European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 3, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 18 s tars and s t r p 5 april 3 20o7 Page 19 cops mom offered daughter for sex Taylor a Wom ans five children Ages 12119 and 6 were in protective custody after she was charged with offer ing to let an undercover investigator have sex with her 7yearold daughter j the 33yearold woman from the de troit suburb of Tay Lor was arrested after bringing the girl to a hotel in Romulus near Detroit metropolitan Airport where she had agreed to meet the investigator the Wayne county sheriffs depart ment said the woman was prepared to offer her daughter for porno graphic photos and anything else that was available if the Price was right sheriff Warren Evans said the woman name was not re leased so the child would not be identified she was arraigned on five charges including child sexually Abu Sive behaviour illegal use of the in ternet for child sexually abusive actions or materials and distribution of child sexually abusive material sheriffs spokesman John Roach said museum masterpieces loaned to unlikely venue Beachwood a Small new museum devoted to jewish heritage has been thrust into the Art world spotlight with loaned works by Rembrandt Al Greco Rubens and others while the Cleveland museum of Artun de goes renovation the Maltz museum of jewish heritage which opened in 2005 has presented Well regarded exhibits on Christian artefacts and the holocaust and Hopes the loan of european masterpieces will polish its credentials beyond religious themes the paintings Many with Chris Tian themes common in european Art were selected without regard to religious subject the exhibit runs through july 8 states look to taxes to ignite conservation Mont Pelffer Tom Walsh took advantage of a free Energy audit offered by his Gas company following its recommendations that he insulate his Vic Torian Home and install a new Heater and hot water Heater it worked he Cut his natural Gas use by 40 percent Vermont Gas systems has offered the program since 1992 Cov ering the costs for the audits re Bates and Low interest Loans with Money raised by adding 15 per cent extra on monthly Bills it encourages people to become More efficient said Walsh a Burlington lawyer ultimately we need As a society to use less Energy now Vermont and other states want to begin taxing Home heating Oil Only Oregon does that Al though Massachusetts and Indiana Are considering it Taro Plant modification stirs genetic controversy Honolulu both scientists and native hawaiians want to save the sacred Taro Plant from an Uncertain future but they american Roundup strongly disagree on whether genetic modification is the answer native hawaiians believe the Taro which is used to make the starchy food Poi and revered As an ancestor of the hawaiian people should not be tampered with Taro tall and Broadleaved Rise from Paddy like patches around the is lands and the purplish Poi a Glutinous substance avoided by some is an essential ingredient at hawaiian luaus researchers say the Only Way to protect the Taro Plant from spread ing modern Plant diseases is to in Sert resistant genes from Rice wheat and grape crops altering the Basic Structure of the Plant state lawmakers have stalled a Bill sought by Many hawaiians that would have placed a statewide moratorium on genetic Modifica Tion of Taro for 10 years noted lawyer a judges found guilty of bribery Jackson a prominent attorney and two former judges he was accused of lavishing gifts and Money on in Exchange for favourable rulings were convicted of bribery Paul minor who amassed a for tune from Asbestos tobacco medi Cal malpractice and car safety Liti gation was found guilty of All 11 counts against him which ranged from racketeering to bribery he faces up to 95 years in prison the jury found former circuit judge John Whitfield and former game prep grounds Crew prepare the infield for opening Day at Yankee stadium in the Bronx Borough of new York the new York Yankees were scheduled to face the Tampa Bay Devi rays in the Yankees Home opener Chancellor Wes Teel guilty of bribery and mail fraud Whitfield could get a 50year jail term and Teel could get 25 years sentencing for All three was set for june 14 All three had pleaded not guilty and their attorneys vowed to Appeal the Rul students nabbed for laxative prank some eighth graders got an Early Start on april fools Day when they handed out doughnuts laced with laxatives to classmates but it was no laughing matter when five were ticketed by police there were no apparent injuries but ambulances were Dis patched to Sequoya Middle school on Long Island As a precaution a spokeswoman for the Sachem school District said Suffolk county police said 19 Stu dents and a teacher ingested some of the doped doughnuts they were screened by the school nurse Holtsville Rescue personnel and Field physicians from the county health department two 13yearolds and three 14yearolds were charged with second degree tampering with a consumer product attendant arrested for bringing gun on plane Washington a uni formed flight attendant was arrested at Dulles International Airport after she turned herself in for allegedly carrying a concealed handgun aboard a flight from Atlanta authorities said the transportation Security administration the Fri and other Law enforcement agencies were investigating if the woman had gone through Security and if the gun passed through a checkpoint unnoticed in Atlanta Tsa spokesman Barry Phelps said Janet Tucker 45 of Lithonia a was in uniform but was not part of the duty Crew at the time Tucker was arrested and cited on charges of having a concealed weapon at the Airport she was interviewed and released on a sum Mons to appear in Loudoun county court in Virginia at a future Date colleges Aid request Falls in million Short Providence Rhode is lands three Public colleges say they dont plan another tuition hike or program cuts even though gov Don Carcieri new spending plan Calls for them to receive million less than they had requested the schools the University of Rhode Island Rhode Island col lege and the Community College of Rhode Island had been seeking s205 million but the governors Fis Cal 2008 budget Calls for them to split million the shortfall Means that Many staffing positions will remain unfilled and other priorities will not be satisfied said Jack Warner the states commissioner of higher Edu cation tuition and other student fees account for the bulk of the schools budgets but the state covers on average about 356 percent of the costs the schools do not plan on raising tuition beyond Alread Yap proved increases but say they plan to increase their enrolments setting the Hooks herring seiners set their nets in deep Inlet and Aleutina Bay near Sitka Alaska during the opening of the Sitka sound Sac Roe herring fishery Fin Hall woh  Patrick and Katie Edison of Bremer in Naii Owea Grima ton Wash stand on a Patch of land shaped like Africa while visiting the Kitsap county veterans memorial at Sifoer Dale waterfront Park on a Rainy Day in Silverdale Wash keeping watch is perched in a tree in Wausau wis the Bald Eagle is not really Bald Bald is a derivation of Balde an Oid English word meaning White the Eagle was named for its White feathers not a Lack of feathers nature knows playing the part of Mother nature a cubic jul Lowb University of Oklahoma student Mariah Menzie entertains the crowd at the medieval fair in Norman okla members of the Hells Angels motorcycle club gathered with their motorcycles at chapter Headquarters in Oakland Calif to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Oakland Arm of the International club Community confused by sudden Monkey business Naples Squirrel Mon keys Are nomadic by nature but a reclusive troupe that has called Naples Home for decades seems to have come Down with a bad Case of the travel Bug the wandering primates have been sighted at wilderness coun try club in the past couple of weeks even before three Squirrel monkeys caused a Short lived stir with a visit to Naples High school for years the monkeys have been winning Naples hearts with their appearances in the Trees be Hind the Collier athletic club they were not known to stray far from their Home base moving wherever they could find food police say Street racing to blame in crash believe Street racing led to week end crashes that left four people hospitalized authorities say one of two Speed ing cars swerved to avoid hitting a Van whose Driver was helping a broke Down car but the speeding car ended up hitting the car it was racing then came Back and hit the Van which struck the disabled car police arrested William Lloyd 28 and cited the 17yearold Driver of the other car explosives found at port of los Angeles los Angeles a 500pound bomb casing and two old hand grenades were found by workers at the port of los Angeles authorities said no one was injured a police bomb squad detonated the two grenades authorities said the grenades were found among a variety of Vintage military Type explosives such As mortar rounds said port spokeswoman Theresa Adams Lopez the bomb casing was filled with Cement she said workers found them As they searched through scrap Metal woman 81 wont face charges in car Accident Manchester an 81yearold woman who hit a 7yearold boy Riding a Scooter and dragged him beneath her car last september wont face charges in the Accident Hillsborough county prosecutors said Magella Houle did not have enough time to react when Thomas to Defrancesco Rode his Scooter into the Road in front of her and there was no criminal negligence on her part the Accident left the boy with serious injuries to his face and head his Mother says he still faces Sev eral operations to repair his Skull 2 cops killed responding to a disturbance Call Charlotte two police officers shot during a struggle with a suspect outside an apartment Complex died and a suspect was charged with murder authorities said Sean Clark 34 and Jeffrey Shel ton 35 were responding to a disturbance Call at the apartment com plex in Charlotte they were shot in the parking lot and both died at a Hospital according to police Demetrius Antonio Montgom Ery 25 was charged with two counts of first degree murder said police spokesman officer Bob Fey it was not immediately known if he had an attorney teachers get paid More but they dont stay Long Honolulu a report by the american federation of teachers found that Hawaii pub Lic school teachers earned an aver age of a year slightly above the National average but about 60 percent of new teachers leave after their first three years according to the states teachers association officials blame the turnover on the islands High Cost of living Gondola failure leaves skiers stuck for hours Reno a Sierra ski re Sorf s Gondola ceased operating due to an electrical malfunction stranding skiers and Snow boarders in its cars for More than two hours resort officials said heavenly Mountain resort officials were unsure How Many peo ple were stuck in cars while the Gondola was shut Down no injuries were reported ski patrol members with Bull horns walked under the Gondola to inform skiers and snowboarders about the problem and the status of repairs he said the Gondola shuttles Winter sports enthusiasts Between a site behind Harrah Tahoe and the heart of heavenly Mountain above Lake Tahoe South Shore it features 168 eight person cars with enclosed windows flex car launches car sharing in Philly Philadelphia flex car one of the nations larg est car sharing companies launched in its Lith us City Phila Delphia the Washington debased company whose investors include Al founder Steve Case will Start with 30 cars downtown and in crease to 100 by the end of the year vehicles include hybrids sedans minivans pickups and sports cars such As mini Coopers with car sharing members can rent vehicles by the hour or Day the rate typically includes the Cost of Gas insurance parking and maintenance group on the Lookout for buried log Cabins Alexandria Kenneth Reis president of the Camp Bell county historical society Esti mates 150 log Cabins still exist in the county which was formed in 1795 but some May be hidden be Neath years of exterior additions or Are decaying in the Woods the society has started an inventory of the Cabins and is asking any one for information that would help with preservation stories and photos from wire services