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  • Woman Catches Fire, Dies While Smoking

    07/31/2005 8:13:29 PM PDT · by TSgt · 98 replies · 1,801+ views
    www.channelcincinnati.com ^ | 7:34 pm EDT July 31, 2005 | www.channelcincinnati.com
    CINCINNATI -- Smoking is being blamed for a deadly fire on the campus of The Drake Center Saturday, News 5 reported. Officials said the fire broke out at the Bridgeway Pointe Assisted Living Center on West Galbraith Road in Hartwell. Firefighters were called to the scene for a report of a woman on fire. When they arrived, workers found 80-year-old Louise Francis on the ground. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators said Francis relied on an oxygen tank. Those who knew her said Francis was a smoker. Officials said damage to the building was limited.
  • Corzine in early control (NJ)

    11/18/2004 7:15:18 AM PST · by qam1 · 15 replies · 1,040+ views
    Trentonian ^ | 11/18/04 | Charles Webber
    TRENTON -- U.S. Sen. Jon Corzine finds himself far outpacing any of his contenders for the governor’s office next year in a horse race that is now only his to lose. "This is like inspecting the horses before the big race - they’re all standing there prancing about trying to look nice when somebody notices there’s one horse rounding the first turn already," said Clay Richards, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute. "In this race there is no one to cry false start." Democrat’s are taking broad-based support into next year’s gubernatorial race, according to the survey released...