European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 17, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page stars and s tripe s april 17 2007 Page 21 student prankster Falls from rooftop Harrisonburg an Earl morning prank by a group of Eastern mennonite University Stu dents resulted in a student falling from the roof of a three Story dormitory University officials said Michael Wie Ejohnson 19 was injured when he and other students were trying to put a stuffed Buffalo taken from the schools science Center onto the roof of Oakwood residence Hall Wie Ejohnson a freshman from Elkhart ind was transported by helicopter to the University of Virginia medical Center in Charlottesville he was to be admitted to the Hospital according to the Uva emergency department which declined to release information about his condition Chy ponders proposal for its Graffiti problem South Portland if the City Council gives the of South Portland would become Maines first municipality to adopt an anti Graffiti ordinance that includes fines or other penalties against minors found on Public property with Spray paint or other Graffiti implements property owners who fail to re move Graffiti and stores that sell Spray paint to minors could also be subject to fines the proposal put Forward by police follows an increase in Graffiti activity ranging from simple tags to elaborate drawings a problem people often associate with big Cit ies beyond Maine the proposed ordinance goes beyond state Law which allows police officers to charge Only people caught in the act of creating Graffiti recommended fines Are up to for a first offence and up to for subsequent offences plus the costs of Graffiti removal Man who ran brothels receives prison sentence Austen a Man who pleaded guilty to managing brothels As part of a nationwide ring that forced immigrant women into prostitution was sentenced to six years and eight months in Feder Al prison Juan Baldera Orosco a mexi can citizen will be deported upon his release from prison twelve people have faced smug gling prostitution and financial charges related to the Case six have been sentenced three have pleaded guilty and await sentencing and three Are fugitives woman indicted after baby is found in garbage new York a 25yearold woman was indicted on charges of killing her Newborn after the baby girl was found stuffed in a garbage bag the Brooklyn District attorneys office said Friday authorities said Laura Sergio gave birth to the child at her Home in the Bay Ridge Section of Brook Lyn on april 6 shortly after the baby was born the child was left outside in the plastic bag Accord ing to the indictment Sergio was charged with Sec on degree murder first degree and second degree manslaughter american Roundup and child endangerment her Law yer did not immediately return a message left at his office Sergios sister 27yearold an Dria was also arrested on a charge of improper disposal of a human body a Misdemeanour builders Island officials Christen super ferry Mobile officials christened the 349foot Hawaii super ferry at a shipyard in Mobile where it was built As thunderstorms threatened austal Usa officials and representatives from Hawaii super ferry inc conducted a ceremony that included a traditional hawaiian Blessing Hawaii super ferry president John Garibaldi said he last saw the vessel in december when it was still in the shipyard shed the christening was the first time he had seen it finished and on the water the 900passenger 250car ship was built specially for hawaiian Waters the four Story vessel is set to begin service from Honolulu in july pontiffs old ride fails to fetch Reserve Price san Francisco a 1999 metallic Gray Volkswagen Golf believed to once be Long to the Pope went up for Sale on Ebay but the auction ended with out a Winner for the second time in two taking the plunge a Stellar sea lion plunges into the water from leis Noi Island near Wrangell Alaska More than 150 of the mammals frequent the Island year round years Ebay hosted an auction for a car said to be Pope Benedict a ifs old Hatchback though bids surpassed a Reserve Price want met Ems owner a Texas based online Casino  bought the car in 2005 on Ebay from a German Man the online auction site said it had verified the car was owned by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger before he ascended to the papacy the seller said it would give 40 percent of the proceeds of the Sale to Charity Accident kills horse lands Man in Slammer horse was euthanized and its rider charged with being drunk on horse Back after a Kentucky state trooper struck the horse his Cruiser state police said trooper James Richard was driving in a rainstorm about five Miles East of Columbia in sout Central Kentucky when he hit the horse and rider on an unlighted Rural Highway state police said the horse was critically injured and euthanized at the scene state police said Jonathan Bryant was charged with Duino motorized vehicle after being treated and re leased for minor injuries he was being held at the Adair county jail vandals act puts boy 2 into hospitals Burn unit Middle River a 2yearold boy was severely burned after he went Down a slide that had been splashed with Industrial strength Drain cleaner by vandals at an elementary school playground Peyton Duschl was scheduled for surgery and Likely will be hospitalized for several weeks said Carol Duschl the boys Mother i just dont understand what would draw somebody to do some thing like that Duschl told a Mart what kind of sick joke is that someone had broken into the school stolen several bottles of the Drain cleaner and splashed it All Over the playground equipment authorities said Peyton suffered secondhand third degree Burns mostly on his legs from the cleaner which contains a Strong concentration of sul uric acid said division chief Michael Robinson of the Baltimore county fire department no one else was injured Wii soldiers remains Are identified at site site where an american fighter plane crashed decades ago during world War n has solved the mys Tery of 10 missing servicemen including two from Texas the de sense department said the men were aboard a b24 Liberator plane that disappeared april 16 1944 while returning from new Guinea following a bombing run it want until 2001 that us officials were notified that wreckage of the plane was found in the morose province among the remains identified were 2nd it Raymond a Colley of Leary and 2nd it Dudley r Ives of Ingleside Samantha Ekstrom 4 smacks new Mexico state University  Holmberg 24 Square a whipped Cream pie saturday at the University in Las Cruces no the College of business was participating in aggie Day 2007 and raising Money for Jardin de los Ninos by charging for every pie throw two members of the sidewinders tall baseball team Clown around in the infield prior to Little league ceremonies in Roswell no mock fun Michael Crutcher sri of Nicholasville Ulim Uliuli by portraying orator Frederick Dou Glass stands amid a group of Lincoln presenters while having a group photo taken during the association of Lincoln presenters annual Conven Tion at the Harlan Lincoln House in mount pleasant Iowa refreshing run Jeremy Stoner skims across the 100foot a Jogger crosses the Roberto Pond in Vail Colo at the annual world Pond Clemente Bridge in downtown skimming championships the event signals the end of the skiing season Pittsburgh on a Rainy Day now Tulp in Uva me nil uni Richard Beemer jumps rope with Efren Benavides 17 left and Kyle Clearwater 17 right before the Bull Riding Competition at a Nevada state High school Rodeo association Rodeo at the Douglas county Fairgrounds in Gardnerville Nev nth Iti Damn Cornell with Sutherland builders inc attaches stamped tin ceiling panels to us Lill the underside of historic Booth theater in Independence Kan Cornell said that they were Able to find the exact same stamp that was used to make the ceiling panels when the theater was originally built Border patrol agent is convicted of sex assault 42yearold Border patrol agent was convicted of taking a 23yearold Detainee to a Motel and sexually assaulting her a Federal jury deliberated about eight hours before convicting Scott Anthony Sullivan of Fremont of Vio lating the civil rights of a Young woman by sexually assaulting her and causing bodily injury he faces up to life in prison at his june 27 sentencing he was taken into custody pending the sentencing the woman is a us citizen by birth who has grown up in Mexico and was travelling with family members to live with a relative in Dallas Charity poker tourney gets a from authorities Portsmouth since last summer the Virginia fraternal order of police has raised nearly for private education and other causes with a poker tournament held in a Bingo Hall now with continuing questions about the legality of the games the Texas hold pm games Are folding the tournaments scheduled de Mise follows months of debate among officials in the City and else where because of what some say is Virginias unclear Law on Gam bling the Law defines illegal gambling As the making of any bet of Money or other thing of value made in Exchange for a Chance to win a prize stake or thing of value the outcome of which is Uncer Tain or a matter of Chance a key Factor is whether the games Are primarily of skill or if they largely involve Chance governor signs papers moving Date of primary Albany gov Eliot Spitzer signed a Bill moving new Yorks presidential primary to feb move that could Bene fit the democratic and Republican front runners Hillary Rodham Clinton and Rudy Giuliani both new yorkers about a dozen other states including California and new Jer sey have already moved their Pri Maries or caucuses to feb 5 or Are about to do so about a dozen More Are considering such moves set Ting the stage for what is quickly becoming known As super duper tuesday just 22 Days after the Lead off Iowa caucuses Democrat spritzers move is expected to mean a big Early haul of National convention delegates for Clinton a new York senator and for Giuliani a former new York City mayor the two new yorkers respectively Lead National polls for the democratic and Republican nominations no Han tavirus is found during lab tests on Man Charleston Kanawha county health officials dont know what illness killed one Belle Man and sickened another resident of the town but it was not Han tavirus preliminary results of local lab tests indicated that the men both residents of Belle May have been exposed earlier this year to Han tavirus a severe respiratory infection spread by rodent urine fees or saliva blood samples were submitted to the Federal centers for disease control and prevention which did not confirm the virus said Anita Ray director of environmental health for the Kanawha Charles ton health department authorities accuse Man of killing his Girlfriend new York the liven Boyfriend of a Bronx woman who died after being impaled on a Metal Fence in a fail from her apartment was arrested in her death police said Murray Stephens 43 was charged with murder and Man Slaughter police said a Law enforcement source said Stephens had been hospitalized for Stab wounds and was earlier inter viewed by police Michelle Penfield 49 survived for a Short time after her body fell on a Fence outside her apartment building which is a Cit Yrun facility for homeless people 100 people treated after Man Dies of meningitis san Angelo about 100 people have received preventive medication after com ing in Contact with a 22yearold from san Angelo who died after contracting bacterial meningitis Lance Schkade was a 2003 Grad uate of grape Creek High school and attended the University of Texas of the permian Basin and Angelo state University Public health officials say any one who had close Contact with him since april 2 should Contact their doctor the health depart ment or a Hospital emergency room the disease spreads through close Contact its symptoms Are de scribed As flu like High fever nausea headache and muscle aches judge orders Man tested after naked dance Bridgeport a judge ordered psychiatric and competency exams for a Man who two boys said was staring at them and gyrating his hips while naked in his backyard Keith Lodice 39 faces charges of downloading child pornography his attorney says Lodice had a brain aneurysm when he was 18 and has no Short term memory he does not face addition Al charges for the naked dancing police insurance agent worked graft on elderly Adel two insurance agents were charged with signing up eight elderly people for health coverage without getting permission the alleged conspiracy May extend to As Many As 40 Vic Tims in their 80s and 90s through out Southwest Georgia insurance officials said the agents also signed up a dead person for a medi care program officials said stories and photos from wire services