Police have convicted a former Franklin District Court security officer in a strange case of prostitution after he offered $20 to a couple for having sex in front of him. Robert Theriault, 49, was convicted Tuesday after the couple testified that he convinced them that they would be testing bed sheets and condoms for an insurance company. The couple said they trusted Theriault because of his position as a court officer.

Australian prostitutes, who legally sell sex in brothels enjoy a higher level of job satisfaction than those who work illegally, selling sex on the streets or in their home, a new survey suggests. The survey, involving nearly 250 prostitutes, found that legal prostitutes (brothel-based) have similar levels of job satisfaction, physical health and mental well-being as other working women who have more professional jobs.

An Omaha man is accused of a strange crime of taking urine samples of women when they thought they were applying for a job. Kevin Oliver on Thursday was found guilty of two counts of criminal impersonation. According to prosecutors, the 31-year-old man told victims that he worked for cell phone company T-Mobile and was interviewing them for a job. However, there were no jobs and his only motive was to collect their urine samples.

A 56-year-old painter from Brighton, East Sussex in England, has transformed his 1960s council house into a haven to masters of the Renaissance era. Robert Burns, used ordinary paints to reproduce works by 15th century Italian artists in almost every room of the house. Surprisingly, the painter undertook his last art lesson when he was still at his primary school, according to AP reports.

As a part of a promotion for a two-day Invitational Bull Riders event on Jan. 6-7, five cabs decorated in brown and white fake cowhide with roofs topped with bull's horns lined up just outside Madison Square Garden on Tuesday. According to Gavin Harvey, a cable TV executive backing the event, "It's hard to get noticed in New York. "