Howard White, owner of the Century Lounge, a strip club near Los Angeles International Airport, is getting flack for his latest ad campaign: A sign outside the establishment reading, "Vaginas R' Us. "Laurie Hughes, executive director of Gateway to L. A. , an association promoting businesses along Century Boulevard, says the city is working to ensure the club is adhering to all codes.

India uses condoms as more than a contraceptive. Only a quarter of condoms in India are actually used for protection during sex. The rest are used to in the manufacturing of saris, toys, and bathroom slippers. The condoms are valuable to manufacturers because of the lubricant on them. Sari weavers place the condoms on their thread spools and the lubricant on the prophylactics is rubbed off on the thread, making it move faster through their sewing machines, an Indian industry official explained. Sari makers also turn the condoms inside out, place them on their fingers and use the high-quality lubricant to polish gold and silver threads used in the traditional Indian women's outfits. India manufactures more than 1 billion condoms annually to check population growth and curb the spread of HIV/AIDS