European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 17, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                March 17 2007 stars and stripes Page 11 prosecutor Unicorn defense a mix up the associated press Billings Mont it turns out there Are no such things As unicorns and even if there were they  drive trucks on tuesday a Billings prosecutor had told a District judge that Phillip c Holliday or 42 claimed a Unicorn was driving when his truck crashed into a Light pole earlier this month but on wednesday the chief prosecutor said it was All a misunderstanding apparently Holliday told police an unnamed woman was driving when his truck hit the pole not a Unicorn or Holliday has other serious problems but this is not one of them county attorney Dennis Paxinos said of the Unicorn Alibi the mix up occurred when a Deputy prosecutor misunderstood an email from a col league who used the phrase Unicorn de sense thinking it was an actual statement from Holliday Paxinos said Unicorn defense is a Slang term used by prosecutors when a defendant blames some mythical person for a crime he said its kind of a code Between prosecutors and the code was misinterpreted Paxinos said Paxinos apologized to the Public the court and to or Holliday for the confusion and said he has chastised the prosecutors involved Holliday has pleaded not guilty to felony charges of criminal endangerment and Drunken driving he is being represented by a pub Lic defender Kristina Copenhaver Landon director of the Public defenders office in Bill Ings did not immediately return a phone Call seeking comment the Volvo w free luxury package free Rte navigation system get a Volvo v70 or xc70 now Welcome to an even More uplifting Winter offer Start by choosing a Volvo v70 or xc70 with our exclusive Premium package then add a Bonus package of your Choice free of charge plus Volvo Rte navigation system also free of charge you Are saving up to but dont wait this amazing offer is Only valid until Stock lasts see us now or visit win a new ipod Hanoi new draw every week enter today at  gov Florida should pay to family of teen Tampa Fla gov Charlie Crist said wednesday the state should give million to the family of a teenager who died last year after he was manhandled by juvenile Boot Camp guards wrists comments came hours after prosecutors released an enhanced video of the beating of mar tin Lee Anderson 14 and More than 20000 pages of evidence in the manslaughter Case against seven former guards and a nurse after meeting with the boys family the governors office said Crist sent letters to the House and Senate urging them to approve the payment this session la governor upset with corps Over faulty pumps new Orleans Louisiana gov Kathleen Blanco lashed out at the army corps of engineers on wednesday for installing defective pumps at three major Drain age canals just before the Start of last Summers Hurricane season she and sen Mary Landrieu of Louisiana called for a congressional investigation into How the corps allowed it to happen citing internal documents the associated press reported tues Day that the corps installed the 34 pumps last year in a Rush to fix the cites flood defences despite warnings from one of its experts that the machinery was defective and Likely to fail in a storm at the same time the corps the White House and state officials were telling residents that it was Safe to come Back to new Orleans which was devastated in August 2005 when Hurricane katrina breached the cites flood Walls us May Sanction sudanese companies Washington president Bush envoy to Sudan said wednesday that the administration is preparing to impose new economic sanctions to counter sudanese president Omar albas Hirs refusal to allow in peacekeepers to deploy in Dar fur pending Bush final approval envoy Andrew Natsios said sudanese companies will be subject to sanctions and International transactions involving us Dol Lars will be blocked focus turns to Federal probe in he spy scandal san Jose Calif califor Nias criminal Case surrounding Hewlett Packard cos ill fated boardroom spying scandal has All but evaporated although the four defendants still Are not off the Hook with Federal prosecutors a judge dropped All charges wednesday against former he chairwoman Patricia Dunn while three other defendants avoided jail time by pleading no contest to misdemeanours but the us attorneys office in san Francisco which already has secured one conviction against a Low level investigator in the Case said it continues to investigate the boardroom spying scheme that rocked one of Silicon valleys most respected companies spokesman Luke Macaulay declined further comment prosecutors said the Case has led to important reforms in the area of corporate governance and privacy protections from the associated press