Local officials of a tiny Quebec town called Herouxville have drafted a code of conduct for immigrants that critics are calling xenophobic. The code includes rules such as women should be able to show their faces in public, drive cars and write checks. The code also states that killing women in public beatings or burning them alive is prohibited. There are about 1,300 people living in the community, most of them white, French-speaking and Catholic. According to Town Councilor Andre Drouin, about 2,000 e-mails were sent in support of the code.

What else could be a perfect gift for a horse lover as a horse bracelet or horse-embalmed cuff link? Keeping that small community of horse-lovers in mind a business woman from New Jersey has launched a Website that specially takes care of the interests of horse-lovers or horse-jewelry lovers. The Website, www. myhorsejewelry. com, offers a range of equestrian jewelry including, horse necklaces, horse bracelets, horse earrings and horse pins.

A 25-year-old married woman stole thousands of dollars worth of jewelry, checks and other items so her boyfriend would think she had a high-paying job, according to authorities. Nickey Davidson has been charged with three counts of aggravated burglary and theft for robbing several homes, with the most recent theft being $15,000 worth of jewelry.

Parents blasted a New York Public School policy banning cell phones citing safety issues. One parent said with terrorism a risk, she wants to have easy access to her child. She wrote, "She and I both feel a little less crazy knowing that if something major happens -- an accident, a crisis -- that she can be in touch with me. If your child went to school blocks from ground zero, you'd know what I'm talking about. "

A woman from southeastern Kentucky received a letter from Social Security last Thursday telling her that her benefits would be cut from her monthly check. The letter, which was unopened and unsealed, told her she had 60 days to appeal. However, the letter was dated 1997. The AP reports the letter informed Pearlie Sutton, 81, that there had been a mistake in the amount of Social Security benefits she had been receiving. It said some of her benefits would be deducted from her checks for a year until the excess amount was repaid.