European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 23, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday March 232007 stars and stripes Page 11 Blanco wont seek to be reelected la governor by Melinda Deslatte the associated press Baton Rouge la speculation about Louisiana gov Kath Leen Blancos political future swirled for months amid criticism about the sluggish Pace of the states Hurricane recovery Blanco ended the rumblings tuesday by announcing she  seek a second term this fall becoming the rare incumbent governor who had a Chance at reelection and passed Blanco Louisiana first woman governor said her exit will enable her to get her Initia Tives through an upcoming Legisla Tive session without having to worry about political considerations i am doing this so we can work without interference from election year politics she said at the governors mansion she announced her decision in Tele phone Calls to legislative leaders in a meeting with her Cabinet secretaries and in a letter to her staff Blanco was seen As so politically weakened by hurricanes katrina and Rita that democratic pow a brokers questioned behind the scenes whether she was reelect Able or whether she should step aside to give another democratic candidate a better Chance at the Post her staff denied that the Gover nor succumbed to political pres sure or was stepping aside so that popular democratic former us sen John Breaux might enter the race actor har Reteos father Dies in Federal prison Woody Harrelson father Charles Harrelson died of a heart attack in the Superman Federal prison where he was serving two life sentences for the murder of a Federal judge in Texas officials said wednesday Charles Harrelson 69 was found unresponsive in his cell on the morning of March 15 said Felicia Ponce a Bureau of prisons spokeswoman in Washington Charles Harrelson was convicted of murder in the May 291979 saying of us District judge John Wood or outside his san Antonio Home prosecutors said a drug dealer hired him to kill Wood be cause he did not want the judge to preside at his upcoming trial Gore warns Congress of global warming Washington Ai Gore spoke out on his signature Issue wednesday warning of a True planetary emergency if the us Congress fails to act of global warming in a return he described As emotional the former vice president testified before House of representative panels that it is riot too late to Deal with climate change and we have every thing we need to get started he urged the democratic controlled Congress to adopt an immediate freeze on greenhouse gases blamed for global warming Gores return to Congress marked the first time he had been in the Capitol building since january 2001 when he was the Defeated demo cratic nominee still presiding Over the Senate in his role As vice president the former vice president who 20 years ago held me first hearings in Congress on global warming appeared before a joint hearing by two House commit tees from the associated press Gore she would much rather be governing than campaigning said Jimmy Clarke her chief of staff elected in 2003 Blanco from Louisiana cajun country had Al ready drawn a Hal dozen Chal lengers for this Falls election including popular Republican us rep Bobby Jindal whom she Defeated the last time Breaux said he  consider entering the race if Blanco was a candidate Blanco had been widely criticized not Only for her immediate response to the storms but also for a bureaucracy bogged recovery Effort that Effort include the Road Home program designed to fun Nel billions in Federal dollars to pay Hurricane struck homeowners for repairs or buyouts More Louisiana gov Kathleen Blanco than 117000 people whose Homes were damaged in 2005 by Hurri canes katrina and Rita have applied for Road Home Aid As of this week about 3800 have received Grants the governors announcement makes her a lame Duck six weeks before lawmakers return to the state Capitol for their regular legislative session and Only Days after she proposed a record billion budget study chinese food not so healthy by Lff Iby Quito the associated press Washington the typical chinese restaurant menu is a sea of nutritional Nonos a consumer group has found a plate of general toss Chick in for example is loaded with about 40 percent More sodium and More than half the calories an average adult needs for an entire Day the battered Fried Chicken dish with vegetables has 1300 Cal ories 3200 milligrams of sodium and 11 Grams of saturated fat that before the Rice 200 Calo Ries a and after the egg Rolls 200 calories and 400 milligrams of i dont want to put All the blame on chinese food said Bon Nie Liebman nutrition director of the Center for science in the pub Lic interest which did a report re leased tuesday across the Board american restaurants need to Cut Back on calories and Salt and in the mean time people should think of each meal As not one but two and bring Home half for tomorrow Liebman said the average adult needs around 2000 calories a Day and 2300 milligrams of Salt which is about one Teaspoon of Salt Accord ing to government guidelines in some ways Liebman said italian and mexican restaurants Are worse for your health be cause their food is higher in Satu rated fat which can increase the risk of heart disease while chinese restaurant food is bad for your Waistline and blood pressure sodium contrib utes to hypertension it does offer vegetable Rich dishes and the kind of fat that not bad for the heart however and this is a big however the veggies Arent off the Hook a plate of stir Fried greens has 900 calories and 2200 milligrams of sodium and egg Plant in garlic sauce has 1000 Cal ories and 2000 milligrams of sodium we were shocked we assumed the vegetables were All Low in calories Liebman said instar cd to assist emergency responders by Ken Thomas the associated press motors corps instar service is working with the centers for Dis ease control and prevention to help emergency responders More 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