European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 30, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 16 stars and stripes March 30 2007 Page 17 boat Mast snaps killing one Man Honolulu the Mast broke on a whale watching catamaran killing a Man and prompt ing the Rescue of 50 people As the boat Sank off the coast of Maui authorities said two people were taken to a Hospital one was in stable condition and the other was treated and released Maui county in formation officer Mahina Martin said the Kiele v catamaran was nearly 2 Miles off Maui when the Mast broke the coast guard said winds were about 20 Mph the boat began sinking and Many passengers were already in the water when other boats arrived witnesses said those other boats the coast guard and firefighters helped take passengers and Crew members to Shore As the boat foundered mouse escapes trap steals mans dentures water Ville Man who on the los ing end of a Catan mouse game says a Field mouse made off with his dentures Bill Exner 69 said the mouse that has been scratching around in Side his Wall has shown an uncanny ability to escape from his trap a gallon sized Pickle Jar after capturing the mouse for a third time he made the mistake of leaving his dentures on his night stand this time both the mouse and his lower dentures disappeared theres a Happy ending however confirming their suspicions the Erners investigated a Small open ing in the Wall where they suspected the mouse was coming and going there their daughters Fiance Eric Holt found the lower Den Tures right where the mouse left them state positions itself for Roe v Wade ruling Jackson the Gover nor signed a Bill that would criminalize abortion in the event that the us supreme court Over turns the 1973 decision that legalized the procedure the measure signed by gov Haley Harbour would ban nearly All abortions in the state if the court were to overturn Roe v Wade in that event anyone perform ing an illegal abortion in Mississippi would face one to 10 years in prison the Bill also tightens consent Laws for minors and requires Abor Tion providers to perform a Sono Gram and give the pregnant woman an Opportunity to listen to a fetal heartbeat the Only exceptions to the state ban would be in cases of rape or if the pregnancy threatened the Wom ans life the Bill has no exception for pregnancies caused by incest bus refitted As an oven baked passover bread Spring Valley a full size yellow school bus that had been converted into an charged with unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and evading arrest counterfeit Bills Are found in town american Roundup oven Complete with smokestack exhaust fans and working fire was discovered by police after a neigh Bor said he smelled smoke the bus in the Back Yard of a residence owned by a hasidic jewish congregation was turning out Flat round loaves of matzo bread for passover said sgt Lou scorziello of the Spring Valley police he said the fire was fuelled by Gas from lines illegally extended from the House and none of the necessary permits had been obtained he said the bus oven May have been in use for two or three years but possibly just seasonally car thief makes getaway from Lon term jail bid sugar convicted car thief serving a 25year prison sentence at the Cen trial unit state prison has apparently escaped from the sugar land lockup the Texas department of Crimi Nal Justice said David Shane Rob erts 39 was found to be missing during a routine inmate count Rob erts who was serving a sentence for a 1990 Harris county Auto theft had been assigned to the units trusty Camp the fugitive had been paroled in May 2005 but returned to prison six months later after he was roof repair Jesse Vaughn stands on the ladder after bringing up supplies to Jim Hanns who is repairing a Hole in the roof of a tractor trailer along route 11 near ume Ridge a Conway lice in Conway Are warning businesses and Resi dents about counterfeit Money making the rounds in local stores investigators say that fake Bills have turned up at convenience stores outlet stores and a ski resort police say the Bills began showing up about two weeks ago and total a few Hundred dollars investigators say the Money looks Good but the paper used is of poor Quality statewide traffic sting yields 3500 citations Newport news police stopped More than 3500 Drivers for traffic violations during a statewide crackdown along interstate 64 Virginia state polices opera Tion air land Speed safety initiative targeted More than 200 Miles of the state artery violations ranged from speeding to reckless driving and driving without a Seatbelt along the Richmond divisions approximately 88 Miles of 164 state police stopped 583 speeding vehicles and 124 reckless Drivers troopers arrested three impaired Drivers and cited 86 unbuckled motorists the average Speed of those cited in the Richmond division was 79 Mph zoo loses accreditation for the second time Watertown a Community zoo forced to close last year by Federal regulators after failing to apply for a License renewal has had its accreditation revoked for a second time in three months by a National organization the association of zoos and aquariums revoked accreditation for the new York state zoo at Thompson Park at an Aza hearing in Denver Colo after four members of the zoos Board made a presenta Tion to the organization the zoo was first accredited in March 2000 when the accreditation was renewed in september 2005 the Watertown zoo was one of Only 181 zoos nationwide to hold the distinction there Are More than 2000 zoos in the United states parking violator pays ticket off 26 years later Waukesha a Park ing ticket from 1980 has been paid off its kind of Cool that someone took the time to take care of their obligation after 26 years police capt Mike babe said maybe their conscience got to them the signature on the Money order used to pay for the ticket is not legible and the return address reads someone who keeps Way too Many old papers Way too Long the envelope carried a Chicago postmark state transportation records show that the License plate number on the ticket is inactive Aislynn Sanchez 3 gets left behind while classmates go to recess at Campesino uni Dos Day care in Al Centra Calif Sanchez sat in the locker for a few moments before joining her classmates outside cubbyhole Cutie motorcyclists take advantage of the warm Spring temperatures and carve through a twisty country Road just outside Evans City a the Llie Forest follies i Wood a male downy Woodpecker is seen at a Bird feeder in Tyler Texas Taylor 16 right and Eric Gholson Tittl i Ilg topics 15 use branches As Jedi Light sabers As they Chris Hoffer of Post paddles Duel along the North Umpqua River East of Glide Ore the duo Are Dou his kayak at dead dog on the Glas county search Rescue explorers and were taking part in a High Spokane River near state line line exercise with Douglas county Mountain Rescue personnel Idaho ready liftoff Robert wetterholt throws a Han launched glider air plane into the sky at Western Michigan University intramural reids on its Kalamazoo Mich Campus Kevin Smiley right pulls his sister Katie with his Bike As Katie walks their dog Sadie in Silverdale Wash subway Rescue hero sues lawyer Over pact new York a Man cheered As a hero for jump ing onto a new York subway track to Rescue a stranger has sued a Law yer he claims manipulated him into an unfair contract meant to profit on his Fame Wesley Autrey or says in court papers that he signed the contract feb 12 without Reading it agree ing that lawyer Diane l Kleiman would represent and advise him in financial and other matters Stem Ming from his subway heroism Kleiman a former prosecutor denied she had cheated Autrey she said Autrey and several family members read the contract after keeping it for several Days Autrey gained Public attention on Jan 2 after 19yearold student Cameron Hollopeter suffered a Sei Zure at a subway platform and fell onto the tracks Autrey jumped Down and pulled the teen into a 12inchdeep Drain age trough Between the tracks and Lay on top of him As the train passed Over their Heads a treys lawsuit says the con tract he signed gives Kleiman and her business partner Marco Anto Nio Esposito exclusive rights to exploit his name and reputation and gives them ownership of intellectual property rights to his Story school head discourages student walkout sequel Dallas one year after thousands of students left class to protest Federal immigration policies the Dallas school District has warned that students who repeat the walkouts will be punished superintendent Michael Hino Josa Laid out possible disciplinary measures in a letter sent to Dallas Independent school District Princi pals the principals were to distribute the letter to students and parents the District is discouraging Stu dents from attempting to repeat three Days of walkouts that began a year ago about 10000 students walked out leaving class for rallies at a Park and Dallas City Hall each Day a student misses class is a Day of education lost Hino Josa said in the letter regardless of your stance on immigration is sues your support is needed in ensuring your child understands the importance of being in school hispanics make up about two thirds of the districts Stu dents with some of them from immigrant families Man charged with taking 5 bags of bras panties Pullman a washing ton state Man was charged with theft and burglary after police said they found 93 pounds of Wom ens panties brassieres and other underwear at his Home investigators believe Garth m Flaherty 24 took As Many As 1500 undergarments from apartment Complex laundry rooms before he was caught police cmdr Chris Tennant said a Man was seen taking under Wear from two laundry rooms a witness recorded his License num ber and Flaherty was identified from photographs Tennant said police found enough underwear in his bedroom to fill five garbage bags Tennant said Flaherty has been jailed on 12 counts of second degree burglary and one of first degree theft parents get life term for their Childs death Marietta a suburban Atlanta couple was sentenced to life plus 30 years in Pris on in the beating death of their 8yearold son a Case that prompted authorities to raid the family Church because it supports Corporal punishment prosecutors said Joseph and Sonya Smith beat their son Josef locked him in a wooden Box and confined him to a closet for hours at a time before he died in october 2003 the boys parents had told authorities Josef had passed out and never regained consciousness after the family gathered in the Kitchen to participate in a prayer session with their Church via the in ternet their attorneys argued the boy didst die from the injuries and that the medical examiner failed to perform tests that would have found a cause of his death judge denies Protection for cutthroat Trout Type Bozeman a Federal judge has ruled the wests Lope cutthroat Trout does not Merit the Protection of the endangered species act Likely ending Environ mental groups decade Long Effort to gain Protection for the fish us District judge Emmett g Sullivan issued his ruling in Washington do the group Doest have any immediate plans to Appeal sullivans ruling came Down on the Side of the us fish and wild life service in a debate Over whether crossbred West slope cutthroats counted As cutthroats Montana and other Western states that study West slope Cut Throat populations define the fish As those with at least 80 percent West slope cutthroat genes Interior department officials have said that same definition was used in the Federal study town seizes 80 sheep living in Home As pets Apex authorities seized a flock of sheep that had wandered away from a suburban North Carolina Home to Graze on Floral arrangements in the town cemetery animal neglect charges were pending against the animals owner David Watts who kept about 80 of the animals in his Crum bling downtown House in Apex a Raleigh suburb police said he lives upstairs and the sheep were living downstairs police sgt Robert Towell said he considered them pets about 30 sheep were euthanized because of ailing health said Michael Williams director of the Wake county animal care control and adoption Center up to 30 healthy sheep could be available for adoption officials said stories and photos from wire reports