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November 2, 2001, 3:26 PM EST SAVANNAH, Ga. -- The marching band launches into the Motown classic "Just My Imagination" as Beach High School's dancers let their knee-length coats slip from their shoulders and begin to shake their hips in shorts, tights and miniskirts.Is their act too sexy for a high-school halftime show?Yes, say some school board members, who believe some cheerleading and dance squads are emphasizing sex appeal over school spirit.The Chatham County school board is set to vote Wednesday on a policy banning "lewd gestures, inappropriate comments and suggestive or vulgar movements" by any student group, from glee ...

Library bosses in Aberdeen are installing alarms in the toilets to stop readers having sex in them. The alarm goes off when more than one person tries to enter the toilet at the same time. Aberdeen Central Library staff have been forced to close both the Ladies and the Gents. According to the Daily Record, council bosses say drug abusers have also been using the toilets.

OSAMA bin Laden and the hijackers who devastated America ‘in the holy name of Islam' offended every page of the Koran as they wallowed in a pit of prostitution, strip shows and alcohol. Bin Laden himself was forced to pay hookers to satisfy his cravings because he was a sexual inadequate. He fled from his family's Western ways after an American girl took one look at his naked body then burst out laughing. A secret FBI dossier, revealed today by the News of the World, details a world of debauchery and hypocrisy that will outrage all true Muslims. Professor Bernard ...

<p>November 6, 2001 -- An HIV-positive pedophile was sentenced to 17 years in prison yesterday for plotting to have sex with a young boy.</p> <p>John Weisser, of Oakland, Calif., was caught trying to arrange sex with someone he thought was a 12-year-old he had met online, but the "boy" was a fictional creation of federal agents.</p>

By LISA LIPMAN Associated Press Writer November 6, 2001, 7:11 AM EST BOSTON -- It's a case that has been ideal tabloid fodder: A mentally unstable dermatologist with a penchant for women's underwear allegedly guns down his wife in front of their young children. After the killing, photographs emerge of him in slinky dresses, fishnet stockings and makeup.Dr. Richard Sharpe, 46, claims he was insane when he used a high-powered hunting rifle to kill his estranged wife, a plea a jury will consider during his first-degree murder trial that began Monday. Jury selection was to continue Tuesday.Photographs of Sharpe dressed ...

Producers of "The Education of Max Bickford" anticipated a fuss after casting the role of Erica, a college professor who used a sabbatical for a sex change operation. Never before had such a character been a regular in prime-time television. The conservative American Family Association alerted its members, and CBS got a handful of protest letters. But no advertisers expressed concern, and moral watchdogs have been quiet. "I think the lack of comment is an indication that there is an acceptance," said Nicole Yorkin, a creator of the drama. "It's not something they see as so shocking or horrifying that ...

An explosive story in the new edition of Vanity Fair has already reverberated in the office of Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.), as staffer Diana Davis resigned Tuesday for playing the lead role in the steamy kiss-and-tell article. Written as a post-Condit survey of the social scene on the Hill, the report treats readers to a minute-by-minute account of the blond staffer's conquests and relentless networking into the wee hours of the morning. The story opens in the Hill bar Politiki, where Davis sports what she calls her "fake 'n' bake" tan. "Amid the sea of pasty faces and dark Banana ...

I'm trying to figure out sex, and why people get in an uproar about it, and run around waving their arms and hollering, and everybody's mad at everybody else. It's because men can't tell sex from tennis. We can't help it. It's a character defect built into us, like tail fins on a fifty-seven T-Bird. Yep. That's it. I've just solved the question of the ages. Right here. Contributions welcome.Best I can tell, ninety-eight percent of women are mad because all men want is sex. (Actually we want other things too, like big-block engines, dogs, and really bad movies ...

I'm trying to figure out sex, and why people get in an uproar about it, and run around waving their arms and hollering, and everybody's mad at everybody else. It's because men can't tell sex from tennis. We can't help it. It's a character defect built into us, like tail fins on a fifty-seven T-Bird. Yep. That's it. I've just solved the question of the ages. Right here. Contributions welcome. Best I can tell, ninety-eight percent of women are mad because all men want is sex. (Actually we want other things too, like big-block engines, dogs, and really bad ...

The king of Swaziland paid the traditional fine of one cow Sunday for violating his own ban prohibiting girls under age 18 from having sexual relations. About 300 young women marched to a royal residence outside of the capital, Mbabane, and laid down their symbolic chastity belts - a multicolored tasseled scarf - in protest of King Mswati III's choice of a 17-year-old as his ninth wife. The cow was then speared, roasted and eaten in a festive gathering held by the young women. Concerned by the high rate of HIV infection in his country and describing teenage girls as ...

A woman walks past restored erotica frescos in the newly restored public bath in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii November 14, 2001. Starting in December, visitors to Pompei will get an eyeful as a series of erotica frescoes that were buried for 2,000 years are opened to the public. REUTERS/Mario Laporta

CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Egyptian men wept and screamed inside a crammed courtroom cage Wednesday as a judge sentenced 23 of them to jail terms of one to five years for gay sex in a trial denounced by human rights groups as persecution of homosexuals. Another 29 men were acquitted, prompting cries of joy from relatives who had denied the charges and accused the Egyptian media during the four-month trial of sensationalism and destroying the young men's reputations. Only a few people were allowed into the courtroom to hear the verdicts, and outside, police wielding sticks drove back a crowd ...

<p>Northern Arizona University President Owen Cargol made a physical sexual advance toward an employee that "shocked" him, followed by a suggestive e-mail that led the employee to file the formal complaints leading to Cargol's resignation, according to documents released today.</p>

A Swiss priest is urging his flock to have fun having sex. Father Fredy Staub has even brought out a CD with his advice. He says he wants people to know that the joy of making love does not clash with a belief in God. Father Staub, the parish priest of Waedenswiler, said: "Sex is the coordinating point for every personality. Anyone who leads a subdued sex life cannot enjoy life as such. "And Jesus also talks about sex in the New Testament. Why should I avoid speaking about it? "The number one issue in confessions is masturbation, and I ...

All the news that's fit to flaunt Female broadcasters are being used as eye candy, not a source for news, during Sweeps. By Brian Lowry Originally published November 14, 2001 There she was, sensuously writhing on the bar in a bare midriff outfit -- a sequence that could easily be found in a sequel to the movie "Coyote Ugly" or the Pamela Anderson costume-design showcase "V.I.P." Yet it wasn't an actress, not officially anyway, but rather Los Angeles-based KTLA anchor Sharon Tay, as part of a segment in which she giddily tried on costumes from the WB network series "Charmed," ...

BRITAIN: The music producer and television presenter, Jonathan King, who "exploited his celebrity" to abuse teenage boys, began a seven-year sentence yesterday after his conviction for a series of sexual assaults. King (56), who found fame in the 1960s with the song Everyone's Gone to the Moon and presented the BBC music programme Entertainment USA, will appeal against his conviction of six offences of indecent assault, buggery and attempted buggery against five boys aged 14 to 16 years old. The offences took place between 1983 and 1989 and King's name will be added to the Sex Offenders' Register and he ...

<p>It took four plane crashes, two tumbling towers, and a gaping crater in the Pentagon to blast sex out of the news -- at least for a while.</p> <p>American culture is funny. First, we isolate sex from everyday life -- although the two are inextricably intertwined -- and then we repackage it and show it to the world, often with a prurient twist, for a profit.</p>

As the War on Terrorism progresses, the news becomes more and more a single-issue update than a comprehensive look at the events that shape our lives. Any given moment spent viewing the news networks reveals new developments in Afghanistan, in the anthrax cases, and in the lives of those affected by the attacks of 9/11. C-Span, for a time, seemed to be "All Airport Security, All The Time", and CNN Headline News now includes a detailed weather map of Afghanistan alongside the maps of New England, the Southwest and other American regions on its 24-hour ticker. What the news no ...

"Pee Wee's Playhouse" star Paul Reubens is in the middle of one of the biggest sex scandals ever to hit Hollywood:He's the subject of an intense Los Angeles Police Department invesigation involving child pornography, gay sex with a minor, and possession of illegal drugs.On November 16, sex crime cops armed with a search warrant raided Reubens' home seizing thousands of pornographic photos and several computers containing smutty images.The issue that goes on sale Friday details the evidence siezed by police-including Polaroid pictures of males appearing to be under age 18 performing solo sex acts--reveals another well known actor who's involved ...