LONDON (Reuters) - An event organized by British city to school its older residents in the arts of safe sex has been cancelled due to lack of interest.
The "Generation Sex" workshop was part of an annual over-60s festival in the southern English city of Portsmouth and billed as a "frank, fun and factual" way for older people to talk about sex in later life.
"The background was the risk of sexually-transmitted diseases in older people and the need to practise safer sex," said Drusilla Moody, Portsmouth Council's tourism and visitor services manager.
Entry would have been free, but those taking part would have had to supply proof of age and of residency in Portsmouth.
These requirements are no longer needed, since the workshop was cancelled "because too few people booked places", Moody said.
Nigerian woman gets prison for enslaving 2 women
ATLANTA (AP) — A Nigerian woman convicted of enslaving two young women from her country to work as servants and nannies at her suburban Atlanta home has been sentenced to more than 11 years in federal prison.Bidemi Bello apologized to the judge and to the victims before her sentencing Thursday.
A federal jury convicted Bello in June of human trafficking, making false statements and other charges.
Prosecutors say she lured the women to Georgia on separate occasions with false promises of education and then forced them to do menial labor. They say she routinely beat them, forced them to eat spoiled food and cut her lawn by hand.
The two women, both 27, managed to eventually escape. They still live in the US and are working to rebuild their lives.
Landlord cracks down on NY demo as protests spread
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NEW YORK (AP) — Protests against corporate greed and corruption are spreading across the United States into Canada and the United Kingdom, just as the New York demonstration that started the movement faces a crackdown by its unwilling landlord.
The owner of the private park where "Occupy Wall Street" protesters have been camped out for nearly a month in lower Manhattan gave notice Thursday that it will begin enforcing regulations that prohibit everything from lying down on benches to storing personal property on the ground.
The landlord, Brookfield Properties, handed out a notice to protesters saying they would be allowed back inside after a planned park cleanup on Friday morning if they abide by park regulations.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg visited the protesters Wednesday to offer assurances they would not be evicted. Bloomberg's girlfriend, Diana Taylor, is on Brookfield's board of directors, according to the property owner's website.
Protesters said they believe the effort is an attempt to end their encampment at Zuccotti Park, a three-quarter acre (one-third hectare) open square near the New York Stock Exchange, which triggered a movement against unequal distribution of wealth that has spread across the globe.
"They're going to use the cleanup to get us out of here!" said Justin Wedes, 25, a part-time public high school science teacher.
Hacker says was addicted to prying on celebrities
Oct. 13 (Reuters) - The man charged with hacking the private e-mail accounts of Scarlett Johansson, Christina Aguilera and other celebrities apologized on Thursday, saying he became addicted to prying into their affairs.
But Christopher Chaney, 35, said he never intended to sell or release the information, which included nude photos that later made their way to the Internet.
"It started as curiosity and it turned into just being addicted to seeing behind the scenes of what was going on with these people you see on the big screen every day," Chaney told Fox television affiliate WAWS in Jacksonville, Florida.
"I was almost relieved months ago when they came in and took my computer...because I didn't know how to stop," he said.
Chaney was charged on Wednesday with 26 counts of cyber-related crimes against Hollywood celebrities after an 11-month FBI probe dubbed "Operation Hackerazzi."
Victims included "Iron Man 2" star Johansson, whose topless photo was leaked online in September, and "Black Swan" actress Mila Kunis, who was seen in a bubble bath.
Chaney said he couldn't remember who or when he started hacking but said his activities just "snowballed".
"I deeply apologize," he said. "I know what I did was probably one of the worst invasions of privacy someone could experience. I am not trying to escape what I did."
Chaney faces up to 121 years in jail if convicted on all counts.
Investigators said there is no connection between Chaney and a hacking scandal involving one of the London newspapers owned by media giant News Corp. has spread across the globe.
"They're going to use the cleanup to get us out of here!" said Justin Wedes, 25, a part-time public high school science teacher from Brooklyn. "It's a de facto eviction notice."
It's not clear whether the regulations are new or how they would be enforced.
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