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...girlfriends later told police he wanted sex several times a day, often outside in the nearby woods--in some cases in areas where Green River victims were discovered. Ridgway told police in March 1986 he had a fixation on prostitutes, saying they affected him "as strongly as alcohol does an alcoholic," in the words of the police report. He conceded that he had contracted venereal diseases many times from prostitutes. Greg Ridgway says he is "surprised" about his brother's contacts with prostitutes, but says "we didn't sit around talking about those things--our personal lives are private...
...curtailing benefits, the government should be more compassionate to those in need. The act would have states create commendable workfare programs for welfare recipients who cannot find employment in the private sector. People would have to work a minimum number of hours to keep receiving benefits; drug and alcohol rehabilitation, childcare and other programs would be available in the remaining time. This program is a positive step, but funding should come from the federal government so as not to cause additional financial strain on states. Despite the promise of this program, Congress must ensure that these newly employed workers...
...FAME AFFECTED YOUR KIDS? We went from having no money to being flooded with material things. That catapulted them into experimenting with drugs and alcohol. I slammed my foot down and sent them to rehab. Now they're doing fantastic...
...convicted, for example, his crime has to be confirmed by four adult male Muslim eyewitnesses, or the rapist must confess. If the court rules that there was consent, the woman can be convicted of adultery. Sentences under the Hudood ordinances include amputation for theft, flogging for drinking alcohol and stoning for adultery. And, while the medieval punishments are never carried out, convicted adulterers often spend years in prison. At least half of the women in Pakistani prisons are either awaiting trial or have already been convicted under the Hudood laws...
...Kidnapped by dissolute Indian courtiers, Pran undergoes the first of his metamorphoses by becoming Rukhsana, dressing in girl's clothing as bait to blackmail clueless British colonial officers of confused sexuality. Kunzru's alcohol-soaked collision of English stiffness and Indian sensuality has a Dickensian slant (though with more buggery than one remembers from The Pickwick Papers). After an apocalyptic tiger hunt, Rukhsana takes refuge in Bombay, where by day he learns English and by night rules the red lights as a half-breed hustler called Pretty Bobby...