European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 22, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday March 22 2007 stars and stripes Page 7 in the states frito Lay mouse ate its Way into bag of chips Monument Colo a dead mouse that an eight grader found in a bag of potato chips probably chewed its Way in after the snack was delivered to the school a company spokeswoman said monday a Pupil at Lewis Palmer Middle school found the mouse wednesday after buying the chips in the lunch line school officials said at the time his claim appeared credible the bag and the mouse were sent to frito Lay Headquarters in piano Texas where employees found a Chew Hole in the bag a com Pany spokeswoman said an Independent pathologist concluded the mouse had been dead one to three Days from when the student found it Gonzalez said the bag had been delivered to the school six Days earlier she said misunderstanding cited in car seat safety report White Plains by consultants hired by consumer reports to investigate How it botched a Story about infant car seats concluded tuesday that a major misunderstanding Between the Magazine and the lab that conducted the test resulted in the error the findings of the test that most seats failed disastrously were withdrawn two weeks after their Jan 4 publication when the mag Azine Learned its Sid Impact tests had simulated speeds twice As fast As it reported protesters continue to Mark wars anniversary san Francisco Antiwar activists draped themselves in White sheets and Laid Down in the Street to symbolize Iraq dead halting traffic in the heart of the City and leading to 57 arrests on the fourth anniversary of the us invasion police said the die in was one of several protests around the Cour itry Mon Day including Antiwar rallies in Seattle Salt Lake City and Trenton no other protests took a More artistic Bent 4000 White flags were placed along the waterfront in Louisville by and an exhibit of shiny Black boots was arranged in the Capitol in St Paul Minn in san Francisco students grandparents and clergy members were among those who gathered to read the names of iraqis and us troops killed in the War and to Call for an immediate withdrawal of us troops from Iraq the rallies monday capped a three Day series of protests from new York to los Angeles from the associated press White House Rove Miers will talk but wont testify the associated press the White House offered tues Day to make political strategist Karl Rove and former counsel Harriet Miers available for interviews but not testimony under congressional commit tees investigating the firing of eight Federal prosecutors democratic sen Charles Schumer said he would still press for White House aides to testify under oath saying that White House counsel Fred Fielding indicated he didst want to negotiate whether Rove and others would have to appear in a full hearing that Doest mean were not going to try Schumer said the White House move was announced after the Senate voted overwhelmingly to end the Bush administrations ability to unilaterally fill us attorney vacancies that had come As a backlash to attorney general Alberto Gonzales firing of the prosecutors amid Calls from lawmakers in both parties to re sign Gonzales got a morale boost with a phone Call from president Bush their first conversation since a week ago when the president said he was unhappy with How the Justice department handled the firings also the Senate by a 942 vote passed a Bill that would cancel the attorney generals Power to appoint us attorneys without Senate confirmation democrats say the Bush administration abused that author Ity when it fired the eight prosecutors and proposed replacing some with White House loyalists the administration denied the charge if you politicize the prosecutors you politicize everybody in the whole Chain of Law enforcement said judiciary committee chairman sen Patrick Leahy Dot lawmakers Fri faces loss of some Powers the associated press and democrats sternly warned the Fri 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