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Nude Man Covered in Cheese Gets Probation
MARYVILLE, Tenn. - A man caught by police last summer on his 23rd birthday running naked and covered in nacho cheese pleaded guilty Monday to burglary and four other charges. Michael David Monn of Maryville appeared before Blount County Circuit Court Judge D. Kelly Thomas and pleaded guilty to burglary, theft, vandalism, indecent exposure and public intoxication. In a plea bargain with prosecutors, Monn was sentenced to three years in prison but was given supervised probation. He also was given a judicial deferral, which means if he stays out of trouble for the next three years the charges will be expunged from his record. Thomas warned Monn that if he violates the sentencing requirements, he must serve the sentence in a state penitentiary. Early on the morning of July 18, 2004, Monn was highly intoxicated, broke into the John Sevier Pool snack bar area, stole some snacks and did some damage and was caught naked with some stolen snacks, Blount County District Attorney General Mike Gallegos told the courtroom. A police officer found Monn that morning in the parking lot of the pool facility after Monn had apparently scaled an 8-foot-tall fence and was seen running toward a Jeep with a box of stolen snacks and a container of nacho cheese. In addition to being naked, Monn had nacho cheese in his hair, on his face and on his shoulders, police said. He also had a strong odor of alcohol and was semi-incoherent. In his Jeep, Maryville officers found clothing and an open bottle of vodka.

Rejection Hotline Real Popular in Detroit
The Motor City produces the most calls to the Rejection Hotline, a free telephone service that allows uninterested objects of affection to blow off come-ons. It works like this: You're asked for your telephone number by someone in which you have no interest. You might sound receptive by responding, ---*---*-*----. When that number is dialed, this is what they get: The person who gave you this number did not want you to have their real number. Maybe the idea of going out with you just seems as appealing as playing leapfrog with unicorns . ... Do your best to forget about the person who gave you this number because, trust us, they've already forgotten about you. The voice is that of Jeff Goldblatt, a 27-year-old Emory University student who developed Rejection Hotline in 2001. It now serves 29 cities in the United States. The Detroit line has logged more than 1.2 million calls since it was launched last year, making it the most dialed of the 29 hotlines. Cher Wardlow, who was given the number about a year ago, wasn't amused. It was mean, said the 30-year-old store manager. I was kind of insulted. I didn't think I was all bad. I thought he had lot of nerve.(AP)News

Indonesia mulls bans on kissing, exposing 'sensual body parts' in public
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Call it a kissing crackdown. Indonesia's government is considering a law banning unwed couples from pecking in public -and harshly penalizing those who do, the Jakarta Post reported Saturday. The campaign against kissing is part of a proposal of sweeping reforms to laws adopted by the country's Dutch colonial rulers in the late 19th century. Drafted by a panel of experts, the revised laws would set environmental protection standards and punish human rights violations and terrorism, the newspaper said. But they would also impose penalties on unwed couples who kiss in public, while permitting police raids on the homes of those suspected of living together out of wedlock. Pornography and public displays of certain sensual body parts would be outlawed and media, movies and songs censored. Penalties for law breakers would range from fines as high as 300 million rupiah, or about $40,000 Cdn, to up to 10 years imprisonment, according to the daily. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and the legislature are expected to spend two years debating and revising the draft. Critics say the laws would let authorities restrict personal freedoms and muzzle the media. In recent years, Hollywood movies and TV programs have faced condemnation from religious leaders and government officials in the world's most populous Muslim nation who say such fare violates religious tenets on decency.Islamic conservatives -some of whom want to replace Indonesia's secular system with one bound by Islamic law -have been emboldened since the fall of ex-dictator Suharto in 1998.

Prostitute Sees Sex Trade Hope for Jobless
SALEM, S.D. (AP) - The mix of nude dancers, orange juice and black-white independent films wasn't in Bob Rieger's original business plan. But it has helped his Racehorses Gentlemen's Club survive amid the cornfields of McCook County, S.D., and fend off a two-year barrage of challenges from politicians and outraged members of Citizens Against Nude Juicebars and Pornography. I've been to court with them four times and I beat them every time, Rieger said. When the county denied Rieger a liquor licence for a bar, he opened a strip club with a juice bar in 2003. When it served a stop order saying a commercial business could not operate in area zoned for agriculture, Rieger went to court and won. And when 74 per cent of the county's voters passed an anti-nudity ordinance in June, Rieger found a loophole that exempted movie theatres. After a two-week hiatus, the club re-emerged as Racehorses Gentlemen's Club and Adult Movie Theatre and has been operating ever since. Now the county is drawing up a new ordinance that would require his dancers to wear pasties and G-strings. And a state senator plans to push for a similar state law. At this point, it's harassment, Rieger says. They're really picking on me. McCook County State's Attorney Roger Gerlach said the proposed ordinance is not an attempt to put him out of business. As long as they have some opaque clothing over the crucial parts of the human body, they can dance all they want, Gerlach said. In the meantime, customers continue paying a $10 cover charge - actually called an all-day movie ticket - to watch strippers dance. Patrons can sit next to the stage or have a private dance in a small room off to the side. They can also grab a stool at the juice bar and order a $3 soft drink or a $4 juice or power drink. When Rieger retooled his business as a movie theatre, he said he would feature independent, artsy R-rated films. During a recent visit, though, hardcore fare was playing in the club's 17-seat theatre. The 15-member Citizens Against Nude Juicebars and Pornography has organized protests outside the club and filmed patrons in the parking lot to discourage them from entering. Salem hair-salon owner Maxine Pulse, the group's co-founder, said she saw men drinking and urinating in the parking lot and dancers coming to the door nude. There's a line between right and wrong, Pulse said. And it seems like anymore nowadays that line has got all jumbled up. After Rieger seized on a loophole in the law that allows nudity in such places movie theatres, health clubs and college art classes, Pulse's group dropped its protests for fear of being hit with harassment charges. Republican state Senator Clarence Kooistra plans to take the fight to the next level and propose a state law that would make Rieger's dancers cover up. We do not want the Salem area and McCook County to be known as Sin City, South Dakota, he said

Prostitute Sees Sex Trade Hope for Jobless
BERLIN Jan 31 (Reuters) - A celebrated Berlin prostitute said Monday that German job center advisers shouldn't shy away from offering jobs in the sex industry to the long-term unemployed. Molly Luft, who sold her famous Berlin brothel two months ago and now runs a bar in the city's lively Kreuzberg district, said the sex industry was always looking for new recruits. Why shouldn't they send the unemployed to work in the sex industry? Before it was a gray zone, but now employees are insured and receive benefits, Luft told Reuters. People would no longer be unemployed and could earn themselves a living. Most business sectors in Germany are shedding workers, and unemployment is expected to exceed five million, nearly 11 percent of the workforce, in January for the first time since reunification in 1990. German sex workers have been on a par with any other employee since the government legalized prostitution in 2001. They are entitled to social security benefits and pay taxes. Registered brothel keepers also believe they have a right to seek new staff through job centers and have been scouring job seekers' databases for suitable matches. I was always looking for workers over 30 years in the trade. People aren't willing to work very much but they expect to earn a lot of money, Luft said. A spokesman for the Federal Labor Office said that if job seekers said they were prepared to work as, for example, dancers in strip bars, advisers could put them in touch with any suitable employers, but vacancies would not be displayed in job centers. He also stressed job centers would not look for prostitutes on behalf of brothels, nor offer sex industry jobs to people who hadn't specifically mentioned it as an area of interest. Speculation has grown over recent weeks that Germany's new welfare reforms, obliging the long-term unemployed to take any available job or risk losing their benefits, could lead to women being offered jobs in the sex industry. One can't expect everyone to be prepared to work in the sex industry, Luft said. Plus if people aren't very attractive they aren't going to make much money, she added.

Forget vibrate - set your phone to moan
NEW YORK (Reuters) - This is one cellphone you might not want to set to High Vibrate. Porn star Jenna Jameson is now hawking her moan tones. For $2.50 (1.33 pounds) fans of the ubiquitous porno queen can choose from a variety of moans, grunts and lurid sexual noises all recorded by the blond bombshell. If that's not enough, Jameson will talk dirty to you when you phones rings, in English or Spanish. Jameson, who recently wrote a best-selling memoir, has launched the venture with Wicked Wireless, a mobile music and entertainment company. Also available are colour pictures of the porn star posing naked that can be displayed on your phone for $2.99. Rock stars make music tones, porn stars make moan tones, said Dennis Adamo, head of Wicked Wireless. We thought it would be an interesting novel approach of introducing new content to the mobile users. Jameson's charms are already being downloaded in Argentina, Ecuador, Venezuela, and in a couple of weeks will be available from Mexico to Uruguay. Latin American users can download a moan or a picture for $1.00 each, while U.S. customers will pay $2.50 for a moan and $2.99 for a wallpaper once the service is launched. Some people were shocked, but others said they wanted more from the product. If you can get her to say my name then I would buy it. I need that kind of personal attention, said New Yorker Julian McCullough.

Kentucky man who turned sex shop into Christian bookstore selling out
PUTNEY, Ky. (AP) - A man whose religious conversion prompted him to turn his adult novelty shop into a Christian bookstore is giving up because of poor sales. When you've done all you can do, you turn it over into God's hands, said Mike Braithwaite, who recently put the store and two surrounding hectares up for sale for $55,000 US. Braithwaite had a conversion in 2002 after he was booked on charges of distributing obscene materials at his Love World store. He decided to burn all the leather gear, rubber playthings and other naughty merchandise and convert his business into a Bible bookstore named Mike's Place. The obscenity charges were dropped. But Braithwaite said many people from this religious community in eastern Kentucky will not shop in a place that was once an adult novelty store. Rev. John Ditty, pastor of Harlan Baptist Church, said Mike's Place may be the victim of department stores that can sell Bibles at lower prices. Braithwaite said he is glad he changed, even if he loses the store. What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Braithwaite asked, quoting a Bible verse.

Brothel Donates Money for Tsunami Relief
BERLIN (Reuters) - A German brothel owner has been so moved by the plight of survivors from Asia's tsunami disaster that she is donating part of her takings from clients. It's not every day you can make a charitable gesture by going to a brothel, said Mercedes Mueller, who is giving five euros ($6.60) of the 39-euro ($51) entrance charge clients pay. It's so terrible what happened there and I wanted to do something, said Mueller, who owns the Happy FKK Club in the western city of Dortmund. Mueller said clients, prostitutes and the public had all responded with great enthusiasm to her gesture, and that about 1,300 euros ($1,700) had been raised so far. We have as much of a right to raise money as any other business, she said. We all have a heart too. I hope it will serve as an example to others.

Portuguese eatery just says no to racy mobile phone calls
LISBON (AFP) - A restaurant in Portugal has barred its customers from talking on their mobile telephones after a man had a racy conversation while having a meal at the establishment, a daily newspaper reported. He completely forgot that he was in a public place, everyone stopped to listen to the conversation which I can only say was really very sensual, the owner of the restaurant, Carlos Fernandes, told Correio da Manha. Diners at the restaurant in the northern city of Guimaraes, located some 350 kilometres (220 miles) northeast of Lisbon, are now asked to leave their mobile phones at the door, turn them off or in case of an emergency, keep them on vibration mode. Of course if the conversation is not pleasant, I am the one who pays because the food will not taste as good and it will seem like it is a problem of the restaurant, Fernandes said. Portugal has one of the highest rates of mobile ownership in the European Union, with more than nine million portable phone owners.

Condom testing reveals best brands
WASHINGTON - The consumers group best known for rating cars and washing machines has turned its testing prowess to condoms to find out which ones measure up best and how other birth control methods compare. The nonprofit Consumers Union says in a new guide to contraception that the seven top types of condoms they studied did not burst despite vigorous testing, and all models met international standards. But results showed that the top brand, able to take the most punishment, was the Durex Extra sensitive Lubricated Latex, according to the report. Other top-performers include the Durex Performax Lubricated, Lifestyles Classic Collection Ultra Sensitive Lubricated and TheyFit Lubricated. Planned Parenthood model worst performer. A melon-colored model distributed by Planned Parenthood performed the worst, bursting during a test in which the latex condoms were filled with air. The group says its review of contraceptives was not politically motivated, although there is an intense debate among health professionals and advocacy groups about the focus on abstinence-only education by the Bush administration. We plan our testing programs quite a while in advance. This is purely accidental, said senior editor Nancy Metcalf. Consumers Union uses standardized tests to rate the products it examines, which for latex condoms involves filling them with air. There is no accepted method to test silicon or non-latex condoms. You end up with a balloon 3-feet-tall and a foot wide. They can really stretch an amazing amount, Metcalf said in a telephone interview. Sold without a prescription, it is a lubricated polyurethane sheath that is slipped, closed-end first, into the vagina. The open end remains outside, partially covering the labia. Available by prescription and sized by a health professional for proper fit. Women apply a spermicide before inserting it until the dome-shaped disk covers the cervix. Available by prescription and sized and used similarly to a diaphragm. A contraceptive hormone injection given by a health professional every three months. T-shaped devices inserted into the uterus by a health professional. Three are sold in the United States. The Paragard works for up to 10 years while the Progestasert is replaced yearly. The newest IUD, called Mirena, works for up to five years. Available without prescription in foam, cream, jelly, film, suppository or tablet forms. A collection of morning after pills and a pregnancy test. This emergency contraception may prevent pregnancy up to three days after unprotected sex. High doses of birth control pills have been prescribed for years as emergency contraception, but kits that specifically advertise the use were approved just last year. A contraceptive hormone injection given by a health professional every month. A flexible polymer vaginal ring that a woman wears three weeks a month to prevent pregnancy. It releases a continuous low dose of a combination of estrogen and progestin hormones. Essure is a tiny, spring-like device that is inserted into a woman's fallopian tubes where it causes scar tissue to grow and permanently plug the tubes. Print this the New York-based organization, which publishes the Consumer Reports magazine, also tested 16 other contraceptive choices. Condoms remain the only family planning and pregnancy prevention method that can help prevent sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV, which causes AIDS, the group, which has issued similar reports on condoms periodically since 1979, said in a statement. Condoms have improved since the mid-nineties because industry manufacturing standards have become more universally used and more effective, added Edward Kippel, who led the condom test project. Intrauterine devices or IUDs have also become safer than in previous years, as have birth control pills, including so-called emergency contraception, the group said. While abstinence has a 0 percent failure rate, doing nothing to prevent pregnancy has an 85 percent failure rate, the group found. A U.S. government report published last month shows 98 percent of all U.S. women who have had sex have used birth control.

Jilted Malaysian bride to sue runaway groom
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - A jilted Malaysian bride is suing her groom for damages after he called off their wedding with a mobile phone text message just hours before the ceremony, media reports said. Norlida Abdul Rahman, 23, was left waiting on her wedding dais after Hasmawi Hassan, a professional football player for the northern state of Kedah, sent her an SMS less than 24 hours before the ceremony saying, We were not meant to be together. But Norlida decided to put on a brave face, and her wedding dress, on Friday night and carried on with the traditional Malay wedding feast for 1,000 guests at her family home although her fiance did not turn up. Her family spent close to 20,000 ringgit (5,263 dollars) for the wedding, she said. I have already instructed my lawyer to take the necessary legal action, Norlida was quoted as saying by the Star. This should not have happened to me and it hurts. I cannot describe the embarrassment it had caused me and my family. She was not seeking specific damages but would leave it to the court to decide on the amount, the New Straits Times said. Norlida endured a painful and scary experience, waiting for the groom who did not turn up while about 1,000 guests witnessed it, lawyer K. Siladass was quoted as saying. For a young woman like her, it's a very difficult situation to be caught in. She has instructed us to handle the proceedings and that is what we will be doing, Siladass said. Hasmawi's mother expressed shame over her son's behaviour but said he had told Norlida that he did not want to get married a few days before he sent the SMS. I do not know where to hide my face and I think all mothers will understand my feelings right now, she was quoted as saying by the Star. Hasmawi, who went into hiding shortly before the SMS incident, could also loose his job. Kedah Football Association vice president Chong Itt Chew told the New Straits Times that Hasmawi's two-year contract would be terminated as his behaviour had tarnished the state team's image. Hasmawi returned to his parents' home late Monday, his mother said. He cried but did not want to explain about his disappearance. He just said he needed time. He also told me that he had informed Norlida about his intention beforehand and followed up with that damaging SMS, she said. The couple had met two years ago and became engaged in July last year.

Stick It Up
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (Reuters) - Six pistol-toting Brazilian men appeared to have more than cash on their minds when they robbed a drug store in Rio de Janeiro.They specifically demanded that we give them anti-impotence drugs. These drugs and the money was what interested them, Ailton de Souza, the drugstore manager, told Reuters on Tuesday. On Sunday night, the robbers opened the vault with a blow torch and fled with an equivalent of about $7,000 (3,600 pounds) in cash and cheques, as well as more than 100 boxes containing 400 pills worth about $2,600 -- enough for a two-month sex marathon for each of the six robbers. They were pretty indiscriminate about the brands, the manager said, explaining that the men took packages of Viagra, Cialis and Levitra. The drugs, used to treat erectile dysfunction, are sold prescription-free in most Brazilian pharmacies.

Author Lacks 'The Right Stuff' to Describe Sex?
LONDON (Reuters) - American author and journalist Tom Wolfe won one of the world's most dreaded literary accolades on Monday the British prize for bad sex in fiction. The prize is awarded each year to draw attention to the crude, tasteless, often perfunctory use of redundant passages of sexual description in the modern novel. Wolfe won it for a couple of purple passages from his latest novel I am Charlotte Simmons, a tale of campus life at an exclusive U.S. university. Slither slither slither slither went the tongue, one of his winning sentences begins. But the hand that was what she tried to concentrate on, the hand, since it has the entire terrain of her torso to explore and not just the otorhinolaryngological caverns oh God, it was not just at the border where the flesh of the breast joins the pectoral sheath of the chest -- no, the hand was cupping her entire right -- Now! Judges described Wolfe's prose as ghastly and boring. The former Washington Post correspondent, whose debut novel Bonfire of the Vanities was a defining text of the 1980s, fought off stiff competition from 10 other authors including South African Andre Brink, whose novel Before I Forget contains the following description of a woman's vulva: (It was) like a large exotic mushroom in the fork of a tree, a little pleasure dome if ever I've seen one, where Alph the sacred river ran down to a tideless sea. No, not tideless. Her tides were convulsive, an ebb and flow that could take you very far, far back, before hurling you out, wildly and triumphantly, on a ribbed and windswept beach without end. Another writer who only narrowly escaped the prize was Britain's Nadeem Aslam for his novel Maps for Lost Lovers a tale of life in a Muslim community in an English town. His mouth looked for the oiled berry, one of his raunchiest passages starts. The smell of his armpits was on her shoulders a flower depositing pollen on a hummingbird's forehead, another reads. The winner of the award, organized by the London-based Literary Review, is given an Oscar-style statuette and a bottle of champagne -- but only if he or she comes to the awards ceremony in person. Organizers said Wolfe, who is based in New York, was the first writer in the 12-year history of the competition to decline his invitation.

Policeman can be fired for sex videos
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that a policeman can be fired for violating regulations after he offered for sale on the Internet videos of himself removing a uniform and masturbating. The justices overturned on Monday a ruling by a U.S. appeals court that reinstated the officer's lawsuit claiming he had been wrongly dismissed by the San Diego Police Department because the First Amendment's free-speech rights protected his off-duty actions. Saying the police department had demonstrated that his activities compromised its interests, the justices said the California-based appeals court had been wrong in ruling it must justify the decision to fire the officer, identified in court documents only as John Roe. We have little difficulty in concluding that the city was not barred from terminating Roe, the justices said in a brief, unsigned opinion filed by the entire court. The court took the unusual step of issuing the ruling without hearing arguments. The officer made a video showing him stripping off a police uniform and masturbating. He sold the video on the adults-only section of the online auction site eBay. His user name was XXXXXXXX. The uniform was not the specific one worn by the San Diego police, but it was a police uniform. Besides the videos, Roe also offered for sale police equipment, including the city's official uniform, and various items, such as men's underwear. A supervisor discovered Roe's activities. An investigation revealed his conduct violated department policy, including conduct unbecoming an officer. He was fired. The Supreme Court ruled the department had demonstrated that Roe's activities compromised legitimate and substantial interests. Roe took deliberate steps to link his videos and other wares to his police work, all in a way injurious to his employer, it said. The high court said that under its past precedents Roe's activities were not covered by the free-speech protections. Roe's activities did nothing to inform the public about any aspect of the (department's) functioning or operation, it said. The speech in question was detrimental to the mission and functions of the employer.

Who Wears the Wrong Size Condom?
BERLIN (Reuters) - Most German men wear condoms of the wrong size, a condom distributor said on Wednesday, after asking more than 2,500 men to measure their erect penis. People measure their feet when they buy shoes. Why shouldn't they measure their penises? A man would not wear children's shoes, said Jan Vinzenz Krause of Vinico, which released the study's findings on World AIDS Day. Most condom boxes in Germany indicated size but men, due to embarrassment or vanity, rarely checked or just bought those marked "extra large, he said. Vinico's survey recommended various brands to be used -- depending on the endowment of the wearer. The study found the average erect penis size was 14.7 cm (5-3/4 inches), with 40 percent of participants reporting lengths between 12 and 15 cm (4-3/4 and 5-7/8 inches). When compared with the condoms normally used by the participants, the results showed only 18 percent wore the right size, with nearly half squeezing into condoms that were too small and 34 percent trying to use those that were too big.

Have Sex With Me or Go to Hell
SAN DIEGO -- A National City, Calif., pastor accused of using the fear of the devil to persuade women in his congregation to have sex with him will go on trial next year. Carlos Romero, 59, faces up to five years and eight months in prison if convicted of three felony counts, including making a criminal threat. Superior Court Judge William Kennedy Wednesday scheduled a pretrial hearing for Dec. 13, with trial scheduled to start Feb. 14. At a Sept. 17 preliminary hearing, La Mesa, Calif., police Sgt. Daniel Willis testified that Romero told him he was sorry for telling three women who went to his church the devil would physically harm them and he could protect them if they had sex with him. Willis said the pastor told him he knew his actions toward the women were wrong and he wouldn't do it again. A woman identified as Dora testified that she had gone to Romero's church for about a year and came back in 2000. She said she met the defendant in Fashion Valley last January. He told me that there was a revelation from God, Dora said. He told me that I had already been attacked by the devil, that I could only stop this by having sexual relations with him. Dora said she believed Romero because she considered him a true pastor who was guiding us toward eternal life. Another woman testified that Romero told her the devil would leave her gravely wounded if she did not have sex with him. A third woman testified that Romero threatened to kill her after she tried to end their sexual relationship in February 2003.

India offers safe sex cocktail
HYDERABAD, India (Reuters) - India, home to the world's second-largest HIV population, may have found a perfect cocktail for safe sex a free condom with every bottle of alcohol sold at liquor shops. The southern state of Andhra Pradesh has made it mandatory for liquor shops to hand out a free condom with every bottle of alcohol they sell from December 1, the World AIDS Day. The new measure is part of an awareness campaign among those who drink about the dangers of unsafe sex, K. Damayanti, head of the state-run AIDS Control Society, told Reuters. The state government would supply the condoms free to shops and distribution would be monitored, she said. India has the second biggest HIV population after South Africa, with 5.1 million cases. Experts fear it could soon reach the top slot as knowledge about the illness is scant. Andhra Pradesh, a state of 76 million people, has the second highest number of HIV infections among Indian states with 470,000 cases. The western state of Maharashtra leads with about 700,000 cases. Damayanti said many liquor shops in smaller towns in the large farming state already distributed condoms to customers. The latest move would take the campaign to cities as well.

Cleveland Anchor Appears Nude in TV Report
CLEVELAND - A television news anchor appeared on the air nude in a first-person report about an artist's photographs, drawing a record number of viewers for the time slot, the station said. Sharon Reed was one of hundreds of people who participated in Spencer Tunick's nude photo installation in Cleveland in June. Her report, which aired Monday on the 11 p.m. newscast on WOIO-TV, showed far away angles of her nude and some closer seminude shots, as well as other participants. The station said Wednesday that the story on its Web site attracted nearly 1 million visitors. WOIO news director Steve Doerr said the story was aimed at bringing in ratings during November sweeps when audiences are measured to set advertising rates. The report comes in the midst of increased attention to the airwaves, following Janet Jackson's breast-baring performance during the Super Bowl halftime show. The Federal Communications Commission proposed a record fine of $550,000 against CBS, WOIO's parent network. The network is protesting. On Tuesday, ABC apologized for the intro to Monday Night Football that featured a supposedly naked actress jumping into a player's arms in a spoof of the television show Desperate Housewives. Doerr said the idea was to cover Tunick, a well-known artist, in a different way, and he said the response has been generally positive. Reed said she was praised for standing up for what she believed, but also was ridiculed for jeopardizing TV news standards. Monday night's newscast received a record 17.1 share, compared with the 13.6 earned during the newscast airing immediately after this year's Super Bowl, according to Broadcasting & Cable, an industry publication. The station aired advisories before the piece, and FCC spokeswoman Janice Wise on Wednesday said WOIO followed commission rules that prohibit indecent material from being aired on broadcast television from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Nude Man Jumps Into Lizard Tank at Zoo
NEW YORK - A man was undergoing psychiatric evaluation after he jumped naked into a pool of carnivorous reptiles at the Bronx Zoo, authorities said. The episode happened at about 1:30 p.m. Friday, when the man, whose name was not released, stripped off his clothes and climbed a 5-foot wall surrounding the zoo's tank of caimans — a type of crocodile from Central and South America, police said. The tank was inside the zoo's World of Darkness section, which features nocturnal animals. He tried to touch one of the toothy lizards before police and zookeepers were called to the scene and pulled him out. Thankfully, no one got hurt and it didn't happen while there were any school groups around, zoo spokesman Linda Corcoran told the Daily News for Saturday editions. It was not clear why the man jumped into the tank. He was taken to Jacobi Medical Center for observation

Justin, Cameron Go Camera Shy
Rumored to be on the outs just months ago, Cameron Diaz and Justin Timberlake have reached a new level of celebrity togetherness: They're both under investigation. Police are looking into a complaint filed last Saturday by a photographer who accuses Diaz and Timberlake of grand theft and battery, Officer Eduardo Funes of the Los Angeles Police Department said Wednesday. A crime report was taken, Funes said. An investigation is under way. While police were tightlipped on specifics, the Nov. 22 edition of Us Weekly is not. The new issue, due out this week, features six shots purchased from shutterbug Saul Lazo and Jose Gonzalez's photo agency of their evening with Diaz and Timberlake outside Hollywood's legendary Chateau Marmont hotel. The pictures range from Diaz and Timberlake (wearing a sweatshirt bearing the stenciled imprint, criminal) in smiling, hand-holding mode, to Diaz engaged in a one-on-one skirmish with Lazo. After we took a couple of shots, Cameron just ran at me, Lazo tells Us Weekly. She tried to take me down. Then she took my camera. While Diaz and Lazo were sorting out their issues, Gonzalez says in Us that Timberlake tried to block him from taking pictures. Later, Gonzalez alleges in the magazine, the popster slapped Lazo on the head. According to police, the criminal complaint naming Diaz and Timberlake was filed by Lazo. Diaz and Timberlake, meanwhile, have a different take on the story behind the pictures. In a joint statement from their reps Wednesday, the two stars say they were ambushed by two men who jumped out of a concealed hiding place on a dark, deserted street late at night. actions by Diaz and Timberlake were merely taken in self-defense, the statement said. Diaz's swipe of Lazo's camera was described as evidence gathering by the Charlie's Angels detective--a move undertaken in order to be able to identify the individuals who jumped out at [Diaz and Timberlake]. The grand-theft accusation, a possible felony charge, is believed to concern Lazo's camera. Per Diaz and Timberlake, the camera is now with police. Diaz, 32, and Timberlake, 23, have dated for more than a year, their A-list coupling inspiring celebrity photographers to expend much film. Even before the recent paparazzi dustup, the pairing had not been picture perfect. Last summer, Timberlake sued a British tabloid that claimed he'd stepped out on Diaz with a model. (Diaz, meanwhile, was waging her own legal battle against a photographer who had snapped topless shots of her in her pre-Mask days.) More stories of discontent surfaced in September, around the time of Timberlake ex Britney Spears wedding ceremony. Reports had the former 'N Sync singer out and about in Los Angeles in the company of a woman other than the brand-name actress. But last month the couple turned up as a couple at a DVD release party in Hollywood. E Online!

Stage Sex Man Shocks Again in Court
OSLO (Reuters) - A couple who sparked outrage by having sex on stage in front of thousands of stunned rock concert goers in Norway shocked again on Tuesday when the man pulled down his trousers in court. Oops, I must have dropped my pants, Tommy Hol Ellingsen, 28, said as he stripped in front of reporters during a break at a local court in Kristiansand, southern Norway. Hol Ellingsen and Petra Leona Johansson, 22, were in court after refusing to pay a fine of 10,000 crowns ($1,574) each for copulating on stage during a concert in July. The two, who are members of an environmental group, said their sex stunt was meant to draw attention to a campaign to save the rain forest. Their attorney argued that they were protected under freedom of expression law.

Idaho Man Accused of Stealing Underwear
POCATELLO, Idaho - A 44-year-old man is accused of breaking into a student housing area at Idaho State University to steal underwear from the laundry room. The man, who reportedly admitted he was wearing a stolen thong during the interview with police, is charged with two counts of unlawful entry and two counts of petty theft. After several reports of missing female undergarments, Idaho State University's Public Safety began paying more attention to the laundry room's surveillance camera. While checking the monitor at headquarters the evening of Oct. 22, an officer noticed a man rummaging through laundry and called Pocatello police. Campus security officers arrived to find the suspect still at the scene. Pocatello police Lt. Steve Findley said the man admitted having a long-standing affinity for stealing women's underwear. Reports like this are fairly infrequent, Findley said. And it's very infrequent that someone with a glitch like this is actually apprehended. The man, who was not identified, is not a student at the university.

Police struggle to stop naked street lovers
BERLIN (Reuters) - German police say they have detained a naked 25-year-old woman and her 23-year-old partner who were engaged in sexual intercourse on the pavement in the middle of a busy shopping district. Police in the western town of Duelmen said the couple were spotted by pedestrians late on Friday morning having intercourse. Pedestrians in the town of 40,000 called police, but the couple initially ignored police orders to stop. The naked couple continued their passion-filled activity on the cold asphalt, a police spokesman said on Saturday. They finally followed police instructions to stop on the third warning. The spokesman said the two face a 100-euro fine each for disturbing the peace.

Zeta Jones Sues Topless Club Over Photos
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actress Catherine Zeta-Jones has sued a Nevada strip club for using a picture of her face to promote itself on the Web as The Friendliest Topless Cabaret in Reno. Zeta-Jones, who won an Oscar for her role as the murderous cabaret singer Velma Kelly in Chicago, sued The Spice House after learning that she was featured with partially nude women engaged in various sexually explicit poses, according to the federal lawsuit filed in Los Angeles. The suit said Zeta-Jones had never been to The Spice House and did not want her highly valuable image and persona to be used as an endorsement. Kent Wallace, owner of The Spice House, said his Web designer got the photo from a royalty free Web site without recognizing the face, and claimed he took it down as soon as Zeta-Jones' lawyers contacted him last October. We are just shocked and bemused by this, Wallace told Reuters on Monday. She is a big double-D and we are just B cups. She ought to pick on someone her own size. Despite the lawsuit's demand for damages of at least $75,000, Wallace said he and his dancers welcomed the attention and were having fun with it. One of the club's dancers has renamed herself Catherine Ta Ta Jones, and Wallace plans to hold a Halloween contest asking patrons to come dressed as your favorite brunette star.

Champagne, Controversy for Madrid Model Ball-Girls
MADRID (Reuters) - A champagne-soaked celebration marked the end of a week of wolf-whistles, government complaints and media controversy for a troupe of models who made their debut as ball-girls at the Madrid Masters tennis tournament. The women, aged 19 to 28, were drafted in to collect stray balls and hand towels to players, while wearing split skirts and skimpy tops emblazoned with the name of a sponsor. They replaced volunteer youngsters in all the televised matches and the players, far from being frustrated by occasional slip-ups, were generally in favor -- despite complaints from government and some fans that the move was sexist. Tennis is not in a great position right now, said tournament champion Marat Safin, who thanked the models on court when he picked up his trophy before soaking them with champagne. It seems like tennis players are not exciting for the spectators. The models mean people are still talking about tennis. Good publicity, bad publicity, it doesn't matter. Soledad Murillo, a senior government official responsible for equality, protested that the decision undermined the spirit of the sport and asked organizers and sponsors to withdraw a project she condemned as sexist. The tournament was hit by the withdrawals of the world's top three players and bringing in the models proved a media coup, winning coverage from London to Tokyo. MIXED UP ON COURT. On-court results were mixed, even though the models were given two weeks' intensive training on the game's rules. One confused model forgot which way to run as she collected a ball and had to be reminded by the umpire to return to her place beside the net. Others dropped balls or fumbled after them while players waited to start serving. The models, some converted into ardent tennis fans after seven days on center court, shrugged off the criticism. It the best job I've ever done, said Sara, 22. It's been really exciting being involved with sport. And it is nice not having to wear heels. This is my work. Who is the minister to say I am being used as an object? Madrid Masters director Carlos Santana remained enthusiastic on the tournament's final day. For me it has been very positive from the start, he said. I don't think it is sexist, and anyway there are already models working in many sports -- basketball, formula one, cycling. But some of the fans remained unconvinced. It really is very sexist -- the kids wear polo shirts and the models come out in those skin-tight tops, said 18-year-old student Carolina Pastor. It's not very respectful of women, and I don't think it is really the way to promote the game to us.

Reek rises as gals stick with stinky panties
By: Ryann Connell
Dyed hair, make-up, body piercing, 40 percent with sexual experience, 30,000 of them having abortions every year. Unthinkable among teen-age girls a few years back, it's the norm in Japan now, according to Shukan Asahi (7/6/2001). And if the once unthinkable is now common practice, it should be no surprise that we're witnessing what had previously been unimaginable -- girls nowadays refuse to change their panties. My undies? It's a pain changing them sometimes. You know, like after you've stayed at a friend's place, you don't change 'em much, 16-year-old Yumi says. But ... I do make sure I use a protective sheet for secretions so my panties don't get dirty. Kyoko, a 17-year-old Tokyo teen, tells a similar story. It costs a lot to buy underwear if you're away from home for two or three days, right? That's why I always used the protective sheets, Kyoko says. But I've stopped using them now. I used to leak a real lot of fluids. My panties would get all crunchy and the hairs would stick to them. It really hurt when I changed my undies. Physicians are astounded by the girls' attitudes. These girls have got an alarming knowledge of sex techniques, but most of them have no idea about illness or hygiene, says Tsuneo Akaeda, a gynecologist. Some girls think it's fine not to change their underwear for a few days as long as they replace the protective sheets for secretions. Akaeda tells Shukan Asahi that a random test he conducted last year found that 82 percent of 125 girls in their late teens or women in their early 20s have had some form of venereal disease. He adds that random tests on teen-age girls this year have come up with even more alarming results. Just changing the protective sheets and not their panties can lead to a build-up of smells and conceal the degree [to which a sexually transmitted disease (STD)] has progressed. Sometimes, this makes it too late to treat the STDs, Akaeda says. Shinya Iwamuro, a doctor from Kanagawa Prefecture specializing in public health, agrees there're problems with young women's awareness. Most of them think that if they come down with an STD it'll be easily treated, he says. But they've got no idea of the difference between germs and bacteria, or what's clean or dirty. It seems the problem lies largely at the feet of the protective sheets women can insert in their panties to absorb nether-region secretions. But the sheet-makers are shocked to hear that many young girls are using their products as an alternative to changing their panties, Shukan Asahi notes. Many women feel uncomfortable with the fact that secretions can dirty their underwear. Protective sheets were developed in 1988 so that even if secretions did appear, women could feel clean in their delicate zones without having to change their underwear, says a spokesman for Kobayashi Pharmaceuticals Co., Japan's largest manufacturer of the sheets. Kobayashi has found that 36 percent of all Japanese women use the sheets, with the core market made up by 20- and 30-somethings. Those in their teens account for 39 percent of all sales. With the declining birthrate, sales of all women's sanitary products are down, except protective sheet sales, which are booming, the spokesman says. Shukan Asahi finds that some girls feel that using the sheets as an alternative to underwear helps their sex life. If secretions dirty my panties, it's really embarrassing when I have sex, says a 17-year-old girl. But all I need to do is take the sheets out just before I do it, and my panties stay clean. Perhaps cartoonist Mimei Sakamoto speaks for many when he utters his disgust at the idea of girls leaving their knickers on for days. They're not changing their undies? Sakamoto scoffs in disbelief. Letting their panties smell so bad that anyone who gets a whiff becomes sick shows a complete disregard for others

Norwegian Prisoner Hires Exotic Dancer
OSLO, Norway - Hoping to boost morale among his fellow inmates, a Norwegian prisoner secretly hired an exotic dancer to spice up the prison's monthly culture night. The woman got all her clothes off, to the cheers of the male inmates, before guards could react on Wednesday night at the Hof minimum security prison in southern Norway. Everything had been agreed in advance with the inmates, who also had permission to invite the woman, warden Kjesti Solberg told the P4 radio network Thursday. What we didn't know was that the hired dancer could do more than dance. Every month, the prisoners are allowed to have a culture night, usually organizing it themselves after the approved. Wednesday's show began tamely, with an inmate doing a standup comedy routine. As he left the stage, raunchy music filled the auditorium, and the woman started dancing and taking her clothes off. By the end, she was completely naked, Solberg said, adding the woman danced on stage for a few minutes before guards hustled her off to the roar of the inmates' laughter. Even though Solberg seemed to be a good sport about the surprise, she said the inmate, who was not identified, would have to explain himself.

Sleepwalking Australian woman enticed and had sex with strangers, doctor says
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - A woman seduced and had sex with strangers while she slept and later had no recollection of her infidelities due to a sleeping disorder, her Sydney doctor said Thursday. The middle-aged woman had no idea that she was sneaking from her house at night in search of sex with random strangers until her partner awoke, discovered she was missing from the bedroom, and found her having sex with another man, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital sleep medicine physician Peter Buchanan told the Sydney Morning Herald. Her partner was already aware that she was a sleep walker and also had been confounded by condoms he found strewn around the house, Buchanan said. Buchanan will discuss the case when he lectures on sleep sex - the disorder has yet to be given a formal title - at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australasian Sleep Association in Sydney at the weekend. It is very complex, elaborated motor behaviour during sleep, Buchanan told Australian Broadcasting Corp. radio Thursday. People are often stunned and overwhelmed when they're told what they've been doing. The partners and doctors of people suffering from the disorder often do not believe the acts were committed while they slept, he said. It's very stressful both for them, for their partner or for their relationship, Buchanan said. It also promotes an intense sense of embarrassment on their part, their partner's behalf and this inhibits people coming forward to seek potentially helpful professional intervention.

Union leaders spent subs on sex toys and booze
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Union leaders in the Swedish industrial town of Trollhattan, which is threatened by huge job losses, have quit after allegations they used membership dues to buy liquor, porn and sex toys, the union says. An internal audit by Sweden's second-largest union, Metall, unearthed expense abuses by branch 112 in Trollhattan, where about 6,000 workers at a Saab car factory fear they might be hit by European job cutbacks by Saab owner General Motors. A former cashier at the branch told public radio Ekot of drinking bouts and sex shop sprees during official visits to Denmark and Belgium, using cash from union subscriptions. The branch did not pay for sex services -- that was up to individuals -- but the costs surrounding those visits were paid for by the branch, said Tommy Larsson. I can confirm they bought dildos with union money and shared them out. Metall spokesman Anders Ferbe said on Thursday nine union bosses were suspected of not following financial rules. Charges they spent union money in bars and sex clubs would be investigated, he said. Metall has 400,000 members in a country with one of Europe's highest rates of union membership -- about 2 million people from a total population of 9 million.

Infrared camera phones X-ray the X-zone
By:Ryann Connell
Staff Writer
Infrared filters for mobile cameras are being used to take X-ray photos that expose literally everything except the clothes a subject is wearing, according to Asahi Geino (10/14) Sony Corp. got into trouble a few years ago after one of its Handycams had a 'night shot' function that used an infrared lens to take photos that made people's clothes see-through. Now, there is a filter for mobile phone cameras that does the same thing, Tsubasa Hara, a writer specializing in the thriving business of concealed camera photography, tells Asahi Geino. Hara notes the night shot function that got Sony into trouble was supposed to permit photos to be taken in the dark. But, as many darker types were quick to discover, under certain conditions it actually allowed right through clothing. Sony quickly whipped its videocameras off the shelves, changed specifications and re-launched the brand without its unexpected and unintended X-ray function. Now, however, an infrared filter that can be attached to a mobile phone is apparently capable of performing the same task. Normal clothes don't become see-through, but apparently there's a chance that dark-colored swimsuits won't even show up if they're photographed when wet. Of course, deliberately taking photos like this would be a violation of public nuisance ordinances, a writer on Japan's demi-monde tells Asahi Geino. People into taking shots using concealed cameras wouldn't go out and deliberately use one of these filters to take their photos, so I think it's more likely that they'd only be used by people who want to take the occasional shot with a hidden camera. Makers of the filter are shocked to hear that their products are being used for nefarious purposes. We only sold these cameras because we expected the night shot function would be used for taking pictures such as a child asleep in bed, or the fine details of a leaf, a spokesman for one of the companies making the X-ray cameras tells Asahi Geino. It's disgusting that people would be using them to take sneaky shots. mainichi news.

Drunk Dozes Off in Sex Shop, Sparks Alert
BERLIN (Reuters) - A German man got more excitement than he bargained for in a sex shop when he dozed off in a video booth, got locked in overnight and was mistaken for a burglar by police as he tried to get out, authorities said on Tuesday. He'd had rather a lot to drink and had gone in to enjoy himself, said a spokesman for police in the southwestern city of Mannheim. Seemingly the effects of the alcohol proved the strongest stimulus though. He fell asleep. When the 50-year-old woke up in the dark inside the closed sex emporium, he struggled in vain to get out, only to set off the shop's alarms and alert police, who soon arrived. The officers initially thought he was a burglar, the spokesman said. But he managed to provide them with proof that he was telling the truth.
hehehe.... Goohie! This guy could have enjoyed The Kingdom in the comforts of his own home

Sex in a Bar Bathroom -- Is It Legal?
ROME (Reuters) - Making love in a bar lavatory does not breach public decency laws so long as the door is shut, an Italian court ruled on Tuesday. A Swiss couple was accused of committing obscene acts after the owner of a bar in the northern Italian town of Como caught them having sex in the lavatory, Ansa news agency reported. State prosecutors demanded a six-month prison term for the un-named male defendant and a five-month term for his partner. But Judge Luciano Storaci threw out the case, saying public decency was not offended because the door was closed. However, he fined the Swiss man 200 euros ($246) for breaking the lock on the lavatory after he was caught with his trousers down. If the barman had given me time to get dressed then nothing would have happened," Ansa quoted the Swiss woman as saying.

Adult world abuzz over vibrating condom
By: Ryann Connell
Staff Writer
Shukan Taishu (10/18) finds that men actually do make passes at ladies who wear glasses, especially when the ladies are myopic but voluptuous beauties employed in the sex industry. Yomiuri Weekly (10/17) sighs that bachelors who cannot marry are on the increase. Grizzly Iwamoto, a female pro wrestler who always grapples in the role of villain, is turning tricks for an outcall hooker service, bodyslams Shukan Gendai (10/16). Shukan Post (10/15) demands to know why the Sumo Association is so reluctant to accuse wrestlers of having engaged in fixed bouts. Yoko Shibui, winner of the Berlin Marathon on September 16, had broken off a torrid romance with her lover just before the race, Friday (10/15) reveals. Aera (10/11) reveals the truth about the segments of the imperial family's home video that were not shown to the public. Weekly Diamond (10/9) belches and staggers that Japanese sake has changed! Shukan Jitsuwa 10/14) announces Japan's 10 most unpopular attractive-but-unlikable female TV anchors. Shukan Bunshun (10/7) wonders to what degree the wife of pro baseball superstar Ichiro Suzuki is contributing in his drive to set the all-time record for hits in a single season. Shukan Shincho (10/7) delves into the mystery of why the deputy of Osama bin Laden was in possession a music type by Japanese singer Miyako Otsuki. Weekly Playboy (10/12) wonders if Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara is showing signs of senility by proposing an ordinance that would make sex by junior high school students illegal. (Compiled by Masuo Kamiyama) A new prophylactic equipped with a vibrator is creating a buzz across Japan, according to Shukan Gendai (10/16). Since the development in 1909 of the Heart Beauty, Japan's first domestically produced condom, Japan has, according to the men's weekly, led the world in the development of rubbers. And the Vicon, short for vibrator condom, the latest development the safe but saucy sex business has unsheathed, has proved to be a real humdinger, though it's currently available only in adult goods stores on a trial basis. Vicon has two distinctive parts, the rubber prophylactic similar to any other standard condom with the exception that it has a hard plastic ring at the base, which holds the second part -- a tiny, spherical vibrator. The vibrator is made of opaque plastic and contains a battery built inside. It starts moving and shaking at the flick of a switch. Ideally, it is placed at the foot of the stalk and is supposed to stimulate the most intimate parts of a woman's most intimate parts. Trovix, developers of the Vicon, swear by its performance. We drew on the greatest minds of the Japanese (adult) toy business to come up with the Vicon, a spokesman for the company tells Shukan Gendai. Our most difficult problem was the exact placement of the vibrator. We sent one of our workers out to brothels on numerous occasions to do some research on women and find out the average location of the clitoris. Of course, we also put consideration into the size of the vibe. We're confident that it will be of an ideal size and placement for every single person. Taka Kato, one of Japan's most prominent adult movie industry actors, speaks highly of the Vicon. (The vibrator) is really tiny, yeah. But, I don't think it's really appropriate for piston movements. I think it'd work best if insertion was made right until the base and held there tightly instead of being moved in and out, the AV man tells Shukan Gendai. I think there're probably many people out there who think their women will be pleased if there is repeated movement in and out during coitus, but that's a mistake. They actually prefer it more if the base stays in place and the stalk is moved up and down. (Vicon) is really well made. Former prostitute cum writer Ayumi Sakai also sings the praises of the Vicon. Women do like insertion, but they really love the clitoris, Sakai tells Shukan Gendai. With the Vicon, they can get both pleasures at the same time and also be comforted by the knowledge that it has none of the cords that are always a bit of a pain when you use a sex aid.

"Humming" sex toy shuts airport
SYDNEY (Reuters) - A vibrating sex toy in a rubbish bin sparked a security scare and shut a regional Australian airport for almost an hour, officials say. An emergency was declared at the airport in Mackay, 500 miles north of Brisbane in tropical Queensland state, after airport staff heard a strange noise coming from the bin, Australian Broadcasting Corporation radio said on Monday. It was rather disconcerting when the rubbish bin started humming furiously, cafeteria manager Lynne Bryant said. Police evacuated the terminal and were about to call in bomb experts when an unidentified passenger came forward to identify the contents of a package left in the bin. A police spokeswoman said the package was identified as an adult novelty device. Australia has been under heightened security alert since the September 11, 2001, hijacked airliner attacks on the United States and security at major buildings and transport hubs has been tightened even further ahead of an October 9 election.

'Naked Photographer' Sentenced to Jail
COLUMBUS, Ohio - An attorney was sentenced to a year and a half in jail for ambushing dozens of women while nude and taking pictures of their shocked expressions. But Stephen Linnen, 34, won't lose his law license and will be allowed to leave jail to continue work as a law clerk. He must start serving his time next week after being sentenced Monday under a plea bargain in Ohio's Franklin County Common Pleas Court. He pleaded guilty earlier this month to 53 misdemeanor counts of public indecency, sexual imposition and criminal trespassing. Linnen, a former lawyer for the Ohio House Republican caucus, has admitted to photographing women while he was unclothed over nearly two years, gaining the name the naked photographer. He apologized in court, but none of his victims was there. Judge Tommy Thompson declined to label Linnen a sexual offender, saying he was not a threat to the community and was unlikely to repeat the offense. Thompson ordered Linnen to keep seeking psychiatric treatment. Linnen said in court that he meets with a psychologist weekly and goes to daily meetings for people addicted to sex. Prosecutors said they might appeal the judge's decision not to make Linnen register as a sexually oriented offender.

Prostitutes excluded from work permit waiver
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Foreign prostitutes in the Netherlands are to be excluded from new rules that allow foreigners who are specialists in their fields to work in the country without a permit, the government says. The decision on Friday angered members of the world's oldest profession, which is legal in the Netherlands, who argued they too should be considered experts since what we do isn't taught on any school curriculum. The country is home to 30,000 prostitutes, many of them foreigners, who have their own trade union and pay income tax. From October 1, the Netherlands will allow foreign specialists to work without a permit as long as they earn more than 45,000 euros a year if they are over 30 years old, or 32,600 euros if they are younger than 30. Because prostitutes could also earn salaries in these income levels, they could in practice be like specialists. The lower house of parliament finds this undesirable because prostitution is a legal but not a normal line of business, the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment said in a statement. But Mariska Majoor, founder of the Amsterdam Prostitute Information Centre, said the decision was discriminatory. We pay taxes, we are legal. The same rules should apply, not only when it suits the government. She agreed that the job was unlike others but urged the government to treat prostitutes fairly. Of course it's not normal. What we do isn't taught on any school curriculum. But if the government applies rules that benefit it (like taxes), then it should apply the ones that benefit us, she said. The Netherlands has some of the world's most liberal rules on prostitution, defined as a legal profession since 1988. There are 2,000 brothels operating openly in the country's infamous Red Light districts.

Quebec man killed in head-on crash while having sex at the wheel
ST-JOACHIM, Que. (CP) - A 25-year-old man was killed and his partner was seriously injured Friday in a head-on crash that police said took place while the driver was having sex behind the wheel. Another car veered into the couple's path in this town 25 kilometres northeast of Quebec City, shattering both vehicles and trapping the occupants. The 25-year-old driver, from Baie-Comeau, Que., was killed on impact and the driver of the other vehicle was gravely injured, said provincial police. Witnesses said the deceased man and his female passenger were partially undressed, leading police to believe the couple had been having sex prior to impact. The two people at this moment were in the midst of having sexual intercourse at the wheel of the vehicle, which makes driving that much more dangerous, said provincial police spokesman Richard Gagne. Although the couple's car never veered out of its lane, police said their manoeuvre was dangerous and potentially illegal. They endangered their safety and that of others, said Gagne. Provincial police said anyone found to have been having sex at the wheel prior to an accident could face criminal charges ranging from gross indecency to negligence. Emergency workers used heavy tools to extract the injured victims from their cars. Provincial police said the 37-year-old driver whose car left its lane was either distracted or fell asleep at the wheel. The Canadian Press.

Students Punished for Dorm Stripper Pole
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Three students at Jacksonville University have been punished for installing a stripper pole in an on-campus apartment and taking pictures as fully clothed women performed on it at a party. A female student who won a dance contest also was disciplined. About a dozen women competed for a $100 Victoria's Secret gift certificate Sept. 11, said James Foster, a 20-year-old who hosted the party. None of the women disrobed. The men bought the steel pole from Home Depot, bolted it to the concrete ceiling and attached the bottom to a plywood stage covered in red felt. Honestly, we just wanted to say we had a stripper pole, Foster said. We never actually expected girls to dance on it. When university officials ordered the men to remove the pole, they complied, but not before building a huge party around it. Signs reading Pole Dancers Wanted were posted around campus and the men bought large quantities of beer. Friends were enlisted friends to check identifications and manage security. They charged $5 for men, and women were let in free. The party ended shortly after the beer ran out. John Daigle Jr., a school spokesman, said the party's hosts may have violated the university's alcohol policy and broken rules against indecent behavior and the making of unapproved changes to university property. Daigle, citing school privacy rules, would not identify the students or the punishment they received, but said: The university took this seriously and the punishment was appropriate. Punishments at the university can range from a reprimand to dismissal. Foster said he was put on residential probation through Nov. 9 and had to write a letter of apology. Daigle said he later learned the woman who won the dance contest was also disciplined, but would not say what her punishment was. There was no public nudity involved here, he said. Residential adviser Amber Davis said the party degraded women. There are other ways they can go out and get a girlfriend if that's what they want, she said. The men have taken down the pole and converted the stage to a pingpong table.

Safe Haven for Naked Yoga
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Nudists, grab your yoga mats and head for San Francisco. City prosecutors on Wednesday said it was not illegal to perform naked yoga in the city -- even at the crowded tourist destination of Fisherman's Wharf. Prosecutors dropped charges against a limber nudist, known locally as the Naked Yoga Guy, who made a habit of striking yoga poses in the buff in order to promote a book and his lifestyle. The Naked Yoga Guy, whose name is George Monty Davis, had stripped to stretch near Fisherman's Wharf, prompting a public complaint. But prosecutors decided they had a weak public nuisance case against him because local laws do not bar public nudity. Simply being naked on the street is not a crime in San Francisco, said Debbie Mesloh, a spokeswoman for the district attorney's office. To bring a case, a person would have to exhibit lewd behavior, block traffic or impede pedestrians on a sidewalk, something along those lines. In another case involving a Los Angeles teenager who dropped his pants to expose his bottom, or moon, passing motorists from a nearby sidewalk, a California appellate court ruled nudity itself is not a crime, Mesloh said.

Taichung police orders fleshy 'betel nut beauties' to cover up
TAIPEI (AFP) - Taichung police has ordered the city's scantily-clad betel nut saleswomen to dress more conservatively to help reduce car accidents, it was reported. Under the new dress code, women peddling spicy chewing betel nuts at roadside stands are barred from revealing their bodies in sexy transparent clothes or soliciting business on the streets, the local TVBS station reported. Don't put on any dissipated poses such as dancing outside the sales booths, a policeman said while promoting the new dress code. Instead, he suggested several young saleswomen to don white navy tops, tight short pants and the same type of hats worn by singer Feng Fei-fei, a local diva in the 1980s. Taichung police consider the so-called betel nut beauties a likely cause of traffic accidents in the central city as drivers are often diverted by saleswomen in flashy revealing clothes, the report said. A young sales girl told reporters the tighter dress code sounded reasonable. But it's really not my business, it's my boss's problem, she shrugged. Betel nut beauties thrive in central and southern Taiwan. A Health Department study two years ago reported one-tenth of Taiwan's population regularly chew the indigenous nut, the seed of a palm tree, as a stimulant.
Where is BNG the king of Betel Nut uppies when you need him?....hehehe

Guests at federal-provincial health talks get a look at inadvertent nude shows
OTTAWA (CP) - They provided a flash of excitement during a federal-provincial conference otherwise dominated by dry discussions about wait times and cash transfers. A crowd of federal-provincial officials, journalists and security guards was given an impromptu peep show as they milled outside a national health-care summit Wednesday. The unexpected performances came from guests at the Westin hotel across the street from the convention centre where federal-provincial talks were being held. The spectacle began in the morning when a woman appeared topless at a window in the hotel. Another woman came to her window on the seventh floor several times wearing only a bra and black-thong underwear. Cheers went up from some in the crowd below at each of her appearances. White bra means there's a (medicare) deal, black means there's no deal and nude means we're all coming back tomorrow, said one wag. The Canadian Press. http://www.cp.org/english/hp.htm

Doctor charged with voyeurism
The Coeur d'Alene Press.
HATTIESBURG, Miss. -- A retired Post Falls physician was arrested by Hattiesburg Police Friday night on an Idaho warrant alleging felony voyeurism and sexual battery on a child. William Minor Fouche, 58, was ordered held on a $1 million warrant issued in Kootenai County, claiming four counts of video voyeurism and one of sexual battery of a child. As of Monday night, he was still being held in the Forrest County, Miss., Jail in Hattiesburg. A family friend said Fouche traveled to Mississippi to seek treatment at a rehabilitation center. Idaho officials are seeking to extradite him back to Coeur d'Alene. Kootenai County Sheriff's Capt. Ben Wolfinger said Fouche was under investigation for about a month. In August we started to get a lot of people complaining, Wolfinger said. The warrant alleges Fouche secretly videotaped guests in a bathroom in his Post Falls home since early spring. Wolfinger said one of the victims videotaped was under 18, which resulted in the sexual battery charge. Deputies said a new state law, which went into effect March 19, makes videotaping a person without their knowledge of consent for sexual reasons a felony. If convicted, Fouche could face up to five years of prison for each voyeurism charge and up to 15 years for the sexual battery charge. He also could face a $50,000 fine on each charge. Also on Friday, a civil lawsuit was filed in 1st District Court by lawyers representing up to 10 women who claim to have been victimized by Fouche at his home. The plaintiffs, listed as Jane Does I-X, claim that over the past two years, Fouche surreptitiously viewed, photographed or videotaped the women while undressing, while showering or while engaged in other private activity without their knowledge. Lawyers received permission from 1st District Judge Charles Hosack to serve him by publication in the newspaper if he is not personally served with the complaint. Sources said a few weeks ago Fouche made a statement in front of his fellow parishioners during a Sunday service at the church he attended. He admitted that he was into sex sins, said a member of the church, who asked not to be named. It was very vague, and he didn't go into detail. Chris Billingslea, a physician at Post Falls Family Medicine, worked with Fouche for seven years. We are all shocked and saddened by this Billingslea said. We hope the people involved can get the help they need. Billingslea said Fouche began a leave of absence Aug. 12 after he told co-workers he would not be able to see any patients. He told us to take him off the schedule, Billingslea said. Later, employees received word of the allegations against Fouche, who then officially quit his job and retired. Billingslea said the Idaho Board of Medicine was notified. He knew that he would no longer be practicing medicine, he said. Billingslea said an in-depth search took place to make sure no video recording devices were installed at the Post Falls clinic. We didn't see any evidence of any cameras, he said. It looks like it's just confined to his home. Billingslea said everyone who works in the clinic is doing his or her best to deal with the allegations. This is just like a nightmare where you keep on expecting to wake up, but we're not waking up, he said. This is just so far out of the blue." Billingslea said he thought Fouche was a good doctor and knew his patients were happy with him. If Fouche waives extradition, Wolfinger said a deputy will be sent to pick him up within two weeks. If extradition isn't waived, it could take up to three months before he could be returned to Coeur d'Alene. He's not being held on any Hattiesburg charges. Family friend Darlene Reed said she's known Fouche for about 10 years and her children are best friends with his children. This man has done so much good for the community, she said. It's a disappointment to us all. You never expect this from people you put your trust in. Copyright 2004, The Coeur d'Alene Press

Something You Can't Do in California...
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Having sex with corpses is now officially illegal in California after Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill barring necrophilia, a spokeswoman said on Friday. The new legislation marks the culmination of a two-year drive to outlaw necrophilia in the state and will help prosecutors who have been stymied by the lack of an official ban on the practice, according to experts. Nobody knows the full extent of the problem. ... But a handful of instances over the past decade is frequent enough to have a bill concerning it, said Tyler Ochoa, a professor at Santa Clara University School of Law who has studied California cases involving allegations of necrophilia. Prosecutors didn't have anything to charge these people with other than breaking and entering. But if they worked in a mortuary in the first place, prosecutors couldn't even charge them with that, Ochoa said. The state's first attempt to outlaw necrophilia, in response to a case of a man charged with having sex with the corpse of a 4-year-old girl in Southern California, stalled last year in a legislative committee. Lawmakers revived the bill this year after an unsuccessful prosecution of a man found in a San Francisco funeral home drunk and passed out on top of an elderly woman's corpse. The new law makes sex with a corpse a felony punishable by up to eight years in prison.

Nude Photographer Arrested For Robbing Student
Mainichi Japan News
A man arrested on suspicion of taking nude photographs of a female university student and robbing her has been referred to prosecutors, police said. Police sent the man, Kojiro Nakajima, 28, to public prosecutors accusing him of robbery resulting in injury following the incident, which took place at a hotel in Tokyo's Shibuya district. Investigators said three similar incidents involving the same tactics had occurred in the district, and they are continuing to investigate a possible connection between them. Nakajima allegedly used a digital camera to take nude pictures of the victim against her will on the evening of Sept. 4, hit her when she resisted, and stole a bag from her along with 6,800 yen in cash. When he took the student outside and tried to use her cash card to withdraw money from her bank account, she yelled, robber, and a 34-year-old man on the street apprehended him and held him down until police arrived. The student suffered facial injuries requiring about a week's treatment. Nakajima has reportedly refused to speak to investigators. Police said three other incidents in which female university students were photographed nude, including two on Sept. 1 and 2, also took place in hotels in Shibuya. (Mainichi Shimbun, Japan)

Peeping Soldier Busted In Women's Changing Room
Mainichi Japan News
MITO -- A Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) soldier was arrested Tuesday for sneaking into a women's changing room at a local hospital in order to peep inside, police said. Masaki Goto, 28, 2nd Lt. at the GSDF's Asaka post, is accused of trespassing. He admitted to the allegations. I intended to peep into the room, he was quoted as telling investigators. Goto sneaked into a women's changing room at Mito Kyodo Hospital in the Miyamachi district of Mito Tuesday morning, according to local police. When a 34-year-old nurse spotted him in the room, he ran away. However, the nurse gave chase and managed to apprehend him in the hospital parking lot. (Compiled from wire reports, Japan, Sept. 7, 2004)

Pervy Professor's Upskirt Inspections Expose Cracks In Pillar Of Society
Mainichi Japan News
Kazuhide Uekusa was almost destined to appear in the limelight. An elite student, academic and bureaucrat, he became a celebrity financial analyst widely regarded as one of Japan's finest economic minds. Yet, when the spotlight was turned on Uekusa, it focused on his perversion rather than his precision, according to Josei Seven (7/8) Uekusa entered a not guilty plea when his trial for breaking a local government ordinance by peeping up a schoolgirl's skirt opened, but statements from prosecutors left a nation already stunned by Uekusa's arrest feeling even number. Despite Uekusa's pleas of innocence, working against him is a mountain of evidence, an earlier confession to the accusation and a prior conviction after it was revealed to the court that he had been convicted and fined for groping a schoolgirl commuter in Kanagawa Prefecture back in 1998. (Uekusa) has an extraordinarily strong fascination with peeping up the skirts of high schoolgirls and groping, Josei Seven quotes a prosecution lawyer as telling the Tokyo District Court on June 17. Testimony given by one of the Kanagawa Prefectural Police officers who arrested Uekusa at JR Shinagawa Station in Tokyo on April 8 was damning. Whenever a schoolgirl rode on the escalator, Uekusa would jog up behind her and stand on a step two steps to her rear. He would place some baggage on the step between himself and the girl. Then, he would place his right leg on the same step as his luggage and bend down, resting his right arm on his right thigh. In his hand he held a handkerchief, which he folded back to conceal a mirror he used to leer up the schoolgirl's skirt, the officer tells the court. A raid on Uekusa's home in the wake of his arrest tells much of his proclivities. He used to buy schoolgirl uniforms and miniskirts for women, then made them wear the outfits as they crawled around while he photographed them, the police officer says. We seized 509 photos scantily clad or naked women, 240 of which had been taken with a Polaroid, 238 with a digital camera and 31 with a mobile phone camera. Several other sordid items were also seized from Uekusa's home, shocking his unwitting wife and 10-year-old son. In his Mercedes Benz, Uekusa had hidden 2 DVDs filled with footage taken from hidden cameras directed up unsuspecting women's skirts. Nearby were another 10 adult DVDs, mostly with a train groping theme. We think the schoolgirl uniforms were also in the car, a source close to the investigation tells Josei Seven. Another 12 dirty videos were found inside Uekusa's gorgeous home worth over 100 million yen despite having a mere 80 square meters of floorspace. Of these, three were about molesting female commuters and another eight featured sneak camera footage. He'd hidden them under lock and key in a room of his own, the police source says. Chuo University emeritus professor Yasumasa Shimomura says Uekusa is unlikely to be punished severely. He confessed soon after his arrest, though he later recanted, but it still means there's a high likelihood of conviction, Shimomura tells Josei Seven. He's already suffered quite a bit by losing his university teaching jobs and social standing, so even the severest punishment the court would likely hand out is a suspended sentence or maximum three months in jail.

Lodging Lasses Vulnerable To Voyeuristic Videos And Vixens
Mainichi Japan News
Frustrated by the regular beatings her husband handed out to her, 23-year-old housewife Emiko Bishiyama was delighted to find the online ad from a woman looking for a female roommate. In cramped Japan where tiny homes are the norm and usurious real estate agents commonly demand several months' rent as a deposit and bribes for taking on requests, room sharing has recently become popular, especially among the cash-strapped young. Unfortunately, it's also paving the way for carnal criminals to do their dastardly deeds, with young women in particular offering tasty targets, according to Spa! (8/31). Sharing a room meant I could get by without needing a guarantor and getting a 2-room place where each room had its own lock for just 25,000 yen a month was an offer too good to refuse, Bishiyama tells Spa! Bishiyama met the woman who advertised just once, when she decided immediately she would move in with her. Once I moved in, she was never around. She sent me e-mail saying that she was on a two-week business trip, but she still hadn't come back after a month. I was beginning to think the situation was all a bit strange and then, totally by accident, I found it, Bishiyama says. It that the battered housewife refers to was a tiny video camera built into the knob of Bishiyama's bedroom door. A thorough search of the place where she had been living unearthed a further two hidden cameras. The place I was staying was actually owned by a guy with a fetish for voyeurism through cameras. The woman I met when I interviewed for the room was just a plant. I went to the cops, but they said there wasn't much they could do because the guy who installed the cameras was the owner of the place, Bishiyama tells Spa! Eventually, I got myself a lawyer and we went to see the guy. He caved in, but even then only promised to ditch all the footage he'd taken, return the rent I paid and demanded I leave the property immediately. Growing numbers of women like Bishiyama are apparently being lured by the prospect of cheap rent and same-sex companionship only to be suckered into becoming stars for voyeuristic videos. Online sites offering to aid teenage runaways are also proliferating, placing many young girls in danger. A teenage runaway from Yamanashi Prefecture followed the advice of a girl she met online and sought sanctuary with a man the girl introduced her to. I met this guy through a bulletin board. He promised to put me up for a while, so I went to his place to stay, the 17-year-old schoolgirl tells Spa! On the third day I was there, this group of four guys calling themselves the guy's friends suddenly turned up and surrounded me. There was nothing I could do, I didn't have any money and the guy was letting me stay at his home, so I had to let them have their way with me. (Mainichi Shimbun, Japan)

Police officer 'looking for excitement' up high school girl's skirt
Mainichi Japan News
SHIMONOSEKI, Yamaguchi -- A former police officer who was fined for taking photos up the skirt of a high school girl at a convenience store here had told investigators he wanted excitement, police said. "I had worries, and wanted excitement," Kazuo Yamamoto, 54, a former sergeant at a local police station, was quoted as telling investigators. Yamamoto used a digital camera to take photos up the skirt of a high school girl at a convenience store on the premises of JR Shimonoseki Station on the night of July 14, police said. He was summarily indicted for violating the prefectural ordinance that forbids people from creating a public nuisance. He pleaded guilty and paid 200,000 yen in fines. He resigned immediately after he was suspended from duty for a month beginning on July 30. (Mainichi Shimbun, Japan)

Congress Focuses on Video Voyeurism
Business News
A bill circulating through Congress seeks to combat so-called upskirt photos and other types of voyeurism spurred on by cell phones and PDAs with cameras. The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to take up legislation banning surreptitious video voyeurism after it returns from a May 24-31 Memorial Day break. The legislation would increase personal privacy by prohibiting photography of certain parts of an individual's unclothed body or undergarments without his or her consent. Last week, the House Judiciary Committee unanimously approved the legislation that makes video voyeurism a crime on federal property such as national parks, public buildings and courthouses. Violators of the proposed bill will be subject to a fine, up to one year in prison or both. The Senate has already approved a similar bill. According to the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), video voyeurism is also known as cyber peeking and is often focused on fetish photographs such as images of women's underwear taken from cameras mounted to a voyeur's shoe, down-the-blouse photographs and the alteration of images where the face of one person is digitally edited to appear on the naked body of another. Law enforcement agencies have reported a steady increase of hidden cameras in bedrooms, bathrooms, public showers, locker rooms and tanning salons. EPIC reports that the surreptitious photos combined with the Internet have turned video voyeurism into a sport for many voyeurs. Tim Johnson, a spokesperson for bill sponsor Mike Oxley (R-Ohio), said although originally introduced in 2000, the legislation has recently gained traction among lawmakers with the explosive growth of cell phone cameras. We weren't even imaging cell phones [with cameras] in 2000. With the introduction of cell phone cameras and the Internet, you now have the potential for instant viewing, Johnson said. According to Johnson, the bill is narrowly limited to federal property in order to control actions on federal lands and to offer model language to states without a video voyeurism law. Approximately a dozen states currently have such laws. This is one of those bills that attract widespread bi-partisan support, Johnson said. It sets a floor and we believe it is a bill we can get through quickly. Under traditional privacy law, individuals in a public place do not enjoy a legitimate expectation of privacy. Invasive privacy acts such as photographing women in public places and leering are legal. Peeping Tom laws apply only in the context of secretly looking into a person's home or other private rooms or buildings. Oxley's Video Voyeurism Prevention Act of 2003 amends the federal criminal code to prohibit knowingly capturing (by videotape, photograph, film, or any means or broadcast) an improper image of an individual, without that individual's consent, depicting that individual's naked or undergarment clad genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or female breast under circumstances in which that individual has a reasonable expectation of privacy. When the bill passed in committee last week, Oxley, a former FBI agent, said, There are gaps in current law that can make it hard to prosecute people who take pictures of others in compromised situations. Victims need protection against this intrusive technology.

Trial Set For Man Accused Of Secretly Filming Stepdaughters
Naples News
An Ocala man accused of secretly filming his stepdaughters changing clothes and sharing the images with a friend will stand trial next month on the charges. Kevin D. Battles, 39, formerly of San Carlos Park and Fort Myers, was charged by the State Attorney's Office in December with eight counts of voyeurism after an FBI and Lee County Sheriff's Office investigation revealed that he had placed a Web cam in the girls' shared changing room in their home in San Carlos Park in 2002. Images of other girls changing their clothes also were captured on the Web cam, an indictment stated. Battles is scheduled for trial on June 8. Battles' attorney, Michael Hornung, said during a hearing Monday in circuit court in Lee County that he wanted to speak with one of the girls and the friend with whom Battles is accused of sharing the images Anthony D. Comello, 31, whose last known address was Comello, who has not been charged in connection with the case, was unable to be reached for comment Monday. Hornung said Comello previously said that the oldest girl wanted the Web cam in her room. Assistant State Attorney Tony Kunasek said she may have wanted a Web cam in her room so she could speak with friends over the Internet, but being electronically recorded and viewed by others is different. That's what the purpose of depositions are, Hornung said. To find out if she wanted a camera. The girls are not being named because they were or are minors and because of the nature of the case. Judge Leigh Frizzell Hayes ruled that Hornung could not conduct depositions with the girl or Comello. Lawyers are able to question witnesses and victims about their involvement in cases during depositions. A Lee County sheriff's report dated Jan. 18, 2003, stated that Battles said he installed the Web cam on his stepdaughter's computer. He told investigators he and Comello were drinking beer one night when he and Comello agreed to set up the Web cam to see what they could peek at, the report stated. Battles said he obtained video footage of one of the girls changing and saved the images on his computer's hard drive so he could view it later, the report said. A Jan. 21, 2003, Sheriff's Office report also stated that images were captured of the girls' younger sisters changing. Hornung questioned why Comello wasn't charged, saying he wanted to speak with Comello to determine whether he was offered any type of deal. There was no deal made, Kunasek said

Hidden Camera Placed In Women's Shower On Navy Ship
Reuters
Investigators are searching for the person who hid a small wireless video camera above a shower stall for female sailors aboard the San Diego-based command ship Coronado. The camera, about 2 inches wide and attached to an air vent, was discovered April 14 when a sailor noticed it as she was showering, Cmdr. Scott Gureck, a Navy spokesman, told The San Diego Union-Tribune. The camera's battery was dead and a search of nearby compartments failed to locate a receiver, Gureck told the newspaper. The Naval Criminal Investigative Service and officers of the Navy's 7th Fleet have interviewed several sailors and civilians aboard the ship, which left San Diego for Japan on March 5, the newspaper reported. No arrests have been made, Navy officials told the Union-Tribune. The miniature cameras are readily available on the Internet and at security equipment stores. Equipped with a built-in transmitter, such a camera can send video signals short distances to a receiver hooked to a television or VCR. After the discovery, sailors searched every female berth, restroom and shower but found no more cameras, Navy officials told the newspaper. Under a first-of-its kind arrangement, the ship is commanded by a Navy captain and manned by a split crew of Navy sailors and civilian mariners with the Military Sealift Command. The arrangement is designed to save money by operating the ship with fewer personnel. The ship is on temporary assignment in the Western Pacific as the flagship for the Japan-based 7th Fleet. It will return to San Diego later this year and is set for decommissioning next year.

Doctor pleads guilty to voyeurism
By Lee Mueller
EASTERN KENTUCKY BUREAU
A Letcher County pediatrician, charged in 2002 with three felony counts of sexual-misconduct in connection with the use of a minor in a sexual performance, pleaded guilty yesterday to voyeurism, a Class A misdemeanor. Dr. Subrata Dey, 44, of Whitesburg, agreed to serve 15 consecutive days in jail before July 1 and pay a $500 fine as his trial was scheduled to begin. Dey, whose medical license was suspended on July 11, 2002, also agreed that, if his license is restored, he will not practice within 50 miles of Whitesburg in Kentucky for at least five years, said John A. West of Covington, one of Dey's attorneys. Letcher Commonwealth's Attorney Edison Banks' original plea offer also called for Dey to take out paid advertisements in Letcher County's two weekly newspapers before July 1, apologizing to his victims. But West said negotiations yesterday reduced Dey's contrition to apologizing to his victims in open court. Dey, who was chief of pediatrics at Whitesburg Appalachian Regional Hospital, had drawn praise from some fellow Letcher County doctors. But in all three accusations of sexual misconduct, Banks said that Dey used his unaided eye during a purported medical examination to observe and view the genitals, nipples and breasts" of the juveniles without their permission or the consent of their guardian. Defense attorneys had said Dey asked his patients to disrobe as part of his job. And some Whitesburg doctors told the court in letters that Dey's examinations conformed to standard medical practice and expressed outrage at the indictments. West said yesterday's plea agreement allows his client to move on with his life. While he is not necessarily pleased, he felt it was a resolution he could live with, West said. Letcher County Attorney Harold Bolling, who presented the case to the grand jury, had said the incidents occurred in January and December of 2001 during medical visits to Dey's office at Mountain Comprehensive Health Corp. in Whitesburg. Banks, the prosecutor, could not be reached, but his plea offer outlined charges against Dey involving two 13-year-old girls and a 16-year-old girl. Banks said the victims agreed to the plea bargains to avoid lengthy legal proceedings. The young women in this case wish to put this matter behind them and believe this agreement is the first step in the healing process, Banks wrote. Dey, who had faced potential maximum sentences of 20 years in prison on each felony charge, received three concurrent 12-month sentences. After the two-week jail term, however, prosecutors agreed to probate the bulk of the sentences for two years if the other terms of the agreement are met. Special Judge Eddy Coleman of Pikeville scheduled formal sentencing May 21.

Biz Wiz Plays Malice Through The Looking Glass
By Ryann Connell
Mainichi News Japan
A Kanagawa Prefectural Police officer stood and watched at the middle-aged man in the expensive suit as he tailed young women in miniskirts as they walked around Yokohama Station. He kept his eyes on the man as he got on a train headed for Tokyo, then boarded the same carriage. Almost 20 minutes later, Shukan Shincho (4/22) says, the man got out and the cop followed close behind. They went down an escalator at JR Shinagawa Station. Upon reaching the bottom, however, the well-dressed man suddenly turned around and hopped onto an escalator leading back up the way they had just came. Immediately in front of him was a high schoolgirl with a hemline so short her attire barely deserved to be called a dress. Bringing up the rear, unknown to the well-dressed man, was the cop, peering intently at the target acting suspiciously. He wasn't the only one doing some intent peering, however, as the well-dressed man whipped out a tiny hand mirror and directed it up the schoolgirl's skirt. He was still looking as the cop thrust an arm on his shoulder and informed him that he was under arrest. Given a closer look at the man he had been following, the cop was surprised to learn that his catch was a household face at least, if not name. If perhaps lacking in other areas, Kazuhide Uekusa, the well-dressed man caught leering up a schoolgirl's skirt, was regarded as one of Japan's top economic brains. He passed through some of Japan's top academic institutions before beginning a career including stints at the Ministry of Finance, a research fellowship at Stanford University and the Chief Economist post at prestigious Nomura Research Institute before he assumed his current post as a professor at posh Waseda University's graduate school in Tokyo. A precocious talent who many regarded as the elite of the elite, the 43-year-old had been penciled in for bigger things. He had talent, wealth and panache and, unlikely many in the staid academic world's ivory towers, wasn't afraid to show it. Uekusa used to drive his Mercedes Benz to the university. Lots of Waseda professors drive Mercedes, but many of them get their wives to drop them off somewhere near the university and they catch the train in so it looks as though they've got a pure heart interested only in learning, a Waseda insider tells Shukan Shincho. He didn't bother about that stuff, driving his pricey car up to school with no second thoughts. Uekusa started to get a peek into Japanese homes in his early 30s, as current affairs and news shows took a liking to his no-nonsense comments about the business world. He was a regular commentator on a number of Japanese programs. Uekusa's name may not have easily rolled off most tongues, but people knew he was a celebrity. More than anything, though, a source from a Fuji TV show on which Uekusa worked as an expert commentator says, "he was outstanding for being able to give simple explanations of complex economic issues and also provided sensible comments on other matters outside of his field. Elite though Uekusa may have been, his popularity showed he had the common touch. He may have been a bit too touchy, though. Actually, the professor really loved the booze and the birds, a reporter from an economic magazine tells Shukan Shincho. After he'd had a few drinks, he used to force the women reporters to have a cheek-to-cheek dance with him. He was fairly well known for giving their boobs and butts a quick feel after they'd been drinking, too. Women reporters pretty much hated him." Recruited by TV stations in the hope his good looks and appealing manner would snare the daytime housewife viewer, the academic's career is in a shambles thanks to the little mirror he admits shoving up skirts. Now, rumor has it, he could be facing more charges. Some think he may have been a habitual peeping tom. Usually, with arrests of this nature, it only means an overnight detention, a police insider tells Shukan Shincho. But Uekusa is being kept for the maximum legal detention period of 10 days. That suggests there is some suspicion he had been up to this kind of thing.

Celebrity Academic Caught Leering Up Schoolgirl's Skirt
Mainichi News Japan
Kazuhide Uekusa, a high-profile professor at the prestigious Waseda University, has been arrested for using a hand mirror to peer up a 15-year-old schoolgirl's skirt, police said Monday. Uekusa, 43, who achieved a degree of fame working as a TV commentator, served as the chief economist at the Nomura Research Institute and had a glittering academic career in the nation's top universities. He was arrested for breaking a Tokyo Metropolitan Government ordinance forbidding people from creating a public nuisance. Uekusa admits to the allegations. I'm terribly sorry, he said. Waseda University officials also released a statement on the case. Currently, the facts of the case have not been established, but we find it extremely regrettable behavior that should not have come from an educator, a university spokesman said. Police said Uekusa rode an escalator at JR Shinagawa Station behind a 15-year-old high school girl on April 8, using the hand mirror to peer up her skirt. A police officer saw what the celebrity academic was doing and arrested him. (Mainichi Shimbun, Japan)

More women join suit against Hooters for secretly filming them undress
CourtTV
More than 40 women who had hopes of becoming Hooters Girls say they were secretly filmed while undressing, according to a civil suit filed against the national restaurant chain in Los Angeles Superior Court. The women join five original plaintiffs who are accusing the company of invasion of privacy, sexual discrimination and harassment, as well as negligent supervision of a Hooters employee. They are seeking unspecified damages. I'm disgusted in the way that I was violated and that my privacy was invaded, said Scheana Jancan, one of the original five litigants. I am disappointed that I put my trust in someone who betrayed my rights and violated me. Juan Aponte, the former Hooters manager at the center of the allegations, faces a civil battery claim for reportedly touching some of the plaintiffs and commenting on their bodies during the interviews. Aponte has not been arrested, but a police investigation is expected to wrap up this week, when he'll likely face formal criminal charges. His attorney, C. Mario Jaramillo, did not return calls for comment.

Hooters Planning To Stay In West Covina
WEST COVINA -- Despite an ongoing lawsuit involving 25 women and the departure of 13 percent of its prospective waitresses, Hooters of West Covina has no plans to leave, officials said Friday. Hooters of America spokesman Mike McNeil said five of the 11 women who quit are involved in the lawsuit, which alleges the company was negligent in hiring 32-year-old Arcadia resident Juan Aponte, who is accused of videotaping about 80 job applicants as they changed into the restaurant's world-famous skimpy uniforms in a trailer on the Garvey Avenue North construction site. Aponte has not been charged with any crime. Eighty-two waitresses were originally hired to work at Hooters of West Covina. It was scheduled to open in April, according to past reports, although it might not open until late May or early June, said McNeil. He added he was not aware of the April opening date. A very small number of employees decided not to go forward with employment,' McNeil said. We're still going to open on time.' City officials have virtually no control over the facility's opening because Hooters has a lease agreement with the property owner, said Mayor Mike Miller. As long as the zone is correct and the building meets with building-safety measures, there's nothing we could do to prevent it,' Miller said. The previous occupant of the Hooters building was a Charley Brown's restaurant. Councilman Roger Hernandez an opponent of the restaurant opening in West Covina said he will do anything in his power to make sure Hooters and its management play by the city's rules. Hernandez said he is urging the city's planning department and law enforcement authorities to keep Hooters on its toes.' It's my personal opinion that Hooters is a business that exploits women,' Hernandez said. I don't think it's necessary for women to walk around half naked to bring me a beer.' Officials agreed the videotape scandal had not tarnished the reputation of West Covina, since the women have high- powered attorney Gloria Allred on their side and nationwide press. I don't think it is' giving West Covina a bad name in the eye of the press, said Councilwoman Shelley Sanderson. One of things very sad in our society is these things happen. It's not just in West Covina.' Councilman Steve Herfert did not say he was completely against the Hooters opening in West Covina, but would rather have a restaurant that strays from what seems to be the city's norm of eateries that serve chicken wings, mozzarella sticks and potato skins. "I'd rather see a steakhouse there,' Herfert said. I think we have too many (restaurants) with the same kind of food.'

Waitress Applicants Videotaped Naked
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - At least 82 women were secretly videotaped naked or partly undressed while applying for jobs at a Los Angeles-area Hooters restaurant and changing into the chain's distinctive uniform, police said on Thursday. Detectives in the Los Angeles suburb of West Covina were interviewing the women, who range in age from 17 to 25, after seizing 180 video files from the personal computer of former Hooters manager Juan Aponte, police spokesman Rudy Lopez said. The videos were of the women changing into and out of the Hooters uniform, Lopez said, and were taken while they applied for a job at the restaurant, which is scheduled to open in April, at a trailer on the construction site. At the interview they were told to change into the uniform of bright orange shorts and a white tank-top bearing the Hooters logo and were surreptitiously videotaped, he said. We're taking photographs of the girls in the videotapes and comparing them with the applications and that's who we're trying to contact, Lopez said, adding that while more than 1,200 women had applied it appeared that not all were taped. They are appalled, Lopez said of the victims. They are angry, upset, emotional and had absolutely no knowledge this had taken place. Lopez said Aponte, 32, had not been arrested but that detectives hoped to present a case to prosecutors for possible charges within days. He said Hooters officials had been very, very cooperative in the investigation. Aponte's lawyer, Brian Michaels, declined to comment on the details of the case, but said, We've been cooperative with the police and we're going to remain cooperative to the extent that it helps my client and clears this matter. Mike McNeil, a spokesman for Hooters, said the Atlanta-based restaurant chain was disturbed by the case. The restaurant chain is in no way implicated in this, McNeil said. In our 21-year history we've never seen anything like this before and we're very concerned about it. We're doing everything we can to cooperate. McNeil said Hooters applicants were not expected to model uniforms during job interviews, adding: This manager was in clear violation of our written policies and then went beyond that and appears to have broken the law. By Dan Whitcomb

Camera-phone voyeur faces jail sentence
HONG KONG: A high-tech "peeping Tom" faces jail in Hong Kong for using his cellphone camera to take a picture up a woman's skirt, a news report said Thursday. Computer technician Alan Ng, 36, stood behind a 21-year-old woman on an escalator at an underground train station and used his camera-phone to take a picture up her skirt. A passerby alerted the woman and when station staff collared Ng, he was hiding in a cash dispensing machine deleting the photos from his camera, the South China Morning Post reported. At a hearing Wednesday, Ng admitted disorderly conduct and was warned he could be jailed for up to two years. Sentence was adjourned until March 24. Police in Hong Kong have been dealing with cases of men taking indecent pictures with camera-phones at the rate of one a month since last year. The territory's Department of Justice has issued guidelines on dealing with the problem, telling police serial offenders can be prosecuted for the more serious charge of outraging public decency. -- dpa

Johnston Authorities Look For Alleged Peeper
JOHNSTON COUNTY, N.C. -- A Peeping Tom is on the loose in Johnston County. Authorities believe they know who he is, but they cannot find him. Authorities said three women reported seeing a man in the bathroom at Johnston County Community College. Officials believe the man may have used a camera phone to take pictures of the women. The man fled from campus before security guards could find him. Later that same day, a female employee at a Johnston County Wal-Mart reported a similar incident that took place in the restroom. However, the woman was able to identify the man as one of her co-workers 31-year-old Cornelius Higdon. Authorities believe Higdon was the same person seen on the Johnston County Community College campus. Administrators have sent an e-mail to faculty and students, alerting them to the incident. Investigators have not been able to locate Higden. If you have any information about Higdon's whereabouts, you are asked to contact police.

For Hi-Tech Voyeurism Victim Speaks Out
AVENTURA - A 17-year-old victim of voyeurism speaks out. She was among several women who police say Anatole Kenevsky videotaped while at the Aventura Target. He videotaped up skirts of several customers, including a 17-year-old woman. While he was videotaping the woman, a store surveillance camera inside the store videotaped him. The victim says, I was actually frightened and scared to think what the world has come to. The Seventeen-year-old victim is still frightened by what a suspected pervert did to her on Friday. He had a video camera in his suitcase, and he was actually taping things. He put it down on the floor. I was wearing a knee-length skirt, so it wasn't too long or too short. He put the bag right by my feet, and was taping things that shouldn't had been taped. The sickening story begins when two teenage girls take a trip to the Aventura Target. Then one girl notices that a guy creeps uncomfortably closely to her. The victim says, "He was very close to me. I did feel uncomfortable and I did feel his presence right next to mine. It would never even come to mind that he would be doing such a thing. The 17-year-old and her 18-year-old friend left the store and saw the same guy in custody. They thought he was a shoplifter until a police officer told the 17-year-old that 38-year-old Kanevsky put a videotape inside a backpack, and put the backpack on the ground to capture her private parts. The officers also said she wasn't the only victim of the video camera voyeur. It wasn't his first time in Target, but they weren't able to catch him the first time, because he did get away. But this time they let somebody look over him and someone followed him until the police came and then they arrested him. Police say Kenevsky confessed to the crime. He was charged with one count of voyeurism and posted his $500 bond.

2 women track, help nab voyeur suspect
The man allegedly followed women into the library bathroom. January 29, 2004 By: Derek Shepard - Sun Staff Poulsbo police credit two women with providing valuable information Tuesday that helped police find and arrest an alleged voyeur who had apparently been targeting women in the Poulsbo branch of Kitsap Regional Library. Poulsbo police arrested a suspected voyeur from Bremerton on Tuesday after he allegedly peeked under a women's bathroom stall around 4 p.m. Tuesday in the library and touched a woman's leg. The woman screamed, causing the suspect to run from the scene and begin driving away. Another woman who saw him fleeing and the victim, who apparently did not know each other, got in a car and began following at a safe distance behind the man. While in pursuit, they used a cell phone to give police a detailed physical description of the suspect and his location as he drove away. Poulsbo Police Chief Jeff Doran credits the cool attitude and common sense of the two women with helping police catch the suspect, adding they did the right thing by not trying to catch the man themselves. That was just dynamite, he said. The women eventually lost sight of the suspect, but police soon caught him at Hostmark Street and Fourth Avenue, about four blocks from the library. They arrested him on suspicion of voyeurism and fourth-degree assault for allegedly touching the woman's leg and booked him into Kitsap County jail. The case was referred to Kitsap County prosecutors Wednesday morning and bail was set at $50,000. Apparently, the suspect would wait until he saw women enter the restroom, where he would follow them and peek under the stall, police said. Doran said someone reported a similar incident at the library Jan. 20 and the librarians told police Tuesday that a similar incident recently occurred but wasn't reported to the police. The suspect admitted to officers that he had peeked in the stalls at least once before, police said. Voyeurism crimes are rare in Poulsbo, and Doran hopes they won't see anything like it again. He warned that people who think peeping isn't a serious crime should think again. Somebody who thinks it's no big deal (to be a voyeur) is looking at being a convicted felon, Doran said. According to Washington state law, voyeurism is a felony.

Women suffer bottom burns in toilets
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Five New Zealand women have suffered burns on their bottoms after sitting on public toilet seats smeared with an unknown substance. Detectives in Christchurch say they believe a misguided prankster is behind the incidents. The latest victim was a woman visiting an inner city bar, and the four other incidents were at the Sydenham Park toilets. Christchurch police Senior Sergeant Neru Leifi said: It appears that a clear, gel-like substance had been smeared on the toilet seats, press-down buttons and on the building's walls. A police spokesman added: We believe it's possible this may have started off as a prank, with the person responsible not realising how serious it would end up, if that's the case, we'd like that person to come forward, reports One News.

Alleged Peeping Tom Due in Court
January 8, 2004 A Montgomery County man is headed to trial for allegedly peeping at women inside fitting rooms at shopping malls. Thirty-six-year-old Robert Hedin showed up for court in Montgomeryville and waived his right to a preliminary hearing. Hedin is charged with invasion of privacy. Police say he drilled holes in fitting room walls at several malls, including King of Prussia and Montgomery Mall, so he could watch women and girls undress.

Man jailed for videotaping his roommate in Gardena
A Japanese national is serving 180 days behind bars for secretly videotaping his female roommate while she showered and used the toilet in Gardena. Yasuhiro Ryoki, 35, who is in the country on a visa, was convicted by a Torrance Superior Court jury Sept. 19 of three misdemeanor charges of invasion of privacy by a camera. Judge Michael Vicencia sentenced Ryoki on Wednesday to county jail, 36 months of probation and ordered him to not own or possess any photographic equipment. Vicencia also ordered Ryoki to register as a sex offender. Deputy District Attorney John Harlan said Friday that the judge's order that Ryoki register as a sex offender was done at Vicencia's own discretion, since the misdemeanor does not require it. If a judge feels the crime was motivated by sexual compulsion or gratification, the law says he can require the registration, Harlan said. Harlan said he did not know how the conviction would affect Ryoki's immigration status. Ryoki, who is bilingual, was working as an information technology specialist for a high-tech firm in Gardena when he met the victim through mutual friends. The 22-year-old Japanese woman was in the U.S. on a work visa, Gardena police detective Russell Temple said. The woman needed a place to stay and Ryoki, who was living in an apartment on 169th Street rent free, offered her his spare room. She moved in in mid-December, Temple said. After living there a few months, the woman noticed something shiny next to a flower pot in the bathroom. She pulls the plant out and it's a camera, Temple said. The woman called a friend over and they searched her bedroom, finding another camera. They called the police, who returned with a search warrant, Temple said. Officers found another camera in the bathroom below the toilet pointing up and a wireless surveillance system in Ryoki's room, Temple said. Ryoki was arrested Jan. 5. Officers seized about 150 videotapes, which included footage of the woman showering and using the bathroom, and her 25-year-old sister showering, made when she and other family members visited. During the trial, the woman, who flew from Japan to testify, became emotional on the witness stand and said the experience left her devastated and sleepless, according to Temple. Simon Hiller, Ryoki's attorney, argued that the woman knew about the taping and was OK with it. We felt very strongly that Mr. Ryoki had no criminal intent and that he believed that he had permission to do so from the complaining witness, Hiller said. Now she says something different. The woman has a civil suit pending against Ryoki, too. Temple said such crimes are a threat to public safety.

Police say man had camera in bathroom
A 35-year-old Springfield Township man whose home was a popular neighborhood hangout is expected in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court today on charges that accuse him of secretly videotaping children and adults who used his bathroom. Robert Wolsefer was indicted Dec. 18 on 12 charges of illegal use of a minor in nudity-oriented material or a performance and two charges of voyeurism. One victim was 5 years old, according to court documents. A couple visiting Wolsefer in November discovered a videotape, recognized a woman and some of the children and reported Wolsefer to the Springfield Township Police Department. Authorities say Wolsefer had a motion-sensitive camera in the soap dish of his bathtub and a camera inside the toilet paper roll. The cameras captured the victims in various states of undress, according to prosecutors. http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2003/12/24/loc_loc3zps.html

Man pinched for sneaking into women's spa with camera
MAEBASHI -- A man who sneaked into the changing rooms of a women's spa in Gunma Prefecture in an attempt to secretly record bathers on a miniature video camera has been arrested, police said. The man, Katsuaki Yasuma, 47, a member of the Fuchu Municipal Board of Education's lifelong learning division in Tokyo, was arrested for illegal entry following the incident, which occurred in the Gunma Prefecture village of Manza on Saturday. Police said Yasuma crept into the hot spring baths of a hotel in the district at about 11 p.m. on Saturday, armed with a miniature video camera, with which he planned to film female bathers. At the time there reportedly were three women in the bath. When another woman came in to change, she noticed Yasuma and alerted an employee, who contacted police. When questioned by police over his actions, Yasuma reportedly admitted to the allegations against him, saying, "I went in to secretly film women as they were bathing. Yasuma had been staying at the hotel on an overnight trip with several acquaintances, police said. (Mainichi Shimbun, Japan)

Sneaker camera a little too sneaky
KOBE -- A man has been arrested after fitting a digital camera into his sneakers so he could take photos up women's skirts, police said. Yohei Kikuchi, 23, a student, was arrested for breaking a Hyogo Prefectural Government ordinance forbidding people from creating a public nuisance. Kikuchi admits to the allegations that he used the relatively bulky camera in his shoe to spy up women's dresses. I did it a few times out of curiosity, he told the police. Police were shocked. It's pretty hard to believe that somebody would walk around with a camera stuffed into their shoe, one officer said Police said that Kikuchi was spotted while using the camera in his shoe to take a photo up the dress of a woman reading in a department store book section above Sannomiya Station. Kikuchi had loosened the shoelaces on his sneaker and stuffed inside a camera measuring 11 centimeters in length, 5 centimeters in width and 3 centimeters in depth. He had also cut a hole in his sneaker to poke the lens out. Police noticed he was walking strangely and accosted him, quickly spotting the camera lens peeking out of his shoe and arresting him. (Mainichi and wire reports, Japan)

Man dolls self up to sneak inside women's baths
MATSUYAMA -- A man who dressed up as a woman to infiltrate women's baths and stare at naked female bathers has been arrested, police said. Police sent documents to prosecutors on the man, Eichi Yamamoto, 33, of Sukumo, Kochi Prefecture, accusing him of 17 counts of illegally entering buildings and peeping. He has reportedly admitted to the allegations. I wanted to see women naked, he was quoted as telling investigators. Dressing up as a woman was a step to do that. Police said Yamamoto dressed up as a woman and entered a bath in Matsuyama at about 10:40 p.m., and began staring at naked women as he soaked in the water. However, other people in the bath became suspicious because of the way he walked, and alerted a worker. He was nabbed on the spot in the changing rooms of the bath. Investigators said Yamamoto admitted using the same tactics to peep at women on 13 occasions in Ehime Prefecture and four occasions in Kochi Prefecture since April last year. Yamamoto was about 170 cen