European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 29, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday april 292007 stars and stripes Page 15 Rice aide quits after query on escort service the Washington Post Washington Randall l Tobias the Deputy Secretary of state responsible for us foreign Aid abruptly resigned Friday after he was asked about an up scale escort service allegedly involved in prostitution government sources said Tobias re signed after Abc news Tobias contacted him with questions about the escort service the sources said Abc news re leased a statement saying Tobias acknowledged thursday that he had used the service to provide massages not sex Tobias has been Secretary of state cond Plezza rices Point Man in an ambitious Effort to Over haul How the us government manages foreign Aid a key part of her transformational diplomacy Agenda just two Days ago president Bush lauded Tobias for Bis work in the administration leading americas monumental Effort to confront and Deal with the epidemic on the Conti nent of Africa state department spokesman Sean Mccormack said Tobias in formed Rice today that he must step Down As director of us for eign assistance and us Agency for International development administrator effective immediately forecaster Ocean causes warming by Dan Elliott the associated press United states leading Hurricane forecaster said Friday that global Ocean currents not human produced Carbon dioxide Are responsible for global warming and the Earth May begin to Cool on its own in five to 10 years William Gray a Colorado state University researcher Best known for his annual fore casts of hurricanes along the us Atlantic coast also said increasing Levels of Carbon dioxide will not produce More or stronger Hurri canes he said that Over the past 40 years the num Ber of major hurricanes making landfall on the us Atlantic coast has declined compared with the previous 40 years even though car Bon dioxide Levels have risen Gray speaking to a group of Republican state lawmakers had harsh words for re searchers and politicians who say manmade greenhouse gases Are responsible for global warming there blaming it All on humans which is crazy he said were not the cause of it Many researchers believe global warming is causing hurricanes to get stronger while others Are not sure a study published recently suggested warm ing might make it More difficult for Hurri canes to form because it produces More Verti Cal wind Shear which can weaken hurricanes but the researchers Gabriel a Vecchi of the National oceanic and atmospheric administration and Brian j Soden of the University of Miami said it was unclear whether the dampening effects of wind Shear would can cel out the boost that warmer water gives hurricanes Man shoots estranged wife kills coworker self in Calif the associated press Santa a Man shot and hied Aman and seriously his estranged wife at a Wastewater facility Fri Day before killing himself Ponce said s Steven Harold Smith 50 shot two fellow employees about am at the Wastewater facility according to sheriffs sgt Fred Prageman Mike Sotelo 41 died at the scene he was the supervisor for office administration Prageman said the suspects wife Tamara Smith 45 tried to escape inner car but was shot multiple times police said she was hospitalized in grave condition Prageman said police said coworkers de scribed the shooting As the result of a love Triangle investigators could not immediately confirm a romantic relationship Between Sotelo and Tamara Smith but be Lieve Steve Smith May have been angered because Sotelo was try ing to act As an intermediary be tween the couple Prageman said two handguns were recovered at the scene but Prageman would not comment Ojo who owned them Steve Smith went inside the administrative part of the facility and shot Sotelo in his office Page Man said Smith then went outside and shot his wife while she was inside her car she tried to drive away but hit a flagpole a curb and a Fence before running into a Large eucalyptus tree Prageman said Steven Smith was the pump Sta Tion maintenance supervisor and Bis wife was a maintenance worker Shmuel Thaler the Santa Cruz county of Santa Cruz maintenance workers and Santa Cruz county sheriffs deputies gather at the scene of a shooting at a Wastewater treatment facility Friday great Auto rates Are rates As i Vyas Sqq a with arcu membership you experience a no hassle application process that will have you smelling the roses in no time negotiate your new Auto Price today with Confidence using ascus Safe convenient online or Telephone loan application burst into Spring by applying for an Auto loan today 8004875soo stateside 0080048756267 overseas Dan 3376581 Andrews Federal credit Union  Bush urges lawmakers to act on immigration Washington president Bush urged lawmakers on Satur Day to come together on the com plex and emotional Issue of Immi Gration calling it a critical Chal Lenge now before the nation we need a system where our Laws Are respected we need a sys tem that meets the legitimate needs of our Economy and we need a system that treats people with dignity and helps newcomers assimilate into our society he said in his weekly radio address there Are an estimated 12 Mil lion illegal immigrants in the country Bush wants to establish a temporary worker program for some of them and create a path to citizenship for Many he says it is unrealistic to propose that Mil Lions of people be deported retired general urges Bush to sign War Bill Washington president Bush should sign legislation Start ing the withdrawal of us troops from Iraq on oct 1 retired army it Gen William Odom said Satur Day i Hope the president seizes this moment for a Basic change in course and signs the Bill con Gress has sent him Odom said delivering the democrats weekly radio address Odom an outspoken critic of the War who served As the army top intelligence officer and headed the National Security Agency during the Reagan administration delivered the address at the request of House speaker Nancy Pelosi Calif Excia director sees Al Aida nuke ambitions Washington the main threat posed by Al Aida lies in its quest to obtain a nuclear former Cia director George j Tenet writes in Bis new Book in at the Center of the storm Tenet writes at some length about a Laidas attempts to obtain or develop a nuclear weapon i am convinced that this is where Osama bin Laden and his operatives desperately want to go Tenet writes they under stand that bombings by cars trucks trains and planes will get them some headlines to be sure but if they manage to set off a mushroom Cloud they will make history from the associated press