European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 22, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday March 222007 stars and stripes Page in the states Cheney goes to Hospital with discomfort in leg Washington vice presi Dent Dick Cheney went to the hos Pital tuesday after experiencing discomfort in his left lower leg where a blood clot was recently discovered after consulting with his Doc tors Cheney was asked to return to George Washington University Hospital for repeat ultrasound imaging of the deep venous thrombosis or clot in that leg said spokes woman Megan Mcginn the ultrasound revealed no Extension or complication of the clot she said his blood thinning Medica Tion was found to be therapeutic these results Are expected and re assuring and the current course of treatment will continue court orders dam test for Anna Nicoles baby Nassau Bahamas a Baha Mian judge ordered a Dan test tuesday on Anna Nicole Smiths in Fant daughter to identify the girls father an attorney for the baby grandmother said in what could signal an end to a bitter custody feud sparked by the death of the former reality to Star last month Larry Birkhead an a Boyfriend of the Playboy playmate who asked the judge to order the test on 6monthold Nannielynn pumped his fists in the air and jumped up and Down As he emerged from the private court hearing its been a Good Day in court for me he told reporters asked if he thought he would see the girl soon he Only smiled and winked 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 mid dle 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 company spokeswoman said misunderstanding cited in car seat safety report White Plains by consultants hired by consumer re ports to investigate How it botched a Story about infant car seats concluded tuesday that a major mis understanding Between the Maga Zine 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the lab that conducted the test resulted in the error the findings of the test that most seats failed disastrously were withdrawn two weeks after their Jan 4 publication when the Magazine Learned its Sid Impact tests had simulated speeds twice As fast As it reported from the associated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 on tuesday that it could lose its Broad Power to collect Tele phone email and financial records to Hunt terrorists after revelations of widespread abuses of the authority detailed in a re cent internal us investigation their threats came As the jus Tice departments chief watchdog Glenn a Fine told a House of representatives panel that the Feder Al Bureau of investigation engaged in widespread and serious misuse of its authority in illegally collecting the information from americans and foreigners through so called National Security letters if the Fri Doest move swiftly to Correct the mistakes and prob lems revealed last week i fines 130page report you probably wont have nil authority said rep Dan Lungren a Republican and a supporter of the 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