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It's the last bastion of women's outerwear that hasn't been appropriated by the more fashionable men out there - until now. High heels are, apparently, de rigueur for men. To the possible chagrin of some more traditional males, those with a fashionable eye and an eccentric sensibility are taking the women's power dressing weapon of choice and making it their own.

Yesterday afternoon a 32-year-old woman was busted for running a prostitution ring on the East Side of Manhattan that charged $900/hour for its services. Kristen Davis (no relation to the Sex and the City star...probably) operated four websites, sending her gals to one of two apartments she kept for the illegal trysts (the magic apparently happened at both 229 East 53rd Street and 533 Third Avenue). Davis was arrested at her own apartment, at 235 East 40th Street (pictured), where police found $19,000 in cash; another $500,000 was found in bank accounts linked to her (which have now been frozen)....

A county emergency management official takes a leave of absence just days after police pick up his wife in a high-profile sex sting. Sources tell Fox Philadelphia that Edward Atkins, the director of emergency services in Chester County, took a leave of absence until his wife's legal matters can be worked out. 49-year-old Theresa Atkins was one of five women picked up by Philadelphia police at a high-end Center City hotel after allegedly offering to perform sex acts in exchange for cash. Sources say she told undercover cops she was turning tricks to put her kids through college. On her...