Wow-Naked therapist Sarah White helps men bare their souls

"It helps get men to therapy," she says. "But I'm still trying to figure it out. As far as the thrust of it, I'm not quite able to explain. I know it helps people open up more."I'm not saying naked therapy is better than other kinds of therapy, but for some people, it is better for them. Yeah, it does assist with their problems."

SHE'S 24, she's pretty, and she never takes her glasses off. The rest of what she's wearing is a different matter. "I am a naked therapist," say Sarah White, a resident of New York. "I do talk therapy and I undress throughout the course of the session."Ms White conducts most of her sessions online on Skype. Demand for appointments has been high after she appeared in the iPad-only newspaper The Daily last week.Her story was quickly picked up and has been repeated around the world. In between her busy schedule, she agreed to an online interview with The Courier-Mail to explain her work. Ms White, who studies psychology but is not a registered psychotherapist, admits she does not fully understand how removing her clothes increase the mental well-being of her clients.

All right then. How? "Nakedness establishes a relationship between me and my client that is immediately intimate and open. People respond to nakedness in different ways. Some people it makes them calmer, relaxed."

Man left with half a haircut after arrest at barbers - funny mugshot picture

David Davis was not looking his best when he had to pose for his mugshot.The 21-year-old American is accused of grabbing the scissors at a barber's and slicing another man in the back. Police in Stamford, Connecticut, arrested him soon afterward, leaving him with only half his hairdo finished.

Davis claims he was acting in self-defence

Good-Alligator keeps watch on marijuana plants.

A 55-pound alligator was removed from a California home on Monday night after police found it was guarding about 2,300 marijuana plants.Justice department officials raided the home and found the four-foot-long animal in a basin in a back room. His name is Wally, the Press Enterprise newspaper reports.

"He was extremely healthy, a little too well taken care of," said Joel Almquist, who runs a nearby wild animal sanctuary which is now caring for Wally.

But despite Wally's cute appearance, Almquist warned that even small gators can be dangerous.

"Some are pretty mellow, but if you get bit by a three-footer, you're going to remember it for a long time. It's kind of like being bit by a vice with teeth. It's not a pleasant experience."

Alligators are illegal as pets in California.

Good Idea-Text messages to replace postage stamps

Two European countries are now offering an alternative to the ubiquitous postage stamp: sending the post office a text message.Sweden and Denmark are set to roll out a new postal service whereby customers can pay for postage using text-messaging services on their cellphones.Customers can simply send a text message to the post office and in a few seconds an automated reply will arrive with a special code. Write the code on the envelope where a stamp would normally go and you're done.The cost of the stamp will appear on the customer's cellphone bill at the end of the month.

Lottery-  $200 million tax refund? We goofed, officials say

HURON, Ohio — Ohio's tax department says a promise that it would send a woman a $200 million refund check was a mistake due to a software glitch. According to The Sandusky Register, Denise Bossetti was among 9,700 taxpayers statewide who received Ohio Department of Taxation notices about mega-refunds. It's not clear if the other amounts were as big as what Bossetti was told to expect. The woman from Huron in northern Ohio was sent a letter dated Jan. 24 saying her $200 million refund could not be paid by direct deposit so she'd be sent a check.

Yaucky-Eggs boiled in children's urine to take the world by storm

 

Traditional chefs in Dongyang, Zhejiang province, eastern China, are trying to convince everyone that they're really not just taking the pee.Spring eggs hard boiled in children's urine have been a treat in this part of China for thousands of years and now culture officials want to take it worldwide.

Chef Lu Ming said: 'The urine is gathered from local schools and the very best comes from boys under 10 years old. They pee in buckets and we collect it fresh every day,'Then the eggs - which have official cultural significance status - are boiled in the wee, first with their shells on and then with them off for a day and a night before they're ready to be eaten.He said: 'The eggs are delicious and healthy. They stop fevers and can help you concentrate if you're feeling sluggish or sleepy.