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Reuters - Long associated with seedy red light
districts, sleaze and sex, Japan's love hotels are growing up
to be socially acceptable and even classy, says the author of a
new book on the subject.

Reuters - China's Shaolin Temple, the cradle of
Chinese kung fu, is demanding an apology from an Internet user
who said its monks had once been beaten in unarmed combat by a
Japanese ninja, Chinese media reported on Friday.

AP - An elementary school has banned tag on its playground after some children complained they were harassed or chased against their will.

Reuters - Japanese men worried about bulging
bellies now have another option to cutting back on beer — slip
into a boxer brief girdle or T-shirt with tummy-control panels.

Reuters - A diamond-encrusted platinum skull by
artist Damien Hirst has been sold to an investment group for
the asking price of 50 million pounds, a spokeswoman for
Hirst's London gallery White Cube said on Thursday.

AP - A high school student who tricked football fans from a crosstown rival into holding up signs that together spelled out, “We Suck,” was suspended for the prank, students said.

AP - Already the proud parents of triplets, Victoria and Tim Lasita had decided they wanted to have “one more.”

Reuters - A teenager has been arrested on
suspicion of having posted a video of himself on YouTube
driving at speeds of more than 140 mph, police said on
Thursday.

AP - Entomologists are debating the origin and rarity of a sprawling spider web that blankets several trees, shrubs and the ground along a 200-yard stretch of trail in a North Texas park.

AP - The naked truth: Three eastern Missouri men were willing to go to extreme lengths to get some beer.