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| New York court finds pole dancing revenue can be taxed Tuesday, Oct 23, 2012 07:41 PM PDT  ALBANY, New York (Reuters) - Pole dancers might be athletic and artistic but their performances don't qualify for tax-exempt status under New York law, a state court ruled on Tuesday. The owners of Nite Moves, an exotic dance club near Albany, New York, had sought to have pole dancing and private lap dances qualified as tax exempt since revenue collected from "dramatic or musical arts performances" is not taxable under state law. But the Court of Appeals, the state's highest court, decided against the club in a 4-3 ruling handed down on Tuesday. "Surely it was not irrational ... ... Full Story | Top |
| Brazil car washer turns up alive at own wake Tuesday, Oct 23, 2012 06:11 PM PDT BRASILIA (Reuters) - A 41-year-old car washer from northeastern Brazil shocked his family by turning up at his own wake after his family mistakenly identified a murdered local man at the morgue as him, local media reported on Tuesday. Family and friends in the town of Alagoinhas in Bahia state were gathered around the body of another car washer resembling Gilberto Araujo when he showed up after being told of his "death" by a friend who had spotted him in the street. "I said, 'guys, I'm alive, pinch me,'" Araujo told the O Globo news website. ... Full Story | Top |
| September 11 mastermind's beard mystery solved: he dyes it with berries Tuesday, Oct 23, 2012 11:53 AM PDT  GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - Accused September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed has been tinting his beard red by rubbing it with fruit juice and crushed berries from his breakfast, a Pentagon spokesman said on Tuesday. Mohammed first showed up for his April arraignment hearing with his long, scraggly beard tinted a rusty red, and it remained dyed the same hue when he returned last week to the courtroom at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba. ... Full Story | Top |
| Did French prime minister accidentally reveal big Airbus order? Tuesday, Oct 23, 2012 11:50 AM PDT  TOULOUSE, France (Reuters) - Airbus parent EADS, whose merger talks with BAE Systems leaked to the press in the summer, may find more of its business subject to accidental early disclosure - this time by the French prime minister. Jean-Marc Ayrault, who has just returned from Singapore and Philippines to help drum up business for French companies, told Airbus workers his trip had highlighted the importance of remaining competitive on world export markets. ... Full Story | Top |
| Arizona ballot measure contests ownership of the Grand Canyon Tuesday, Oct 23, 2012 06:12 AM PDT  PHOENIX (Reuters) - When voters in Arizona go to the polls next month, they will be asked to decide a landownership tug of war: Should the Grand Canyon belong to all Americans, or just the residents of Arizona? A controversial ballot measure backed by Republicans in the state legislature is seeking sovereign control over millions of acres of federal land in the state, including the Grand Canyon. ... Full Story | Top |
| Referee sends off 36 brawling soccer players in junior match Tuesday, Oct 23, 2012 06:10 AM PDT ASUNCION (Reuters) - Thirty-six players, including both teams and substitutes, were sent off during a Paraguayan junior league soccer match that ended in mayhem. In the last five minutes of the game on Sunday, referee Nestor Guillen handed out two red cards, one to a player from each team, but the pair ignored him and continued their fight on the field. In a matter of seconds the clash spun out of control, involving players from both teams and all the replacements. ... Full Story | Top |
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