Drive-through customer shoots into fast food restaurant after being told to turn down music

Washington police are looking for a man who they say fired a shot into a fast food restaurant after an employee working the drive-through asked him to turn down the music blaring from his car.
The customer pulled up to a Jack in the Box in Auburn early Friday and gave his order, but the employee said he couldn’t hear it because of the music, SeattlePI.com reports.
When the man pulled up to the next window, he asked an employee for ranch dressing and fired into the store, police told Q13Fox.
The suspect sped away after shooting and is described as a heavyset black male in his mid-to-late 20s with a gap between his teeth.

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Female basketball coach arrested 'for affair with girl student on her team'

  A school basketball coach has been accused of multiple accounts of sex abuse after she allegedly had an affair with a female student on her team.
Investigators say Darcee Baney, 27, began a sexual relationship with the student from Belvidere High School in Rockford, Illinois on November 1, 2008. The alleged relationship continued until March 31, 2009.
Barney turned herself into police on Tuesday morning after becoming aware of their investigation.

Coach: Police say 27-year-old Darcee Baney had an affair with a then-17-year-old female student

At the time of the alleged relationship, Baney was a varsity basketball coach at Belvidere High School.
Investigators say there were five incidents of sexual abuse that took place between November 2008 and March 2009.

 

Baney was a star high school basketball player at Harlem High School where she held the record as the top scorer with 1,986 points. She had also played basketball in college.
At the time of the alleged abuse, she was 23 and the victim was 17.
Baney, who is married, also coached at Harlem Middle School and parents who have any concerns have been told to contact police.

School: Parents of student at Belvidere High School in Rockford, Illinois are in shock

She has been charged with aggravated criminal sexual abuse and five counts of criminal sexual abuse.
Aggravated criminal sexual abuse is a Class 2 felony, punishable by three to seven years in prison.
Criminal sexual abuse is a Class 4 felony, punishable by one to three years in prison.
Baney has been on paid administrative leave since September 5th, said Harlem School District Superintendent Julie M. Morris.
'This is an unfortunate situation, and I want to assure parents and students that our students and their safety remain the district’s number one priority,' Morris said in a statement.
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Ke$ha Says Her New Album Was Inspired By Having Sex With A Ghost

Ke$ha has claimed that she has had sex with a ghost. The American singer said that her new track ‘Supernatural’ was inspired by an erotic paranormal experience. “It’s about experiences with the supernatural… but in a sexy way,” she told Ryan Seacrest on his KIIS FM radio show. “I had a couple of experiences with the supernatural. I don’t know his name! He was a ghost! I’m very open to it.” Having sex with a random guy with a sheet and a glory hole doesn’t count as an experience with the supernatural, honey. Masturbating on LSD while watching Ghost Adventures isn’t too paranormal, either, even though the lead Ghost Douche on that show is probably down for some celestial forced rapage. Chances she actually got slimed? 0%. Chances she’s covered nightly in something that resembles ectoplasmic residue? 100%. But her new album is inspired by her ‘erotic paranormal experiences,’ and apparantly, like her previous work, making love with the supernatural has the aurora and majestic sounds of a bunch of cats queefing.



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Filmmaker arrested for fake terror stunt

A US filmmaker has been arrested for sending a teenager onto the street with fake grenade launcher to test police response times.

Michael Turley, 39, allegedly filmed his nephew dressed in a sheet while pointing the realistic looking weapon at passing cars.

The video, which was posted on YouTube, appears to show the fake terrorist on a busy road in Phoeniz, Arizona, for 15 minutes before police arrive.

But Phoenix Police Department spokesman James Holmes said officers were on the scene within a minute of being alerted.

"They told us they were just making a movie," Mr Holmes told the Arizona Republic, adding that there was no arrest that day.

"We deemed it a pretty dumb action but we didn't know what their real intent was, so we initiated an investigation."

Turley faces charges of giving a false impression of a terrorist act, endangerment and contributing to the delinquency of his minor nephew, 16, who also faces charges.



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Boy, 4, steals mum's car

A four-year-old boy stole his mother's car while she slept and took it for a joy ride, before crashing into a pick-up truck.

The mother was fast asleep at her home in Garsnas, Sweden, when her son took her car keys and drove off.
He managed to drive for about a quarter of a mile, successfully making three right turns, before crashing into the truck.
The first his mother knew about the incident was when she was awoken by a local shopkeeper knocking at her door to bring her son home.
"When she explained that my son had been out driving the car I thought it was a terrible joke at first. I couldn't believe it was true," the mother told the local Ystads Allehanda newspaper.
"I have no idea how he managed, he's never driven a car before," she added.
"I had the car keys in my jacket pocket and it was hanging so high that I thought he couldn't reach it. But he did. Don't ask me how, I was asleep."
A local police spokesman said officers would not be pressing charges - and were glad that no one was injured.
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Man Busted For Curbside Sex With Old Couch

Human-furniture coupling interrupted by off-duty officer

SEPTEMBER 24--A Wisconsin man has been accused of having sex with an abandoned couch, police report.
The human-furniture coupling was interrupted earlier this month when an off-duty cop out jogging late one night spotted Gerard Streator, 46, trysting with the yellow couch, which had been left at a Waukesha curb.
Streator is pictured in the adjacent mug shot.
As detailed in a misdemeanor criminal complaint charging Streator with lewd and lascivious behavior, Officer Ryan Edwards reported seeing “a subject leaning over the couch facing down and it looked like he was having sexual relations with someone on the couch.” The cop noted that he “could see the male’s hips thrusting up and down on the couch.”
As he approached the couch, Edwards yelled, “What are you doing?” Streator, investigators allege, responded by jumping up and running away. As Streator fled, Edwards reported, he “could see that the defendant’s penis was erect.”
Edwards concluded that Streator “had been thrusting his pelvic area against the cushions and trying to sexually gratify himself by rubbing his penis between the two cushions.” It is unclear whether the reference to two cushions meant that the couch was, in fact, a love seat.
Edwards chased Streator to his apartment building, but the suspect “quickly pulled the door closed behind him.” He was arrested the following day at the hotel where he works.
Streator is scheduled to appear next Monday in Waukesha County Circuit Court.

        

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Female teacher at elementary school 'brought meth into school to get high before class'

An elementary school community is in shock after learning a third-grade instructor, recognized by the PTA for her stellar teaching ability, was arrested on Wednesday for using meth on school grounds.
Vicki Bruce allegedly kept the drug wrapped in tin foil stashed away in a photo album in her purse and used it on-and-off over a seven year period - before she would teach her students at the Reno Elementary school in Azle, Texas.
A former student even said that Bruce told her pupils to stay off drugs and kept a 'Say No To Drugs' poster in her classroom.

Arrested: Teacher Vicki Bruce is accused of using methamphetamine at the school where she works

Just say no: The third-grade teacher, told students to stay off drugs but was doing meth, according to police

The 46-year-old has taught at the elementary school for 10 years and has received awards for her teaching from the Parent Teacher Association (PTA) as well as recognition from her teaching colleagues.
'It's very shocking and surprising,' Patrick McGrath, whose son was a student in Bruce's class last year, told KDFW-TV.

 

'To have a teacher that you trust with your kid doing any kind of drug, that they're supposed to be teaching them not to do ... it's real shocking.'
In fact, McGrath's son Nolan said that the teacher gave a speech last year about staying off drugs.
'We had a no drug poster, he said. 'She said don't do drugs. It's bad for your system and if you do you'll get caught.'

School in shock: Vicki Bruce had taught at the elementary school for 10 years

Student: Nolan McGrath was in Vicki Bruce's third grade class last year and heard the teacher give a speech about staying off drugs

Police were tipped off about a drug using teacher at the elementary school by an informant in an armed robbery case in nearby Wise County.
When police first began investigating Bruce, she was found with meth in her car, at the school parking lot, according to the arrest warrant affidavit.
She turned herself into police on Wednesday after she learned there was a warrant out for her arrest.

The school superintendent said the district was cooperating with law enforcement and that the teacher was placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation.

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Pee-Wee football coach suspended for 'paying 11-year-old players to purposefully injure opponents'

The head coach of a California children's football team has been suspended amidst allegations he paid players to target and hurt opponents so badly they'd be unable to compete.
Officials suspended coach Darren Crawford of the Tustin Pee Wee Red Cobras along with the association's President Pat Galentine until the program can investigate and rule on the allegations.
Crawford allegedly offered players up to $50 for whoever made the 'hit of the game,' according to reports in the Orange County Register.

That championship season: The Red Cobra's bounty method allegedly left one child with a concussion on their way to the national title

Players told reporters they would usually vote on who had the best hit after a game.
In one instance where no voting was necessary, a helmet-to-helmet collision with an 11-year-old running back for the opposing Santa Margarita player left the boy with a mild concussion. 
In an interview prior to his suspension, Mr. Crawford denied the allegations as the fabrications of disgruntled parents forcing their children to lie.
'It's amazing what disgruntled parents will put their kids through,' Mr. Crawford said.

 

If the parents are angry its unlikely because Mr. Crawford's coaching methods didn't work.
Last year the Red Cobras finished their regular season undefeated on the way to the Pop Warner Super Bowl where they finally fell short, ending their year at 12-1.
Mr. Crawford's accusers say the coach came up with his unique motivation after vowing to avenge a bitter defeat at the 2010 Pop Warner Orange Bowl.
Former players said Crawford explained his system during an Oct. 27th film session at his home, where he told the team that the player with the most votes would win the money and that the most money would be won if the other team's best player was hurt too badly to continue.
The players were too eager for cash to worry about the proposal's sportsmanship. One told reporters: "I was so excited, I didn't think that much about it."

Full contact: Children were encouraged to cause helmet-to-helmet collisions

The Red Cobra's site promises parents a way to 'enable children to benefit from participation in team sports and activities in a safe and structured environment. Through this active participation, Pop Warner programs teach fundamental values, skills and knowledge that children will use throughout their lives.'
If the allegations are true, Mr. Crawford also helped players illegally alter their uniforms to make weight requirements.
Pop Warner officials say the investigation may take several weeks. The organization's Orange Empire Conference commissioner, Bobby Espinosa, said he found no evidence of a wrongdoing after reviewing allegations from six parents and four players.
The NFL suspended four players on the New Orleans Saints for a similar cash-for-hits scheme that ran three seasons from 2009 to 2011.
Former assistant coaches John Zanelli and three player interviewed said the bounties began four months before the Saints scandal made news.

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Japanese Chef Cooks and Serves His Own Genitals

This story is not for the faint of heart. News video below.
Mao Sugiyama, a self-described “asexual” from Tokyo, cooked up, seasoned and served his own genitalia to five diners at a swanky banquet in Japan last month, Calorie Lab reported.
In most cases, “asexual” is a word used to describe a person who is non-sexual. Sugiyama, however, embraces it as a way to show that he does not affiliate with either gender.
Sugiyama sparked a firestorm of interest on April 8 with one tweet: “[Please retweet] I am offering my male genitals (full penis, testes, scrotum) as a meal for 100,000 yen …Will prepare and cook as the buyer requests, at his chosen location.”
That tweet generated so much buzz that Sugiyama decided to host a public tasting, which he called ‘Ham Cybele- Century Banquet,’ at Tokyo’s Asagaya Loft event space. Six people signed up for the $250/plate experience; five of them showed up for the big date. Sugiyama, dressed in chef’s attire, seasoned and braised his own genitals on a portable gas burner and served them up in various creative dishes.
Shigenobu Matsuzawa, a 29-year-old event planner, was one of the “lucky” diners. “It’s a once-in-a-lifetime chance, so I decided on the spur of the moment to do it,” he tweeted.
Diners had to sign waivers releasing Sugiyama from anything that might have gone wrong from eating human genitals. A local police spokesman told CalorieLab that despite many citizen complaints, there was nothing they could do, since cannibalism isn’t illegal in Japan.
Just days after Sugiyama’s 22nd birthday, the artist underwent elective genital-removal surgery, divvied up the severed penis shaft, testicles, and scrotal skin between five people, and garnished it with button mushrooms and Italian parsley.
On April 13, five of six diners who signed up for the $250-a-plate feast, sat down to dinner. The sixth person was a no-show.
The next day, an organizer posted a blog — subsequently deleted — containing pictures of the event. Images showed dozens of people who attended the event just to catch a glimpse of the rare treat.
The extra diners were served crocodile-based dishes while Sugiyama cooked up the exclusive meal.
The story went viral in Japan. Some showed even more interest, while others complained. But Calorie Lab called Japanese authorities, who deemed the banquet legal because there is no law against cannibalism in the country.

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Planned Parenthood Encouraging Kids To Celebrate “National Masturbation Month”

A Florida Planned Parenthood affiliate has taken the opportunity of “National Masturbation Month” to highlight the national organization’s promotion of masturbation as part of a “a common and safe kind of sex play” with “many health benefits.” On Friday, Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida tweeted, “Happy Masturbation Month! We’ve got lots of info on masturbation here,” providing a link to Planned Parenthood Federation of America’s page on masturbation. There, Planned Parenthood states that “there are many harmful myths about masturbation that may cause us to feel uncomfortable about it. These myths can cause guilt, shame, and fear. Let’s get the facts straight. Masturbation is a natural and common activity for both women and men.” Jim Sedlak of Stop Planned Parenthood (STOPP), a project of the American Life League, said that endorsing the “gateway drug” of masturbation was of a piece with Planned Parenthood’s ideology on sex education. “Planned Parenthood is an organization that makes its money from people involved in sex,” Sedlak told LifeSiteNews.com in an email. “Although Planned Parenthood pushes masturbation for all, it particularly targets young people with the message. It is a way to get these young kids involved in a sexual lifestyle.” Sedlak said that youths buy the idea of masturbation as “risk-free” sex but end up “hooked on sexual stimulation as a way to escape their problems.” “Kids begin to want additional sexual experiences, and Planned Parenthood is there to sell them products and to make millions from them,” said Sedlak.
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Man arrested for drunk driving while his pet ZEBRA and MACAW were in the passenger's seat

A drink-driving arrest turned into an animal affair when two of the passengers that an intoxicated motorist was putting in harm's way was his pet zebra and macaw.
Police made the unusual arrest when a passerby reported seeing a zebra and a macaw sitting in a pick up truck parked outside the Doghouse Bar and Lounge in Ankeny, just outside Des Moines.
Local station WTVR reports that when the officers arrived on the scene, the car was being driven away by their owner, 55-year-old Jerald Reiter.

Unusual driving companions: Jerald Reiter brought his pet zebra (left) and macaw (center) along with him when he went to the Doghouse Bar and Lounge in Iowa on Sunday night

They discovered that the exotic animals are pets of Mr Reiter, and like some children, the animals enjoy car rides.

Charged: Reiter, 55, was arrested for operating a vehicle while intoxicated but he says he was getting out to let a human passenger drive because he knew he was too drunk

In that vein, he decided to take the zebra and the macaw with him when he headed out for dinner on Sunday night.
Reiter didn't intend to leave his beloved pets inside, but he told KCRG that in the past, the owners allowed him to bring the zebra and the bird into the bar.

 

That plan was thwarted, however, as Reiter said the owner would not let the animals in because they were serving food that evening. The owner told the station that they never allow animals in their establishment.
Reiter says that he knew he was too drunk to drive shortly after getting in the vehicle and that he was getting out to let a human passenger take the wheel when the police started questioning him.
After hearing the bizarre explanation, the police tested Reiter's sobriety and he failed a number of tests.
He was arrested for drunk driving after it was noted that he had a 0.148 blood alcohol level, which is well above the 0.08 legal limit.

What a zoo: Passersby saw the animals sitting in the pick up trunk in the parking lot of the Doghouse Bar and Lounge

Reiter and his wife treat the animals as their household pets, as one picture shows Reiter's wife feeding them in their kitchen.
This isn't the first case of a zebra showing up in an unexpected gin joint, as British racehorse trainer Bill Turner would regularly take his pet Zebedee with him to the pub in Sherborne, Dorset.

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‘Pussy-high Miniskirt’ the Newest Craze in China

Who would think that a rant would become an Internet meme?
When a Chinese model tweeted that “some little guy” does not want to her to wear “pussy-high miniskirts,” it became an Internet meme in China.
It also helped increase the sales of “pussy high miniskirts” for a major shopping website.

Rui Zhou received a lot of attention on her Weibo post, featuring a photo of herself with a supposed National People’s Congress (NPC) delegate, her sugar daddy, cutting her birthday cake.

Along with the photo, she posted a message that read:
“Thank you for always being in my life. And thank you for squeezing our birthday celebration into your busy NPC schedule. Thank you to calligraphy master Li Min for writing for us: ‘Forever in love and always close.’ Thank you, my friends, for your blessings. I’m so happy to have you all in my life!”
Shortly after netizens read the post, many began a background search on Zhou. That is when they found her tweet on “pussy high miniskirt.”

E-commerce giant Taobao milked the issue by promoting “pussy high miniskirts” with the tag line “A favorite of sugar daddies.”
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Puppy falls from California sky

11:20 am, May 18th, 2012

 

Seven-year-old Taylor Callaway holds a puppy that fell 30 feet from a hawk's grip.

Credits: KSBW, Monterey CA

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It was raining dog on one California family Tuesday after a tiny puppy fell from the sky onto their property.Elaine Bouschard and her grandson, Taylor Callaway, 7, found the dog after a hawk dropped it, KSEE24 News of Fresno, Calif., reported.
"I looked up, and the hawk was just flying right here, circling around, and at that point we all just went to the puppy," Bouschard told the station.
She pointed out three small "clutch marks" from the hawk's talons, and figures the "wiggly" little pup just squirmed out of the bird's clutches from about 30 feet up.
"And when (the puppy) hit the ground, he bounced," she said.
The family adopted the dog, which they named TJ Heavenly.
"My thought is that when God drops a puppy from the sky, you keep it," Bouschard said.
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Guy Falls Out Of House During Live News Shot

Groom falls for bungee jump prank

Stag party pranksters convinced a blindfolded groom he was taking a 50ft bungee jump - then watched him drop three feet into a pond

The unsuspecting groom stood by the water's edge building up his courage for what he clearly believed was a massive drop.
A fervent crowd of on-lookers and well-wishers began chanting and clapping to encourage the terrified man to take the plunge.
Eventually, he crouched down before launching himself full stretch - only to land immediately in the shallow water.
Whipping his balaclava off after making a splash, the purple-haired groom seemed to see the funny side as he scrambled to dry land.
The video, which was filmed in France, has racked up more than 1.1million hits on YouTube in just a few days.

Villagers mistake bird for spy

A migratory bird has caused alarm in Turkey - after villagers mistook it for an Israeli spy.

Suspicions were aroused when the bird, a common European bee-eater, was found dead in a field with a metal ring around its leg stamped 'Israel'.
They called the police after deciding its nostrils were unusually large and may have carried a microchip fitted by Israeli intelligence for spying.
At one point a counterterrorism unit became involved in the case, reports the BBC.
But the bird's corpse was eventually taken to government experts for examination and declared safe.
The Turkish agriculture ministry examined the bird and assured residents of the village, near the city of Gaziantep, that it was common practice to fit a ring to migratory birds in order to track their movements.
An official at the ministry said it took some effort to persuade local police that the little bee-eater posed no threat to national security.
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Elderly 'Rambo' blocks developers

A hard-headed pensioner is standing in the way of a £350million development - by refusing to move out of his one-bed flat.

Zou Mingcan, 70 - from Kunming, Yunnan province, southern China - has declared war on the builders and has rigged his sixth floor flat with a series of home-made weapons and booby traps.
Sporting a military camouflage uniform, Zou stands guard on the roof with a terrifying array of Molotov cocktails, bricks and rocks which he pelts the developers with.
In revenge, builders crushed his car and left it flattened outside the apartment block on an island of land.
Planners claim they warned Zou nearly a year ago that the apartment block was scheduled for demolition as part of a huge expansion of the city's upmarket housing district.
"I used to be a builder so I know all their tricks. They won't get me out of here until they pay me proper compensation. I know how much my flat is worth to them so they might as well pay up," said Zou.
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French Sex Shop Offering Free Vibrators To Any Woman Who’s Lover Got The New Diablo III Computer Game

French Sex Shop Offering Free Vibrators To Any Woman Who’s Lover Got The New Diablo III Computer Game

Kotaku – Ladies, have you gone lonely as your lovers have spent hours trying to penetrate the secrets of Diablo III (or, more probably, penetrate the game’s login screen). Well then, the French sex shop Absoloo wishes to soothe your frustrations—with a free vibrator. It helps if you read this in your best Hollywood-affected French voice, but Absoloo, on its official blog today, asked “Your man has not left his computer since the release yesterday of Diablo III?” Oui! “Still a long time before you find yourself in his arms during a romantic evening …” Oui! Alors, ma petite chou fleur, “your man would rather go in search of magical jewels, gloves sorcerers, and other heavy war clubs to get XP points rather than engaging in the research of your G-spot and gain sexual experience.” Oui! Oui! Ah, mon dieu, oui! To claim your sex toy, post a Facebook picture of yourself with a copy of the game responsible for your alienation of affection (and notify Absoloo.) The sex toy merchant will then transmit a voucher code for a “small vibrator,” (akin to a crude javelin or simple dagger, I suppose, resale value 2 gold). For those wondering, Absoloo does not discriminate by gender or sexual orientation. Anyone whose partner has been consumed by Diablo is eligible.
I love these whiny broads who complain about guys and video games or fantasy sports and shit. Especially in this case. Oh like if your boyfriend wasn’t playing Diablo you’d be sucking his dick begging for him to fuck you? Like girlfriends are sitting around thinking “Hmm, you know, I’m lucky I don’t have one of those boyfriends obsessed with video games. Let me go put on some lingerie and ask him to search for my g spot.” Lying ass bitches. I’m glad you get a free vibrator out of this gimmick but the reality of the matter is the time your boyfriend is playing this computer game you won’t spend blasting yourself with a new toy – you’ll probably just spend it reading Cosmo and coming up with more ways to nag your man.
Don’t chicks realize that when their boyfriends spend more time with fantasy sports or video games then with them, its because they don’t like you enough? I mean I’m sure there are some legitimate addicts out there, but for the most part if you ask a dude to fuck you he’ll put down the sticks for 20 minutes and do it. But you don’t ask. And he doesn’t really like you, primarily because you’re the type to complain about how much time you spend together to the point that you send pictures to this sex shop, so he chooses to do some time killer activity rather than be around you. It ain’t Diablo III’s fault you suck.
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NUDE PAINTING OF CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER RAISES EYEBROWS

Nude painting of Harper raises eyebrows

A painting of a naked Prime Minister Stephen Harper by artist Maggie Sutherland entitled Emperor Haute Couture hangs in the Wilson Room of the Kingston Public Library on Thursday as part of the Kingston Arts Council art show.

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KINGSTON, ON -- He's relaxed on a chaise lounge chair, leaning back but staring out at the viewer with a slight smirk as people surround him, a woman offers him a Tim Hortons coffee and a dog rests comfortably beside his leg.
In contrast to the suits that surround him though, Prime Minister Stephen Harper is completely naked.
The oil on canvas painting, entitled Emperor Haute Couture by artist Margaret Sutherland, is raising eyebrows at the Kingston, Ont., library where it is currently on display in a room.
The painting was unveiled earlier this month during the Kingston Arts Council annual juried art show. The piece is selling for $5,000.
Not knowing what was headed their way before the painting arrived, the library had a difficult decision on what to do with the Emperor, chief librarian Patricia Enright said.
Not because it was Harper, but the fact that it was a nude.
Enright explained the room is used for meetings and other events including children's recitals.
"When the Emperor Haute Couture went up, we also had quite a few bookings with children's recitals during the same month," she said. "And so the library, in terms of looking at the policy, had also said that the library retains the right to determine the suitability of any proposed exhibit, and they must be reviewed within a context of the public space and its users."
The library then contacted the arts council and explained their conundrum.
Enright said the programmer spoke with Sutherland to explain they would take down the painting when programs with children were being held in the room.
Sutherland was unable to be reached late Thursday.
But in a comment on the website Kingstonist, Sutherland said she is "ticked off" at the library because it keeps covering or removing the piece, particularly if children are in the room where it's being shown.
"I've now provided them with a cloth to cover the painting to lessen the chances they will damage it taking it down and putting it who knows where to sit who knows how long. However, with this kind of behaviour I have little confidence they will actually use it," Sutherland said in her comment under a story about the opening of the art show.
Sutherland is no stranger to painting nudes. Her website shows a number of works of naked men and women.
Sutherland, who lives in Kingston and is originally from New Brunswick, attended Queen's University, where she obtained her bachelor of arts and bachelor of education. She then went on to study at the New York Academy of Art and graduated in 2001. She has taken part in a number of shows and her works have been shown throughout Ontario and New York.
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Man Accused Of Going To Women's Houses To Drop Off Bags Of Pornographic Magazines and Dildos At Their Front Doors

OKLAHOMA CITY - The Oklahoma County district attorney has charged a 41-year-old man with distribution of obscene materials after two women said he left lewd toys and magazines at their front doors.

Jamison Marchette is accused of lewd acts at a Northwest Oklahoma City apartment complex.

"We just kept seeing remnants from where he was at, his footprints and the items that he'd leave on the door. The girls were actually they were scared," said Tanner Brown, the patrol officer.

Single women in the area were worried.

"I live by myself, so it's real creepy it feels like you're violated even though it didn't happen to me," said Kristi Batterson.

A week after obscene material was left on a doorknob, one woman found Marchette close enough to her patio door to "fog it up when he would breathe". As she opened the door he allegedly ran then jumped behind the bushes.

Another victim, a 22-year-old woman said she came home to her apartment on April 8 and found a plastic bag hanging from her doorknob. When she looked inside she found pornographic movies and magazines, as well as a sex toy.

The woman said a few minutes after she arrived home, a man she didn't know knocked on her door. He said his name was "Jamie" and he'd seen a "brown-skinned male" walking around the complex taking pictures.

The woman called police and gave them the bag. They examined the contents and found fingerprints belonging to Marchette. The victim later identified Marchette as the man who knocked on her door and called himself "Jamie."

"No one wants to feel uncomfortable in their home. It's almost a mild form of terrorism, these girls were scared they were really terrified by this guy standing outside their window," Brown said.

Prosecutors have now charged Marchette with two counts of distribution of obscene materials, and one count of loitering around a residence to watch an occupant.
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Presidential penis portrait riles S.Africa's ANC

Peroshni Govender, Reuters May 18, 2012, 11:16 pm

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's ruling ANC threatened to take legal action against a Johannesburg gallery for displaying art which lampoons President Jacob Zuma and accuses the party of corruption.
The African National Congress wants the Goodman Gallery to remove a painting of Zuma called "The Spear", which depicts the president with his genitals exposed, and another work that has a "For Sale" sign superimposed over the party logo.
The picture of Zuma is a facsimile of a famous poster of communist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin. In the red, black and yellow drawing, the president is depicted as striking Lenin's heroic stance, except his genitals hang outside of his trousers.
The works are part of a collection called "Hail to the Thief" and are meant to question whether the century-old African National Congress has lost its moral compass.
"It's making a mockery of the highest office," ANC spokesman Jackson Mthembu told Reuters.
Mthembu said the artist was within his rights to express himself but said "The Spear" was "vulgar" and ridiculed President Zuma's stature.
The collection takes a provocative look at ANC heroes and highlights public perception that there is growing corruption in government, with officials abusing positions to amass wealth.
Other works include a Soviet-style poster reading: "The Kleptocrats" and "We demand Chivas, BMW's and Bribes".
The images play to concerns raised by international investors and the ANC's governing partner, labor federation COSATU, which has said South Africa is becoming a "predator state" for sale to the highest bidder.
"We are not going to remove the images for the sake of defending the artist's right to freedom of expression and for the sake of upholding the gallery's reputation," said Lara Koseff who works at the gallery.
Since coming into office in 2009, Zuma has been widely regarded as unimpressive on the policy front, while making headlines with his colorful personal life.
The president has been married six times and fathered 21 children. He faces a race for re-election as the party leader at the end of this year.
The Spear by well-known anti-apartheid artist Brett Murray has already been sold for R136,000 ($16,300) to a German citizen.
Anton Harber, chairman of the Freedom of Expression Institute called the ANC's demands "silly".
"I can see that some of the images may make people feel uncomfortable but art is not there to make people feel comfortable," Harber said.
"It is meant to get us thinking and talking about pertinent issues of corruption, nepotism... these are serious things."
($1 = 8.3457 South African rand)
(Editing by Jon Herskovitz and Paul Casciato)
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Man dived in chute to escape girlfriend

A cowardly boyfriend got stuck in a rubbish chute when he tried to flee his girlfriend during a blistering row.

The 32-year-old had run from the couple's eighth floor apartment in Tyumen, Russia, and hurled himself into the chute with his partner hot on his heels.
But the man - who has not been named by police to spare his blushes - found himself trapped after just three floors and had to yell for help.
Fire service spokeswoman Elena Tretiyachenko said: "An eyewitness reported that there was a man in the chute.
"The rescuers crew found a man, who was stuck at the fifth floor, in the garbage disposal."
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Man dies during lap dance

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EL PASO, Texas (KARE11) - A night at a Texas strip club was apparently too much for a 67-year-old man who died Friday after a series of lap dances.
Authorities say Robert Gene White received several lap dances at the Red Parrot in El Paso. When it came time to pay workers discovered him unresponsive.
A manager of the club says employees tried to perform CPR on White but were unsuccessful.
KTSM television later reported that White suffered a heart attack while being entertained by the dancers.
El Paso County Sheriff's deputies told the station that there were no immediate signs of foul play, but the investigation is still open.
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Paris exotic dancers strike, say wages "miserable"

Reuters May 17, 2012, 2:40 am

PARIS (Reuters) - Topless dancers at the renowned Crazy Horse night club in Paris have gone on strike, saying they are not being paid enough to take the shirts off their backs.
The Crazy Horse, one of the most popular establishments of its kind in the world, said on Wednesday it was forced to cancel performances on Tuesday and again on Wednesday for the first time since the cabaret was created in 1951.
The night club, which declined to give details on salary demands or current wages, said in a statement that it had always taken the wellbeing of its artists very seriously and that talks were continuing to resolve the dispute.
"It's an exceptional place which has the specialty of presenting a fully naked show," Suzanne, one of the dancers, told RTL radio.
"What's wrong is that we are asked to work 24 days per month for a pay that is worse than miserable," she said.
The cabaret's management said it was doing everything possible to reopen.
"Everything is done to give the Crazy Horse show back to its public," it said.
In the meantime, clients with tickets for a show on Tuesday or Wednesday will be offered a new date or a refund, a spokeswoman said.
The Crazy Horse, Lido and Moulin Rouge - where topless dancers perform in carefully orchestrated shows - have been top attractions for generations of tourists and locals.
(Reporting by Sybille de La Hamaide; Editing by Geert De Clercq and Michael Roddy)
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Too far? Jason Biggs parodies TIME's breastfeeding cover by tweeting photo

The photo tweeted by Jason Biggs, and the original TIME magazine cover. Picture: Jason Biggs / Twitter and courtesy of TIME magazine

Jenny Mollen and her husband, American Pie star Jason Biggs. Picture: Getty

THE TIME magazine cover which showed a woman breastfeeding her three-year-old son received it's fair share of controversy and it seems actor Jason Biggs also wants his slice of the pie.

The 34-year-old star tweeted a photo of himself kneeling on a chair with his wife Jenny Mollen's breast in his mouth, while she mimics the pose of TIME's cover model Jamie Lynne Grumet.
The American Pie actor shared the picture with the caption: "Are you wife enough?," a parody of the magazine's coverline, "Are you Mom enough?"
The original magazine cover aimed to create a discussion around "attachment parenting" but it sparked a worldwide debate, with politicians, historians and celebrities all taking time to voice their opinions.
The image was dubbed "exploitative and extreme" by critics, while others praised the mother for her inspiring story.

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42 Things Uniquely Chinese

Going to China anytime soon? See how many of these things you can find:
1. A baby getting its picture taken with a live tiger

2. Crocodiles sold at Wal-Mart

3. Sharks also sold at Wal-Mart

4. Racks of meat at Wal-Mart

5. These things also sold at Wal-Mart. Can you identify them?

6. Who needs an iPod if you have this? And it has surround sound.

7. A ping pong paddle-shaped hotel

8. A really crowded water park

9. A swimming pool that contains more human than water

10. A really crowded beach

11. God with valilla (I don’t know what it is, but I bet it’s yummy!)

12. Um…I think I’ll pass.

13. Will this make me more knowledgeable?

14. Old world meets the new world

15. Duh!

16. I am sure this will not become a fad.

17. Now we know why there are no rich authors in China.

18. What are his powers?

19. I don’t know what this is.

20. What did the chicken win?

21. First there was Starbucks, and then…

22. Does it bark, too? Roll over? Play dead?

23. The most exotic creatures in all the world!

24. They sure do love their pandas.

25. Is this amazing, or just plain stupid?

26. KFG, anyone?

27. After Obama’s last term, he should work here.

28. A ride with an attitude, and leopard print.

29. Some people are truly passionate about their food.

30. Just like the truck, is this amazing or stupid?

31. Harry Potter’s favorite attraction in China

32. Yuck!

33. No, thanks.

34. Banana Baby?!

35. Now, what would the real Donald Duck say?

36. This man obviously works in a circus.

37. Statues of really old normal people

38. What the heck is that?

39. Excuse me?

40. Latex is so old school…

41. Winged cats!

42. Gymnast pigs

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