New gender equality laws were submitted to Beijing, following a meeting of lawmakers. State media reports sexual harassment offenses face crimimal charges under changes to laws aimed at protecting women's rights.

A self-proclaimed medicine man was arrested Thursday after lying to being an American Indian so he could consume and distribute peyote during religious ceremonies. James "Flaming Eagle" Mooney, 61, openly uses and distributes the hallucinogen during religious ceremonies, claiming to be a member of the Oklevueha Band of Yamassee Seminole Indians, which are allowed to consume peyote under federal law.

he Associated Press reveals anti-drug advocates are not amused over a marijuana-flavored candy being sold nationwide. Lollipops with names like Purple Haze, Acapulco Gold, and Rasta are currently available in convenience stores and smoke shops nationwide. They're flavored with hemp oil from the marijuana plant.

The protective housing unit in Corcoran State Prison, about 50 miles south of Fresno, is considered the safest place for an inmate to reside within the California prison system. Designed to protect famous convicts from possible attacks, it houses mass murderers like Charles Manson, and high-profile criminals like Sirhan Sirhan, one of the first inmates placed in the unit, where he passed the time playing chess and working for 13 cents an hour as an administrative clerk.

Commander Shahar Ayalon, serves as both traffic police chief and speaker to foreign delegations in Israel and abroad; the latter due to his near-perfect English. Somehow, he has found the time to compile a new tool that will prove invaluble to Israeli law enforcement: a Hebrew-English pocket-size dictionary.