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In this ill-advised geriatric comedy, Lou Cutell and Bernie Kopell play widowers in their 70s who invite a prostitute over for what they hope will be a night of sex, aided by Viagra. The jokes are generally pale and obvious, the crassness level is high, and no one looks comfortable, especially not Teresa Ganzel, who has the thankless job of playing the prostitute (1:30).

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Police shut down house of prostitution; neighbors shocked
A man empties the trunk of his car following a two-week vacation. Next door, a couple work on their garden and across the street a statue of the Blessed Mother sits on a front lawn. It’s suburbia on Commonwealth Avenue in Massapequa—except for the house of prostitution around the corner.

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The discussion over the change began in May when Zoning Officer Robert Hudak suggested that a change in language of the zoning code regarding “personal services”. Hudak said at the time that some of the uses included in the ordinance — such as tattoo parlors, massage parlors, and steam baths — could lead to circumstances in which the township would be unable to easily differentiate between legitimate businesses and businesses that offered illegal services. Speaking about requests received by his office, Hudak said some businesses that could harbor illegal activity had contacted the zoning office for information.
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While the exclusion of massage parlors from the list eases some differing opinions on the Township Committee, the governing body agreed to the language of the ordinance stating that excluding massage would prevent legitimate business — such as massage therapists, chiropractors, and salons that offer spa services — from operating with in Cranford.

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As previously reported, the city of New York has agreed to award family and friends of Sean Bell $7 million for the fatal shooting of the unarmed Black man on his wedding day.
The settlement filed Tuesday will pay $3.25 million to the estate of Sean Bell and $3 million to Joseph Guzman and $900,000 to Trent Benefield, two of Bell’s friends that were with him injured in the shooting.
The lawsuit filed by Bell’s fiancé Nicole Paultre-Bell accused the city of wrongful death, negligence, assault and civil rights violations.
Three police officers were acquitted of multiple charges including manslaughter in 2008 for the 2006 shooting of Bell, as he left his bachelor party on his wedding day.
Officers fired 50 shots into Bell’s vehicle outside of a NYC gentleman’s club, one even stopping to reload before firing 31 shots into the unarmed Black man’s car.

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… Ye recently spoke on his breakup from stripper-turned-model Amber Rose, explaining that it was time to close that chapter in his love life. “It was an amazing time and it came to an end,” he said in a radio interview. “My goal in life is to really have an amazing woman and have a family, but I think I had to go through these different things to grow.”

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Adam Clayton Powell IV, who is challenging Rep. Charlie Rangel in the September 14 Democratic primary in NY-15, was told at a press conference yesterday that one of his major donors pleaded guilty to insider trading in 2002, and has been slapped with multiple racial and sexual harassment suits by dancers at his Bronx strip club, “Sin City.”
“I don’t want to hear any more. Jesus Christ, that’s quite a resume,” said Powell.
“I’m going to return the money. I want no part of anybody like that,” Powell said, according to the New York Daily News, when he heard about the legal troubles of Konstantine Drakopoulos. “Wow,” he said, six times.
Powell did admit he knew that Drakopoulos, who according to federal records gave Powell five donations of $1,000, was a strip club owner: “I honestly don’t know [when I learned about the strip joint],” he said. “I know he owns it. I haven’t been there.”

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Court records from several states other than New York indicate that Sharif El-Gamal has had more than his share of run-ins with the law over other legal issues.
Court records  from Florida to New York state reveal that Sharif and his younger brother, Samir “Sammy” El-Gamal, 35, a partner with him in his company SoHo Properties, both have a history replete with intersections with tax and debt issues, dating back to at least 1994 and continuing into this year. In one case, a NYPD officer arrested Sharif in 1994 for “promoting prostitution.” (He pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor of disorderly conduct.) In another instance, Sharif told a court he didn’t hit a tenant from whom his brother and he were trying to collect back rent. He said to police, the tenant’s “face could have run into my hand.”

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The DMIA, also called the Clark International Airport, is located at the Clark Freeport Zone in Angeles City, Pampanga. Clark was a former United States military base that now houses a golf resort, industrial buildings, and retail establishments.
The BI tightened its monitoring and screening procedures at the DMIA after receiving reports that Clark was being used as a base of operations by human traffickers and illegal recruiters.
Lawyer Carlos Capulong, BI-DMIA head supervisor, said the 672 passengers were “offloaded” or not allowed to travel between August 1 to 31 as they attempted to leave with dubious travel documents.
Compared with the number of passengers who left the country via DMIA, the 672 passengers represent roughly 6.8 percent of the 9,938 travelers who were allowed to take overseas flights at the DMIA.
Citing earlier reports, Capulong said the undocumented overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who leave via Clark were usually bound for Malaysia, where many reportedly end up working as household helpers and others as prostitutes.

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We talked a bit yesterday about the Post’s constituency of New Yorkers with special interest in the conflicts of the Middle East: American Jews who watch Israel closely; right-wingers looking for flashpoints in their continuing narrative of a macro-conflict between Islamic nations and the West; left-wingers who object to the state of Israel altogether; and many in between. It’s not “HEADLESS WOMAN IN TOPLESS BAR,” but it still often works well for the Post.
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Daily News: Meanwhile, the News tries to flex its political muscle in a different way: To make Charlie Rangel’s challenger for a seat in the House, Adam Clayton Powell IV, return somewhere between $3,000 and $5,000 in donations to Gus Drakopoulos, a former Wall Streeter banned from securities after a finding he’d engaged in fraud, who now owns Sin City, a strip club in the Bronx. Powell talks a lot in the piece: He was happy to take money from the owner of a strip joint—”I’m not Charlie Rangel. I don’t have a million dollars in my reelection campaign,” he said—but not happy to take money from a Wall Street grifter.

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Rangel challenger under fire for campaign donations
By Shane D’Aprile – 09/02/10 09:34 AM ET
New York State Assemblyman Adam Clayton Powell IV (D), who appears to have the best shot of defeating embattled Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) in a primary later this month, says he has returned campaign cash he received from an ex-felon.  
According to the New York Daily News, Powell received thousands of dollars in campaign donations from Konstantine Drakopoulos, the owner of a Bronx strip club called Sin City who pleaded guilty to insider trading eight years ago. 
Drakopoulos is now the subject of a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by dancers at the club he owns.
“I don’t want to hear any more. Jesus Christ, that’s quite a résumé,” said Powell, who is running in the Sept. 14 Democratic primary against Rangel, the veteran congressman facing a House ethics trial. “I’m going to return the money. I want no part of anybody like that.”

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