A French court sentences a Togolese woman to six years in jail after finding her guilty of sexual violence, torture and acts of cruelty against two girls, also from Togo. Mimi Tele Mensah, 50, was accused of a shocking level of abuse. The court heard how the victims were held as virtual slaves. It began in 1990 when Mensah went to Togo and brought 15-year-old Olivia back to France, promising her parents she would receive an education in return for a few hours of babysitting.

Hookah smoking, the latest alternative habit to cigarette smoking, is found to be more harmful users' health then originally thought. A new study in the November issue of the Journal of Periodontology finds hookah smoking is just as bad, and in some cases worse, than cigarette smoking for users' teeth.

Thieves robbed a Terra Alta Shop 'n Save and apparently left a trail of cigarettes as they fled, scattering dozens of cigarette packs throughout the Preston County town. "You would not believe the customers who are calling me saying `We have your cigarettes!' Sometimes it's 20 packs at a time," says store manager Nellie Dixon.

Thieves robbed a Terra Alta Shop 'n Save and apparently left a trail of cigarettes as they fled, scattering dozens of cigarette packs throughout the Preston County town. "You would not believe the customers who are calling me saying `We have your cigarettes!' Sometimes it's 20 packs at a time," says store manager Nellie Dixon.

Inmates at Canada's Headingley Correctional Center are no longer allowed to have tea after jail officials discovered they were using the bags to make cigarettes. Smoking was banned at the facility two years ago.