Also on the flight from San Juan were New York City Councilman Adolfo Carrion, New York state legislator Jose Rivera and Bronx County Democratic Party Chairman Roberto Ramirez. They were sentenced to 40 days. The sentences were for a May 1 protest against bombing exercises on Vieques. The Navy has used its range on Vieques, home to 9,400 people, for six decades.
Critics say it poses a health threat.
A NASA astronaut who was severely burned in a plane crash outside of Houston has died from her injuries. Dr. Patricia Hilliard Robertson, a crew support astronaut for the International Space Station, was pronounced dead Thursday night at Memorial Hermann Hospital. The single-engine plane was owned and flown by Roy Mack Paul Adams, 46. He was in critical condition yesterday. Levi's bought the jeans Thursday during an online eBay auction.