65 children sickened by carbon monoxide in China
Date: 12/25/2008 7:29 AM BEIJING (AP) — Sixty-five elementary school students in northern China were poisoned by carbon monoxide after smoke from a dormitory boiler seeped into their rooms, state media reported Thursday. Nineteen were still being treated in hospitals in Inner Mongolia, the official Xinhua News Agency said. Meng Lei, a regional health official, […]
7 killed in Philadelphia fire
Date: 12/28/2008 7:52 AM By KATHY MATHESONAssociated Press Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Dozens of Liberian immigrants mourned Saturday at a house where seven members of their community died in a fire that a survivor said started when a kerosene heater spilled fuel and exploded as it was being moved outdoors. Authorities have not released the […]