European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 18, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                              June 2007 stars and stripes Mideast edition Page in the states 7 dead after drag racing Accident by will York the associated press three More people have died after a Dagrac ing car went out of control and careened into a crowd of raising the death toll to state officials said the crash occurred saturday night during an exhibition Burn out when a Driver spins his tires to make them heat up and smoke at the cars for kids Charity event in located about 80 Miles East of Tennessee Highway patrol spokesman Mike Browning said the seven who died included a 15yearold and a at least eight people were taken to hospitals and several others had minor he Amateur video of the broadcast on we ctr in Mem showed the cars engine Rev ving loudly before the vehicle sped Down a Highway lined with spectators on both after a few Hundred the smoking car skidded off the there was a guard rail along at least part of the but state officials could not immediately say if the spectators were standing behind the rail where the crash the identities of the victims and the Driver were not immediately mourners placed Small votive candles at the crash site Early Sun witness Scott Henley said the vehicle started burning off its then fish tailed and slammed into a Utility pole be fore spinning around into the a Russell Independent a police officer consoles a Rescue worker saturday in at the scene of an a drag racing vehicle lost control and spun into a crowd of killing seven authorities Selmer police chief Neal Burks said bodies were flying into the air when it Browning said the vehicle was a drag racing but he did not have Matthew administrator of ams pro modified which sanctions drag said late saturday that the car involved has been driven by drag racer Troy of but he did not know if Critchley was driving when the car struck the the ams pro modified series later issued a news release saying the Driver was a Veteran of More than 20 years in drag racing and had to be taken to an emergency the release said the Driver was performing a burnout when Road conditions caused the car to go out of the race team is in Shock and deeply saddened by this unexpected their hearts and prayers Are with the injured peo ple and their the re lease sheriffs officials and police closed the festival shortly after the about to people were expected to attend the weekend Nifong disbarred for handling of Duke Case Gerry Durham county District attorney Mike if listens to his sentence in his North Carolina state bar trial in at left is attorney Dudley the associated press time and time Mike Nifong strode into court and confidently pro claimed that three Duke Lacrosse players raped a woman at a team party he smirked when anyone suggested the Durham county District at Torney thundered away in inter calling the players Hooli framing the Case As a racially motivated attack by privileged White he never even hinted that his Case started out weak and soon became fatally that self assured Mike Nifong of 2006  be More different than the disgraced Man who left a courthouse through a Side door on saturday humbled and the disciplinary committee that stripped the Veteran prosecutor of his state Law License called it a Clear Case of intentional pros a tutorial misconduct that involved deceit and the panel said Nifong manipulated the investigation to boost his chances of winning his first elec then allowed the false rape allegations to fester for this matter has been a Fias said Lane the committee chairman in announcing the theres no doubt about the committee said Nifong manipulated the investigation to boost his chances of winning his first election for Durham county District Williamson specifically cited Nifong comments in the Early Days of the which included a confident proclamation at a candidate forum mat he  allow Durham to become known for a Bunch of Lacrosse players from Duke raping a Black he also called the Lacrosse team a Bunch of hooligans at one appointed District attorney in Nifong was in a tight race for the office when a stripper told police she was raped at the March 2006 at the time he was facing a Pri and he was politically Williamson but we can draw no other conclusion that those initial statements he made were to further his political Ambi mom airman who says she was kidnapped will take leave the associated press the Mother of the air Force officer who disappeared in Kyrgyzstan in september and reappeared three Days later says her Daugh Ter will take a leave of absence from the military to spend time with her Jeannette Metzger said yester Day that Jill met Gers 18 month leave will Start next Jill who grew up in is married to fellow air Force officer Joshua Jill Metzger is stationed at Moody air Force base in geor a spokesman there says Jie cant discuss met Gers Gary Arasin did say that since Metzger returned to duty in late she has continued her work in the Mission support which oversees person Nel matters for the Metzger has said that she was kidnapped in the Justice department and air Force office of special investigations Are looking into the mat Christine a spokeswoman for the air says the office of special investigation Hopes to Complete its investigation a student arrested in graduation threat a former student at the University of Riverside was arrested saturday after a Home made firebomb and threatening letters found on Campus led to the cancellation of a graduation authorities Audley of was arrested on suspicion of Possession of a destructive de arson and making terrorist Campus police his bail was set at masked men open fire at Miami party 1 killed Miami four armed men with White bandannas covering their faces opened fire at a party Early killing a 20 year old Man and injuring six other police authorities were searching for the four and the shootings were believed to be gang police astronauts begin their fourth spacewalk Houston two Astro nauts stepped out of the International space station on sunday on the fourth spacewalk of space shut tie Atlantis Mission to the the top priority for the space Patrick Forrester and Steven was to activate a rotating joint on the space stations newest segment that would allow a new solar array to track the from the associated press