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Canadian strip clubs recruit students

Aug 29, 2012

This image is not directly related to the article.Two Canadian strip clubs have offered female college students tuition assistance in return for removing their clothes in public. The clubs are both in Windsor, Ontario, across from Detroit, CTV News Channel reported. Richard Kurland, an attorney for the Adult Entertainment Association, said the clubs have turned to students because of a federal law
Mother of ‘enslaved’ German teenager in Bosnia detained

Aug 29, 2012

This photo is not directly related to the article.(123rf)The mother of the German teenager who was held captive by a Bosnian couple was detained Tuesday for assaulting a journalist who broke the story on the captivity, a local newspaper reported.The victim's mother, Christine Siegner, "physically assaulted" journalist Majda Vildic in front of the local court in northeastern town Kalesija, where a
Police officer allegedly faked shooting

Aug 29, 2012

A police officer in a Philadelphia suburb was charged Tuesday with faking a shooting while he was investigating a suspicious car.Jon Cousin, 31, an officer in Chalfont, Pa., said one of the occupants of an Oldsmobile Cutlass parked in the lot of the Lenape Valley Swim Club fired at him early Monday morning, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. He said he returned fire.Bucks County District Attorney David Heckler said investigators quickly became suspicious of Cousin‘s version of events. He said t
Republicans nominate Mitt Romney for president

Aug 29, 2012

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney (AP-Yonhap News)Romney hopes to regain message controlFor a man basing his presidential hopes on a jobs-and-economy message, Mitt Romney has spent an inordinate amount of time on other issues, from abortion to the federal Medicare program to bad weather.Many of the distractions have been beyond Romney's control, including a Republican congressman's blu
Libyans protest destruction of shrines

Aug 28, 2012

TRIPOLI (AFP) ― Libyan activists and civil society groups on Monday urged the newly-elected parliament to intervene to protect the national heritage after Islamist hardliners destroyed shrines across the country.In a letter addressed to the General National Congress and its speaker, Mohamed al-Megarief, 17 groups also called for the recent attacks to be investigated.“Action must be taken before these criminals cause any further harm or damage to our heritage and our people,” said the statement s
New Orleans braces for near-hurricane Isaac

Aug 28, 2012

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (AFP) -- New Orleans on Tuesday braced for another hurricane as a strengthening Tropical Storm Isaac drew near, seven years after Hurricane Katrina left 1,800 dead in the fabled jazz city.President Barack Obama, no doubt mindful of the bungled handling of that tragedy by his predecessor George W. Bush, declared a state of emergency in Louisiana, allowing federal funds and aid to flow to local authorities.The president also convened a briefing with officials, including Fede
Abbreviated convention set to nominate Romney

Aug 28, 2012

TAMPA, Florida (AP) ― The storm-shortened Republican National Convention begins in earnest Tuesday, a three-day coronation of Mitt Romney as the party’s rival to President Barack Obama. Republicans seek to use the high-profile stage to rally their base, win over undecided voters and humanize a candidate often seen as aloof and wooden.Once the scene of dramatic floor fights and backroom deals that determined nominees, U.S. political conventions are now carefully orchestrated spectacles with few s
Fire at Venezuela oil refinery spreads

Aug 28, 2012

CARACAS (AFP) ― A devastating fire at Venezuela’s main oil refinery, which has already left 48 people dead, spread Monday to a third fuel storage tank, complicating the difficult task facing firefighters.Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez declared three days of national mourning and promised an investigation into Saturday’s explosion at the Amuay refinery after a suspected gas leak, which sparked the massive blaze.The governor of northwestern Falcon state, Stella Lugo, told local radio the toll ha
Colombia‘s president: talks held with FARC rebels

Aug 28, 2012

BOGOTA (AP) — President Juan Manuel Santos said Monday that his government has opened "exploratory talks" with Colombia‘s main rebel group in a bid to end a stubborn half-century-old conflict.Santos’ announcement in a brief televised address confirmed mounting rumors of talks, supposedly held in Cuba, between representatives of his government and the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, which is largely a peasant army.Santos offered no details of the talks, such as when they began, wh
Private Neil Armstrong service planned for Friday

Aug 28, 2012

CINCINNATI (AP) ― A private service is planned in Cincinnati on Friday for astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon. The Ohio native died Saturday in Cincinnati at age 82. No other information was released immediately about the service, other than that it would be private. There have been preliminary discussions about a national memorial service for Armstrong, who often shunned publicity in the decades after his historic mission, but a family spokesman said there were no details yet.
Clooney aids Obama campaign with fundraiser

Aug 28, 2012

GENEVA (AP) ― George Clooney headlined a fundraiser Monday that took in more than a half-million dollars for President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign, the second dinner this year where the actor has turned his A-list magnetism into political gold. Clooney raised almost $15 million for Obama’s campaign at Clooney’s Los Angeles home in May. This time he turned to Geneva, the European hub of the United Nations and a global center for international organizations, governance and business, to pul
Shameful car passenger dances next to dead bodies

Aug 28, 2012

Footage of a drunken woman dancing and posing near dead bodies at the scene of a high-speed car crash in the Nizhny Novgorod region of Russia was aired on national television there. The young woman, whose name was withheld, was a passenger in the speeding Subaru that struck a parked Niva jeep, causing the Niva to roll onto its roof. The impact killed the Niva’s driver and his wife. Even though police spokesperson Igor Mikhailushkin confirmed that “the Subaru car hit the Niva jeep which then ov
Taiwan minister calls on men to sit down to pee

Aug 28, 2012

Taiwan‘s environmental minister is calling on the island’s men to sit down when they urinate in order to keep toilets clean, drawing a mixed reaction from the public.Stephen Shen, head of the Environmental Protection Administration, said Monday he himself had adopted the habit, and suggested other men follow suit so toilet seats will be ready for the next user.An environmental official contacted by AFP Tuesday acknowledged the advice would be hard to follow in public restrooms, where urinals con
Case against Japanese consulate official resumes

Aug 28, 2012

A domestic violence case involving an official at Japan‘s consulate in San Francisco is back on track after problems with an interpreter caused a delay in the case, officials said Monday.Yoshiaki Nagaya, 33, who serves as vice consul in the Consulate-General of Japan in San Francisco, is facing domestic violence and assault charges for the alleged abuse of Yuka Nagaya, his wife of about two years.Yuka Nagaya claims she had been the subject of abuse in more than a dozen incidents, including being
Oldest living person turns 116

Aug 28, 2012

A Georgia county celebrated the 116th birthday of the world‘s oldest living person -- the eighth person to reach the age -- by dedicating a bridge to the woman.Besse Cooper, who turned 116 Sunday, was honored at a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday for a new bridge on New Hope Church Road in Walton County when officials dedicated the bridge to her, the Walton (Ga.) Tribune reported Monday.“The older she has gotten the more wittier she has gotten,” said Cooper’s son, Sidney, in relaying a message fro