Killer tip: Don’t leave tag on suitcase with body

A British man was convicted of murdering a prostitute after he dumped her torso into a canal in a suitcase but forgot to take off a label bearing his brother’s name and address.

Daniel Archer, a 55-year-old crack addict, killed Nasra Ismail, 27, in his brother’s North London apartment after paying her 20 pounds ($34.40) for sex, prosecutors told London’s Old Bailey Central Criminal Court.

He fled to the north of England but returned three weeks later to cut up her body. He put her torso into a suitcase and threw it into Regent’s Canal, where it failed to sink.

Police quickly traced Archer through his brother’s name and the crime-scene address written on the suitcase.

Archer denied murdering Ismail, saying she had died in a fight with him after she attacked him with a knife.

Archer, who faces life in jail, will be sentenced Friday.

Chinese float liquid condom concept

China's first liquid condom went on sale today after the country's health and drugs administration formally gave the hi-tech prophylactic the thumbs-up, the China Daily reports.

Dubbed the Nanometer-silver Cryptomorphic Condom (NCC), it's designed for female rather than male usage. The condom-in-a-can is essentially an antiseptic foam spray that the manufacturer claims forms a physical membrane inside the vagina, protecting it from infection, acting as a barrier to pregnancy and providing a lubricating effect.

It's not known who makes the NCC, but Beijing-based Chinese-Canadian condom maker Blue Cross Biomedical has been touting something along these lines for a while now. It maintains its spray-in condom "can effectively kill gynaecological disease pathogens such as staphylococcus aureus, Candida, coliform bacillus, and can prevent sexually transmitted diseases.

"It can remain in the vagina for a long time without destroying the vagina's chemical balance," the company adds. "Daily use of this product can help maintain genital hygiene and prevent infection by pathogens".

Don't fancy being tagged? Wear a skirt

A teenager charged with GBH who failed to comply with the conditions of her bail has escaped being tagged after successfully convincing magistrates that the ankle-borne electronic device would look "stupid" with her preferred choice of attire.

Skirt-wearing 18-year-old Natasha Hughes, accused of grevious bodily harm against another woman, found herself before Worcester magistrates after failing to answer the door of her house to police officers on at 2.30am on 1 November - as required by the curfew conditions of her bail.

The Crown Prosecution Service demanded she be tagged as a result, but Hughes lawyer argued it would be visible, look strange and "affect her dress sense". Magistrates agreed, and Hughes walked tagless from the court.

She still faces another appearance before the beak, and a maximum five years' jail if convicted on the GBH rap.

Summertime And The Butt Facials Are Easy

Summer is all about relaxing for most folks -- but for Brooklyn spa owner Kristine Panariello, it's about getting her staff ready to do a lot of "butt facials."

The owner of Spa Secret has perfected a technique for smoothing out the skin of the derriere, and estimates 50 customers per week will have the procedure at the height of swimsuit season.

The so-called "Butt Lift" involves scraping off the first few layers of skin with microdermabrasion, then giving a massage with a tightening gel. The final step is the application of a mask which heats up, cools and dries to form a "cast" of the customer's heinie.

Panariello says it's not just nude models and strippers who are getting the Butt Lift: Female doctors, lawyers and accountants are having it done to shape up for their swimsuits.

In addition, a fair number of men are having their bums worked on, mostly for acne breakouts.

The price for the procedure might knock you on your butt, though: $250 for a one-hour session.

Artist Selling His Snot Ball For $20K

A London artist who collected mucus from his nose for two years and displayed the resulting ball of snot at four separate art exhibitions is now ready to part with his prized possession -- to the tune of roughly $20,000.

Greeks Are Gods In Bed

The Greeks are gods in bed but the stressed out Japanese hardly ever get down to it.

The world's biggest sex survey has found that Greeks have sex an average of 138 times a year.

Banging at the door are the Croats and Serbs at 134 and 128 times a year.

And in a devastating blow to British morale, the French are at it 120 times - leaving the Brits trailing in eighth place at 118 bonks a year.

In the relegation zone in the sex league table are the Japanese.
A hectic lifestyle and an ever-present pressure to succeed in work means they only manage it 45 times a year.

In a surprising result, the Swedes only weigh in at 33 in the 41-country league table.
In a land of saunas, pornography and blonde bombshells, Swedes only get a bit of action 92 times a year.

Those from Iceland are having sex the earliest, losing their virginity at the average age of 15.2.

Turks have the most sexual partners, 14.5 being the average.
Aussies and Kiwis average 13.3 and Britons 9.8.

The survey, carried out by condom makers Durex, found that lovers in Belgium and Poland are most happy with their love lives while the Chinese and Japanese are the most dissatisfied.
Half of all Brits are happy with their lot in the bedroom while Americans and Canadians are the most adventurous in the sack.

They love a bit of action in front of a home video camera.

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Bird flu seagull actually pissed

Vets in Sundsvall, Sweden, believed they had a case of avian influenza when they discovered a seagull with "with yellow liquid coming out of its beak and anus", crashed out on its back and "kicking its legs", UPI reports.

The truth was rather less alarming - the bird was actually the worse for wear after apparently eating yeast on a rubbish dump. Tests confirmed its state of intoxication and the vets rather unsportingly put the poor blighter down.