USGS seismologist warns of more Chile earthquake aftershocksSANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A U.S. seismologist says Chileans will continue to feel aftershocks from last month’s megaquake for a year or longer.Walter Mooney of the U.S. Geological Survey predicts that in the coming month there will be 25 to 45 temblors topping magnitude 5.0.- – –Sudan and Darfur rebel group sign cease-fire, open negotiationsDOHA, Qatar (AP) — Sudan’s government and a collection of Darfur rebel groups signed a cease-fire Thursday — the second such deal in less than a month with a key rebel faction — opening the way for political negotiations ahead of a full peace agreement.The Sudanese government now has truces with two major rebel blocs, leaving mainly the Sudan Liberation Movement led by Paris-based Abdelwahid Elnur on the outside.- – –South Carolina governor to pay $74K in ethics finesCOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has agreed to pay $74,000 in fines to resolve dozens of charges that he violated state ethics laws with his campaign spending and travel, including a taxpayer-funded rendezvous with his Argentine mistress, the State Ethics Commission said Thursday.The commission brought the 37 civil charges against the Republican last year. Sanford, who is term-limited and will leave office in January, still could face criminal charges.- – –Obama effigy hung at Rhode Island school with fired teachersCENTRAL FALLS, R.I. (AP) — A teacher at a failing school where he and all his colleagues are being fired hung an effigy of President Obama in his classroom, apparently in reaction to Obama’s support of extreme measures to ensure accountability in schools.The teachers union on Thursday condemned the effigy, discovered Monday in the teacher’s third-floor classroom at Central Falls High School, saying it was wrong and cannot be condoned under any circumstances.- – – La. bill would ban selling energy drinks to teens for health reasons(AP) — Lori McHughes calls energy drinks, those jolts of caffeine popular with teenagers and college students, “speed in a can.” And she wants restrictions on who can buy them in Louisiana.Lawmakers will consider the idea of a ban on the sale of the drinks to anyone under the age of 16, after McHughes’ health concerns about the beverages persuaded state Sen. Robert Adley, R-Benton, to propose the prohibition.McHughes, who lives in Bossier Parish, blamed the collapse of her 15-year-old son on his mixture of a Red Bull drink with another called an “energy shot.” After he ingested the highly caffeinated combination on his way to summer camp last year, McHughes said her son broke into a sweat, felt his heart beating rapidly and passed out.- – –Ex-guards at juvenile detention center indicted on sex chargesHOUMA, La. (AP) — Seven former guards at a southeast Louisiana juvenile detention center have been indicted on charges they molested female inmates.The former guards at the Terrebonne Parish Juvenile Detention Center are accused of offering the girls favors like extra snacks and phone calls in exchange for sex.- – –16-year-old 8th grader arrested for having gun at school(AP) — East Baton Rouge Parish sheriff’s deputies have arrested a 16-year-old eighth grader at Glen Oaks High for bringing an unloaded .22 caliber revolver to school.Deputies say another student told a teacher Thursday that the boy had the gun in his booksack.Authorities say the student was booked with carrying of a firearm on school grounds.- – – -Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at [email protected]