NEW YORK (AP) - Rubbing shoulders with naked strangers -- in the name of art. A new exhibit at The Museum of Modern Art in New York City has two nude performers standing inches apart. Museum visitors wanting to go through a narrow doorway have to squeeze past the nude models. For some it's a little too close for comfort. The display is part of an exhibit showcasing work by Yugoslavian-born performance artist Marina Abramovic. Sometimes the nudes are the same sex, other times the opposite sex. And they aren't the only live nudes on display. Abramovic's exhibit also has a nude performer lying under a skeleton and a naked woman on a bicycle seat.
CASH-STUFFED BRA
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - Police report the bra was padded -- with nearly 26-grand.
Authorities say Lukeisha A. Harris is one of three people in the Seattle-area
busted in connection with a fraud investigation. Sheriff's spokesman Dave Reagan
says guards searched the 6-foot-tall and 400-pound Harris at the Spokane County
Jail. He adds the guards found nearly $26,000 in her bra, along with bank
receipts. Harris and two others were arrested when a bank worker said they tried
to get cash with a stolen credit card.
MARIJUANA EATER
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - The guy charged with eating the pot is no teenager. Iowa
police accuse 77-year-old Howard Switzer of trying to swallow the evidence.
Officers arrested Switzer on traffic charges in January. Police say while
Switzer was in the back of seat of a patrol car, he pulled his stash from his
coat pocket and swallowed most of it. He was busted last week on a warrant
related to the pot case and later released without bail. Authorities note the
senior citizen has two previous pot convictions.
DRUNKEN DUI
PAPILLION, Neb. (AP) - Too drunk to be sentenced for drunken driving.
Authorities in Sarpy County, Neb., report that's what happened when Jason Botos
showed up at the courthouse for his sentencing hearing. Deputies had to help
Botos out of the car driven by his father. He was arrested in the parking lot
and couldn't go to his hearing. So, the judge issued a warrant. Now, Botos faces
even more jail time.
LAUGHTER YOGA
MUSKEGON, Mich. (AP) - Cheryl Oliver could use a good laugh. That's why she's a
certified Laughter Yoga leader. The Michigan civil-environmental engineer is a
serious-minded person. She says it's almost a sin to laugh at work. So, she
turned to Laughter Yoga for some relief. She tells The Muskegon Chronicle that
laughing leads to a sort of runner's high. She leads a class in Laughter Yoga
Tuesday evenings. She says it starts with breathing exercises and leads to
side-splitting, rolling on the floor, laughter.
MATCHSTICK CONSTRUCTION
MASON, Wis. (AP) - Joe Cutich doesn't have to go to Paris to see Notre Dame
Cathedral. He's got one in his Mason, Wis. home. The retired railroad man has
built a model of Notre Dame out of matchsticks. But he's not sure what he'll do
with it. He tells a local paper (The Daily Press of Ashland) he'd like to donate
it, but he doesn't know where. He's already built everything from a pirate ship
to a steam locomotive out matchsticks. He adds the projects keep him happy and
occupied.
