MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) - It's an Xmas card -- with the emphasis on "X." A Tennessee man has been sentenced to two years' probation for sending out porno Christmas cards with a picture of his ex-girlfriend. David Simmons pleaded guilty to charges of unlawful photography and criminal impersonation. As part of the plea deal, he avoids prison time. Authorities accuse Simmons of taking hidden camera photos while his girlfriend performed sex acts on him. After a bad break-up, prosecutors say Simmons sent one of the sex pics to the woman's relatives as Christmas cards.
GINGRICH-STRIP CLUB AWARD
DALLAS (AP) - Dallas strip club owner Dawn Rizos is putting former House Speaker
Newt Gingrich in the dog house. Rizos was set to receive an "Entrepreneur of the
Year" award, from the group American Solutions for Winning the Future, led by
Gingrich. But her honor was pulled, after it became known that she was the owner
of a topless club. The group said it had mistaken her business for another.
Rizos' $5,000 fee was also refunded. So she's donating the money to a shelter
for pit bulls under construction near Dallas. Rizos says she'll invite Gingrich
to the dedication of "Newt's Nook - A Home for Pit Bulls" next month.
MAD MEN' SUIT
NEW YORK (AP) - Now you can look just like Don Draper. Or at least wear his
suit. Brooks Brothers is selling 250 "Mad Men Edition" suits, inspired by AMC's
1960s Madison Avenue drama. The gray sharkskin suits will be available through
the season finale on Nov. 8. The fitted suits feature '60s detailing, including
a two-button jacket with narrow lapels. But they have a 21st century price, just
under $1,000.
PUNKIN CHUNKIN-RECORD
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Combine a 90-foot-long cannon, a 10-pound pumpkin and thin
mountain air -- and what to do you get? A new "punkin chunkin" record. At least
that's what the "Big 10 Inch Team" is hoping. They've brought their
pumpkin-firing compressed air cannon from the East Coast to Moab, Utah, for the
competition on Halloween. The current Guinness World Record for punkin chunkin
in just under 4,500 feet. Team co-captain Ralph Eschborn says they hope to fire
a pumpkin a mile. He says they've even brought their own pumpkins that the team
believes are just right for flight.
STATE LAWYER-STRIPPER
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A deputy assistant attorney general in South Carolina says
he always has sex toys -- just in case. Police in Columbia report that's what
Roland Corning told them. A police officer spotted the 66-year-old official and
an 18-year-old stripper in a secluded part of a cemetery earlier this week. A
police report says they sped off in Corning's SUV when the officer approached,
but were pulled over a few blocks away. The report says the officer found a
Viagra pill and several sex toys in the SUV. The police report was obtained by
The Associated Press under the Freedom of Information Act. No arrests were made
but yesterday Corning was fired.
