European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 17, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 stars and stripes tuesday april 17 2007 Tom a car abandoned by the Driver sits in water up to Ris bumpers that Over flowed the Banks of the Cooper River along South Park drive on Sun Day in Collingswood no springtime storm floods Northeast the associated press Croton Hudson by people were evacuated from flooded Homes monday and refrigerators and trucks floated downstream As a fierce nor easter drenched the Northeast with record rainfall knocking out Power to hundreds of thousands of Homes and businesses suburbs North of new York City were among the hardest hit in Mamaroneck resident Nicho Las Staropoli said a truck near his Home actually floated up on the Riverbank rain was still falling monday morning in the new York area and new England after it began Early sunday along the East coast from Florida to new England Mamaroneck police and fire fighters spent the night rescuing residents from about 60 to 70 Homes said town administrator Stephen Altieri More than two dozen National guard members used trucks and humvee to help evacuate Lowling sections of the town the state had activated 3200 guard members there was debris flowing Down the River like you  believe refrigerators i mean you name it it was going Down the River Homeowner John Vitro said of the Mamaroneck River the combination of heavy rain and unusually High tide rolling up the Hudson River pushed the in ton River out of its Banks in Cro Tono Hudson in Northern Westchester county major com Muter highways in the county were closed by water the rain totalled 781 inches in Central Park from Early sunday to monday morning the National weather service said the Previ Ous record in the Park for april 15 was just 18 inches set in 1906 Snow fell in Inland areas including 17 inches in Vermont with flakes still falling monday across sections of Pennsylvania upstate new York and Maine nearly a Hal million Homes and businesses had lost Power from North Carolina to Maine we have incredible amounts of damage said Steve costello a spokesman for Central Vermont Public service describing Power lines brought Down by the heavy Snow Ive never seen anything like it in Westchester county North of new York City All Public schools were closed monday cars were stalled in water on Jau serous roads and several major highways were closed at time by flooding new Jersey also had school closings highways blocked by water and dozens of residents being evacuated from Homes authorities said hundreds of people had been evacuated from their Homes in Southern West Virginia As Crews worked to pump water from a Pri vate Lake near Hamlin to keep an unstable earthen dam from col lapsing if the dam Breaks millions of Gallons of water could pour into Hamlin mayor Brian Barrett said monday were being told it could be eight or nine feet of water Barrett told the her Al dispatch of Huntington fierce wind toppled Trees onto a Northern new Hampshire High Way As Bob Eastman was driving through on monday morning it was a wonder it didst blow you off the Road he said Eastman said highways Crew used Chain saws and Snow lows to remove the fallen Trees coastal residents were urged to evacuate in parts of Maine and a nursing Home in Portland was evacuated As a precaution state officials said in Southeastern new Hampshire parts of Down town Newmarket were evacuated because of flooding Gonzales statement on firings released by Lara Jakes Jordan the associated press Washington attorney general Alberto Gonzales efforts tuesday to clarify his role in the firings of eight Federal prosecutors May be imperilled by conflicts Between his prepared sen ate testimony and details already released by the Justice depart ment and former aides i never sought to mislead or deceive the Congress or the Amer ican people about my role in this matter Gonzales wrote in me 25page statement which was re leased in Advance of his appear Ance in front of the Senate Judi Ciary committee i do acknowledge however that at times i have been less than precise with my words when discussing the Resig nations the Senate panel which Over sees the Justice department is investigating whether the filings were politically motivated democrats and republicans alike have called for Gonzales to resign questioning his credibility Over shifting explanations on How involved he was in the process on monday the conservative american Freedom Agenda also urged Gonzales to step Down Call ing him an unsuitable Steward of the Law president Bush spoke with Gonzales by phone on monday morning and discussed the attorney generals testimony Perino said she would provide no other details trial begins for terror suspect Padilia Miami Federal prosecutors can refer to the sept ii 2001 terrorist attacks in Only a narrow Way and cannot suggest that alleged Al Aida operative Jose a Diba and two co defendants were involved a Federal judge ruled monday As jury selection began in the terrorism support trial us District judge Marcia Cooke said that although it would be naive to ban All references to the 2001 attacks no governor still in critical condition Camden n jerseys governor faces More surgery on his broken leg the third operation he has needed since an Auto crash left him in critical condition doctors at Cooper University Hospital said the surgery scheduled for monday on John s Corzine will to saturdays proce Dure when they cleaned a 6inch wound in his left thigh from the associated press stars and stripes offers its unique collection of images online in photo of the featuring 50 years of us Muffi Lcuy life available for Purchase at stripes com