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Officials say a backup generator was being used at the couple’s home in King of Prussia after strong thunderstorms knocked out electrical service to the area on Tuesday evening.
Police were called to the home after 9 a.m. Wednesday after the woman, a school teacher, failed to report for work. The coroner’s office was called and the woman was airlifted to a hospital.
Investigators are trying to determine if the generator was the source of the fumes.
Thousands of customers remain without power because the storms brought down trees and power lines, especially in Montgomery and Chester counties.
Fast-moving storms that rolled through upstate New York on Tuesday are blamed for at least two deaths.
Tuesday’s storms knocked over trees, brought down power lines and damaged homes in an area stretching from the Rochester area to the Catskills and the Vermont border.
Authorities in St. Lawrence County in northern New York issued an advisory against unnecessary travel because of extensive storm damage there.
National Grid reported about 28,000 of its customers were without power Wednesday, most of them in central and northern New York. New York State Electric & Gas reported about 15,000 without power, most of them in the Catskills, while Central Hudson Gas & Electric said it had 30,000 outages in Ulster, Dutchess and Orange counties.
Improved weather will help crews restore power to some NYSEG customers Wednesday, but others may not get their electricity back until Friday, utility spokesman Clayton Ellis said. National Grid expected to have power restored in some areas by the end of the day, but the utility said power restoration estimates for some of the hardest hit areas in northern New York hadn’t been determined.
Logger Kenneth Yousey Jr., 47, was killed in Lewis County when he was hit by a tree blown down by high winds and a 51-year-old Pennsylvania man died after his motorcycle hit a tree that had fallen across an Adirondack road.

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COMPILED BY ANGELA GRAYSON
‘Trowel and Error’— 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. today . Presentations by Rosina Newton (’Schmorganic: Why and How to Go Natural in the Garden’), David Meeker (’Heirloom Veggies for Hot Southern Climates’) and Paula Middleton (’Landscape Treats for Your Eyes and Table’). Mayfield Park, 3505 W. 35th St. Free, $5 donation requested. 453-7074.
Austin Butterfly Forum Field Trip — 9 a.m. to noon Sunday . Val Bugh and Dan Hardy lead participants looking for butterflies, insects and spiders. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, 4801 La Crosse Ave. $7. 345-6935, www.austinbutterflies.org.
‘Roses to Know and Grow in Central Texas’ — 2 p.m. Sunday. Learn about roses that do well in our climate and how to care for them. It’s About Thyme Garden Center, 11726 Manchaca Road. Free. 280-1192, www.itsaboutthyme.com.
Round Rock Community Garden Club ‘All About Tomatoes’ — 9:15 a.m. Monday. Wendy Odium, the ‘Tomato Queen,’ lectures. Baca Center, 301 W. Bagdad Ave., Building 2, Round Rock. Free. 218-5499.
Bromeliad Society of Austin — 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. R.L. Frasier presents ‘Succulent Bromeliads/Hardy Hechtias of Mexico.’ Zilker Botanical Garden, 2220 Barton Springs Road. Free. 933-1867.
Austin Bonsai Society — 7 to 9:30 p.m. Wednesday. Bill Boytim discusses and demonstrates how to improve your trees by air layering and grafting. Zilker Botanical Garden, 2220 Barton Springs Road. Free. 266-2655.
Bamboo Logic Seminar — 10 a.m. to noon April 12. Topics will include bamboo horticulture, growth habits and rates and species types; problem-solving for the invasive (’running’) bamboos; and landscape applications for non-invasive (’clumping’) bamboos. Casa de Luz, 1701 Toomey Road. $15 includes seminar, tour and handouts. 350-8505, www.bamboo-logic.com.
Cherrywood Plant and Book Swap — 9 a.m. April 12. Trade plants that are well-suited for propagation and/or transplanting in Austin. Bring books to share with neighbors. Cherrywood Green, Cherrywood Road and East 34th Street. Free. 478-2358.

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The Amtrak Classic -After two weeks on the road, the Rush returns home to Chicago for The Amtrak Classic - the Chicago portion of the home-and-home series with its Central Division rival from Michigan, the Grand Rapids Rampage.
The Rush returns home with a 5-2 record after splitting its two game-road trip - falling in overtime in Orlando on April 6, before bouncing back Monday night with a last-second 49-42 win in Kansas City.
At 2-4, Grand Rapids is about as streaky as a team can get. After losing its first two games - including a 64-35 loss to the Rush - the Rampage turned things around, winning two in a row. However, after getting to the .500 mark, Grand Rapids has lost its last two games by an average of 24 points, including a 75-56 home loss last week to Orlando.
Sunday’s Game Sold Out, Fans With Tickets, Arrive Early - Sunday’s game against Grand Rapids is sold out and the Allstate Arena parking lots will fill up early. For season ticket holders who purchased pre-paid parking vouchers, please note the vouchers do not guarantee a spot in the lots. Please plan accordingly and arrive early.
Standing Room Tickets Available - Although Sunday’s game is sold out, a limited number of standing room tickets will be made available at the Allstate Arena box office beginning at 11 a.m. Sunday. To guarantee a standing room ticket, make sure to be at the Allstate Arena box office when it opens.
No TV, Listen On WYLL 1160 AM - Sunday’s game will not be televised. Fans without a ticket may listen as Rush announcers Tom Dore and James “Big Cat” Williams call all the action on WYLL, 1160 AM.
Doors Open At 12:30 p.m. Sunday - For the remainder of the season, doors to Allstate Arena will open 90 minutes prior to kickoff. That means that the doors will open at 12:30 p.m. on Sunday.

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By DEREK REDD
Special to the Palm Beach Post
TALLAHASSEE — The Florida State football team's first day of the NFL Draft was silent for the first time in 21 years.
That marked the first time since 1987 that the Seminoles had been shut out on the first day of the draft.
That year, nose tackle Gerald Nichols was taken in the seventh round, FSU's lone draft pick. Florida State had at least one first-round pick in the three drafts before this year's, with seven first-rounders in that streak.
That streak of first-day draft picks was snapped in part because the third round moved from the first day to the second day. The last time the Seminoles did not have a first- or second-round pick was 1996 when center Clay Shiver was the first Seminole taken in the third round.
FSU might not have to wait for long to see its first player taken today.
Defensive linemen Andre Fluellen and Letroy Guion and outside linebacker Geno Hayes were invited to the draft combine in Indianapolis in February.
Scouts Inc.'s Todd McShay has Fluellen going in the third round. He has Guion and Hayes, both of whom entered the draft after their junior seasons, going in the fourth round.
ESPN draft analyst Mel Kiper Jr. has all three going in the fourth round.
Fluellen was hopeful of being selected Saturday after his performances at both the combine and Florida State's pro timing day.
"What I'm hearing after pro day, people said I really helped myself in my workouts," Fluellen said. "Hopefully, whatever I did, it helped my stock improve."
USF's Jenkins picked by Cowboys: Michael Jenkins, a cornerback from South Florida, was selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the first round. The Cowboys used their second first-round pick (No. 25) on Jenkins.

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These images show the progression of the lunar eclipse Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008, over Maquoketa, Iowa. The image on the left is the full moon. The image on the right shows the moon in total eclipse. A total lunar eclipse occurs when the full moon passes into the Earth’s shadow and is blocked from the sun’s rays that normally illuminate it.
The moon is seen partially covered Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008, during a lunar eclipse from Montevideo, Uruguay. The last total lunar eclipse until 2010 occurred Wednesday night.
A lunar eclipse turns the moon a reddish color Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008, in Chico, Calif. Stronger atmospheric scattering of blue light means that the light that reaches the lunar surface is predominantly red in color during an eclipse so observers on Earth see a moon that might be brick-coloured, rusty, blood-red or sometimes just dark grey, depending on terrestrial conditions on the night.
The moon during a lunar eclipse is seed Wednesday, Feb. 20, from the Guadalupe Temple in Guadalajara, Mexico. The last total lunar eclipse until 2010 occurred Wednesday night.
The moon is seen partially covered Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008, during a lunar eclipse from Mexico City.
Images taken about every 20 minutes show the moon passing through the shadow of the earth as photographed Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008, in Toronto. A lunar eclipse, which only can occur during a full moon, happens when the moon passes through the shadow of the earth.

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