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Thursday, January 30 Armstrong: A war would make racing difficult -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reuters MILAN -- American cyclist Lance Armstrong, the four-time Tour de France champion, says he is concerned about his security if the United States goes to war against Iraq. "We Americans do not enjoy much sympathy abroad at the moment," Armstrong said in an interview with the Italian sports daily Gazzetta dello Sport published on Thursday. "If I have to do the Tour with a war under way it would be very difficult for me." "In cycling you ride in the open -- there is no fencing or protection...

Man incompetent to stand, trial in impersonation at I-40 Bridge Collapse (My Title) By Donna Hales Phoenix Staff Writer A man arrested for posing as an Army officer and taking control of riverfront operations after the May 26 collapse of the In terstate 40 bridge near Webbers Falls is not competent to stand trial, according to sealed federal medical reports. William J. "Billy" Clark was ordered back to a federal medical facility for psychiatric treatment Tuesday during what was to have been his competency hearing in Muskogee federal court before U.S. District Judge James H. Payne. "He thinks he's Capt....

The last three years, at this time of year, I have put out my hummingbird feeders and I presently have 12 feeders hanging around my house, each feeder has 5-6 birds around it. I have hummingbirds everywhere. Now, over these last three years each evening as I go out to refill the feeders I catch sight of a strange looking 'bird' that quickly disappears so fast that I began to question whether I actually saw anything. Well, three days ago I finally got a good look at one of these critters. It is a hummingbird looking thing but a little...

Muskogee - An alleged imposter in the Webbers Falls I-40 bridge collapse is back in Muskogee. William Clark made his first appearance in federal court Monday. It looks like Clark will undergo intense psychiatric tests. In part, because the government wants to know if he was sane when he allegedly showed up in Webbers Falls, telling everyone he was in charge. Under tight security, the 29-year-old was brought into federal court. Clark is charged with impersonating a U.S. Army office on May 26th and 27th after the Interstate 40 bridge collapse. According to court documents, Clark told authorities he was...

U.S. Gets Bridge Impostor TORONTO -- A man accused of impersonating a military officer to try to take control of rescue efforts after a deadly bridge collapse in Oklahoma was handed over to U.S. authorities Wednesday. William Clark, 36, of Tallapoosa, Mo., was arrested in Canada last week as he waited in Tobermory, Ontario, about 180 miles northwest of Toronto. He pleaded guilty to a weapons charge Monday and was deported on Wednesday, turned over to U.S. authorities at Niagara Falls, N.Y., said Jennifer Etter, a spokeswoman for Canada's immigration department. Clark showed up at Webbers Falls, Okla., within two...

The FBI is investigating a man who called himself an Army captain and looked through a briefcase and laptop computer belonging to a victim of last month's deadly interstate bridge collapse. The man, wearing fatigues and a beret, showed up within two hours of the Interstate 40 collapse and told the mayor he was in charge. He identified himself as Capt. William Clark. Mayor Jewell Horne said Wednesday that the man told her Army Capt. Andrew Clements had died in the river and that his briefcase and laptop were in the water. A fisherman found the items the day...