A man died here Tuesday evening after drinking 23 shots of vodka in 30 minutes, Hillsborough County sheriff's deputies said. Eric Morris, 26, was with a friend at the Angels Show Bar, a topless bar on U. S. Hwy. 92. He and his friend ordered shots of Burnett's Cherry Vodka and started playing a drinking game, according to sheriff's spokesman J. D. Callaway.

A group of Swedish female activists is campaigning for women to be allowed to go topless in the country's swimming pools. UPI mentions The Local reporting Tuesday the group, calling itself Bara Brost (Bare Breasts or Just Breasts), launched the protest following an incident in August involving two women who were refused to go topless at their local pool in Uppsala.

A law prohibiting anyone from dying while inside the Houses of Parliament has bested other edicts as Britain's most ridiculous law. The rather ludicrous law beat off strong competition from another ruling declaring an act of treason to place a postage stamp bearing the monarch's head upside down on an envelope.

A 27-year-old New York woman, who was arrested two years ago for a topless stroll, has reportedly accepted a $29,000 legal settlement with city officials for her action. The New York Post reported Sunday that due to a prior state appeals court ruling, Jill Coccaro, who now goes by the name, Phoenix Feeley was given the settlement as part of her lawsuit for an August 2005 arrest for indecent exposure.

Drought can have significant environmental, economic and social consequences, like death of livestock, reduced crop yields, wildfires and social unrest. But it can have some benefits also, at least for a carwash businessman. In Queensland, a strip club owner is making an "honest dollar" by opening a nude car wash that uses recycled water in a drought-stricken region. According to local media reports, the operation is an outcome of a ban imposed by the state government that bars residents from washing their own cars to avoid unnecessary wastage of precious water.