Turkish man seeks protection from sex-mad wife

  A  DESPERATE Turkish man living in Germany has turned to the police for protection from his insatiable wife's constant demands for sex, authorities said yesterday. The man came to his local police station in southwestern Germany this week saying that he had been sleeping on the sofa for the past four years to escape the clutches of his wife of 18 years and mother of their two children."Now he has decided to get a divorce and to move out ... in the hope of finally getting some rest, particularly as he is anxious to arrive at work well rested," police said in a statement.

"At the moment this is impossible because he says his wife keeps coming into the living room demanding that he perform his marital duties. He asked for police help in getting some sleep at night."

Boozy Aussies wear beer goggles

BOOZY Aussies at the butt of beer goggle jokes may take some comfort from a new survey which found the phenomenon is common among drinkers. The beer goggle phenomenon - where a night on the tiles is apparently helping transform ugly ducklings into beauties across the nation - is being studied, with men and women revealing how their judgment has been affected on a night out.Nearly a quarter of those who took part in the FebFast survey said they find others better looking after having a few drinks.A tipple or two also boosts their own self-confidence, the results show, with many admitting to feeling sexier after getting on the grog.And almost one in four of the 1009 respondents said a few drinks also helps them believe others find them more aesthetically pleasing.Almost three quarters of those surveyed said they don't find drinkers attractive when they're not under the influence themselves.The nationally-weighted survey, which quizzed drinkers aged 20 to 69, also found 27 per cent of people feel the need to drink at work gatherings to fit in or be accepted.Almost one third also believe drinking at these events will help them form better relationships with colleagues, while one in five said they had done something they later regretted.

FebFast patron and media personality Sarah Wilson said perceptions of drinking are linked to feeling good.

"We've been lulled into thinking (that) drinking makes us feel better, more at ease," she said in a statement.

"Many of us drink to avoid feeling nervous or bored and to quash end-of-day agitation. But many of us don't know what it feels like to be comfortable socially without the crutch alcohol provides."FebFast commissioned the survey, conducted via the internet in November, ahead of its February campaign, designed to encourage Australians to stop drinking for the entire month.

It aims to raise money to help youngsters overcome drug and alcohol problems while at the same time improving people's health.That's probably a good thing, given the results also reveal how regular drinkers believe their habit is not doing them any harm.One in four said they hadn't gone for more than a week without drinking, while half of those said they had not taken a longer break because they believed their health wasn't being affected.

Men were also revealed to be bigger drinkers than women, with more than 11 per cent of blokes downing 15 standard drinks in a week compared to five per cent of women.Women, on the other hand, are more inclined to drink from stress stemming from relationship issues.Forty one per cent said spousal problems prompted them to pick up the bottle, compared to just 26 per cent of men.

LOL Lawsuit-U.S. lawmaker sues over olive pit

WASHINGTON - A veteran U.S. lawmaker has taken legal action after biting into an olive in a sandwich and hurting his tooth on the pit.Dennis Kucinich, 64, a representative from Ohio who unsuccessfully sought the Democratic presidential nomination two times, sued food service companies operating in a congressional cafeteria on Capitol Hill.Andrew Young, a lawyer for the congressman, on Wednesday declined to discuss the lawsuit, copies of which have been widely reported in the media, saying it was private.The suit, filed early this month, states Kucinich bought a sandwich wrap in the cafeteria at the Longworth Office Building in April 2008 that had an olive without the pit removed.The “unfit and unwholesome” olive caused the congressman dental damage, requiring multiple procedures and resulting in a “loss of enjoyment,” according to the suit.

For that, Kucinich is seeking $150,000.Compass Group USA Inc, Performance Food Group Co and Foodbuy LLC are named in the lawsuit filed in Washington. Company spokesmen could not be reached immediately for comment.

WOW-Public urination arrest leads to fugitive's capture after 27 years

TAMPA — Edward Nathan Jr. just couldn't hold it in. That cost him his freedom. Nathan, now 50, escaped from a Tampa work release center in 1983. After eluding capture for nearly three decades, authorities said, he was arrested Friday on a public urination charge in Fulton County, Ga.Nathan was living under the name Claude Brooks, but fingerprints revealed his true identity as a fugitive, the Florida Department of Corrections said. Nathan was serving a five-year sentence for robbery with a deadly weapon in a Duval County case when he escaped from the Tampa Community Correctional Center on Aug. 27, 1983.

Authorities are arranging for Nathan to be returned to Florida.

LOL-Man who mistakenly thought he had outstanding warrants flees, is arrested, police say

FRANKLIN, Tenn.  — A Franklin man who started a police chase thought there was a warrant out for his arrest. There wasn't, but he ended up in handcuffs anyway.On Tuesday, Timothy Steele and his friend were pulled over for a broken brake light. Steele thought he had outstanding warrants, so he got out of the car and took off, police said. Officers chased him down

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and tackled him. There weren't any warrants, but Steele was arrested on charges of evading police.