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Carbon Monoxide - The Silent Killer Nov 25 2009 12:00AM
Carbon Monoxide ? The Silent Killer
Carbon Monoxide detector(s) are needed in the home and at work to detect the presence of carbon monoxide gas? and to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning. Carbon monoxide(CO) is often referred
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| Here is the latest North Dakota news from The Associated Press... Nov 24 2009 4:13PM
Federal Border Patrol officials say a
new program puts agents in at least a dozen sites along the border
with Canada to work with community law enforcement officials. The
agency says its Resident Agent Program involves agents who can
perform standard
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| Carbon monoxide forces evacuation in Jamestown Nov 24 2009 10:16AM
Jamestown firefighters say they evacuated
an apartment building after heavy amounts of carbon monoxide were
detected.
Fire Chief Jim Reuther said tenants were alerted by carbon
monoxide detectors about 1:30 a.m. Tuesday. He said the building
wa
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Fall Back Nov 1 2009 11:14PM
If you haven't switched your clocks back by now, you're really far behind, or rather, still ahead.
Americans fall back today, turning their clocks back one hour.
While some say this can mess with their sleep cycle, others say they enjoy the process to u
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Daylight Saving Time Nov 1 2009 11:08PM
If you haven't switched your clocks back by now... you're really far behind... or ahead.
Americans fall back today... turning their clocks back one hour.
At Walkers and Daughters in the Kirkwood mall... the clocks stay chiming all day long... but it ca
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| Here is the latest North Dakota news from The Associated Press... Oct 24 2009 6:46AM
New reports show September home sales in
[[kxtopic:fargo-nd:t[Fargo]:t]] were the best in the Midwest region. They were up 23 percent
from a year ago. Overall, home sales in the Midwest increased in
September. Home sales in Cleveland were the worst in
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 24 2009 2:14AM
New reports show September home sales in
Fargo were the best in the Midwest region, up 23 percent from a
year ago.
The median sales price declines were moderate, slipping about 3
percent year-over-year to $139,950.
North Dakota's unemploym
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| Here is the latest North Dakota news from The Associated Press... Oct 23 2009 4:13PM
The state Board of Education has set new
rules in an effort to avoid cost overruns for campus construction
projects. Board vice president Jon Backes (BAH'-kus) says colleges
will have to manage almost all building projects on their campuses
even tho
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| Church youth treated for carbon monoxide Oct 23 2009 2:21PM
A Jamestown Hospital spokesman says about
30 young people attending a church conference were taken to the
hospital after they were overcome by carbon monoxide fumes.
A pastor at the First Congregational Church called the Stutsman
County Dispatch
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| Church youth treated after fumes Oct 23 2009 11:33AM
A Jamestown Hospital spokesman says about
30 young people attending a church conference were treated after
taking ill from carbon monoxide fumes.
Spokesman Bill Kennedy says the young people were brought to the
hospital emergency room Friday mor
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| Latest Minnesota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 21 2009 1:45AM
Six imams who were removed from a US Airways
flight in Minneapolis in 2006 have reached a tentative settlement
of their discrimination lawsuit.
The imams' attorney, Omar Mohammedi (moh-HAM'-med-dee), said
Tuesday that all sides agreed to the set
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| CO poisoning ruled in Minn. couple's death Oct 20 2009 7:15PM
The Cass County sheriff says a husband
and wife found dead in their cabin near Longville over the weekend
died from carbon monoxide poisoning.
Relatives found the bodies of 58-year-old Lee Schwarze and his
55-year-old wife, Nancy, on Saturday af
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| Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 10 2009 3:52PM
A standoff continues inside
Pakistan's army headquarters. Heavily armed militants are holding
up to 15 soldiers hostage, after storming the complex in a bold
assault.
Ten people were killed in the attack, including two ranking
officers.
A
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| Hostage standoff in Pakistan...Turkey and Armenia sign... Oct 10 2009 3:03PM
A standoff continues in Pakistan,
where heavily armed militants are holding up to 15 soldiers inside
army headquarters. The hostage-taking took place after the
militants stormed the complex in a brazen assault on the country's
military establishment.
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| Investigators look at role of selfhelp expert Oct 10 2009 2:42PM
The two people who died after sitting in
an Arizona resort's sauna-like sweat lodge have been identified as
a 40-year-old Wisconsin man and a 38-year-old New York woman.
James Shore of Milwaukee and Kirby Brown of Westtown, N.Y. died
Thursday ni
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| Two die, four hospitalized in sweat lodge tragedy Oct 9 2009 10:03PM
Four people remain hospitalized after two others
died in a sauna-like sweat lodge at an Arizona resort.
One of those hospitalized is in critical condition.
Nearly two dozen of the 64 people inside the sweat lodge became
ill during the two-h
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| 2 found in Great Falls apartment named Sep 24 2009 7:22PM
Authorities have identified two men
whose bodies were found in an apartment in Great Falls.
Police say the bodies of 41-year-old David Beverly and
57-year-old Daniel Lull were discovered in the fifth floor
apartment Wednesday evening.
The
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| Latest Montana news, sports, business and entertainment:... Sep 24 2009 4:13PM
Labor commissioners from 18 states
are urging the U.S. Senate to immediately act to extend
unemployment benefits for 300,000 people who will exhaust theirs in
another week.
New York Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith was in Niagara
Falls Thur
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| 2 bodies found in Great Falls apartment Sep 24 2009 8:03AM
Detectives with the Great Falls Police
Department are investigating the deaths of two men whose bodies
were found in a local apartment.
The deaths were reported Wednesday evening after someone
discovered the bodies in the fifth floor apartment.
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| Officials warn of seasonal carbon monoxide danger Sep 17 2009 5:15AM
Health officials in Minnesota are
recommending that residents have their central heating systems
checked before using them this fall.
It's part of an effort by the Minnesota Poison Control System
and the Minnesota Safety Council to reduce danger
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| 'Zookeeper' monkeys evacuated from Boston hotel Sep 16 2009 1:39PM
Two movie-star monkeys and crew members of the
Adam Sandler film "The Zookeeper" are among the 300 guests who
were evacuated from a Boston hotel after carbon monoxide alarms
went off.
Fire Department spokesman Steve MacDonald says a small boiler
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| NTSB releases details on Canyon Ferry plane crash Sep 2 2009 4:19AM
The National Transportation Safety Board
has ruled out carbon monoxide poisoning as a contributing factor in
the plane crash that killed veteran Helena flight instructor Sparky
Imeson.
The agency has concluded its investigation and may release t
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| Anaconda boy overcome by CO2 at Lake Mead Aug 24 2009 3:45PM
The National
Park Service says an 11-year-old Montana boy who was pulled from
Lake Mead late Thursday night and later died had been overcome by
carbon monoxide.
Park service spokesman Andrew Munoz said Saturday that an
autopsy done by the Clark
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| Anacona boy overcome by CO2 at Lake Mead Aug 24 2009 3:45PM
The National
Park Service says an 11-year-old Montana boy who was pulled from
Lake Mead late Thursday night and later died had been overcome by
carbon monoxide.
Park service spokesman Andrew Munoz said Saturday that an
autopsy done by the Clark
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| Update on the latest in sports: Aug 6 2009 4:00PM
Phil Mickelson returned to play today and
shot a par-70 in the opening round of the World Golf Championships
Bridgestone Invitational in Akron, Ohio. This is his first event
since leaving the PGA Tour to spend time with his wife and mother
who have b
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| Recovered Sorenson to drive No. 43 at The Glen Aug 6 2009 12:15PM
Reed Sorenson will drive for Richard
Petty Motorsports at Watkins Glen International on Sunday after
recovering from the effects of carbon monoxide inhalation suffered
in a crash at Pocono Raceway.
Former Formula One champion Jacques Villeneuve
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| Ortiz still waiting...Hanson paces Braves...Season's over... Aug 5 2009 7:01PM
Boston slugger David Ortiz is still
waiting for additional information regarding a positive test for
performance-enhancing drugs in 2003 that was reported last week.
Ortiz again vowed, before tonight's game at Tampa Bay, to share the
information fr
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| Sorenson recovering from carbon monoxide sickness Aug 5 2009 5:19PM
NASCAR driver Reed Sorenson inhaled
carbon monoxide during Monday's Sprint Cup race at Pocono, and his
team has asked former Formula One champion Jacques Villeneuve to be
on standby this weekend at Watkins Glen.
Details of Sorenson's illness wer
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Jun 23 2009 2:13AM
State health officials have issued an air
quality permit for a company building a coal-drying plant in
southwestern North Dakota.
The state Health Department's air quality division says it
issued the permit yesterday to GTL Energy for its plant
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| Here is the latest North Dakota news from The Associated Press... Jun 22 2009 4:14PM
Devils Lake police say an Idaho man who
was pulled over while driving an allegedly stolen tractor has been
charged with felony theft and driving under the influence. Police
stopped James Price early yesterday because he was driving in the
dark with n
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Jun 22 2009 11:12AM
Some participants became ill at a hockey camp
in Hazen where carbon monoxide levels tested unusually high.
Officials have not directly linked the illnesses to the carbon
monoxide, which has been linked in other rinks to fumes leaked by
ice resur
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| 22 fall ill at Calif. church; no gas leak found Jun 12 2009 9:49PM
Authorities say 22 people, most of them
schoolchildren, fell ill at a Catholic church in Southern
California and were taken to a hospital.
Officials initially suspected carbon monoxide poisoning had
caused two children to faint and several other
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| 22 fall ill from carbon monoxide leak at church Jun 12 2009 3:59PM
Authorities say 22 people, most of them
schoolchildren, have been hospitalized after suffering carbon
monoxide poisoning at a Catholic church in Southern California.
Coronado Fire Division Chief Ed Hadfield says the incident
occurred Friday morn
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| Govt. urges people to make homes healthy Jun 9 2009 1:39PM
The government is urging parents and
homebuilders to make their homes healthier by getting rid of lead
paint, mold, and other hazards.
Acting Surgeon General Steven Galson and Housing Deputy
Secretary Ron Sims launched a coordinated federal effo
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| Grand jury to investigate carbon monoxide case Apr 25 2009 2:55AM
A district judge in Colorado has approved a
request to have a grand jury investigate the carbon
monoxide-poisoning deaths of a family vacationing at a home near
Aspen.
The order comes about three weeks after a request by the
district attorney.
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Apr 5 2009 2:14AM
Fargo residents are being asked to reassess
their levees and count unused sandbags in their garages, as the
city prepares for a second Red River crest.
Officials are to resume sandbagging efforts in a few days after
taking an inventory of unused
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| North Dakota reports 2 floodrelated deaths Apr 4 2009 2:35PM
North Dakota's [[kxtopic:health-department:t[Health Department]:t]] says the
deaths of two people in the central and western part of the state
are related to flooding that sent the Heart River and other
[[kxtopic:missouri-river:t[Missouri River]:t]] t
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| North Dakota reports 2 floodrelated deaths Apr 4 2009 2:35PM
North Dakota's [[kxtopic:health-department:t[Health Department]:t]] says the
deaths of two people in the central and western part of the state
are related to flooding that sent the Heart River and other
[[kxtopic:missouri-river:t[Missouri River]:t]] t
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| North Dakota reports 2 floodrelated deaths Apr 4 2009 2:35PM
North Dakota's [[kxtopic:health-department:t[Health Department]:t]] says the
deaths of two people in the central and western part of the state
are related to flooding that sent the Heart River and other
[[kxtopic:missouri-river:t[Missouri River]:t]] t
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| Residents Cautioned about Risks of Carbon Monoxide Mar 29 2009 12:00AM
The North Dakota Department of Health is cautioning residents about the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning from using alternative power and heat sources, according to L. David Glatt, section chief of the Environmental Health Section for
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| Widow: Moonshiner took his life to avoid prison Mar 18 2009 10:52PM
The man who regarded himself as the last
of the true hillbillies has been buried after apparently committing
suicide rather than going to prison for moonshining.
Marvin "Popcorn" Sutton of Parrottsville, Tenn., was 62. His
wife says she came hom
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| Coroner IDs man killed in rural Nevis house fire Mar 2 2009 3:32PM
The Ramsey County medical examiner's office
is identifying the man killed in a house fire in rural Nevis
(NEE'-vis) in north-central Minnesota late last month.
He's 62-year-old Dennis Dean Tranby. The coroner is calling it
an accidental death ca
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| Gas blast kills 74 in northern China coal mine Feb 22 2009 12:16PM
China's official news agency says all the
miners who had been trapped in a deadly coal mine explosion have
been found. It's not clear if all the bodies have been recovered.
The gas explosion inside the mine in northern China killed at
least 74 p
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| 44 miners dead, 65 trapped in China mine blast Feb 22 2009 2:00AM
The government news agency in China now
reports that 65 miners are still trapped in a [[kxtopic:coal:t[coal]:t]] mine where an
explosion early Sunday killed at least 44 others.
An earlier report had put the number of people trapped at 21.
T
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| New boiler could address monoxide fumes Feb 18 2009 12:16PM
Officials hope a new boiler fixes problems
of carbon monoxide fumes in Mitchell's Public Safety Building,
which houses police, fire, ambulance and emergency communications
workers.
Additional carbon monoxide detectors have been installed for
no
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| Take Care of Your Heart at Every Age Feb 6 2009 12:00AM
39% of the population between the ages of 40-59 have cardiovascular disease.
More than 9 million children and adolescents between the ages of 6 and 19 are considered to be overweight.
An estimated 21% of all adults smoke
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| Survey finds American adults are risk takers Feb 3 2009 2:08PM
We're not smart cookies when it comes to
eating cookie dough, and too often engage in all kinds of other
risky behavior.
Those are the findings of a Consumer Reports telephone survey of
1,000 adults.
It found nearly 3 of every 4 Americans
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| NY consumer mag reports more risky business Feb 3 2009 8:04AM
The people at Consumer Reports magazine are
at it again, telling us we're doing what we shouldn't.
For example, nearly 3 of every 4 Americans put cotton swabs
inside their ears, risking a perforated eardrum, according to the
magazine's telephone
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| Holder confirmed...Stimulus campaign...KY death toll climbs... Feb 2 2009 7:02PM
Eric Holder has won Senate confirmation as the
nation's first African-American attorney general. His confirmation
is expected to trigger changes to the most controversial Bush
administration policies, from interrogation tactics to terrorism
trials an
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| National death toll hits 55 in ice storm, 24 in KY Feb 2 2009 5:23PM
Gov. Steve Beshear (beh-SHEER) is raising
his state's death toll to 24 in a storm that caked several states
in ice last week.
That means at least 55 people have died in the storm nationwide.
Beshear says in a letter to President Barack Obam
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| Ky. Gov.: 'A long haul' ahead as state defrosts Feb 2 2009 5:01AM
Tens of thousands of customers in
Kentucky still don't have power a week after an ice storm slammed
the area.
Kentucky's governor says the state will do everything it can to
change that, but he admits it'll be "a long haul." Some residents
will
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| Carbon monoxide scare sends 17 to hospital Feb 1 2009 8:04AM
Investigators in Philadelphia believe a
generator used to run an air compressor that inflated balloons is
to blame for a carbon monoxide scare that sent 17 people to a
hospital.
Authorities say six of those treated Saturday evening were
childre
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| Crews make some progress on ice storm outages Jan 30 2009 11:54AM
Utility crews are making some progress in
restoring power to the more than 1.3 million homes and businesses
darkened by this week's ice storm. But thousands, from Missouri to
West Virginia, are still bunking in shelters because their homes
have no wa
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| Jobs numbers due...Ford's losses....Discussing peace... Jan 29 2009 6:53AM
This hour brings a fresh snapshot of the
country's battered labor market. The government reports how many
people have filed for first-time claims for jobless benefits last
week. Yesterday, the House passed President Barack Obama's economic
stimulus p
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| Thousands may face frigid, lightless nights ahead Jan 29 2009 5:22AM
Officials are beginning to worry about
the safety of some of the million plus customers without power
after a major winter storm.
An official in Arkansas says the concern is there could be a
death due to hypothermia or carbon monoxide poisoning
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| Bismarck Fire Winter Home & Workplace Safety Tips Jan 20 2009 12:00AM
Terry Winings, Bismarck Fire Inspector reminds citizens of important winter safety tips for your home and workplace. ?With the amount of snow we?ve received, we are running into some issues that we haven?t had in a number of years?, s
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| Custer man dies of carbon monoxide poisoning Jan 14 2009 6:53AM
A 56-year-old Custer man has died from
carbon monoxide poisoning.
Custer County Sheriff Rick Wheeler says a family member of Milan
Mattson and a deputy tried to revive Mattson in his home on Sunday.
Wheeler believes the carbon monoxide came
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Carbon Monoxide Scare Jan 5 2009 7:06PM
In a matter of minutes, it can make you very sick... or eventually... kill you..
A reason we're reminding you once again to check your home for carbon monoxide.
Our Amber Schatz shows us one family's brush with "the silent killer".
(1:09) Angela Frank
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| Carbon Monoxide the Silent Killer Dec 30 2008 12:00AM
Carbon Monoxide is a silent killer because it is a colorless, odorless and tasteless gas. Carbon monoxide, otherwise known as CO is a product of incomplete combustion. ?The only way to know you are breathing this oxygen depriving gas i
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| 17yearold dies of carbon monoxide poisoning Dec 22 2008 9:55AM
A 17-year-old Creston boy has died of
carbon monoxide poisoning.
Flathead County officials say Ian Scott Hineman died in his
family's guest house.
The boy's father called 911 Sunday morning, saying he found his
son in the basement of the g
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| 6 treated for carbon monoxide fumes Dec 17 2008 7:43AM
Six members of a rural Yankton family were
treated at a hospital for carbon monoxide poisoning.
Yankton Deputy Fire Chief Larry Nickles said a fitting on a
heater broke off and carbon monoxide was being released in the home
instead of outdoors.
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| Seafood employees sickened by carbon monoxide Dec 16 2008 11:09PM
Carbon monoxide poisoning is blamed for
hospitalizing 29 people at a seafood business in Bellingham,
Washington.
Investigators suspect fumes from forklifts. The warehouse doors
were closed because of the cold.
The local fire chief says whe
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| Carbon monoxide sends 16 to Wash. state hospital Dec 16 2008 1:11PM
Sixteen people at a seafood business in
Bellingham, Wash., have been sent to the hospital with carbon
monoxide poisoning.
Chief Bill Boyd says they were overcome by fumes Tuesday morning
at the Homeport Seafoods cold storage business.
Boyd
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MDU Urges Caution Dec 15 2008 11:09PM
With the onset of the actic weather it's also a good time to keep an eye on the vents outside your home.
That's especially true if you have an old furnace.
Mark Hanson with MDU Resources says to keep an eye out for ice build up.
He says it you see any
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Sewer Vent Safety Dec 15 2008 7:19PM
Now that the snow laden clouds have moved on the sky's cleared out homeowners are focusing on the cleanup.
But it's not just the sidewalks and driveways that homeowners should be concerned about.
Emergency officials say people should make sure
their s
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| Frozen Northeast expected to warm up Dec 15 2008 1:03AM
Warmer weather is expected Monday for a
frozen Northeast.
An ice storm sliced through the area Friday, cutting power lines
and forcing people from their unheated homes into shelters.
While more than half a million customers are still withou
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| Thousands head to shelters as outages continue Dec 14 2008 2:18PM
Thousands of New England residents have been
heading to shelters to wait out the aftermath of last week's ice
storm.
Power is still out to hundreds of thousands of customers in New
York, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Vermont and Maine, even as
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| Power restored to some, but still out to hundreds of thousands... Dec 14 2008 10:03AM
At least four deaths are being blamed on
the ice storm that struck the Northeast late last week.
Three of the deaths a man in New Hampshire and a couple in
New York were due to carbon monoxide poisoning from gas-powered
generators. The fourth
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| More outages possible in iceravaged Northeast Dec 14 2008 5:43AM
With hundreds of thousands of customers
already in the dark in the Northeast, utility officials are warning
there could be more blackouts to come.
An ice storm tore through upstate New York, Massachusetts, New
Hampshire and Maine snapping wires
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| Bradford nabs Heisman...Chicago mayor on governor...VA glitch to be... Dec 13 2008 8:55PM
Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford has won the
Heisman Trophy. He's guided the highest-scoring team in major
college football history to the national championship game and
leads the nation in TD passes with 48.
CHICAGO (AP) Illinois Gov. Rod B
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| Ill. governor's woes...3 icestorm related deaths...Arson fire at... Dec 13 2008 7:58PM
Scandal-tainted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich
(blah-GOY'-uh-vich) is weighing his legal options. He's met with
renowned Chicago criminal lawyer Ed Genson. For now, the governor
is rejecting calls to resign.
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) Authorities are
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| Northeast ice storm leaves 1.25M without power Dec 13 2008 5:37AM
The Northeast has been battered by one of
the nastiest ice storms in memory, leaving about 1.25 million homes
and businesses in the dark across seven different states.
Outages extend from Pennsylvania up to Maine. Most of the
blackouts are in Ne
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Carbon monoxide Dec 11 2008 7:10PM
With a cold snap due in the next week, many of you will be turning on the heat.
And fire officials say
that when the temperature goes down...
Its not just your thermostat that goes up.
Ron Kunda - "with carbon monoxide we find that we get the most c
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| Wood Stove and Fireplace Safety Nov 12 2008 12:00AM
With the weather turning colder and heating costs rising, many people are beginning to use their fireplaces and wood burning stoves. The Bismarck Fire Department would like to encourage you to practice the following safety tips:
1.
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| Brookings man, daughter found dead in their home Nov 10 2008 10:58AM
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 54-year-old Grant Holmstrum and 21-year-old
Janna Holmst
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| It's Time to Clear the Air! Nov 4 2008 12:00AM
The Great American Smokeout- Thursday, November 20th
During the Great American Smokeout, we encourage all North Dakota smokers to put out their cigarettes for at least one day ? and perhaps for a lifetime.
Within 20 minutes after
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Daylight Savings Nov 1 2008 11:35PM
Daylight savings means it's time once again to change our clocks, and to check other devices that could save a life.
Bismarck Fire Department officials want to remind everyone to check and change the batteries of their smoke alarms and carbon monoxide a
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| Change Your Clocks - Change Your Batteries Oct 28 2008 12:00AM
When it comes time to change your clocks on Sunday, November 2nd, 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 de
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| Brooklyn Park mother, 2 children treated for CO Oct 23 2008 7:36AM
A Brooklyn Park mother and her two
children are being treated for carbon monoxide poisoning.
Firefighters responded to a call at the home and found the
family outside of the house, on the lawn.
All three were taken to North Memorial Medical
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| Leaky generator suspected in deaths of 4 on boat Oct 7 2008 11:14AM
A leaky generator likely was the source of
carbon monoxide gas that filled a Mississippi River houseboat,
killing two couples during a weekend birthday celebration,
investigators said.
The houseboat where four people were found dead Sunday had a
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