Ex-astronaut pleads guilty in attack on rival (Lisa Nowak )

[The Straight Story]

Ex-astronaut pleads guilty in attack on rival

(AP) – 14 minutes ago

ORLANDO, Fla. — A former astronaut charged with confronting a romantic rival in an airport parking lot has pleaded guilty to felony burglary of a car and misdemeanor battery.

Lisa Nowak agreed Tuesday to the plea to avoid a trial scheduled next month. She had originally been charged with attempted kidnapping and burglary, which are felonies, and misdemeanor battery.

Nowak, a Navy captain, is accused of confronting Colleen Shipman in the parking lot of Orlando International Airport in February 2007 after driving from Houston. Shipman had begun dating Nowak's love interest, former space shuttle pilot Bill Oefelein.

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http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gWQm10mFUVswAuT1qGmomy6HLkDAD9BSRAUO0

[Echo In Light]

1. "Some *thing* is Wrong On...

[Xipe Totec]

2. Haikus for Lisa Nowak

A shooting star falls
her hard crust cracks, exposing
incandescent pain

nine hundred mile flight
fleeing from the void that was
to earthly pleasures

a lonely brightness
a longing for belonging
sacrificed in vain

the earth is unmoved
by such gestures of longing
and swallows her whole

[Lance_Boyle]

3. humph

none of these haiku
mentions that she wore diapers
therefor all are fail

[redqueen]

4. !

:spray:

[Tommy_Carcetti]

5. ........

:spray:

And who said you couldn't laugh in GD! Classic!

[MineralMan]

6. The best one of all...

:toast:

[Xipe Totec]

8. ...

Even in diapers
she accomplished more in life
than you will in yours.

[MineralMan]

7. Swallows her whole WHAT?

[redqueen]

9. hahahaha... you reminded me of this :)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=4821365&mesg_id=4821365

[MineralMan]

10. One of the funniest threads I can remember.