Former Gitmo detainee now running Taliban resistance to US
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (AP) — A man who was freed from Guantanamo more than two years ago after claiming he only wanted to go home and help his family is now a senior commander running Taliban resistance to the US-led offensive in southern Afghanistan, two senior Afghan intelligence officials say.
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Tapes indicate children directed planes at Kennedy Airport in NY
NEW YORK (AP) — An air traffic controller at New York’s Kennedy Airport has been suspended after he allowed two children to radio instructions to several pilots.
The Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday the children did so during two days in mid-February.
The first night, the controller brought his young son to work and let him squawk a few routine messages over the radio to pilots waiting to take off.
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The principles of ‘cowboy ethics’ are now part of law in Wyoming
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The principles of “cowboy ethics” are now part of Wyoming law.
Gov. Dave Freudenthal signed legislation Wednesday adopting an official Wyoming state code.
The symbolic measure spells out 10 ethics derived from a “Code of the West” outlined in a book by author and retired Wall Street investor James Owen.
The ethics code carries no criminal penalties and is not meant to replace any civil codes.
The state code instructs residents and lawmakers to live courageously.
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Ga. pair accused of selling sex with daughter in lieu of van payments
EASTMAN, Ga. (AP) — Authorities in central Georgia say a mother and father offered sex with their 14-year-old daughter in lieu of making payments on their minivan.
Dodge County sheriff’s Capt. Tony Winborn says the parents were arrested Monday and are in jail awaiting a bond hearing.
They face child molestation and pandering charges.
The Associated Press does not name victims of alleged sexual abuse.
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New Orleans firm fires president who helped The Times Picayune
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A major New Orleans real estate firm fired its president Tuesday after he provided a newspaper with information about assessment values and home prices in suburban Jefferson Parish.
In a story published Sunday, The Times-Picayune said the data provided by Arthur Sterbcow of Latter & Blum Inc. showed a 14 percent gap between home sale prices and property tax assessments made by Jefferson Parish Assessor Lawrence Chehardy.
In an e-mail to employees Tuesday, Latter & Blum chairman and chief executive Bob Merrick announced Sterbcow’s firing and said he was in the process of “mending fences” with angry assessors.
In 2004, Sterbcow provided the newspaper with similar information for a series of stories about assessment disparities.
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Last space shuttle tank built in New Orleans reaches milestone
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Work on the last external fuel tank for the space shuttle to be built in New Orleans reached a major milestone, according to Lockheed Martin Space Systems.
Engineers and technician spliced together the tank’s liquid oxygen intertank to the liquid hydrogen tank — thereby creating a whole tank.
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Tulane medical school sets up first training campus outside NOLA in BR
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Tulane University’s 175-year-old medical school is setting up its first training campus outside the New Orleans area, at Baton Rouge General Medical Center.
Dr. Benjamin Sachs, dean of the School of Medicine, said the new program will give students at least a year to work with the same group of patients, unlike the usual eight-week rotations.
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