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Las Vegas law prohibiting strippers from fondling customers during lap dances is unconstitutionally vague, a judge ruled....Friday's ruling affects only dancers within city limits. The Clark County Commission in 2002 limited touching between strippers and patrons during private lap dances, specifically barring strippers from touching or sitting on the customer's genital area. But the municipal code was not as specific, saying only that strippers and their patrons should not "fondle" or "caress" each other.

<p>At first glance, the switch seems counterintuitive. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, a Republican, is vowing to close down some California public prisons after allowing as many as 33,000 nonviolent parole violators to enter treatment programs rather than go to jail. His predecessor, Gray Davis, took $2.6 million in campaign contributions from the prison guards union and was usually against granting parole.</p>

<p>Iowa State University student leaders voted 21-9 Wednesday to grant funds to a student organization that teaches about bondage and other sexual fetishes.</p> <p>The Government of the Student Body gave $94 to the group, called Cuffs. Leaders of Cuffs said they requested the money to promote the group and try to increase attendance at its meetings.</p>