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Thu, 31 Dec 2009 10:27:00 GMT

A South Dakota woman accused of attacking her parents is thought to be hiding in the Colorado Springs area. Colorado Springs police said Thursday that 22-year-old Casey Eleeson may be hiding there. Authorities say the Rapid City, S.D., woman sh

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Thu, 31 Dec 2009 10:27:00 GMT

Police think a South Dakota woman accused of attacking her parents may be hiding in Colorado. They say Casey Eleeson was traced to a Colorado Springs motel but she left before officers arrived. Authorities say the woman shot her father and stabbed he

Death of teens considered accidental

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 07:46:00 GMT

Two boys ages 16 and 17 were found dead in a garage in what the Yankton Police Department suspects is a case of carbon monoxide poisoning. The father of one of the boys made the discovery around 8:30 a.m. Thursday. Acting Police Chief Jerr

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Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:53:00 GMT

More waiting lies ahead for the people and companies involved in lawsuits connected to the Interstate 35W bridge collapse in Minneapolis. A Hennepin County judge has pushed back the trial date for the bridge lawsuits to April 2011. The cases had been

Carbon monoxide poisonings peak in winter months

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:15:00 GMT

A new report from the Minnesota Department of Health says accidental carbon monoxide poisonings peak in winter. The report presents trends in carbon monoxide exposures and poisonings statewide. It notes that while they occur year-round, the

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Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:41:00 GMT

Following a major winter storm that dumped heavy amounts of snow across South Dakota, utility companies are asking customers to remember to keep their natural gas meters clear of snow. Tom Glanzer with Northwestern Energy says a blocked meter co

SD natural gas customers asked to clear meters

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:27:00 GMT

Carbon monoxide suspected in 9 Pa. YMCA illnesses

Thu, 24 Dec 2009 06:01:00 GMT

Nine people at a Pennsylvania YMCA have been taken to hospitals with possible carbon monoxide poisoning. Emergency workers responded to the YMCA in Carbondale around 10 a.m. Thursday after reports of nausea and lightheadedness. Lackawanna C