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GARDEN GROVE – Police say they have had it with gambling, smoking, gang activity and waitresses wearing pasties in the local Vietnamese lingerie cafes, better known as Little Saigon's best-kept secret. The City Council will consider modifying a city ordinance to include specific regulations on arcade games, smoking and how much skin waitresses can show at the coffeehouses – less Hooters, more Starbucks. The ordinance targets cafes that are unique to Little Saigon, where waitresses are dressed in bikinis or lingerie and high heels. These establishments, which are spread around Garden Grove, Westminster and parts of Santa Ana, do not...

A New Hope math teacher pleaded not guilty to the sexual battery of a 17-year-old student Tuesday after she was indicted by a grand jury. Katherine Robbins, of 4097 New Hope Road in Lowndes County, had been on administrative leave since allegations surfaced in March. Robbins, who is married with two young children, is accused of having a sexual relationship with the male student over an extended period of time, according to sources at the school. According to one of her students, Robbins often flirted with male classmates, even to the point of giving them hugs and inappropriately touching them...

A Muslim actress has received threats after she appeared topless on the front cover of Playboy. Sila Sahin, the 25-year-old star of German soap Good Times, Bad Times has been labelled "whore" and "western slut" for posing for the German edition of the men's magazine, The Sun reports. Her conservative parents, originally from Turkey, are said to have reacted with "horror" at the 12-page spread and her mother has refused to speak to Ms Sahin. Islamic internet sites have raged at the shoot and German intelligence agency BND is now monitoring the threats. One person posted "She needs to pay",...

A gym teacher in Ohio who allegedly had sex with several high school football players now faces multiple counts of sexual battery. Stacy Schuler, who has been on paid administrative leave since mid-January when the claims first surfaced, was indicted Friday on 16 counts of sexual battery and three misdemeanor counts of offenses involving underage persons, the Dayton Daily News reported. The 32-year-old is accused of having sexual relations with students on five different occasions in 2010, officials with the Warren County Prosecutor’s Office told the newspaper. Most of the incidents involved members of the Mason High School football team,...

French ground troops have entered the centre of the main Ivory Coast city of Abidjan for the fist time as incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo refuses to quit. Helicopter gunships are firing in the area around Mr Gbagbo's residence. On Sunday, UN and French helicopter gunships began a new operation they said was aimed at destroying heavy weapons near Mr Gbagbo's residence. Mr Gbagbo has been refusing to cede power to internationally-recognised President Alassane Ouattara. Loud explosions can be heard echoing around the lagoons which surround the centre of the city, says the BBC's Mark Doyle in Abidjan. On Monday morning,...

(edit) Authorities say 27-year-old Karin Mackaliunas was detained last weekend following a crash. Scranton police say they found three bags of heroin in her jacket and after being taken to the police station she told investigators she had more hidden in her vagina.A doctor performed a search and recovered 54 bags of heroin, 31 empty bags used to package heroin, prescription pills and $51.22. (edit)

She is doing Fox and Friends this morning.

By Ed Richter, Staff Writer Updated 8:30 PM Friday, February 4, 2011 MASON — A female Mason high school gym teacher is accused of having sexual misconduct with five students, most of them football players at the school. A Warren County grand jury on Friday indicted Stacy Schuler of Springboro on 16 counts of sexual battery, a third-degree felony; and three misdemeanor counts of offenses involving underage persons. Schuler, who will turn 33 next week, allegedly had sexual contact with the students on five different occasions between August and December, according to officials with the Warren County Prosecutor’s Office. She...

Photo #1 is pretty funny. I guess that's why they put it at the beginning!

Hundreds of Bikini Models Look to Restore America’s "Fading Patriotism"Six years after the start of combat operations in Iraq, one volunteer organization is still going strong, and looking to expand.The Patriot Girls currently operate in 38 states, and hope to spread their unique brand of stars and stripes boosterism to all 50 states by the end of the year, as they train the spotlight on the sacrifices the troops and their families are making.And how do they attract the spotlight? With their stars-and-stripes bikinis, of course.  OSCAR RABEIRO "You need to look good in a bikini," says Patriot Girls...

The Plainfield North High School physical education teacher accused of having sex with a student pleaded not guilty this morning in a Will County courtroom. Ashley M. Blumenshine, 27, of Lisle appeared in court this morning with her attorney, George Lenard, where she pleaded not guilty to one count of aggravated sexual abuse. Blumenshine, who wore a long pink coat and black slacks, said nothing but stood by her attorney before Will County Judge Richard Schoenstedt. Her next court date is March 2. Blumenshine and two adults who came with her to court Wednesday declined comment after the hearing. Lenard...

A German porn actress suffered a fatal heart attack following her sixth breast augmentation operation, leading to a police investigation."Sexy Cora," a 23-year-old porn actress and former Big Brother reality television star was in a coma for nine days after complications during the operation to increase her breast size from an F to a G cup, according to German media reports Friday.She died Thursday at the Hamburg University Hospital, leading to an investigation into the Hamburg plastic surgery clinic where she received the breast operation.

A Southern California middle school teacher seduced and molested a 14-year-old student in a sexual affair that lasted several months, until the teacher's husband, a Los Angeles police officer, discovered the relationship and threatened to kill the boy, his family claims in a lawsuit. The suit, filed Tuesday, claims LAPD officer National Beck threatened to kill the teen and his family with his police department-issued weapon in retaliation for the affair. The incident allegedly occurred when Beck found his wife, Amy Beck, and the boy in his Burbank, Calif., home and she confessed to the relationship.

A top cleric in the Russian Orthodox Church is under fire for saying that women who wear miniskirts and get drunk should not be surprised if they get raped. Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin, the head of the Orthodox Church's department for relations between the church and society, complained that Russian women dressed like strippers and suggested a nationwide dress code should be introduced to ensure both sexes dress more conservatively. "If she (a woman) is wearing a miniskirt, it is provocative," he said. "If she is drunk at the same time then she is even more provocative, and if she herself...

A former student-teacher at a Sussex County elementary school would be sentenced to four years in prison if she pleads guilty to having sexual relations with one of her students, under a plea bargain offer made today. Lindsay Massaro, 25, was given until Feb. 14 to accept the offer, which would require her to plead guilty to one count of second-degree sexual assault. Superior Court Judge N. Peter Conforti, sitting in Newton, told Massaro that she could face up to 46½ years in prison if she is convicted of all of the six charges against her, including first-degree aggravated assault....

A Plainfield North High School teacher has been ordered not to have unsupervised contact with anyone under age 18 after a judge set her bond this afternoon at $75,000, following charges she had sex with a 16-year-old boy. Ashley M. Blumenshine, 27, of the 4000 block Nutmeg Lane in Lisle was charged with criminal sexual abuse after police say she allegedly had sex with the 16-year-old, who is a junior at Plainfield North, in a vehicle behind Kohl’s, 11860 S. Route 59. Police chief Bill Doster said police approached the scene behind Kohl’s when they noticed two suspicious vehicles “at...

A Plainfield North High School teacher charged with having sex with a 16-year-old student behind a store was ordered Wednesday not to have unsupervised contact with anyone under age 18.

Salma Hayek has confessed that she entered the U.S. as an illegal immigrant. The actress, now considered one of the most influential Latino stars in Hollywood, admitted she was classed as an illegal for a 'small period of time'. The Mexican born star did not reveal at what age she was illegal or any other details, but told a Spanish magazine: 'I was an illegal immigrant in the United States. 'It was for a small period of time, but I still did it.' Her comments were made to V magazine with the actress dressed seductively on the cover titled 'A...

A woman who missed her flight at Will Rogers World Airport Tuesday when she showed up in a wheelchair, bra and panties, passed through the airport screening process this morning and has left the city. Tammy Banovac, clad in undergarments and sitting in a wheelchair, failed to pass the Transportation Security Administration screening process Tuesday when security officers detected traces of nitrates on her wheelchair. Airport spokeswoman Karen Carney said the issue was resolved this morning and Banovac, 52, caught her flight out of the city at 7 a.m. after going through screening without incident. Banovac did show up at...

In bra, panties and wheelchair, woman goes through Oklahoma City airport screening this morning A woman who passed through security at Oklahoma City's Will Rogers World Airport in a wheelchair and her underwear missed her flight Tuesday, and she said TSA denied her boarding. A TSA spokeswoman wouldn't say if the woman was denied by TSA employees. A woman who missed her flight at Will Rogers World Airport Tuesday when she showed up in a wheelchair, bra and panties, passed through the airport screening process this morning and has left the city. Tammy Banovac, clad in undergarments and sitting in...