European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 1, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 stars and stripes april 1 2007 Page 23 odor in the court dog sniffs lawyers Roanoke stand ing at the podium in Roanoke courtroom Grimes was in the a Terry midst of arguing a Fine Point of the Law when he was startled by the dog sniff ing at his pants leg your Honor Grimes told judge James Turk theres a dog in the courtroom yes the judge said in a mat Tero fact tone please continue Grimes resumed his argument Only to learn later that the portly Little dog had a name baby girl an owner judge Turk and an Honor bestowed on precious few pooches free roam of a Federal courtroom it started a few years ago when Turk began to bring his mixed Breed Dachshund to work with him on tuesdays when his wife does Volunteer work at a hos Pital now the dog is a fixture family faces trial in enslavement of girl he Greensburg five members of a family were ordered to stand trial on charges that they held a woman captive As their slave for six months and beat her for not doing her chores or for no reason at All Emily nicely 19 testified that the family considered her their slave and that they repeatedly told her she could leave once her bruises healed attorneys for the family argued unsuccessfully that the alleged Vic Tim was not held As their slave they say the physical violence was simply the result of Domestic Dis Putes involving nicely and their 17yearold son and that she was free to leave at any time Mark Pollard 43 his wife Cynthia 41 and their three teenage children Are charged with Kidnap Ping terroristic threats and related crimes governor vetoes budget after being shut out Oklahoma City gov Brad Henry vetoed nearly All of a billion appropriations Bill claiming he had been shut out of a budget process that failed to address several key is sues the Bill passed unanimously in the state Senate where democrats and republicans share Power but democrats in the Gouled House complained that they were left out of negotiations As Well All the players should have a seat at the table said Henry a Democrat you cant be bipartisan and shut out the democratic governor and the democratic members of the House degree revoked Over school cheating scandal Columbus Ohio University revoked the Mas ters degree of a mechanical Engi Neering student accused of using others work in a thesis the most severe action yet in a review of Doz ens of research papers the school said the University would not identify the student or give details about american Roundup the questioned portions of the the Sis citing academic privacy Laws the University said it was finish ing up a sweeping review of dissertations and theses it started last year after a graduate student re ported to administrators that he found plagiarized passages while doing research using archived the ses in a University Library officials said 38 cases Are Pend ing headmistress convicted of sex with a student new headmistress and teacher at an exclusive private Manhattan Montes Sori school accused of having sexual relations with two Young teen students was convicted of sodomizing one of them when he was 13 Lina Sinha 40 showed no Emo Tion As the jury Foreman reported a partial decision of 11 guilty and two not guilty verdicts on various other charges the jurors had re ported earlier they were dead locked on the six rape counts against her besides the sodomy and witness bribery counts Sinha was convicted on several counts of criminal impersonation and falsely reporting an incident All misdemeanours punishable by up to a year in jail new cop flashlights give out Light not beatings los Angeles police will soon be outfitted with a cutting Edge flashlight that is not Sitter an Ebony langur born on nov 25 is held by an adult langur in new Yorks Bronx zoo the arboreal primates Are found exclusively in Indonesia Only brighter than oth ers but too Small to be used As a weapon the idea for the 7060 led flashlight was conceived just Days after news cameras broadcast images of land officers beating car theft suspect Stanley Miller with a two Pound Twofoot Long Stan Dard Issue police flashlight police chief William brat ton banned the Large Flash lights after Millers 2004 beat ing and called for manufacturers to create a smaller brighter Flash Light restaurant scoff Law gets his just deserts Bloomington a scofflaws who came to be known As the Gin and tonic Bandit went to the same restaurant each wednesday ordered two drinks and a rib Eye Steak skipped out on his Bill his dining drinking and dashing Days May be Over police arrested the Man on luminary charges of theft and resist ing Law enforcement he was being held at the Monroe county jail on Bond authorities said each wednesday night for four weeks running the same Man came into the same Ocharles restaurant and ordered the two drinks and the Steak restaurant manager Teresa Tolbert told police at the end of each meal the wait staff would present him with his Bill for and he would excuse himself to use the restroom then skip out without paying homeless men Settle suit Over sleeping charges Las vegas three homeless men mistakenly arrested last year on charges of sleeping too close to a pile of fees have settled a lawsuit against the City for Eastman Webber David Hicks and Jerry Halfpap each received a Check for in the settlement of their Federal civil rights lawsuit according to american civil Liber ties Union of Nevada which sued on their behalf City spokesman Jace Radke con firmed the settlement the men were arrested in no vember for violating a provision of a Las vegas ordinance no longer on the books tour helicopters hard Landing closes runway Honolulu a tour Heli copter made a hard Landing on Maui closing one of the run ways at Kahului Airport for about 40 minutes the Pilot who reported trouble 10 minutes before Landing just off the runway and six passengers were not injured the helicopter operated by Maui scapes had mini Mal damage the Federal aviation administration said no flights were affected by the closure of one of the runways the cause of the helicopters problems has not yet been determined the incident follows two tour helicopter crashes on Kauai last month that killed five people from left Bob Clark Ron Hatcher Don Winstel Jeff Dawson Dave Acker Man Crystal Crimbchin Heather Hunt and Dan Hunt carry Fluffy a big reticulated Python toward its new exhibit at the Columbus zoo in Powell Ohio Snake handlers the Western Honey Bee or an Honey Bee collects nectar from a Flower in River Ridge la a suburb of new Orleans to own to us Wil in Leash Law rancher Dick Bielia left appears to follow the Singletree Trail rules by leading his Bull topless with a rope to get him Back Home after the Bull left his pasture in Superior Colo area ranchers Boulder county sheriffs deputies and the Colorado state patrol herded the Bull from a nearby Boulevard and into open space where he was captured Spring blossoms Washington baseball Buzz three Earold Justin Anglin of Deltona Fla has his father Michael and Buzz Lightyear to keep him company during a Spring visitors take a stroll under the Cher training baseball game Between the by blossoms along the tidal Basin in Cleveland indians and the Atlanta braves in Lake Buena Vista Rann in in u poll i to John 1 l months of grand attempts to take his photograph in a Field of bluebonnets planted along Spur 408 in Dallas n of h i o 1 a w re n a team of belgian horses driven by Tim Johnson left and Jerry Wathke pull us Lulb id i i Lue a Wagon carrying the casket of Les Anklam through the Rural Wisconsin county Countryside Anklam who owned draft horses much of his life was buried after a three mile ride to St Pauls cemetery near Cleghorn wis lightning strike kills teen at track meet Carbondale a Light Ning strike killed a High school runner As he left a pole vault pit shortly before a track meet the county Coroner said Corey Williams 18 was return ing to the main track area from the pole vault pit when the lightning Bolt hit him coaches and others tried to revive him but he was declared dead by the time he reached a Hospital it came out of nowhere said Scott Hankey Carbondale Community High schools baseball coach whose team was preparing for a game nearby there was a very very Light rain it didst look any thing like a thunderstorm background checks on coaches go National Lawrence Tlle the National recreation and Park association has teamed up with several companies to Intro Duce a certification program for youth coaches and other volunteers that includes nationwide criminal background checks and photo identification cards for those who pass the program called tlc2 started in the fall and has screened 56300 volunteers turning away 4500 who had committed sex of lenses violent crimes or other Felo Nies organizers say individual Park districts have conducted criminal background checks on volunteers for years but the Park association says these checks Are often Only statewide for a Flat fee of and per Volunteer tlc2 provides districts with a nationwide Back ground Check and photo de for each Volunteer As Well As Volun Teer training videos and software on legged marathoner loses bid to be nyc cop new York a lawsuit filed by a on legged ath Lete who has been trying for years to become a police officer like his Grandfather father and older brother has been dismissed Brian Osullivan was told in july 1999 after passing a written police exam that he was not eligible for appointment to the new York police department because of the amputation of his lower right leg and his use of an artificial limb a police physician said the pros thesis would cause Osullivan 30 difficulty performing a number of essential functions of a police officer including but not limited to run Ning jumping and defending him self or others in an altercation in 2002 Osullivan who has run a Marathon again passed the writ ten police exam but was disqualified medically he sued claiming unlawful discrimination in Janu Ary 2006 a judge allowed his Law suit to proceed but the state supreme courts appellate division reversed that decision saying o Sullivan had a full and fair Opportunity to litigate his Case aftershocks of 2005 quake still being Felt Dillon a Small Earth quake that rattled South Western Montana caused no dam age but could be Felt about 90 Miles away the magnitue37 earthquake was an aftershock of a 56magni tude quake that hit the same area in july 2005 said Tom Satterly who manages the University of Mon Tan westerns environmental sciences department it was entered about 15 Miles Northeast of Dillon and could be Felt As far away As Helena said Mike Stickney director of earthquake studies for the Montana Bureau of mines and geology about 5000 aftershocks have been recorded from the 2005 quake which cracked Walls and damaged Bridges Stickney said the Region averages about five aftershocks a Day most too Small to be Felt lawmakers to divest from firms with Iran ties Sacramento califor Nia lawmakers took the first step toward ending state in vestment in companies that do business with Iran targeting the portfolios of the two largest Public pension funds in the us the 41 vote by the state Assem Bly Public employees retirement and social Security committee advanced legislation that would Force the retirement funds to sell about billion Worth of shares sup porters who included both republicans and democrats said califor Nia taxpayers should not be sup porting a terrorist state travel agents accused of helping illegal aliens travel Agency owners or employees were indicted on human smuggling and other charges for allegedly Selling airline tickets they thought would be used by illegal immigrants officials said while the charges against the employees were connected Only to the Sale of tickets to undercover officers conducting a sting authorities said their analysis of records shows that the six travel agencies sold tickets to an estimated 6800 illegal immigrants since mid2005 the undercover officers made it Clear they were arranging travel for illegal immigrants and paid Cash for dozens of one Way tickets across the nation the travel Agen cies offered advice on being Dis Creet at airports authorities said breakaway Church faces charges Over finances Leader of a conservative breakaway anglican Parish will face allegations of financial misconduct in the Church diocese system officials said amid an escalating dispute Over homosexuality and other is sues the Colorado diocese of the episcopal Church also said it May take action in state court to re claim the Parish property if Lead ers do not relinquish their claims to it the episcopal Church is the us Wing of the 77 million Mem ber anglican communion leaders of Grace Church and St Stephens Parish in Colorado Springs the states largest Episco pal Parish voted to leave the de nomination and join a conservative anglican Church based in Nigeria they were upset Over what they considered the Liberal theological direction of the National Church particularly its acceptance of homosexuality stories and photos from wire services