A Seattle entrepreneur says he's found an inexpensive, highly visible tool to plug his website- an innovation he calls "bum-vertising. "Ben Rogovy, a 22-year-old University of Washington graduate, sees the homeless and panhandlers as an untapped labor force, which he says he's putting to work.

Howard White, owner of the Century Lounge, a strip club near Los Angeles International Airport, is getting flack for his latest ad campaign: A sign outside the establishment reading, "Vaginas R' Us. "Laurie Hughes, executive director of Gateway to L. A. , an association promoting businesses along Century Boulevard, says the city is working to ensure the club is adhering to all codes.

A mother sells her forehead as advertising space on eBay in order to pay for her son's education. Goldenpalace. com, an Internet gambling company in the Mohawk Territory of Kahnawake, Canada, met Smith's $10,000 asking price.

A Halifax smoke shop that sells drug paraphernalia is targeted by Walt Disney Co. after adorning its building with a mural featuring the characters of the Seven Dwarfs. Sweet Leaf Smoke Shop owner Kenny Banks had the mural painted last summer, featuring Disney's famous Seven Dwarfs using a joint and a bong, among other drug equipment.