The third time
is no e-charm

IN June, the Civil Status
Court in’ Alesandria, Egypt,
ruled that the Islamic require-
ment for diverce (after cer-
lain preconditions are mer,
the husband tells the wite
three dimes, “E divorcee vou")
must be spoken in person and
not delivered by e-mail,

AU press time, a. similar
question was at issue in a
divorce case in United Arab
Emirates.

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William Draheim was fired
from his job in St. Louis Park,
Minn., in) May, for sexual
harassment for talking exces-
sively about his pierced penis
at work (almost exclusively,
he said, in response to ques-
tions from co-workers), His
workplace was Video Age
Inc., whose only line of busi-
ness is distributing hardcore
pornographic videos and sex
accessories, large inventories
of which fill the offices, which
are staffed with telephone
operators to take catalog
orders from customers, some
of whom inevitably talk dirty
to the operators. (fn fact,
gach employment applicant is
required to certify that he or
she understands the nature of

the workplace.)

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According to police and
health department authorities

in Huntsville, Ala. in July, a
father apparently purchased
several potonous snakes for
his U3-vear-old son to keep
around the house as pets, but
after the boy was bitten by
one, he may have hidden the
snakes for fear that they
would be confiscated.
Included are a black mamba
(generally regarded as the
world’s deadliest) anda
gaboon viper (only somewhat
less deadly), and at_ press
time, authorities could not
tufe out that the snakes had
simply been released into the
countryside, which would
significantly lower the quality
of life around Huntsville. Said
a city health control officer,
“It's a macho thing to have
venomous snakes. T guess stu-
pid supersedes macho.”

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