Let this be a lesson to those among you in the midst of a dry spell: a sporting woman is fun for a moment, but with the inherent risks wouldn't you be better off with the less temporal satisfaction that comes from a vegetable oil-powered Ford Econoline van? [San Jose Mercury News via News.com]

Yeah, that there Honda Civic just makes a man feel a need to get him some action, like a randy bull a-snortin' and a-pawin' the ground. And what better action than a waterfront hooker sporting fishnets and tattered sneakers? Only thing is, every Civic comes burdened with a complete nuclear family in the back. D'oh! The Israelis definitely get cooler ads than we do (and they get the Sabra as well, so why would they even consider a Honda?). – Murilee Martin

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Molson-swilling solicitors of prostitutes have something new to worry about in the great province of Alberta. While our neighbors to the north generally don't crack down on johns as hard as many American municipalities, they do who cruise for ladies of the evening to require the men to attend "John School."

But apparently explaining why they may need a day to themselves to wives or co-workers has proven problematic for the johns, so police in Alberta decided that the way to make attendance compulsory was to threaten to take the mens' vehicles. Meanwhile, in a bout of typical bout of Canadian politeness laced with loathing for all involved, a the president of the Alberta Civil Liberties Union thinks the police shouldn't have the right to make laws. Oh, Canada. – Davey G. Johnson

Alberta law will let police seize johns' cars [Globe and Mail]

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Van Nuys residents along Sepulveda Boulevard had been complaining about prostitutes along the fabled really-freaking-long Southern California street. Mindful of that, law enforcement officials set up a sting, tarting up female officers and busting full-to-burstin' men who pulled up offering renumeration in exchange for some sexual attention. The men were cited and their cars confiscated; no doubt a number of wives and girlfriends were brandishing the rolling pin that night.

Police Confiscate Cars, Cite 11 For Solicitation [NBC4]

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As history has taught us, mobility is often a double-edged sword. In India, quite a few indigenous truck stops, or "dhabas," offer free food to long-haul truckers, provided they pop for a quick stress-reliever with a prostitute, kinda like free drinks while one gambles in Vegas. Unfortunately, many, if not most of the drivers are uneducated about the dangers of HIV, and many of the (often very young) prostitutes at dhabas don't have the leverage to insist on condom use, if they've even been educated about its benefits at all.

All of this, as anyone with a couple of spare brain cells to rub together can imagine, is making the subcontinent a ripe target for infection, and in fact, it ranks only behind South Africa in the number of people living with HIV and AIDS, although given India's massive population, the per-capita infection rate is far lower.

Indian health officials are obviously worried, but proper truck-stop schwanz-wrapping procedures aren't being taught in trucking schools, and if drivers do become too sick to drive (given the lack of healthcare), they're simply replaced. With India's expanding economic growth, unless drastic measures in HIV-prevention education are taken, India could well become the next Africa.

HIV is spreading via India's highways [AP]

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