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Penthouse men's club to open in New Orleans Boca Raton-based Penthouse magazine is opening its latest gentlemen's club in New Orleans' French Quarter as part of the city's post-Hurricane Katrina resurgence. The club, formerly the Gold Club Cabaret, will operate under the Penthouse name under a licensing deal with American Restaurants, which owns and operates two other clubs in Louisiana. American Restaurants Chief Operating Partner Mark Allen said the Penthouse name will give him a competitive edge as the city makes a comeback as a center for adult entertainment

The Sarasota, Fl Education Department posted warnings in every school that Christmas displays are absolutely forbidden. Nothing newsworthy there. Disreputable, deplorable, disgusting, and a lot of other disses, but only of passing interest. Until, that is, we learned that the administrative offices were converted to magnificent seasonal productions requiring thousands of man hours of effort at substantial cost.

In 1927, the 50 year old Karl Tanzler arrived in Key West, Florida. Originaly from Dresden, Germany, and having recently abandoned his wife and two daughters, he now called himself 'Count Carl Von Cosel' and claimed to have nine university degrees. He found employment as an x-ray technician and bacteriologist at Marine Hospital; in his spare time he built an airship, tinkered with curious electrical devices and played music on his home-made organ. Then, at the hospital in April 1930, he met the woman of his dreams. Her name was Elena Milagro Hoyos, a beautiful twenty year old Spanish Cuban....

Molly Beavers, whose face is partly paralyzed, is seeking an apology and compensation for lost wages. ST. PETERSBURG - Molly Beavers lost her smile early on in her 19-year career of pushing food samples and collecting grocery carts she could barely see over.Her scowl may have cost her the job.A Sam's Club manager fired her in December 2003 for not smiling enough, she says. Beavers' face is partially paralyzed from surgery related to her condition as an achondroplastic dwarf.Beavers, 49, filed an Americans With Disabilities Act complaint in federal court Friday, alleging that Sam's Club and parent company Wal-Mart discriminated...

The irresponsible and highly overrated "journalist" just went on Sunday morning Canadian TV to fuel anti-American sentiment with wild charges and incredible speculation. He said, War crimes have been committed at the highest levels of the US goverment. The host asked him if there would be an investigation..he said it would be "pollyanna for anyone to think US would investigate itself.." then even more outrageously he predicted that France and Germany have had enough. He said if Bush is re-elect they will form a "formal alliance" against us. It is common here in Canada to pick up the most outlandish...