European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 29, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 stars and stripes june 2007 blackout creates chaos in Bronx new York the blackout was darkening a Large Swath of Manhattan and the Bronx for less than an but it came on a sweltering Day and left some wondering if it want a sign of trouble to the outage wednesday knocked out traffic snarled subway service and forced the evacuation of the metropolitan museum of Art on one of the hot test Days of the the Black which started at and lasted about an affected approximately consolidated Edison chief executive Kevin Burke said at a news it started in a Queens substation connected to two oth ers in the Bronx and manhattans upper East he 11 die in Texas floods As downpours continue Marble Texas still weary from constant Down pours that have claimed at least 11 lives in the last dozen texans braced for yet another Del Uge in the Hill overnight rainfall in Central Texas was far Short of the 10 inches that were in the but More was expected thursday and Flash flood warnings were in effect throughout the almost a week of nonstop rain including 18 inches near mar ble Falls Early wednesday morn dozens of people stranded on cars and in no fatalities were immediately re ported in the latest series of unusual summertime Texas rain but a Williamson county Mother and her Boyfriend remained missing after their empty car was found apparently swept away by flood winds give firefighters a break South Lake a break in the wind allowed firefighters to gain ground on a stubborn California wildfire near Lake Tahoe As they prepared for More blustery conditions forecast for More than firefighters took advantage of the Calm to tame the Blaze on two fronts near the Small town of Meyers to the South and of the Edge of sever Al densely populated subdivisions near the Lake where another flank jumped a containment line a Day teen ineligible for Bond during Appeal Atlanta Gen Arlow Wilson is not eligible for Bond while appealing his 10year prison sen tence for engaging in consensual sex with a 15yearold girl when he was a judge ruled wednes in an order cancelling a july 5 Bond Douglas county Superior court judge David Emer son said Georgia Law prohibited Appeal Bonds to anyone convicted of aggravated child molestation and serving a sentence of five years or the ruling Means that who has served 28 months in Pris is Likely to remain behind bars until october at the the Georgia supreme court has de Nied a motion to expedite the a y from the associated press Bald Eagle taken off endangered list by Josef Hebert the associated press Washington the american Bald a National Symbol once almost wiped out by Hunters and Dot has not Only survived but is the Interior department announced on thursday it is removing the Majestic Bird from the Protection of the endangered species capping a four decade struggle for recon government biologists have counted nearly mating pairs of Bald including at least one pair in each of 48 contiguous giving Assurance that the Birds survival is no longer in the Eagle population hit Bottom in 1963 when Only 417 mating pairs could be documented in the 48 states and its future survival As a species was in there were once As Many As a half million Bald eagles in North predating the europeans the Continental Congress put the Bird onto the country official Seal in although Benjamin Franklin preferred the Turkey and called the Eagle a Bird of bad moral the Interior department has been mulling Over what to do about the Bald Eagle for eight years since government biologists in 1999 concluded its recovery had been a earlier this a Federal court directed Interior to make a decision on the Birds status by this acting in a lawsuit by a Minne Sota Man who complained the governments delays kept him from developing seven acres that included an eagles conservationists called the Eagle recovery a vindication of the 1973 endangered species which has been under attack from property rights and business and the subject of internal review at the Interior or a winners name will be randomly drawn from those entered in tie Happy birthday America shopping spree a Winner will receive an cafes or nex gift card shopping spree in an appropriate in Honor of United states of americas birthday july 4 and write a greeting to a deployed service Register your card online at under the Happy birthday America  used for hems purchased May not be if turned for Cash