Pole Dancers in Santiago Solve US Dollar Crisis

By James Attwood @ Bloomberg.com March 14 (Bloomberg) — Bikini-clad pole dancers, mini- skirted hostesses and a deal on foreign exchange await customers at Passapoga, a Santiago nightclub, who pay with U.S. dollars. At banks and foreign-exchange bureaus, $1...

When Squatting Might Help

Boyfriend: Woman lived in bathroomEDT By ROXANA HEGEMANThe Associated PressWICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A 35-year-old woman who sat on her boyfriend’s toilet for so long that her body was stuck to the seat by the time he called police had a phobia about leaving the...

Drive-by Shooting Incidents Down in Oakland, L.A.

from The LaLa Times High Gas Prices Slow Number of Drive-By Shootings OAKLAND — The return of high gas prices is affecting business throughout California, including gangs, a new study shows. With gas now at $3 per gallon and many gang bangers driving gas guzzling...

Penguin Enhanced e-Book Classics

by Jim Milliot — Publishers Weekly Penguin is committed to trying different things in the digital space and things that work will be continued and those that don’t will be stopped, company chairman John Makinson told journalists at a luncheon in New York...