European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 24, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday april 24 2007 stars and stripes Page 13 need to talk look on youtube the associated press Southbridge mass Ryan Fitzgerald is unemployed lives with his father and has a Little bit of time on his hands so he decided to offer his ear to anyone who wants to Call after posting a video with his cell phone number on youtube on Friday the 20yearold told the Boston Globe he has received More than 5000 Calls and text messages Fitzgerald said he wanted to be there for anyone who needed to talk i never met you but i do care a spik haired Fitzger Ald said into the camera on his youtube posting he planned to take and return As Many Calls he could but on monday at 5 am his Mobile cell phone payment was to begin charging him for his generosity when he is no longer eligible for free weekend minutes i Haven quite figured out what in going to do about it he said come monday no Way in going to just hang up on people and say i dont have the min utes Fitzgerald who said people con Sider him easy to talk to was inspired by Juan Mann youtube video clips of Mann offering free hugs to strangers became wildly popular on the use controlled in ternet site some Peoples own mothers wont take the time to sit Down and talk with them and have a conversation Fitzgerald said but some stranger on youtube will after six seconds youre not a stranger anymore youre a new Tod i just met so Man not guilty of Dungeon sex assaults Darlington South Carolina jury has found a convicted sex offender accused of raping two teen girls in an underground Bun Ker not guilty of kidnapping sex crimes and assault with intent to Mil i think the verdict says it All said Kenneth Glenn Hinson As he was escorted from the courtroom authorities had charged that Hinson snatched the girls then 17 from their bedroom and dragged them one at a time to the under ground room hidden beneath a tool shed where he raped and bound them with duct tape however Hinson testified during the six Day trial that the girls had consensual sex with him he said they made up the Story so they would be Able to take drugs from the underground room which he used to store marijuana Hinson remained in custody on a Federal firearms charge because when arrested he allegedly had a gun which convicted felons Are not permitted to carry Bush backs Gonzales who says hell stay on Gonzales with a fresh vote of Confidence from president Bush vowed monday to remain As us attorney Gener Al despite lingering differences with senators Over the firing of Federal prosecutors appearing at a news conference on identity theft Gonzales said he will remain As Long As i can continue to serve effectively were going to Correct the mistakes that have been made i have accepted responsibility Gonzales said Ive already indicated that Ive made mistakes and i accept responsibility for that earlier Bush gave his longtime Friend and associate a Strong endorsement appearing with Gen David Petraeus at the White House the president told reporters this is an honest honorable Man in whom i have Confidence democrats in control of Congress for the first time in Bush presi Dency pounced on Gonzales with accusations his department was politicizing the us Justice system culminating with testimony in front of the Senate judiciary committee from the associated press Starsta stripes your Hometown newspaper Why pay full Price Home delivery Only per week toll free 08001011270 Germany 0800780265 Italy 08000858827 us 080078073 Belgium 08000225203 Netherlands 0900958303 Spain Dan 3498437 email hours of operation of 07001800 Samsun 07301300 european stars and stripes attn circulation dept unit 29480 Apoate 09211 Fra knew of problems before two outbreaks by Elizabeth Williamson the Washington Post Washington the food and drug administration has known for years about contamination problems at a Georgia pea nut butter Plant and on California spinach farms that led to disease outbreaks that killed three peo ple sickened hundreds and forced one of the biggest product recalls in us history documents and interviews show overwhelmed by huge growth in the number of food processors and imports however the Agency took Only limited Steps to address the problems and relied on producers to police themselves according to Agency documents congressional critics and con Sumer advocates said both episodes show that the Agency is in capable of adequately protecting the safety of the food Supply Fra officials conceded that its system needs to be overhauled to meet today demands but denied that the Agency could have done anything to prevent either contamination episode three spinach lawsuits from 2006 settled the California farm that grew the spinach linked to last years nation Al e Coli outbreak and the two companies that processed and marketed it have settled lawsuits with the families of three women who died two of whom had not been included in the official death toll the attorney for the three families said Mission organics natural selection foods and the Dole food co agreed late last month to confidential settlements in the deaths of Ruby Trautz 81 of Bellevue neb Betty Howard 83 of Richland Wash and june Dunning 86 of Hagerstown my the Federal centers for disease control reported that the septem Ber 2006 outbreak caused 205 illnesses and three deaths in 26 states and Canada from the los Angeles times last week the Fra notified California state health officials that hogs on a farm in the state had Likely eaten feed laced with melamine an Industrial chemical blamed for the deaths of dozens of pets in recent weeks officials Are trying to determine whether the chemicals presence in the hogs represents a threat to humans pork from animals raised on the farm has been recalled the Fra has said its inspectors would not have Likely found the contaminated food before prob lems which called a massive pet food recall arose the outbreaks Point to a need to completely overhaul the Way the Agency does business said Robert Brackett director of the fads Foo safety Arm which is responsible for safeguarding 80 percent of the nations food Supply we have 60000 to 80000 facilities that were responsible for in any Given year Brackett said explosive growth in the number of processors and the amount of imported foods mean manufacturers have to build safety into their products rather than us chasing after them he said we have to get out of the 1950s paradigm congresswoman from California Dies the associated press los Juanita Millend Rmcdonald a seven term congresswoman from Southern California died late sat urday of cancer she was 68 Millend Rmcdonald died at her Home in Carson said her chief of staff bandele Mcqueen the congresswoman had asked for a fourth six week leave of absence from the House last week to Deal with her illness Mcqueen  immediately provide de tails on what form of cancer Mil Lender Mcdonald had but said she had been receiving hospice care Juanita Millend Rmcdonald was a trailblazer always Advocat ing for the full participation of All americans in the Success and Prosperity of our country House speaker Nancy Pelosi said i a statement the dignity with which she faced her illness was an indication of the determination with which she always served the people of her District Millend Rmcdonald represented a heavily democratic Southern California District that includes Compton Long Beach and parts of los Angele Millend Rmcdonald is the second Mem Ber of Congress to die this year of cancer Republican rep Charles Norwood or of Georgia died in february after battling cancer and lung disease she is survived by her Hus band James Mcdonald or and five adult children under California election procedures gov Arnold Schwarzenegger has 14 Days to set a Date for a special election to fill the seat Carrier needed for Grafe Woehr Hillesheim and Vilseck for More information please Contact Tom at 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