European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 10, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday july 10, 1994 . The stars and stripes Page 7schools drop flirtation from sex harassment policy from the associated press Syracuse . A amorous schoolchildren take heart. Flirting wont be taboo under a proposed policy against sexual harassment. Negative publicity prompted Syracuse school officials to remove a a flirtation from the list of Behaviours that could be considered harassment. Thomas Colabuno director of Pupil services said thursday that the policy a serious intent was being a a trivialized by the focus on flirting. Initially the policy said flirtation it can be sexual harassment when it is unwelcome and a creates an offensive abusive or hostile  under fire new York a the policewoman who brought the new York police department to the pages of Playboy Magazine will face departmental charges. Officer Carol Shaya appeared nude inside the Magazine and Semi nude on the cover in a police uniform Blouse. Shaya 24, assigned to a precinct in the Bronx might be charged with failing to file a proper off duty work form wearing her uniform in several photos and using the department name for personal gain police spokesman John Miller said. Shaya submitted an off duty work form but said the Job was a sportswear modelling assignment Miller said. The Playboy layout earned her a reported $75,000. An unidentified police source told the daily news that the charges could bring dismissal but the department probably would not seek to fire  not flagging Columbia . A they done to Call them rebels for nothing. Lovers of the Confederate Flag Are paying to Fly More rebel banners above the state House. Sales have quadrupled in the past two years. South Carolina is the Only state still flying the Confederate Flag atop its Capitol. A Compromise to lower the Flag died in the House in june despite lawsuits and threatened protests and Boycotts from Black groups. Sales of Confederate Battle flags jumped from roughly 100 two years ago to More than 500 last year according to Hogan Brown. He oversees the program in which flags Are flown above the state House for about 10 seconds and then sold. The flags sell for Between $16 and $25 and come with a paper documenting that the Flag flew above the  tart suit turns sour grand rapids Mich. A an imprisoned drug dealers $310,000 lawsuit claiming he was Hurt biting into a defective pop tart proved fruitless. A Federal judge dismissed the lawsuit by Christopher Lyons who said a shard of Glass in one of the toaster pastries injured his Mouth and caused him emotional trauma and nightmares. He sued pop tart maker Kellogg co. Of Battle Creek and . Smucker co., which provided filling ingredients. Lyons 28, is serving a 9 to 18-year sentence at the Cayuga correctional facility in Moravia . He said a Sliver of Glass lodged in his gum after biting into a Fop tart in july 1993. In dismissing the lawsuit last month . District judge Benjamin Gibson ruled that Lyons failed to prove his suffering was Worth at least $50,000, the minimum for a Federal lawsuit. Gibson said Lyons lost no wages and incurred no medical  Aims to draw students Fairborn Ohio a a state University is offering its engineering graduates free rides to masters degrees if the Job Market proves unkind. Wright state University in Dayton says the aim is to draw undergraduates to its engineering school where enrolment has dropped about 35 percent in eight years. The school Hopes tuition paid by new students lured by the offer will offset the Cost of providing tuition for unlucky undergraduates a about $11,000 per student. V a we done to expect Large numbers of students to take advantage of this simply because we think they re going to find jobs James Brandeberry Dean of the College of engineering and computer science said Friday. Only 2 percent of the schools 1993 engineering graduates surveyed Are still looking for jobs the University said. Buddy Drawdy of Albany ga., uses a boat Friday to assess damage to his Home caused by flooding along the Flint  residents balk As Georgia River rages Albany a. Apr tensions were rising along with floodwaters As the raging Flint River neared its Crest saturday and stubborn residents broke dusk to Dawn curfews ignoring police barricades and refusing to leave their Homes. Police with bullhorn drove through neighbourhoods Friday night to warn of the flooding that already has killed 23 people including at least one of two children trapped in a car that plunged off a Bridge and into the River. But some residents in this Southwest Georgia City  listen and stayed to gawk or wait until the last minute to flee. Rivers also overflowed in the Florida Panhandle. In Southeast Alabama one person was killed Friday and two others were reported missing in the floods. In Albany volunteers from As far As Valdosta about 75 Miles away worked Friday night and Early saturday putting sandbags around the civic Center. More than 20,000 of Albanys 80,000 residents fled their Homes thursday and Friday but the worst flooding was to come saturday. The Flint River was expected to Crest at a record 45 or 46 feet the National weather service said. Flood stage is 20 feet. The levee protecting the City is 38 feet High. Police became impatient with Rubbe neckers and sightseers who ignored the curfew and drove through blockades and into dangerous areas. One Man who failed to follow the rules was arrested for obstructing police assistant police chief Bob Boren said. A if you gawk or balk we re going to arrest you and jail you a Boren said. A the barricades Are there for a purpose. That a where the accidents happen and that a where the injuries  a Carload of people who drove onto a barricaded Highway plunged into the Flint River on thursday night. Five people were rescued but 2-year-old Sha Bazz Mallory and 4-year-old Kason Mallory of Jersey City n.j., were trapped. Kasony a body was found. Police were to resume the search for Shabazz on saturday. A . Rep. Terry Everett front Leftr-ala., helps National guard troops put up sandbags in Geneva ala., on Friday during a tour of flooded areas in the  jury disbands but probe goes on los Angeles apr a grand jury investigating allegations that Michael Jackson molested a 13-year-Oid boy ended its work without an indictment but the Case is still open authorities said. The los Angeles county grand jurors ended their term thursday. A Santa Barbara county grand jury that investigated the same allegations disbanded april 30, also without an indictment. The investigation began last aug. 17, after the teenager accused the 35-year-old pop Star of seducing him. The teen filed a lawsuit against Jackson but it was settled out of court reportedly for $15 million. Jackson has denied the allegations. District attorneys in los Angeles county and Santa Barbara county where Jackson a ranch is located have acknowledged that Jackson was still under criminal investigation but have decline d to discuss details. No charges have been filed. A a the Only thing we can say is the Fiat Ter remains under investigation a said Sandi Gibbons spokeswoman for los Angeles county District attorney Gil  Cetti. A Secretary for Santa Barbara county District attorney Thomas Sneddon or. Said that her Boss would not take a Call but that the investigation was continuing. Jackson a attorney Johnnie l. Cochran called for the allegations to be resolved. A i am hopeful there Are no new witnesses and that this thing is Over a he said