European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 2, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 20 stars and stripes april 2 2007 Page 21 Navy Hospital to fix moldy air system West san Diego the Navy is re building the heating and air conditioning system at the naval medical Center san Diego after finding Mold inside ducts about a dozen types of Mold were discovered during inspection last Spring Hospital Dep Uty commander capt David Tarn said no illnesses have resulted Dan frees Man after 11 years behind bars St Louis a Man who spent 11 years in prison for a carjacking he didst commit was freed after Dan analysis exonerated him Antonio Beaver 41 arrived in court wearing an Orange prison jumpsuit shortly afterwards he was wearing a sport coat and Slacks addressing reporters Dur ing his first moments of Freedom this feels strange Beaver said id like to give my thanks to god because there is a god and he knew i was innocent from the Start Beaver was convicted of Rob Bery in 1997 and sentenced to 18 years in prison in the crime for which he was convicted someone threatened a woman with a screwdriver and stole her car after a struggle the woman stabbed the Man with the screwdriver leaving traces of the car Ackers blood in the car the victim identified Beaver in a lineup Dan testing at the time  provide conclusive results St Louis circuit attorney Jennifer Joyce said in 2001 Beaver filed his own motion for a new Dan test governor alleges political malpractice Helena gov Brian Schweitzer is accusing re publicans who refuse to support his plan to go after out state tax debtors of political malpractice Schweitzer a Democrat is seeking Money and new Laws for the department of Revenue to audit and pursue nonresident debtors re publicans in the legislature say the department should be Able to accomplish the work with existing resources do they have a state ice Cream flavor Faribault Minnesota has a state Bird state Flower and even a state muffin the state May also get an official carnival Midway ride the tilt whirl the ride invented by Herbert Sellner in 1926 is still manufactured by Sellner manufacturing in Faribault where state rep Patti Fritz and 52 Kui Nergart ners have taken up the cause rabbis bus oven May be out of business this year Spring Rab Bis school bus retrofitted into an oven to bake matzo for passover May be out of business Deputy building inspector Manny Carmona sent a letter for bidding rabbi Aaron Winternitz ican Roundup from using his contraption which is located behind his House my department is not satisfied this oven is Safe to use he said the old red and White bus had been converted into a supersized oven for passover a Zatzos com plete with a smokestack exhaust fans and working fire Carmona had previously or dered the rabbi to move the bus at least 10 feet from the House disconnect the unauthorized Gas line fuel ing the oven and prove that a licensed Engineer had overseen the project but in the end he decided any changes that had been made were insufficient Winternitz had been making the unleavened bread inside the bus for his 50member congregation Miv tzar Katorah for the past three passover the bus was discovered by authorities after a neigh Bor complained of smoke matzo is eaten during passover week to illustrate How the jews had no time to let their bread Rise As they fled slavery in Egypt mans death was not a hate crime police say Detroit an elderly Man whose death became a cause for Gay rights advocates died of natural causes not from being beaten authorities said police also said they intended to close the investigation into 72yearold Andrew Anthos death theres no evidence that an As Sault occurred police spokesman James Tate told the Detroit news according to family members Anthos said he was Riding a City bus Home from the Library on feb 13 when a Young Man asked him if he was Gay and uttered a slur Anthos said the Man followed c is it summer yet Arron Frattin 21 of Ormond Beach a ducks under the curl of a wave while surfing off Daytona Beach Fia him off the bus and confronted him again Anthos said he told the Man he was Gay As he went to help a Friend whose wheelchair was stuck in a Snowbank according to his Cousin Athena Fedenis Anthos said the attacker struck him in the Back of the head with a pipe and ran off Anthos died feb 23 his death Drew wide Atten Tion and was cited on the floor of Congress by sen Carl Levin Mich As evidence of the need to extend hate crime Legisla Tion to Gays but the Wayne county medical examiners office concluded that Anthos fell because he had an arthritic neck and detectives were unable to find witnesses to a beat ing police said medical examiner or Carl Schmidt said evidence did not support the report of an attack on Anthos and said a head injury Likely came from falling music teacher critics want state song replaced Winter Haven Stephen Ulrey a music teacher wants lawmakers to adopt a version of i want to Wake up in the morning where the Orange blossoms grow As the state song it would replace the 1851 Stephen Foster tune old folks at Home also known As Swanee River critics Call the tune racist and Point out Foster misspelled Suwan Nee in the line Way Down upon the Swanee River Man rescued after trying to enter country Niagara Falls a Man apparently trying to sneak into the country using an inflatable mattress was rescued from an ice Floe upstream from Nia Gara Falls authorities said guards from Ontario Power generation said they heard the Man scream ing for help near the company water intakes rescuers in boats hauled in the Man 42 who was not identified bilk warranties cant be waived on new houses Denver the state House approved a Bill that bars Home buyers from waiving their warranties on newly built houses lawmakers said nearly All major Home builders in Colorado use contracts that Force Home buy ers to waive the warranties which would require the builders to fix defects the measure now goes to the Senate Driver crashes car into veterans memorial Motorist drove a car through West Virginias open air Pedes Tri ans Only veterans memorial dam aging at least one Black Granite panel that lists the states War dead authorities said state administration Secretary Rob Ferguson estimated damage at a couple Hun dred thousand dollars police cited Howard Roland Gentry 59 of Newton for leaving the scene of an Accident and failure to maintain control Snow Day Floyd Medina clears Snow from a construction site in Laramie Wyo Medina said his Crew did not work the Day before due to heavy snowfall k Rama Nam Narajan of Silver Spring my gets some Ilici 5 help from Tejas left and Mallika As he tries to keep one of the family kites aloft during the 41st annual smithsonian Kite festival on the grounds of the Washington Monument play time the Dun Lawton Bridge in port Orange Fla As it plays with a Small bait fish pushing pelicans eager for an easy meal of they can swoop in and grab it out of the Way soaking up the Sun a bottle nosed Dolphin explodes to the surface of the Halifax River near fans enjoy the Sun on the Lawn area at an Arizona diamondbacks exhibition baseball game against the san Diego padres in Peoria Ariz Nacho a scottish fold cat gets a ride in a Kitty carry bag from owner Damian Weed during an Outing on a sunny afternoon in Greenwich Conn Kitty on Board there All wet Talon Christian 18 right and Phil Rodriguez 17 push the car they were driving out of High water after getting stuck in Oklahoma City former police chief pleads guilty to theft Concord Allen towns former police chief pleaded guilty to stealing Money from the police department a teary Jim Mcgonigle pleaded guilty to two counts of theft prosecutors dropped a third charge alleging he also stole from a police association that adminis ters a Charity fund under his plea Deal Mcgonigle 58 could be sentenced to nine months in jail and fined up to Mcgonigle is free on bail until Bis sentencing which Hast been scheduled yet prosecutor John Gasaway said Mcgonigle took Money seized Dur ing drug raids and stole about in Cash set aside for drug investigations police said they found the missing Cash in Mcgoni Gles office Gasaway said Mcgonigle also wrote in checks to himself from the Auen town police association and in checks from the Cadet Academy he was basically a heavy hand de Manger at the Auen town police department police depart ment said Gasaway when peo ple at the department questioned his authority he took action to divert the questioning Peregrine Falcon eggs plucked from Perch san Peregrine Falcon shrieked As scientists snatched three eggs from his precarious Perch beneath the san Francisco Bay Bridge to save the Chicks from a deadly fall or car collision when they Hatch University of California Santa Cruz biologist Brian Latta re moved the eggs from a narrow beam about 200 feet above san Francisco Bay its the most dangerous place in the world for them said Latta Latta moved in after the female Parent left the male Parent alone to defend the nest a 2inch Depres Sion in a windblown pile of dirt peregrines Are known for their ferocity when their nests Are invaded and the male Parent swooped and circled As the eggs were re moved when the female comes Back Hes going to have a lot of explain ing to do Latta said a digital Monitor detected a heartbeat in two of the three eggs which were packed in foam in Sepa rate plastic tubes after the Rescue Man killed after 16hour standoff with police Auburn a 16hour standoff Between police and a Man who shot and killed his Mother in the driveway of the House he holed up in ended in the mans death police officials said James Mike Peters 42 is believed to have been shot and killed by a member of the police tactical squad that stormed the House said Stephan Mccausland a spokes Man for the Maine department of Public safety police said that James shot and killed his 70yearold Mother mar Garet Peters whose body remained in the driveway through out the standoff police said it would have been unsafe to have tried to remove the woman body during the standoff which lasted from about am until about 3 am fake Volcano bursts out in real flames Duluth an imitation Volcano in a hotel and water Parks swimming Pool devel oped delusions of grandeur ing guests to flee to the parking lot in their Bare feet and swimsuits the 20foottall plastic Volcano at the Edgewater hotel and water Park started belching Black smoke and shooting flames the hotel manager said a malfunctioning internal speaker ignited the fire firefighters helped put out the fire but not before part of the vol Cano melted the displaced swimmers were Given blankets and directed to nearby restaurants once guests were allowed Back into their rooms the staff treated them to i room ice Cream nyc officials upset about latest grand theft Auto new York the latest version of the popular Mur  video game grand theft Auto unleashes its violence in a City with an uncanny resemblance to new York and City officials Are upset the mayor does not support any video game where you earn Points for injuring or killing police offic ers said Jason Post a spokesman for mayor Michael Bloomberg in previous versions of the game players killed both police officers and prostitutes and sold pornography to children trailers of the latest game re leased online show the statue of Liberty the Brooklyn Bridge and Coney islands Cyclone while a voice is heard saying life is complicated i killed people smuggled people sold people perhaps Here things will be different its despicable to glamorize Vio Lence in games like these regard less of How farfetched the setting May be police commissioner Raymond Kelly told reporters officials to expand child mental health care Richmond the state has ordered local govern ments to expand services for Chil Dren with severe mental health problems to prevent parents from placing their children in Foster care to receive treatment gov Timothy m Kaines administration issued the directive in response to an advisory opinion by attorney general Bob Mcdonnell who said parents who cannot afford treatment for their children should not have to relinquish custody to get them the help they need for years some parents of Chil Dren who have schizophrenia severe depression bipolar disorder and other maladies have Given up custody so their children could receive care often their insurance didst cover treatment but they earned too much to qualify for medicaid children can receive subsidized treatment if they Are in Foster care however so parents chose that sys tem sometimes because social service agencies advised them it was their Only option state officials said stories and photos from staff and wire services