A tabloid is making good on an offensive article that labeled a police officer who suffered disfiguring burns in a crash while on duty as "ugly. "American Media Inc. , owner of the Weekly World News, ran a list of the ''top 10 ugliest people'' in its Feb. 7 issue featuring a post-surgery photo of the disfigured officer and his wife.

A criminal gang in India has adopted an unorthodox, yet effective, method to avoid arrest: having women strip naked to distract police. The group is a timber mafia, dedicated to illegally chopping down trees in an eastern India forest in the Jharkhand state. The women are paid to strip in front of officers who are too embarrased, or too distracted, to hunt the criminals down, allowing more than enough time for escape.

The city of Knoxville, Tennessee paid a private investigator $100 an hour to hit several strip clubs and adult video stores throughout the city to ensure they were adhereing to city regulations according to The Smoking Gun. In a court affidavit, Lundy details the visits, which occured over two nights, Saturday April 23 and Friday April 29, 2005. Lundy describes receiving lap dances at five different clubs; providing explicit details on how at one club, The Mouse's Ear West, he noticed a yellow/green substance on one of the chairs of a table, noting its appearance was consistent with that of acid phosphatase, an enzyme present in human semen.

Legislators in Texas on Tuesday decided to prohibit 'sexually suggestive' performances in schools by enacting a law, reports AFP. The State of Texas is known for its Dallas Cowboy football cheerleaders. The law will eventually ban dance schedules of school cheerleaders and drill teams. Some politicians felt that that the sports events have become like "something out of strip club. " According to AFP reports, the legislators are particularly annoyed with exposed midriffs and wearing of shorter shorts and skirts. "Some of them are just downright vulgar, something you would see at an adult club or something," AFP quoted Joe Deshotel, a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives, as saying.