European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 12, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 20 s tar s and stripes thursday april 122007 a Cappella assault Case advances san Francisco two men charged in a new years Day assault on a group of Yale University a Cappella sing ers have pleaded not guilty Richard Aicardi 19 and Brian Dwyer 19 appeared in san fran Cisco Superior court where Dwyer entered his plea Aicardi pleaded not guilty March 8 Aicardi and Dwyer face assault and Battery charges stemming from what police said was an at tack on an Al male singing group called the Bakers dozen after a new years eve party witnesses said the trouble started after the group Sang the Star spangled Banner victims said five attackers hurled ant Gay epithets at them and allegedly con fronted group members As they tried to leave and a Brawl ensued Federal Commerce agent jailed for Road rage Boston agent for the us Commerce department who deliberately struck a Man on a motorcycle with Bis government issued car in what police called a Case of Road rage then fled the scene has been sentenced to two years in jail Thomas Porro 35 of Boston received two concurrent two year terms he will serve six months be Hind bars with the remainder of the sentence suspended for two years Porro swerved into a motorcycle operated by Frank Merlonghi 46 last March after the two had a traffic dispute prosecutors said Merlonghi was knocked off his Bike and suffered a broken right Arm and leg a dislocated Shoul Der injured ribs and had skin torn from his right calf prosecutors said suit accuses restaurant of having racial Bias Indianapolis a woman has filed a civil rights lawsuit against restaurant Chuck e cheeses saying her party was ordered to leave when she complained about a manag ers behaviour toward Black customers the dispute arose Over a Man agers behaviour during a birthday party for Michelle Boggs 1yearold son at a restaurant on Indianapolis East Side in july according to the complaint in us District court Boggs alleged that the manager identified As Paul Dubbin had or dered another Black couple to leave and later apologized to White customers about the Dis Pute the confrontation Between Boggs and the manager happened when she was billed for a birthday cake after she had provided one of her own the lawsuit said City asks appeals court to reconsider gun ruling Washington District of Columbia officials warned a Federal appeals court that its rejection of the cites hand american Roundup gun ban creates a precedent that could severely limit gun control a three judge panel of the us court of appeals for the District of Columbia circuit ruled 21 last month that some of the districts gun control provisions Are unconstitutional the court rejected the cites argument that the second amendment right to Bear arms applies Only to state militias it was the first time a Federal appeals court struck Down gun control regulations on second amendment grounds Brush fire injures eight damages four houses new York a fast moving Brush fire that was pushed by Strong winds toward a residential area dam aged several Homes and injured at least eight people including a firefighter and a police officer the fire in Staten islands mid land Beach neighbourhood Terri fied residents and forced the evacuations of their Homes whose Yards were scorched resident Ray Fletcher said he was inside his Home watching a baseball game on television when darkness covered his windows like Day turned into night he said he went outside to see what was going on by the time i came outside the whole Street Here was up on fire he said and i was thinking to myself How the hell am i going to get out of Here is this the Way that in going to die Jazzy Day off Steven Banning enjoys a morning stroll in the Sunshine with his guitar in downtown Coeur Dalene Idaho the self taught guitarist who has been playing for 15 years was enjoying a Day off from work and a Day off from the overcast weather strings attached to House Giveaway Bas sett wants to give away a House a big House with a fire place Builtin cabinets a Bay win Dow two full bathrooms and Walkin closets theres just one catch the Lucky recipient has to move it Bassert says if he Doest have a taker by july 1 he will raze the Structure to make Way for More parking for his supermarket and Gas station next door in the town 45 Miles Southeast of Toledo i hate to tear it Down Bas sett 54 of port Clinton said if s a Beautiful House Connie Roberts marketing director for Basset s Market Esti mated that moving the House will Cost to depend ing on where its going and other factors famed architects Tower gains landmark status Oklahoma City the Price Tower a 19story building in Bartlesville okla designed by famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright has been designated a National historic landmark fewer than 2500 historic places in the United states Bear the National historic landmark Des ignation the highest such recognition accorded by the Federal government to historic properties the Price Tower houses a hotel restaurant retail stores a museum and an arts Center with a collection that includes a number of Wright designs Tours of the building Are offered six Days a week the landmark designation comes during Oklahoma Centen Nia year museum wants to open a Lake Placid Branch Lake Adirondack museum wants to put a Branch museum in the Adirondacks most famous Community the 8280squarefoot two Story building would replace the Church of the Nazarene in the heart of the Village according to plans architects presented to Lake Placid Village and town of Elba officials the million building would feature a rooftop Garden and out door terraces providing panoramic views of nearby Mirror Lake and the High peaks surrounding Lake Placid said David Childs an architect with chicag based Sydmore Owings and Merrill prison worker ready to sue Over searches prison employee is upset Over ran Dom searches of employee vehicles and said Hes prepared to sue the state Brian True an officer at the Lincoln correctional Center said the searches violate the fourth amendment ban on unreasonable searches and seizures the Nebraska corrections department started the searches a few years ago to keep contraband out of prisons ready for the fans a worker cleans new seats at Dickey Stephens Park in North Little Rock Ark the million Ballpark officially opens with the class a Texas league Arkansas travellers first Home game quiet time alone Wisconsin rapids wis two seagulls take Refuge on a Rock in the Wisconsin River As Snow Falls in extreme cattle tipping or f steers collided with a car and overturned on Highway 55 near Nampa Idaho nobody was injured and Only one steer died the others were led out of a Hole Nampa firefight ers Cut in the trailers roof the truck was in route to Nebraska