European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 28, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 20 s tars and s tripes april 28 2oo7 Page 21 miss America helps police in sex sting Shirley seven people surrendered to authorities after an under cover sex sting operation that involved miss America the Beauty Queen Lau Ren Nelson of Lawton okla worked with police in Suffolk county to target would be sexual predators officers with the county computer crimes unit Cre ated an online profile of a 14yearold girl that included photographs of Nelson taken when she was a teen Nelson whose platform Issue is internet safety for children said she was eager to participate in the sting and draw attention to the Dan Gers of the internet skipping jury duty has its own punishment questioning in court by attorneys to determine the jury makeup for a three Day civil trial Alex Ander t Harvey asked to be excused to go to the restroom when told he would have to wait Harvey got up and left the courtroom never to return the court was not amused Harvey said Harvey was subpoenaed Back to the court where judge John Sam son told him he had until May 21 to write an apology letter or turn him Selfin they take fulfilling your com plete jury duty very seriously said Harvey 51 it was my mis take and i  have done that and in going to write the apology drug bust uncovers do fighting operation Jackson Federal authorities arrested 14 peo ple in Mississippi and Louisiana in a cocaine trafficking investigation that also resulted in More than 40 dogs being seized from a dogfight ing operation Harrison county sheriff George Payne or said 41 dogs were confiscated in Mississippi and an animal Protection organization said six More were taken in Louisiana besides the american pit bulls authorities found Scales for weighing dogs before a match Breed stands used to mate aggressive dogs treadmills used to pre pare dogs for matches and Exten Sive records noting successes and losses in do fighting contests said us attorney Jim Letten of the Eastern District of Louisiana each of those arrested faces up to 40 years in prison and a Fine of up to million if convicted of conspiracy to distribute half of Avalanche deaths were snowmobiles Jackson thirteen of the 26 Avalanche deaths re corded in North America this past Winter season were snowmobiles the first time since record keeping began in 1950 that the number of snowmobiles killed in slides exceeded the number of skier and snowboarder Avalanche deaths according to statistics provided by the Westside Avalanche net work 11 of the 26 Avalanche Fatali ties in the United states and Canada during the 200607 Winter sea american Roundup son were skiers the other two were a Cumber and a Snowshoe destructive Honeybee parasite found in Oahu Honolulu a tiny mite that has devastated main land Honeybee populations showed up in Honolulu hives for the first time this month and has now been confirmed in Bee colonies across Oahu the infestation by Varro mites has led the state to ask beekeepers to restrict transport of bees around the islands there Are concerns it could threaten the big islands thriving Queen Bee Export Indus try which has so far tested free of the mites when i saw that mite i knew exactly what it was said Michael Kliks head of the Hawaii beekeepers association and owner of Manoa Honey co i knew exactly what it meant and i fell to my Knees and almost began to weep be cause if s inexpressible what that sea change is for us in Hawaii grizzly Bear monitoring program could end is poised to end its grizzly Bear monitoring program in the Northern Continental Divide eco system at the years end unless fed eral agencies pitch in state wild clowning around Belo Nock a Clown with ringing Bros Barnum Bailey circus tries to slow Down coming Down the Manayunk Wail with pro cyclist Colin Sandberg in Philadel phia the Wail is the highest climb on the course of the annual pro Bike race in Philadelphia life officials said tues Day the decision was announced at a meet ing of state and Federal officials in charge of Griz Zly Bear management and recovery in the ecosystem which includes Glacier National Park the Bob mar shall wilderness Complex and surrounding lands the state fish wildlife and i Parks department has run out of Money to continue the program which involves As Many As 25 collared female grizzly bears on 6 million acres said Jim Satter Field a regional Ftp administrator in Kalispell this is not a Bluff he said without Federal partners were done with this project we cant afford it woman pleads guilty to posing As lawyer a woman pleaded guilty to using a false id badge to enter a us corrections facility while posing As an attorney so she could have sex with an inmate prosecutors said Tiffany Weaver 29 was charged with identity theft and use of false government identification after entering the Maryland reception diagnostic and classification Center in november to meet with inmate Jason Moody Moody is serving 30 years for manslaughter Weaver asked for admittance to meet with Moody and showed a fraudulent badge corrections officials responsible for monitoring in mate meetings with attorneys witnessed the two having sex once they were alone the corrections officers ended the meeting barriers to keep vehicles from states deserts Organ pipe Cactus National Monument within a few years vehicles driving loads of illegal immigrants or drugs through the rugged terrain of arizonans southwestern deserts could largely be a thing of the past already 63 Miles of vehicle barriers Are in place on the Arizona Border authorities look to have a total of 200 Miles of barriers across the Southwest mostly in Arizona and new Mexico by the end of next year the barriers being used now Range from bollards con Crete filled steel poles poking out of the ground at staggered Heights to Railroad rail welded horizon tally onto Concrete reinforced steel posts to shaped rail Barri Cades weighing up to 1400 pounds student faces charges for essay student at an Illi Nois High school faces disorderly conduct charges for writing an essay that authorities described As violent and disturbing Allen Lee 18 a student at Cary Grove High school was arrested after penning the i class writing assignment he said he had intended the entire essay As a joke the writing assignment depicted violence was disturbing and in appropriate but did not contain any specific locations or names Gary police chief Ron Delelio said police have declined to release a copy of the essay int it Spring feet of Snow in a recent storm Elk stand in a Snow covered Yard in Evergreen Colo where they were foraging for food Evergreen and other Mountain towns had More than two Welcome to Florida University of Florida Institute of food and agricultural sciences student Andrew Combs 26 spreads mulch at a Garden on the Gaines Ville Fia Campus the plants shown Are new Flower varieties grown to Check their performance under Florida conditions a a Keaton Duwa looks at a note card showing How his name looks in arabic while practising How to write it during a lesson in Kaiona Iowa pupils in kindergarten through fourth Grade at the mid Prairie elementary school in Kaiona will have the Chance to team arabic thanks to a three year Federal Grant that funds foreign language programs just like Momma fal Roq off Josiah Javurek 2 of Escanaba idl Keb Uli Mich takes flight on the sky fighter ride at the Skerbeck carnival at Escanaba holy name school baby a week old Colt tries to eat some Hay like his Mother Momma at the Longmeadow Rescue ranch in Union to Momma was rescued from a horse trailer that crashed on interstate 44 near Union in septem Ber Momma was approximately six months pregnant at the time tremendous idea second graders from vie a Valley school in Santa Barbara Calif Plant seedlings and pledge environmental care As part of Arbor Day celebrations in which elementary school students were to Plant More than 10000 tree seedlings across North America extras extras extras wart during a break in the filming of the movie leather Heads at Hanes Middle school in Weston Salem no smoking in vehicles with kids illegal in no town East Keyport this town became the first in the state to ban motorists from smok ing when children Are in their vehicles police must have another reason to Stop the vehicle and officers can let violators off with a warning in Stead of the s75 ticket principal involved in scandal gets new Job Greenwood a former High school Princi pal accused of telling cheerleaders not to talk to authorities about alleged misconduct by their coach has been reassigned former Ware Shoals High school principal Jane Blackwell will work in her school s technology department Green Wood county school District 51 superintendent Fay Sprouse said Blackwell was charged with obstruction during the investigation of Ware Shoals cheer leading coach Jill Moore who has been charged with supplying alcohol and cigarettes to students and contributing to the delinquency of a minor Moore has also been accused of having sex with a male student who was old enough to consent under state Law and a National guard Recruiter according to sheriffs office reports Blackwell tried to interfere with the investigation by telling cheer leaders not to talk to investigators authorities have said Man jailed for driving drunk attempts suicide Syracuse a Man fac ing up to life in prison based on six Drunken driving convictions attempted suicide in Bis jail cell two weeks ago his lawyer said Ronald Daggett is under state psychiatric care his first Dpi conviction involved a crash in 1982 that killed a 21yearold Man Daggett was sentenced to one year in prison 300 students Boycott school for one week South Brinkley about 300 students who boycotted local schools re turned to class after a on week protest organizers Are upset there Arent More Black administrators in the predominantly Black District Many students missed standardized tests but state officials gave them a waiver that will let them take the exams later University oks benefits for Domestic partners Lexington the University of Kentucky expanded employee benefits to include Domestic partners eligibility for the benefits which will cover unmarried same sex and opposite sex Cou Ples will begin in july those inter ested must sign an affidavit and demonstrate financial interdependence to qualify ton of unused drugs turned in on Earth Day Marquette people turned in More than a ton of unwanted pills powders and liquid medicines including an estimated Worth of narcotics Dur ing an Earth Day collection across the upper Peninsula organizers said the focus of this years annual Earth keeper clean sweep was on unused drugs which scientists say Are contaminating the nations Waterways Petroglyph Monument defaced with Spray paint West Albuquerque gang tags were Spray painted on at least eight Large Basalt boulders at the Edge of the Petroglyph National Monument but none of the Petro glyphs was damaged the 7200acre Monument has More than 15000 ancient Rock etch Ings largely by american Light rail project testing draws residents residents got their first look at a real Light rail car running Down a Street Here As officials conducted tests the first 20 Miles of the Bil lion Light rail project Are currently being built and a completed on Emile Section was used for the test on Washington Street a Phoe Nix Mesa line is expected to be Ning by december 2008 Tahoe Forest May have to padlock toilets toilets in the great out doors can be an Oasis for bikers anglers Dir bikers and horseback riders so the threat of pad Locking them has created a Little anxiety californian Tahoe National for est one of the nations busiest is running Short on Money to main Tain its portable toilets a Bunch of Dir bikers Are offer ing to pay for pumping out one of them so it can stay open but thais just one another 10 or so toilets mostly serving Trail Heads in the Forest face pad Locking the problem of shrinking Bud gets for outdoor maintenance is crucial in californian National for ests because operating costs Are relatively higher than in the rest of the country said Bonnie Petitt recreation officer for the Tahoe Forest police sergeant accused of forcing sex on couples Detroit a Ponce ser Geant in Detroit forced Cou Ples to engage in sex acts while he watched after confronting them at a Park according to charges announced thursday Roosevelt Tidwell 39 faces felony charges including criminal sex Ual conduct and misconduct in of fice and was arraigned the de troit police department has sus Pended him with pay prosecutor Kym worthy said that a Man and woman were driving through a Park on the cites East Side when an officer stopped them and got into their vehicle couple told investigators the officer ordered them to perform a sex act on each other the couple also said he ordered the woman to fondle him through his clothing and that he also fondled her photos 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