European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 30, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 20 stars and stripes april so 2007 Page 21 embattled Regent turns in resignation to of Alaska Regent Jim Hayes facing felony charges of fraud resigned Hayes sent a resignation letter to gov Sarah Palin his decision was announced on the floors of the Alaska House and Senate Palin said she had accepted his resignation effective immediately i am pleased that or Hayes took this course of action and agree with his decision to not fur ther distract from the University and its Mission Palin said Hayes did not return messages left by the associated press at both his Fairbanks Home and Church however his lawyer John Murtagh of Anchorage confirmed that Hayes had resigned agents arrest 5 people during series of raids  Federal agents and state investigators arrested five men during a series of raids in Northeast Alabama with at least five bomb teams on the scene in Case explosives were found during the searches Eric Kehn a spokesman with the Bureau of alcohol tobacco firearms and explosives said the action involves weapons and things along those lines but declined to elaborate the five were arrested on Feder Al warrants Kehn said and agents had four search warrants the sweep will Likely involve two or three counties he said but one site was near Cominsville school in de Kalb county the school had been closed College prank causes neighbourhood to go four putrid prank went awry when authorities found a rental truck filled with rot Ting fish cow parts and pig organs and evacuated residents of a Tuc son neighbourhood police said four University of Arizona Stu dents had rented the truck and collected the smelly cargo intending to dump it on someones front Lawn As a prank said sgt Mark Robin son a Tucson police department spokesman neighbors disgusted by the foul odor emanating from the vehicle called police and officers found the truck packed with 10 City trash cans Robinson said they also found ammonia and bleach which prompted authorities to evacuate a Square Block and Call in a Hazard Ous materials team the four students returned to the scene during the police search and confessed to renting the truck and filing it up Robinson said the students were released after questioning but May later face charges including theft of the trash cans criminal damage and disturbing the peace mexican mafia sting nets drug Cash arrests los reputed members of one of californian most feared gangs were arrested on narcotics and Money laundering charges Accord ing to court papers unsealed american Roundup the raids netted top members of the mexican mafia in the coaches la Valley a desert area East of los Angeles authorities said operation clean House Fol Lowed a 10month wiretap investigation of Jose Chavez Huerta 42 who is alleged to have run a sophisticated methamphetamine and her oin trafficking business As shot caller for the areas Branch of the mex ican mafia Huerta arrested in the sting demanded taxes from drug Money earned by latino gang members in the Coachella Valley and paid a Cut to his mexican mafia sponsor Richard psycho Aguirre authorities said Aguirre is serving a life sentence at Pelican Bay state Pris on aguirres Mother Jovita Agu Irre 75 collected Huertas pay ments and passed along orders to him from her son according to a criminal complaint filed in Federal court in Riverside county toddler hands teacher Smail bag of cocaine a toddler handed a teacher a Small bag of co Caine at a daycare Center authorities said investigators were trying to de Termine How the 2yearold girl got the Small baggy it contained an of White substance that tested pos Junior Gardener Olivia Roberts i of Bremerton Wash Waters strawberries she helped to Plant with her Mother Senna Roberts at the Blueberry Park Garden Patch in East Bremer ton Wash Tive for cocaine police spokesman Steve Anderson said because the bag was moist the teacher Wor ried that the girl May have put it in her Mouth Anderson said the child was taken by her Mother to the Hospital Vivian Williams director of the Williams learning developmental Center said the girl never had the cocaine in her Mouth authorities could not say for certain whether cocaine was found in her system Chris Van Deusen a spokesman for the Texas department of family and protective services said the division of child care licensing was investigating suspicious package forces school evacuation Ankeny several class rooms at Des Moines area Community College were evacuated after College officials became nervous about a suspicious pack age College officials called police and postal inspectors after the Box was delivered what they found in Side want a bomb it was a Box containing 500 condoms the package was sent to a teacher of a human sexuality class and was sent by a person who had been a previous speaker at the class said Rob Denson the colleges president Bottom Ishing ban announced for islands Honolulu the Board of land and natural re sources voted to close All state Waters to Botto fishing from May through september in order to protect seven species Offish state Waters with the exception of the current  de fishing areas will reopen to fish ing oct 1 the Board said this temporary closure is in response to a declared state of Over fishing of seven Botto fish species in the main hawaiian islands said Peter Young department of land and natural resources chair Man it is part of an ongoing Effort to better protect Hawaii stocks of Onaga Ehu opa Kapaka Kalekale Hap Puu Hindai and Lehi Young said a similar closure is expected to be needed for the summer of 2008 officials said priest pleads guilty to sex abuse of boys Joliet a Catholic priest previously convicted of child molestation has pleaded guilty to sexually abusing two teenage Brothers in the 1990s Louis Rogge 76 of Joliet pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse under a Deal with prosecutors he will Likely serve 30 Days in jail and four years of probation he had faced a sentence of three to seven years in prison the will county states attorneys office accused Rogge of Abus ing the first boy in 1996 when he was 15 and the second in 1999 when he also was 15 Rogge was a longtime family Friend and spiritual adviser for the boys prosecutors said run of Florida Atlantic University student Michael veillion is upended while Boogie boarding at South Beach Park in Boca Raton Fla swing work Tures in Wichita Kan Lauryn Stinnett left pushes Khiyah Van is on a tire swing As they enjoy the warm tempera Purdue University students from left Eric in Bull Hulme Jeff Brandt Steve Stanish Paddie their Concrete Canoe christened cookies and Cream during a race at the american society of Chi 2g07 great lakes regional conference in Lafayette ind cute baby Phoenix zoo baby orangutan Kasih walks through a pizza Box after enjoying a snack of vegetables inside at the colourful Warrior Darrin Perry of the Serno iian warriors Sardi gras indians per forms at the new Orleans jazz and heritage festival in new Orleans Sticky fingers Savannah Phiilips 8 works with dough As she and her second Grade classmates at St Thomas school in fort Thomas by learn to make bread to be used by communion servers in a Taw a Mother Mallard walks her dozen ducklings across Washington Street in downtown 111 d Low As she leads them toward the winos River on a pleasant afternoon marathoner 70 catches an alleged shoplifter Wolfeboro a shop lifter would have to run pretty far to get away from this 70yearold clerk Judy Brenner sprinted about 100 feet to catch a teen she thought stole liquor from the store where she works in Wolfeboro Brenner who ran the Boston Marathon this month discovered the teen had a half gallon of Whis key under his jacket she and oth ers who joined the Chase helped de Tain him until police arrived Brenner of Brookfield said she ran 14 marathons decades ago and finished the Boston Marathon this month in just Over five hours placing sixth among the women in her age bracket environmental groups sue to Stop logging Louisville two environmental groups claim the us Forest service is violating its own rules and Federal Law with a plan to Cut Trees on More than 12000 acres of a Forest preserve Heartwood and Kentucky heart Wood sued the Forest service in Federal court in Lexington seeking to Stop the proposed logging the lawsuit said logging would damage the environment and harm wildlife and endangered Spe cies in the 700000acre Daniel Boone National Forest in Eastern Kentucky these grassroots groups have exhausted All of the avenues made to them by the Forest service to no Avail lawyer Joe Childers said their members decided to bring this lawsuit to protect a pub Lic resource that is highly valued by the vast majority of kentuckians Marie Walker a Forest service spokeswoman said the Agency had not seen the suit and had no com ment state officials lift order to boil water in town Spencer state officials told residents they no longer have to boil their tap water a precaution suggested after Doz ens of people were sickened by an anti corrosion chemical in the water Supply state environmental officials said tests confirmed the system had been flushed of All sodium hydroxide also known As Lye which accidentally was Over released into the town Supply nearly 100 people were treated at hospitals for burning sensations and skin rashes after using tap water mayor acquitted in Case of destroying House Jackson Jacksons controversial crime fight ing mayor walked out of court a free Man after a jury acquitted him and two police bodyguards of using sledgehammers and Sticks to demolish a duplex the mayor considered a crack House the jury of 11 women and one Man deliberated about seven hours before finding mayor Frank Melton and the officers not guilty on All 11 felony counts one woman was escorted out of the courtroom for a loud outburst when the first not guilty verdict was read and dozens of supporters erupted in applause when court was adjourned Melton who appeared fatigued by the end of the fou Day trial brushed by Well wishers and news reporters without comment As he left the courthouse and Many peo ple were literally dancing in the streets Deshawn Walker 17 held up a sign that said fight Frank fight lawmakers profane rant makes youtube rounds Helena a state Law makers profanity laced tirade against the governor made the rounds on youtube two Days after his remarks derailed spend ing negotiations at the end of the legislative session Republican House majority Leader Michael Lange made the comments after leaving a meeting with democratic gov Brian sch Weitzer Lange was speaking to a room of House republicans with reporters and a television camera present he said Schweitzer could go straight to hell and called the governor an sob the tirade attracted More than 17000 views on youtube and stalled talks to draft a state budget in pissed off at that sob on the second floor that thinks he is going to run this state like a dicta Tor Lange said after comparing democrats to communist rus Sia and red China Lange waving his arms with his face turning red then shouted my message to the governor is stick it up your woman says Man broke into House stole clothes Greensboro it took one glance for Sandra Row Ells to recognize the Man who broke into her Home offered her to hide him and then tried to flee wearing some of her clothes yeah cause thais my shirt Hes got on Rowells said she told police it made me mad because my daughter had just sent me that shirt from Florida investigators said Rahmell Kareem 33 of Winston Salem crashed a car near Rowells Home after leading police on a Chase along interstate 85 that reached speeds of 130 Mph Rowells said she woke up from a Nap when Kareem forced open her locked Kitchen screen door Kareem was arrested coming out of Rowells House he faces Sev eral charges including felony hit and run breaking and entering and fleeing in a vehicle to elude arrest Highway patrol trooper a Locklear said stories and photos fro wire reports