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  • January 2008

    • Florida Cops Suspect Hooker Serial Killer Is Back

      Newsweek  |  Jan 13, 08 7:55 AM CST

      Florida Cops Suspect Hooker Serial Killer Is Back

      (Newser) - The serial killer who hunted Daytona Beach’s prostitutes in the winter of 2005-2006 may be back, Newsweek reports. A body found recently matches the pattern of the earlier killings. “It’s eerily similar and has all the earmarks of the other cases,” said Daytona’s police chief. “I hope to God he’s not back, but I’m afraid that’s what we’re looking at.” More »

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      crime  • Florida  • prostitute  • serial killers

  • December 2007

    • Pig Farmer Guilty of Butchering Women

      Reuters  |  Dec 10, 07 2:14 AM CST

      Pig Farmer Guilty of Butchering Women

      (Newser) - A Canadian pig farmer has been convicted of murdering six women, chopping up the corpses in his slaughterhouse and feeding parts to his pigs. Robert "Willie" Pickton, 58, may face trial for up to 20 other murders—and police believe he's responsible for even more. Pickton told an undercover cop that he killed 49 women, reports Reuters. More »

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      murder  • prostitute  • Vancouver  • British Columbia

  • November 2007

    • Chilean Hooker Donates Time to Telethon

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Nov 30, 07 11:41 AM CST

      Chilean Hooker Donates Time to Telethon

      (Newser) - A 27-hour telethon this weekend In Chile will raise money for disabled children, and one woman has devised a special way to contribute, reports the Telegraph . A prostitute has auctioned off 27 hours of her services and is giving all the proceeds to charity. "I am going to contribute with my work to a purpose that touches me deeply," she said. More »

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      prostitution  • Chile  • prostitute

    • Brothel Owner Backs Paul

      Reno Gazette-Journal  |  Nov 26, 07 5:16 PM CST

      Brothel Owner Backs Paul

      (Newser) - Ron Paul found himself on the respectable side of a brothel last week, when the Republican presidential hopeful earned the endorsement of the owner of Reno's Moonlite BunnyRanch. MSNBC anchor Tucker Carlson surprised Paul by engineering the nod, arriving in a limousine with Dennis Hof and two “celebrity prostitutes,” the Reno Gazette-Journal reports. More »

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      endorsement  • prostitution  • Nevada  • Ron Paul  • prostitute  • brothel  • libertarianism  • Tucker Carlson

    • Sweden Law Rids Streets of 'Johns'

      Der Spiegel  |  Nov 8, 07 7:50 PM CST

      Sweden Law Rids Streets of 'Johns'

      (Newser) - A Swedish law that penalizes men who solicit sex with prostitutes rather than the women themselves has been a huge success in cleaning up the streets and reducing human trafficking, proponents say. But Swedish sex workers see the ban as an undue burden on an already burdensome job and argue almost unanimously for decriminalization, Der Spiegel reports. More »

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      prostitution  • prostitute  • Sweden  • human trafficking  • Stockholm

  • October 2007
  • August 2007

    • Sex Is Most Common Cause of HIV in China

      BBC  |  Aug 20, 07 8:28 PM CDT

      Sex Is Most Common Cause of HIV in China

      (Newser) - Unsafe sex has become the most common means of transmission of HIV in China, edging out IV-drug use and blood transfusions, the BBC reports. That points to the need to focus prevention efforts on mainstream sexual practices—not just those of high-risk groups—which poses a daunting challenge in a country with conservative attitudes about sex. More »

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      China  • sex  • AIDS  • HIV  • prostitute  • safe sex  • sexual behavior

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