European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 8, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Page 16 stars and stripes Mideast edition july 2007 Pace 17 life Nosb cruise ship needed inspection Anchorage a i High end cruise ship that ran aground this Spring in the fjords of Southeast Alaska has potentially faulty lifesaving equipment on Board that should be inspected the National transportation safety Board said the Board urged the coast guard to recheck rafts and inflatable slides on the Empress of the North two Days be fore the ship is slated to depart the Juneau Dock at near full the voyage will be the vessels first since hitting an underwater Rock on May a spokeswoman for the ships be Attl based Majestic Ameri Ca said the coast guard inspection will take place before the Empress leaves alaskan capital City for a we Klong roundtrip cruise through the inside As the ships 206 passengers were Crew members found that half of the 22 life rafts didst deploy diner has a noontime singalong with waitress Charles town Cus i towers at the Liberty Street carryout dont sing for their they sing for their coun every Day at customers join waitress Judy Hawkins in a singalong with a local radio stations broadcast of the Star Span led Hawkins said she started sing ing the National Anthem several months ago and its now a daily Rit we just think its Good to Honor the Star spangled the Public enjoys they Stop eating and join she Hawkins said she and her coworkers like to have but singing the National Anthem is no we take the Star spangled Banner very she elderly Bank robber sentenced to her Home Pittsburgh a 176yearold woman who robbed a Bank to help her troubled son pay off debts will serve her sen tence at not in Marilyn Devine was sentenced to 23 months of House arrest Fol Lowed by 20 years probation for using an unloaded pistol to Rob a Bank Branch inside a supermarket in West Mifflin in March Devine agreed in april to plead guilty to weapons violations and fleeing from in sex prosecutors agreed Noj to pursue a mandatory five to 10year prison though Devine still faced the threat of Pris Devine called the sentence a Teller Devine Janelle Drecnik said she still has night mares and must Deal with the Ridi Cule of people laughing that i got robbed by a air plane missing since february discovered j Carlsbad state police pilots located a plane missing since it disappeared off radar 28 in american Roundup Texas authorities searched for the plane for about a but didst notify new Mexico about the missing said Peter a spokesman for the state depart ment of Public new Mexico officials did not know about it until the family of the Pilot contacted Bill Rich he Richardson asked department of Public safety Secre tary John Denko to initiate a new Aerial searchers shortly after Ward spotted the an experimental aircraft called Van in the Guadalupe mountains in new Mexico about 30 Miles from Carls bad near the Texas state the from was Fly ing from to Virginia when the plane Olson 2 attendants injured during turbulence fort Lauderdale a passenger and two South West airlines flight attendants were injured when the air plane they were on experienced Turbo an airline spokesman the air plane landed safely at the fort Lauderdal Hollywood inter National Airport and paramedics examined the three said Chris an airline spokes the passenger was examined and while the flight attendants decided to go to a local Hospi Mainz one flight Atten Dant had an injured and the other injured her he the airline did not identify the that hits the spot Cote pry enjoys an ice Cream Cone during a visit to the los Angeles passenger or the flight the Southwest air lines flight 1527 was on its Way from Tampa to fort Lauderdale with 76 passengers and five Crew members Mainz son wildfire victims buried father and Mim son who died when a fireball rolled Down a Mountain were buried thursday while officials rounded up Loose and said the wildfire in Northeast Ern Utah was doing some George and Tracy a father of six Chil were killed while moving sprinklers to help Roger protect his baled the Farmer also the 50 percent was still burning after consuming nearly 66 Square Miles in Uintah and Duchesne 100 Miles East of Salt Lake it has turned away from farms and Cabins into the higher terrain of Ashley nation Al woman trips up suspected Wallet thief Ferndale the Long Arm of the Law caught up with a suspected but not with out help from a joggers Well placed the suspect allegedly stole a Wal let from a 72yearold woman at a store in the Detroit suburb of Fern he was running Down Busy nine mile Road with a store employee in Pursuit police detective John Thull was quoted As an unknown woman jog Ger stuck her foot out and tripped the suspect fell and threw the Wallet to the ground and the Jogger just kept on we never even got her name to thank the suspect got got on a Bike and continued but a woman in a car followed he peddled several blocks before a police officer stopped we might not have caught this Guy without the joggers Momen tary Thull was quoted As telling the daily Tribune of Royal drunk arrested after High Speed Chase Orange Beach police who chased a car for Miles along a Highway at speeds up to 100 Mph said the Driver was hardly a rarity in this Ala Bama resort but there was More when they looked inside the flipped vehicle with guns they found an11yearold girl at the you go up there thinking its a Felon youre dealing Assis Tant police chief Greg Duck the who was slightly injured in the is now charged with driving under the influence of reckless endangerment and leaving the scene of an Duck said she Side swiped another vehicle during the roughly 8mile Duck said the whose name was not released because of her told police she was on her Way to pick up her sister at a Duck declined to release the girls blood alcohol level but said a blood test at the Hospital showed it was higher than the Legal limit for sick incr in the Warren tee wants on asking in me buil Landing Warren Lee works on his Laptop computer under the morning Sun at Penns raising their hands members of a brazilian youth ministry team perform for summer Day campers at Camp grist in the Benei whose name Means children of share the gospel through dance and Dakota Miranda slides and splashes at the boys and girls club of Western Nevada in Carson n of a enl a thing a a Pisan will work for food they feed on Thistle seeds from a Bird the feeder is designed to keep away Birds that cant hang Over the Rainbow a Rainbow forms above a Corn Field in Rural Elk nver Over i Moya Garrett does a Little t lanes in Garrett bowled a her highest i Tifer fait Tia Ghow Lacob Waits to take part in the Goat show at the Lncoln a plug ii Lue Bouw county fair near woman returns found in Deposit tube Lake Hatasu City a woman who works As a makeup artist and Deli clerk found at a Banks drive up Deposit then calmly walked into the Bank and turned Over the Linda Hatch said her mind raced in the seconds after she found the two bundles in a plastic Deposit tube on june am i in he Middle of a Bank robbery is someone going to pick up the Money Hatch i was my what do i do Hatch said she filed a police re port in the Days after turning Over the Cash and Hast been told by the Bank whether the rightful owner has Ever Bank employees declined to com Hatch said she was shaken for five hours after the but she has no second thoughts about turning in the Cash and laughed while recalling the its not enough Money to move to she prognosis Good for injured Rodeo rider Greeley a Texas bareback rider who broke his Back during the Greeley Stam Pede Rodeo is expected to make a full Rodeo officials William Pittman of Mala was injured june 28 when his horse reared Back into the Chute after the Gate then surged out before falling Back on the professional Rodeo cowboys association said in a Rick Foster of the Justin sports Medicine team in a statement re leased by the association said Doc tors inserted rods and screws to stabilize his fractured Lumbar ver he will Wear a Brace for three months and will undergo at least six months William was very fortunate in the sense that there was minimal damage to the spinal Foster he has functional move ment now and the prognosis is for a Complete he will walk and a horse and live his life woman loses both her legs in train Accident h Pompano Beach a 32yearold woman jogging had her legs severed by a freight authorities the identified As Cheryl Ann of Pompano was expected to survive her injuries after going into said Keyla spokeswoman for the Broward sheriffs authorities did not know exactly How Risse came into the path of the Risse lives across the tracks from the Pompano Beach which has a popular jogging according to Concepcion Risse commonly jogged across the tracks on her Way to the she was running just before listening to her ipod mp3 music player when a Florida East coast railway freight locomotive rolled her the train struck severing both legs below the trooper killed after stopping to help Motorist Wabash a state trooper who had stopped to help who he thought was a stranded Motorist was shot and killed by the who then reloaded the shot gun and killed state police master trooper David Rich was shot in the Chest by Joseph Vult Aggio of on 24 in Northern state police Tony Slocum Slocum said Vultaggio was driving a sport Utility vehicle that his father had reported stolen on was an 18year Veteran of the state he was married with a 7yearold daughter and twin 3yearold Slocum if that Guy needed he would have gave him his his Slocum he would have done anything to help just As Hes done Here on Many occasions at the Fisherman catches Piranha in River mount Holly the fish that bared its Teeth and bit a Fisherman knife in North Carolina was identified As a Pira a South american carnivorous the catch highlights the grow ing problem of people keeping exotic animals and fish As pets and later dumping them into local a said Paul an ichthyologists with the fort Fisher i haunt seen anything like it be said Jerry who was hoping to catch a local Catfish he said the fish bite left an impression on the Blade of his pocket releasing normative fish in our native Waters is highly irresponsible because it could have a very and verse affect on the fish in that eco Barrington Piranha have no predators in North Carolina he Jacob a North Carolina wildlife resources said he believes the Piranha might be the first caught in the who is keeping the Pira Nha in his Freezer until he can have it said the experience will keep him out of the ice Cream turf War melts into rival attack fort Worth an ice Cream Man chiming his cart in a competitors neighbor Hood had his Bell rung by a rival an apparent turf War Between two ice Cream paddlers peaked when one of the vendors parked his truck next to his got out and beat him with a base Ball fort Worth police Todd dealing Mario was Alleg edly hit on the Back and neck by the other Vendor while being this is my so get out of Here police Are still searching for the whom authorities believe will continue guarding his mar if they Are competing for this hell be Pearing stories and photos from wire services