European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 4, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Stars and stripes Pace 19 rowers Bloom near the 16th Hole at the 2007 masters Golf tournament at the Augusta National got club in Augusta a sailing teams from Bosto Narea colleges Board boats at the Massachusetts of technology sailing Pavilion on the Charles River in Cambridge mass the racing regatta Marks the Start of the institutes sailing season i 1vp it us a Chihuahua walks owner on a Spring Day in Cambridge mass court lets stand move to even gender sports Lansing Michigan High school sports seasons for girls will change next year after the us supreme court on declined to hear an Appeal in a Long running Legal Case the court let stand a lower court decision that the Michigan High school athletic associations scheduling discriminates against girls As a result girls basketball will move from fall to Winter and girls volleyball will move from Winter to fall Golf soccer and Tennis sched Ules for both girls and boys also will be altered to More equally Dis tribute the preferable seasons be tween the sexes the lawsuit was filed in 1998 lower courts had ruled in favor of the eventual winners communities for equity in 2001 this is for All the Young ladies in Michigan said Diane Madsen a grand rapids Mother and one of the original plaintiffs in the suit some of them dont even realize they Are being discriminated against but now they will have the same opportunities and the same benefits state High court tosses Barbecue sauce lawsuit Columbia the South Carolina supreme court has tossed out a lawsuit filed by Barbecue magnate Maurice Bessinger accusing several Gro Cery store chains of unfair Trade by not Selling his sauce on their shelves nine chains with Over 3000 stores Between them removed Mustard based Barbe Cue sauce in 2000 after he raised the Confederate Flag Over his restaurants in protest of the Legisla Tures decision to take the Confederate Flag off the top of the state House dome news stories at the time also pointed out Bessinger distributed literature at his restaurants with titles like the South was right and myths of american slavery Bessinger sued Bilo food lion Harris Teeter Kroger pub Lix Walmart Sams club win Dixie and Piggy wiggly stores asking for million he said they violated his right to free speech under the states unfair Trade practices act by removing his Barbecue sauce rowers make comeback after year of dismal crop Sunset a year after drought conditions left a Dis Mal display of Texas wildflowers the colourful Roadside attractions Are making a comeback bluebonnets have blossomed across Central Texas and in parts of North and East Texas that got Winter rain the critical time when the germinating Flowers needed it this year pretty much All of us got acceptable amounts of rain said Mark Simmons an ecologist with the lady Bird Johnson wild Flower Center a botanical Garden in Austin so far if s looking Good for wildflowers it was a different Story last Spring when fewer Flowers than usual popped up on interstate medians and along country roads the result of prolonged severe dry conditions across much of the state state authorities raid two cockfighting Arenas g new police raided two cockfighting Arenas at opposite ends of Louis Ana where illegal gambling allegedly took place the latest sign of a crackdown on the blood sport in the Lone state where it is Legal raids were conducted at the Sun Rise game club just South of Logansport in North Louisiana and at the milk Dairy game club in tick Faw about 50 Miles Northwest of new Orleans in Southern Louisi Ana the owners of both Arenas were arrested state police said cockfighting is Legal in Louisi Ana which became the last state to allow the blood sport after new Mexico banned it on March 12 Louisiana political leaders Long reluctant to speak out against cockfighting Are shifting their views and parishes in North Louisi Ana have begun to ban the fights while cockfighting is Legal gambling As a business is illegal and that s the basis of what is Hap pening Here said Don Burkett the District attorney for Sabine and de Soto parishes police Leader to retire amid cop violence cases Chicago Chicago police superintendent announced he would retire Early As Bis department tries to Deal with two highly publicized videotaped beatings involving of duty police officers last month six officers accused of assaulting four businessmen in a bar were removed from Street duty and prosecutors filed felony charges against another officer accused of beating a female bartender superintendent Philip j Cline said after the videotapes surfaced that he would change the Way the department responds to allegations of misconduct Citibank schools reach student loan probe Deal Albany five universities agreed to reimburse students a total of million and the Leader Citibank will pay million to end an investigation of their student loan practices under agreements announced by new York state attorney general an Drew Cuomo thirty six schools including All 29 fou year state University of new York campuses have agreed in settlements of a nationwide probe to adopt a code of conduct and provide More disclosure to prospective students about preferred Lender programs Cuomo spokes Man John Milgrim said investigators found that Many colleges established questionable preferred Lender lists and entered into Revenue sharing and other financial arrangements with those lenders some colleges have exclusive preferred Lender agree ments with the companies stories and photos from wire reports