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AGCII. the bat-; mq HF BATTALION NEWS IN BRIEF wo-headed sea CS Ut Afturtle found in gulf cm. We give itj >r this semester. « c show, Blue Hu i to have an Eh* ui. "Students will- ihI will also perfon its the Beatles’ p >g tt> be great.” / said that he r Yell Practice ct event for si ■PLES, Fla. (AP) - What as a routine day for sea jrtle monitor Mary Toro turned be one of her most mem- rable — after she found a baby jrtle with two heads. "I was shocked. I couldn't elieve it," Toro said after finding ie peature Thursday morning ear Naples Cay. Toro's boss, 20-year sea turtle nomtoring veteran Maura •in! just ( f, e j ;raus, said she comes across wo-headed turtle embryos •verv couple of years but had ievei seen one survive. "TTiis is the first time I've ever een one alive, fully developed md hatched," Kraus said. Toro found the turtle as she fug up a nest that had hatched hrei days earlier. Monitors rou- inelv dig up old nests of the ^^■ected turtles to count the lumber of hatched and jnhatched eggs and rescue any itrfelers. "w ne Me V lan - a researcher with the Florida Marine Research Institute in St. (Petersburg, said the two-headed ^■ture likely is a natural occur- ^Ke, not caused by chemicals or iny other outside influence. After consulting with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, [Kraus released the two-headed Noggerhead into the Gulf of Mexico. "We didn't want it to become a Treak in a freak show," she said. Ruling in brutality case delivered d “Bulk LOS ANGELES (AP) - A judge has ruled that the city of Inglewood can take disciplinary action against two police officers involved in the videotaped beat ing of a handcuffed teenager during an arrest. Officers Bijan Darvish and Antoine Crook could face a short suspension and a written repri mand for their role in the July 6 arhESt of Donovan Jackson, said their attorney, Cory Glave. He said he has not decided whe ther to appeal Tuesday's rul ing. Amateur video shows fellow officer Jeremy Morse slamming the teen's head down on a police car and punching him in the jaw. Morse has pleaded innocent to an assault charge. Crook is still on duty with the Inglewood Police Department and Darvish is on administrative leave, their attorney said. Darvish pleaded innocent July 18[ to charges of filing a false police report following the beat ing and is free on $25,000 bond. The officers' attorneys previ ously filed motions to dismiss the charges, arguing there were flaws in the grand jury indict ment. A judge delayed a hearing until Oct. 31 so prosecutors can respond. 67 West Nile cases confirmed in Texas om outh n FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - Texas has recorded 67 human cases of West Nile virus, includ ing one death, according to the Texas Department of Health. A 28-year-old Huntsville man was hospitalized at Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Hospital, said Ree Slovin, Huntsville city health inspector. The TDH had confirmed earlier in the week that a dead crow found in mid-August had tested positive for the virus. Harris County has the most recorded cases with the TDH with 41. Seven cases have been reported in Dallas County and six m Orange County. Four have been reported in Montgomery County, two in Jefferson County, and one each in Collin, Fort Bend, Galveston, Haskell, McLennan, Tom Green and Trinity counties. The single death was recorded in Harris County. Nationwide, 1,086 people have been confirmed as having been infected by the virus, with 45 dying of the disease, accord ing to the U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In the most severe cases, West Nile causes a potentially fatal brain inflammation. : Others get a flu-like illness, with fever, headache and mus cle pains that last two or three days. 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