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Brokeback Willie

Country music outlaw Willie Nelson sang "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" and "My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys" more than 25 years ago. He released a very different sort of cowboy anthem this Valentine's Day. "Cowboys Are Frequently, Secretly (Fond of Each Other)" may be the first gay cowboy song by a major recording artist. But it was written long before this year's Oscar-nominated "Brokeback Mountain" made gay cowboys a hot topic.Sweet Willie NelsonAvailable exclusively through iTunes, the song features choppy Tex-Mex style guitar runs and Nelson's deadpan delivery of lines like, "What did you think all them saddles and boots was about?" and "Inside every cowboy there's a lady who'd love to slip out." The song, which debuted Tuesday on Howard Stern's satellite radio show, was written by Texas-born singer-songwriter Ned Sublette in Sublette said he wrote it during the "Urban Cowboy" craze and always imagined Nelson singing it. Someone passed a copy of the song to Nelson back in the late 1980s and, according to Nelson's record label, Lost Highway, he recorded it last year at his Pedernales studio in Texas. Nelson has appeared in several Western movies and sings "He Was a Friend of Mine" on the "Brokeback Mountain" soundtrack.

Illegal Immigrant & High School Squatter On The Lam

An illegal immigrant found living in a suburban high school last year, prompting tremendous sympathy among students, is apparently on the lam after failing to board a plane back to Mexico in January. A judge had ordered Francisco Javier Serrano, 22, to leave the United States because he was here illegally. On Jan. 5, he hugged supporters at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport and walked toward the security screeners, saying it was "the right thing" for him to go back to Mexico. But his plane ticket was never used and he hasn't been seen since by friends in Minnesota or family in Mexico.Francisco Javier SerranoNow Serrano is damaging any chance he had of ever living here legally, said his attorney, Herbert Ignabugo. "He is now a fugitive from the law," Ignabugo said. In January 2005, a custodian at Apple Valley High School discovered Serrano sleeping in the school's auditorium. Serrano, who was arrested on trespassing charges, said he'd been sleeping there three weeks because he needed a warm place to stay. Students at the high school handed out "Free Francisco" T-shirts, while Basim Sabri, a Minneapolis developer serving a federal prison term for his own brushes with the law, gave Serrano a place to live and paid his expenses. Ignabugo said Serrano was hesitant to return to Mexico, but had been hoping to obtain a student visa and return to study engineering in the Twin Cities.

North Korea Warns South Korea Of "Nuclear War" Over US-Led WMD Drill

Stalinist North Korea has warned South Korea against sparking "nuclear war" by joining a US-led international drill aimed at intercepting weapons of mass destruction, state media said.Rodong Sinmun, the official communist party mouthpiece said late Saturday Seoul's participation in the drill would be "conspiring with the US in its moves for a war of aggression." "It is also a dangerous act of bringing the disaster of a nuclear war to the Korean Peninsula," Rodong said in a dispatch carried by the state-run Korean Central News Agency. South Korea said last month it would send a team to "observe" a US-led Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) drill off Australia in April and that it would get briefed regularly on the initiative. But Seoul says it has yet to join the politically-sensitive initiative, which Pyongyang believes aims largely to blockade North Korea, at a time of burgeoning inter-Korean rapprochement. North Korea is locked in a standoff with the United States and its allies over Pyongyang's nuclear programme.North Korean soldiers look at the South at the border village of Panmunjom.The PSI -- a US-led drive to improve global efforts to intercept nuclear, chemical and biological weapons shipments by rogue states and terrorist groups -- was launched in May 2003. It has since held joint manoeuvres involving ships and maritime patrol aircraft with over 60 nations signing up for the initiative. The key signatories include the United States, Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Russia and Singapore. China, a North Korean ally, and South Korea, which has sought closer ties with the North since a peace summit in 2000, have yet to join the initiative. Minju Joson, the North's government-published newspaper, also warned Saturday that Seoul's joining the drill would "bar the inter-Korean relations from favorably developing and entail ... a nuclear war to the Korean Peninsula."

Ahmadinejad To Iranians: Israel Will Be Removed!

President threatens to abandon
Nuclear Non-proliferation TreatyIran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad today echoed his earlier threats to "wipe Israel off the map" by telling a mass demonstration in Tehran, commemorating the 27th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, that Palestinians and "other nations" will remove Israel from the region, adding a warning to the West that harsh measures against the nation's nuclear program would result in Iran walking away from the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT). Mahmoud Ahmadinejad"The policy of Iran has so far been pursuing nuclear technology within the framework of the NPT and IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency)," he said. "If we see you (the West) want to violate the right of the Iranian people by using those regulations (against us), you should know that the Iranian people will revise its policies. You should do nothing that will lead to such a revision in our policy," said Ahmadinejad. The crowd, numbered in the hundreds of thousands accoding to state media, responded to Ahmadinejad's defense of its nuclear program – believed by U.S. intelligence to be an effort to acquire atomic weapons – with cries of "Nuclear energy is our undisputable right," "Death to America," "Death of Israel," "Death to Denmark." "The West is hiding its ugly face behind international bodies, but these bodies have no reputation among nations. You have destroyed the reputation of the NPT," the Iranian president said. Ahmadinejad blamed "Zionists" for the publication of cartoons that featured caricatures of the Prophet Muhammed in a Denmark newspaper, according to the German news agency, Deutsche Presse-Agentur. The resulting backlash has been angry Muslim protests around the world. "I ask everybody in the world not to let a group of Zionists who failed in Palestine (referring to the recent Hamas victory in Palestinian elections) insult the prophet. "Now in the West insulting the prophet is allowed, but questioning the Holocaust is considered a crime," he said, accusing Europaeans of not allowing "neutral scholars" to investigate "the truth about the fairy tale of Holocaust." "We ask, why do you insult the prophet? The response is that it is a matter of freedom, while in fact they are hostages of the Zionists. And the people of the U.S. and Europe should pay a heavy price for becoming hostages to Zionists," Ahmadinejad declared. "We ask the West to remove what they created sixty years ago and if they do not listen to our recommendations, then the Palestinian nation and other nations will eventually do this for them. Do the removal of Israel before it is too late and save yourself from the fury of regional nations." Ursula Plassnik, foreign minister of Austria and current president of the EU condemned Ahmadinejad's renewed threat against the Jewish state. "That this type of completely unacceptable remarks are continually being repeated does not mean we should accept them in silence," he said, stressing that peace in the Middle East meant both Palestinians and Israelis co-existing side by side in separate, secure states. Ahmadinejad concluded his warning to Western nations to disassociate from "the Zionists" with almost evangelical zeal: "On the anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution, the Iranian nation, numbering by the millions, call upon those governments to worship the Almighty God," reported the Islamic Republic News Agency. "The era of military force is over, today is the era of nations, logic and worshippers of God," he said.

21 Hurt When Illegal Immigrant Smuggling Van Overturns

More than 20 people were injured, eight critically, when a van being chased by U.S. Border Patrol agents crashed on the U.S. side of the border with Mexico, authorities said. The blue Chevrolet Sportvan packed with suspected illegal immigrants overturned on State Route 905 around 1:40 p.m. while trying to avoid a spike strip that Border Patrol agents placed in its path, authorities said. Twenty-eight were in the van when it crashed. The van was part of an organized smuggling effort that involved two other vans transporting illegal immigrants, said Richard Kite, a Border Patrol spokesman. Together, the three vans were attempting to transport about 90 people. "You have three vans in one location with a significant number of illegal aliens. This was obviously a coordinated smuggling effort," Kite said.Emergency personnel tend to the injured along Interstate 905 near San Diego after a van carrying at least 21 suspected illegal immigrants crashed while trying to evade U.S. Border Patrol agents.Eight people suffered life-threatening injuries, while 13 were treated for minor injuries, said Maurice Luque, a San Diego Fire-Rescue Department spokesman. Two helicopters and nine ambulances converged on the site to take the injured to at least four hospitals. Seven people were not injured. The chase began around 1:30 p.m. when Border Patrol agents received reports that large numbers of illegal immigrants were being loaded into three vans in the Otay Mesa industrial district of San Diego, Kite said. The loading site was near a San Diego warehouse where investigators last month discovered the exit to a 2,400-foot tunnel used to smuggle drugs, the longest passageway ever found under the U.S.-Mexico border. Border Patrol agents arrived there, stopped a black 14-passenger van and took about 30 suspected illegal immigrants into custody, authorities said. A white van struck a Border Patrol vehicle and a car on Route 905 and came to a halt as it tried to make a U-turn.Another 30 suspected illegal immigrants were taken into custody. The third van tumbled down an embankment, littering the roadway with debris. Smugglers take extreme risks to avoid being captured by the Border Patrol, sometimes racing down highways in the wrong directions with their headlights off at night. The latest crash renewed criticism from migrant advocates that the Border Patrol jeopardizes lives by chasing the vehicles. "Deploying a tire-deflating device is not the solution because the smugglers regularly swerve around them, causing them to lose control," said Claudia Smith of the California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation. Last year, a van loaded with eight illegal Mexican immigrants slammed head-on into a pickup truck near Jamul. Five people died. In 2003, a van drove against oncoming traffic on Interstate 8 for about 17 miles before swerving back into the westbound lanes. The van, reaching speeds of about 100 mph, spun out of control and crashed, injuring 19 people .

US-Canada Border Crossing Closed

The U.S.-Canada border crossing at the Peace Arch in Blaine has been at least partially reopened after it was closed late this afternoon because of a warning that an armed and dangerous person might be headed there. Faith St. John, a spokeswoman for the Canada Border Services Agency, says the crossing was closed about 4:30 p.m. after Canadian authorities were notified by U.S. officials that an "armed and dangerous" man might be headed there from the U.S. side. At that point, an undetermined number of unarmed Canadian border agents left their posts at both the Peace Arch and Pacific Highway crossings, as they are allowed to do if they perceive a threat of imminent danger. St. John says managers and RCMP officers were called in, and at least some lanes were reopened by 6:30 or 7:30 p.m. A spokesman for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency, Mike Milne, says the Peace Arch crossing is "sporadically" open in both directions, and the Pacific Highway crossing, about one mile east of the Peace Arch, is also open in both directions. Milne says he "cannot confirm or deny" reports that officials are looking for a possibly armed person. The Peace Arch crossing on Interstate 5 is about 100 miles north of Seattle. The closure comes two-and-a-half weeks after the border was closed on Jan. 24 because of an incident in which police chased two men to the Peace Arch crossing from the U.S. side and shot and wounded one of them. The two men had been sought in a homicide case in California, and were arrested. In that case, several Canadian border agents left their posts because of what they perceived as imminent danger. A week before that, the border was closed because of a man acting erratically while heading into Canada. Several guns were found in his car, but officials said they believed the man was mentally disturbed rather than dangerous. The Pacific Highway crossing also remained open in both of those incidents.

Former Minnesota National Guard Member Has Links To Insurgent Leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi

The U.S. government wants an Iraqi court to prosecute an American citizen who is being held in Iraq on suspicion that he is a senior operative of insurgent leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. The man's lawyers said he is innocent and likely to be tortured if handed over. The case is the first known instance in which the government has decided to allow an American to be tried in the new Iraqi legal system. At least four other U.S. citizens suspected of aiding the insurgency had been held in Iraq, the Pentagon has said. Shawqi Omar, 44, who once served in the Minnesota National Guard, has been held since late 2004 in U.S.-run military prisons as an enemy combatant. He has not been charged with a crime or been given access to a lawyer, said Jonathan Hafetz, a lawyer representing Omar's family in the United States.Shawqi OmarThe government said Omar, who also holds Jordanian citizenship, was harboring an Iraqi insurgent and four Jordanian fighters at the time of his arrest and also had bomb-making materials. He is described in court papers as a relative of Zarqawi who was plotting to kidnap foreigners from Baghdad hotels. Separately, Omar, Zarqawi and 11 others have been indicted by a Jordanian court on charges they plotted a chemical attack against Jordan's intelligence agency. Omar's family said he is a businessman who was seeking reconstruction contracts in Iraq. The family is asking a U.S. judge to step in and force the government to charge Omar with a crime and put him on trial in the United States, or release him. They also are seeking to prevent Omar's transfer to Iraqi custody, which they said would subject the Sunni Muslim to torture by Shiite-dominated authorities. U.S. District Judge Ricardo Urbina last week issued an order in Washington temporarily blocking Omar's transfer to Iraqi custody. The order is set to expire Monday, but the family is asking the judge to extend it until he decides whether to order Omar to be returned to the United States. The Justice Department weighed in Tuesday, arguing that Urbina has no business intervening on Omar's behalf and denying that Omar is even in U.S. custody. Instead, the department said in court papers, Omar was captured by the U.S.-led multinational force in Iraq and remains in its custody. The multinational force is independent of the U.S. government, the department said. n any event, Omar would not be handed over to the Iraqis unless he is convicted in an Iraqi court, the government said. Hafetz, a lawyer at New York University's Brennan Center for Justice, said the government is resorting to a legal gimmick to keep Omar's case out of American courts. Prosecutors are arguing, "despite all appearances to the contrary, Mr. Omar is not really in U.S. custody," the Omar family's lawyers said Wednesday in a legal filing. In July, Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said five unnamed Americans, including one who also had Jordanian citizenship, were in U.S. military custody in Iraq. Whitman said then that the government had not decided whether their cases would be turned over to the Justice Department or to the new Iraqi legal system, which has handled the prosecution of other foreign fighters who came to Iraq to fight the U.S.-led occupation and Iraqi government. It is unclear what happened to the other Americans. Los Angeles filmmaker Cyrus Kar was released later in July without being charged after nearly two months in custody. An Iraqi expatriate who is a legal U.S. resident, Numan Adnan Al Kaby, was freed in September, but it is not known whether he was one of the five described by Whitman. Last March, Matthew Waxman, the Pentagon's deputy assistant secretary of defense for detainee affairs, said a panel of three U.S. officers had determined the Jordanian-American was an enemy combatant and was not entitled to prisoner-of-war status under the Geneva Convention. The description provided by Waxman and other officials matches Omar's biography as contained in the government's court papers. In its filing Tuesday, the Justice Department said the officers were part of the multinational force. Omar became a U.S. citizen in 1986, two years after he served in the National Guard. Omar spent about 11 months in the Guard before being discharged in November 1984 without completing his training, said Shannon Purvis, a spokesperson for the Minnesota National Guard. Omar received an "uncharacterized discharge," meaning he was discharged for such things as health problems or poor performance, Purvis said.

Arab-Canadians Concerned About Possible Backlash

Arab-Canadians living in Alberta hope they don't suffer any backlash from the violent reactions to recent Danish newspaper cartoons mocking the Prophet Muhammed. The cartoons have touched off violent protests around the world and at least four people were killed during demonstrations in Afghanistan. The protests over the cartoons were the main topic of conversation at a meeting on Canadian-Arab relations in Edmonton. Many at the meeting felt that since the Sept. 11 attacks, Arab-Canadians have had a tough time.Taleb Choucair said he was offended by the Danish cartoons, but agreed that the demonstrations have gone too far. "It just lands right in the laps of the extremists, it gives them the ammunition to go out and do these violent acts that give a black mark to the religion and to the society of Arabs and Muslims throughout the world," Choucair said. "No Muslim in his right mind will condone that action at all." Jim Haymour is appalled at the protests, but he said Canadians need to remember that some of the protests are in countries where freedom of speech is limited and that people have a different mentality compared to Europe. Nizar Ali said he wants people to realize the demonstrations involve a minority of Muslims and hopes the majority doesn't suffer from the actions of a few. "A cliché or a stereotype or a bad image of the community gets portrayed and we have found ourselves on the defensive," he said. Choucair and others at the meeting were pleased that Canadian newspapers had not published the cartoons.

Australian Muslims Warn Against Publishing Cartoons

There has been a warning from Australia's peak Muslim group that any publication in Australia of a Danish cartoon depicting the Prophet Mohammed could cause offence. Overseas Muslim demonstrators have set fire to the Danish embassy in Lebanon's capital, Beirut. The protesters say the cartoon depicts the prophet Mohammed in a way they say is derogatory. The president of the Australian Federation of Islamic Councils, Dr Ameer Ali, says while the cartoon is yet to be published in Australia, the community is already aware of the issue. ""The reaction is already in fact the imams are giving sermons in the mosques saying that this sort of action can only create more bin Ladens than to reduce him," he said. Dr Ali says publishing the cartoon would cause too much offence. "Which is more important - to preserve the freedom of speech or to antagonise one fifth of humanity," he said. The warning comes as Queensland Muslims say they had hoped the state's largest newspaper would have had more sense than to publish one of the cartoons.. The Courier Mail's Saturday edition included one cartoon in a story about the backlash. The Islamic Council of Queensland president, Abdul Jalal, says the paper should apologise to the state's Muslims. "I was hoping, praying that our media people would have more - I hate to use the word - more sense, in not trying to agitate the situation in the local scene here in Australia," he said. Dr Ameer Ali says while the cartoon is yet to be published in Australia, the community is already aware of the issue.The Federal Opposition says violent protests prompted by the cartoons are an assault on fundamental freedoms in Western democracies. Opposition foreign affairs spokesman Kevin Rudd says the recent protests are repugnant and should not be tolerated. Mr Rudd says any decision on whether to publish the cartoons in Australia should be made solely on editorial grounds. "This is a free country, we should not be stood over by any group, including militant Islamist groups," he said. "These decisions should be taken on their journalistic merits by Australia's news media - we should not be kow-towing to anybody when it comes to freedom in this country." Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance federal secretary Chris Warren, who is also the president of the International Federation of Journalists, says free speech is essential in a democratic society. ""I think the role of the government should be absolutely nothing - the role of the government in free speech matters is to do nothing, the role of the government is to allow different points of view to contend and out of that people will be able to form their views," he said. "I think the global fallout of this is extraordinary. "I think it shows in many countries the role of the free press - it ignores the important role of satire. "I think it would be very unfortunate if that real global misunderstanding also took root in Australia, which has always had a very clear understanding of the role of free speech and free expression and satire," he said. The Federation of Islamic Councils says it will take its concerns to the Federal Government.

Pittsburgh Wins Super Bowl

The Pittsburgh Steelers won Super Bowl XL over the Seattle Seahawks 21-10 Sunday night in Detroit, Michigan. The bruising Steeler defence kept the explosive Seahawk offence in check most of the game, after Seattle opened with a first-quarter field goal to take an early 3-0 lead. Pittsburgh soon replied with a touchdown to take a 7-3 advantage in the second quarter and kept the lead to the end, though Seattle squandered second-half opportunities. Pittsburgh wide receiver Hines Ward was named Super Bowl most valuable player, leading all receivers with 123 yards from five catches, including a 43-yard touchdown catch with less than nine minutes to play that put the game out of reach.

No Name Defence

An Alberta-born man who tried to defy one of the immutable facts of life – taxes – by claiming he doesn't actually have a name, is going to have to go back to the drawing board. Cliff Hanna, who now makes his home in Whitehorse, was fined $3,000 for failing to file tax returns for the past three years. Hanna's rather unique defence and his insistence that he was a free man, didn't fly with territorial justice of the peace Garry Burgess. In a sworn affidavit, Hanna claims his name, James Clifford Hanna, was assigned to his birth certificate many years ago in Alberta. And he claims no responsibility for debts or obligations the government may now assign to that name.Hanna says people continue to be defrauded into believing their birth certificate obliges them to obey demands of the Crown. He says there is no record anywhere that he ever accepted the Hanna name. And the fact he occasionally responds to that name when called means nothing. "I respond to 'Uncle' from my niece and nephews, and 'Meow' from my aunt's cats, but it is doubtful that any of these is my true name," he argued in court documents. As far as he's concerned, the name James Clifford Hanna is "hearsay" to him. He concludes, his name is the property of, and creation of the Crown, a bankrupt entity, with no real money. "If you wish to collect debt instruments [Canadian legal tender] ... may I suggest you send your invoice and demand for performance to the ministry responsible in Alberta," Hanna's affidavit reads. The JP would have none of it, handing Hanna the minimum fine plus a surcharge totalling $3,450.

Mexico Army Likely Part of Border Squirmish

Suspected drug runners dressed in Mexican military-style uniforms who were involved in an armed confrontation with Texas lawmen were using a Mexican military-issue Humvee and weapons, the Hudspeth County sheriff said. "It was military," said Arvin West, whose officers were involved in the standoff. "Due to the pending congressional hearings, I can't comment further." West said the determination that the equipment was military-issue came from the federal government, but he wouldn't elaborate. A U.S. Army spokesman said he could not confirm West's statement, and the Mexican Foreign Relations Department said it would have no comment.The Mexican government has denied that any soldiers were involved in the standoff that occurred Monday in a remote spot along the Rio Grande in western Texas. The smugglers escaped back across the border without a shot fired, abandoning more than a half-ton of marijuana as they fled. Mexican officials have said the uniforms and other equipment could have been stolen. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and other officials have said they will seek hearings investigating such border incursions. U.S. Border Patrol Chief David Aguilar, in El Paso said he could not rule out Mexican soldiers' involvement in the standoff at Neely's Crossing, about 50 miles east of here. In Mexico, kidnappers and drug smugglers regularly wear police gear, which is sold at street stands. Mexico's foreign relations secretary suggested the smugglers may have been U.S. soldiers or criminals disguised as Mexican troops.A California newspaper reported this month that Mexican military units had crossed into the United States 216 times since 1996. It cited a Department of Homeland Security document, but department Secretary Michael Chertoff has said many of those incidents were just mistakes.

Last Will & Porn Found In Priest's Rectory

Police have found more information about Father Ryan Erickson in a search of his rectory in Hurley, WI. Police found a significant amount of pornography as well as a last will and testament, in which Erickson denied killing Dan O’Connell and James Ellison in a Hudson, WI, funeral home four years ago. A judge found probable cause that Erickson killed both O’Connell and Ellison before he committed suicide.Father Ryan EricksonErickson begins his will and testament by saying, “All of us are a mixture of angel and devil.” Erickson says in the document, “How do I prove I didn’t kill Dan O’Connell? I can with clear conscious say I did not kill Dan or James.” Investigators are most interested in his next quote. Erickson says, “None of my guns matched, no DNA of mine was found… no one saw me leaving the funeral parlor.” Erickson also alludes to allegations he sexually abused minors.Erickson writes, “I am extremely tired and disappointed with myself, and of the evils I have too often performed.” He continues, “Why was I so lustful? Why was I wired that way?” Police say the will was re-written after Erickson’s interview with investigators.

Philippine Military Justifies Shoot-To-Kill Mutineers

The Philippine military justified its "shoot-to-kill" order in case of violent resistance against the four escaping mutineers who participated in a failed coup attempt in 2003. Deputy chief of public information office of Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Earl Evan Pabalan said that under the military's rule of engagement, troops are authorized to open fire against any person if they are fired upon. The "shoot-to-kill" order meant "the implementation of a standing order to arrest the four officers when sighted, arrest them at all cause," Pabalan told reporters."If they resist arrest and if ever there are indications of them inflicting undue harm, that would be the time when they would be fired upon," he added. AFP Northern Luzon Command chief Romeo Tolentino said that he has ordered all units under his command to open fire at the mutineers. The four escaping officers were among those who staged a short- lived mutiny against president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in 2003 and demanded the resignation of Arroyo for allegedly abetting corruption in the military.

Vampyre Governor Candidate Arrested

A fringe candidate for Minnesota Governor who played up his satanic side - and pledged public impalement for terrorists - wound up behind bars thanks to a sharp-eyed sheriff's dispatcher. Jonathon Sharkey, 41, of Princeton, was arrested on two felony counts from Indiana, said Mike Smith, the Mille Lacs County jail administrator. One warrant was for escape, another for stalking. Sharkey launched his campaign last month under the banner of the Vampyres, Witches and Pagans party. His platform includes an emphasis on education, tax breaks for farmers and better benefits for veterans, but he also said he favored impaling certain wrongdoers in front of the State Capitol.Jonathon SharkeySheriff Brent Lindgren said Sharkey's warrants were discovered by a dispatcher making routine warrant queries. Lindgren said the dispatcher had seen news stories about Sharkey's campaign and recognized the name on the warrant - Rocky Flash - as a name Sharkey had used as a pro wrestler. Sharkey was arrested by police in Princeton without incident, Lindgren said. He remained in the jail Tuesday pending extradition proceedings. Roger Rayl, a spokesman in the Marion County, Ind., prosecutor's office, confirmed outstanding warrants for Sharkey but didn't immediately have details on the cases. Sharkey has formed a campaign committe for governor, but actual filing doesn't occur until July.