Elizabeth Book wins the right to bare her breasts, one step further in her fight to go topless anywhere men can. A Volusia County Judge rules Book was within her rights when she bared her breasts during a political protest as part of Bike Week in March 2004. Daytona Beach city's ordinance allows an exemption to its anti-nudity law as long as the nudity is part of a political protest or other constitutionally protected issue. The judge also threw out her arrest and $253 fine.

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.