European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 21, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday i 2007 stars and stripes Page 9 in the states Oyler suspect in deadly Calif arson pleads not guilty Riverside Calif a Man accused of starting a raging wild fire that killed five firefighters pleaded not guilty monday to new charges that connect him to 23 arson fires Raymond Lee Oyler 36 is charged with five counts of first degree murder 17 counts of using an incendiary device and 23 counts of arson including the deadly Esper a Zafire he was arrested oct 31 after the fire raced through the foot Hills near Banning about 90 Miles East of los Angeles watching calorie intake might increase longevity scientists have found new clues to How restricting the number of calories someone consumes May help increase longevity a number of studies found that severely restricting the caloric in take of rodents fruit flies Worms and other animals makes them live longer that has prompted some people to try to live on severely restricted diets although no one has shown that will actually work i people a growing body of evidence suggests it might regulator state farm to reexamine cases Jackson miss state farm fire casualty co will reexamine More than 35000 policyholder claims filed after Hurricane katrina and make millions of dollars available for additional payments Mississippi insurance commissioner George Dale said monday Dale said the agreement be tween his office and state farm covers homeowners renters and commercial claims in Mississipp Pis three coastal counties the agreement with the Bloomington ill based insurer includes claims that Are in mediation those that Are the subject of pending Law suits and those that already have been settled sub commander chosen to head naval Academy Annapolis my a career submarine commander praised for his handling of sexual misconduct incidents has been nominated Tobe the next naval Academy superintendent rear adm Jeffrey l Fowler would replace vice adm Rodney p rempt whose fou year term ends this year president Bush nomination of Fowler must be confirmed by the Senate Fowler a 1978 Academy graduate would take Over an institution that has struggled with charges of sexual abuse and harass ment since it first admitted women in 1976 from wire reports Bush determined to persevere president defends involvement on 4th anniversary of Iraq invasion by Ben Feller the associated press Washington with democrats pushing for an end to the Iraq War now entering its fifth year president Bush pleaded for More patience monday saying Suc Cess is possible but will take months not Days or weeks the War has stretched longer with higher costs than the White House Ever predicted on the fourth anniversary of the Day Bush directed the invasion to begin the president made a Tele Vised statement from the White House Roosevelt room to defend continued us involvement he said his plan to Send 21500 additional us troops to secure Baghdad and Iraq troubled Anbar province will need More time to take effect especially since fewer than half of the troop reinforcements have yet arrived in the capital Bush added there will be Good Days and bad Days ahead As the Security plan unfolds democrats Are bringing up this week in the House a War spending Bill that would effectively require the withdrawal of us troops from Iraq by the fall of 2008 on top of providing funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan for the year the White House has been push ing aggressively against this legis lation and Bush did so again on monday it can be tempting to look at the challenges in Iraq and con clude our Best option is to pack up and go Home he said that May be satisfying in the Short run but i believe the Conse Pablo Martinez president Bush Speaks from the Roosevelt room of the White House in Washington on monday As he Marks the fourth anniversary of the War in Iraq quenches for americas Security would be devastating democrats swiftly sought to re Fute Bush assertion that the legis lation would reduce flexibility needed by the military to win the War there is nothing in this Legisla Tion that will be considered this week that micromanage the War said House majority Leader Steny Hoyer did no military general will in any Way be con strained from the tactics or the strategies that they deem Best to employ on the ground in Iraq House minority Leader John Boehner reiterated that republicans would vote against the Bill without gop support democrats have been struggling to make sure they have enough votes within their own party our troops have not quit on us and republicans will not quit on them said Boehner Ohio who has predicted 99 percent of gop lawmakers will vote against the democratic proposal Bush said he had received news of positive signs during a morning briefing on the War with his nation Al Security Council and during a close circuit television Confer ence Call with iraqi prime minis Ter Nouri Almalik from Baghdad Bush ridiculed House democrats legislation to remove troops a measure he has promised to veto because it contains a timeline he called it an abdication of us commitments to iraqis theres a lot More work to be done and Iraq leaders must continue to work to meet the Bench Marks they have set Forward he said As iraqis work to meet their commitments we have important commitments of our own super jumbo Jet arrives in by after first flight Mark an Airbus a380 Crew member flies an american Flag from a cockpit window As the plane makes an inaugural visit to new Yorks Kennedy International Airport on monday by Richard Pyle the associated press new York the latest jetliner to claim the title of worlds biggest passenger aircraft completed its Maiden flight from Europe to America on monday flying on football Fiel length wings and a prayer that us air lines will want to buy the double Decker jumbo Jet the four engine Airbus a380 touched Down at John f Kennedy International Airport at about pm to the cheers of onlookers gathered to watch the arrival As the plane taxied a Pilot waved an american Flag another a380 touched Down about 15 mint us later at los Angeles International Airport As the plane made its West coast debut the los Angeles flight operated by australian air line Qantas was not carrying any passengers or flight attendants the eight hour flight to new York from Frankfurt Germany was a Chance for the planes builder Airbus and German airline Lufthansa a to show off the jewel of Airbus offerings to potential american buyers and to the airports they Hope to turn into flight bases for the Jet the 239footlong a380 can seat As Many As 550 passengers hold 81890 Gallons of fuel cruise at 560 Mph and Fly some 8000 nautical Miles Lufthansa flight 8940 was meant to be a statement by its builder the european consortium now called Eads Airbus that it can accommodate vast numbers of travellers comfortably and efficiently were talking about an air plane that is rep resenting aviation in the 21st Century in terms of efficiency said Jens Bischoff Lufthansa vice president for the americas it was one of the highest profile Maiden Voy Ages since 1969 when the concorde the worlds first and still Only commercial super sonic transport arrived at Juk from London the european made concorde was retired from British and French service in 2005 Eads Airbus Hopes the a380 designed to carry More people farther than any plane in history though at subsonic speeds will dominate air travel for the next two decades