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NEWS ABOUT: nightclub

nightclub stories: 19 news summaries

 40% Bare Is 
 How Women 
 Best Attract Men 

But too much flesh smacks of infidelity

Nov 19, 09 4:36 AM CST
(Newser) - Researchers have discovered that women who bare 40% of their body are the most effective at attracting males. Female scientists studied women at a popular nightclub, and placed percentage values on how much skin they exposed. A bare arm counted for 10%, a leg 15% and so on. They found... More »

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nudity • sex • indecent exposure • nightclub • attraction • dating • public nudity • sexual attraction

(Newser) - New Jersey police are investigating a complaint by a Canadian tourist who reported being raped at the home of New York Jet star defensive back Kerry Rhodes after she met him and a friend at a Manhattan night club, reports the New York Post. "I am not the subject... More »

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sports • crime • New Jersey • police • Manhattan • rape • nightclub • New York Jets • defense • Kerry Rhodes • Morristown

Drug Users Worldwide
Fall into 'K-Hole'

Ketamine remains legal in some places, but can cause severe problems

May 23, 09 12:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - “Special K” isn’t part of the most important meal of the day. It’s part of a dangerous trend that’s seeing recreational drug users turn to ketamine, a substance commonly used as a horse tranquilizer, GlobalPost reports. In humans, ketamine induces a hallucinogenic, immobile state. “Everything... More »

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drugs • nightclub • recreational drugs • The Matrix • ketamine • Special K

 Boy-Crazy LiLo 
 Returns to 
 Wild Ways 

Friends fear star is in downward spiral

Apr 22, 09 9:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan is back to her pre-Samantha Ronson ways: “a different man every night,” a pal tells the New York Post, and as many as six nightclubs in one evening. Friends are concerned the star is entering a Britney Spears-level “meltdown”—but without any stable family... More »

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Lindsay Lohan • celebrity • drinking • nightclub • Samantha Ronson

ANALYSIS

Saddam Would Be Proud: Vice Is Back in Baghdad

Violence is down, allowing Baghdad to return to its old tricks

Apr 19, 09 9:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Religious extremists and kidnappers are mostly gone now from Baghdad’s streets, clearing the way for the return of prostitutes and gamblers, the New York Times says. Violence—and thus nighttime curfews—in Iraq’s capital has subsided, allowing liquor stores and nightclubs to revert back to their Saddam-era numbers.... More »

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Iraq • prostitution • Baghdad • violence • nightclub • drug abuse

 UK Bans Ad With Lusty 'Pope' 

It caused 'serious offense,' ad council rules

Apr 2, 09 4:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - A British advertising commission has blocked the use of a dancing, beer-guzzling photo-manipulated "Pope John Paul II" in an advertisement promoting a nightclub, reports the Telegraph. "It was hugely offensive," said a spokeswoman for a Polish organization, one of several Catholics who complained about the brochure. "... More »

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advertising • censorship • religion • nightclub • Britain • Catholic • Pope John Paul II • freedom of speech

 LiLo Settles Suit 
 Over Missing Mink 

Woman says Lohan stole coat from club

Mar 13, 09 9:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan has settled with a woman who claims the actress stole her mink coat from a club, the New York Post reports. It's unknown how much Lohan paid to get the lawsuit to go away. Masha Markova lost the $11,000 wrap last year at New York's 1OAK; photos... More »

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New York • Lindsay Lohan • fur • lawsuit • nightclub • Masha Markova

 Spend V-Day With LiLo and Sam 

Couple to host party in Florida

Feb 5, 09 9:18 AM CST
(Newser) - No Valentine’s Day plans yet? Fear not: You can spend the most romantic night of the year with power couple Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson—assuming they don’t break up again first, Perez Hilton reports. LiLo is hosting a party at a Florida nightclub, “with music... More »

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Florida • Lindsay Lohan • celebrity • nightclub • party • Valentine's Day • Samantha Ronson

 Pyrotechnics Likely 
 Caused Thai Club Fire 

Club was ill-equipped for fire safety

Jan 1, 09 3:03 PM CST
(Newser) - Firecrackers or a pyrotechnic New Year's display are the likely culprits in last night’s Bangkok nightclub blaze that killed 61 people and injured 200, the BBC reports. Witnesses said flames shot from a stage set the ceiling on fire, which then fell onto terrified partygoers. “People were screaming... More »

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Thailand • Bangkok • nightclub • New Year's Eve • fire • deaths • firecrackers

(AP) - Fire swept through a high-class Bangkok nightclub jammed with several hundred New Year's revelers early yesterday, killing at least 59 people and injuring more than 200, the AP reports. A number of foreigners were among the casualties from the blaze, which erupted shortly after midnight. Victims died from burns, smoke... More »

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Thailand • Bangkok • nightclub • New Year's Eve • fire • deaths

Machete, Blood at Home of Missing NYC Woman's Date

Sex-crime suspect told pal not to talk to cops about missing woman

Dec 7, 08 7:36 AM CST
(Newser) - Police have found blood, a machete, and a woman's shoe at the family home of a sex-crime convict suspected in the disappearance of a woman who left a Manhattan nightclub with him, reports the New York Daily News. Suspect Michael Mele, the son of a retired New York City transit... More »

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crime • murder • blood • disappearance • nightclub

For Inauguration Week,
DC Pushes Last Call to 5am

Some worry late-night partying will increase crime

Dec 3, 08 2:29 PM CST
(Newser) - Preparing for a wave of inauguration visitors (and their cash), Washington legislators loosened the capital’s laws yesterday to let restaurants, bars, and nightclubs stay open all night and serve alcohol until 5am in the days leading up to the historic occasion, the Washington Post reports. The move upset civic... More »

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alcohol • Washington DC • restaurant • nightclub • inauguration • President Obama • Inauguration Day

 Lilo, Sam Duke It Out at Club 

Couple comes to blows in London nightclub

Nov 21, 08 10:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan and girlfriend Samantha Ronson had an ugly fistfight in London, “screaming and spitting” at each other, the British tabloid Sun reports. Ronson flew off the handle when she spotted Lilo dancing with ex Calum Best at trendy nightclub Boujis. “And then all hell broke loose,”... More »

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London • Lindsay Lohan • celebrity • fight • nightclub • Samantha Ronson • Calum Best

 Wills Woos 
 Paris, Xtina 
 at UK Club 



Princes party with American divas

Oct 17, 08 12:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Paris Hilton and Christina Aguilera landed a royal pair last night. They “sang cheesy pop songs” with Princes William and Harry at a London nightclub, TMZ reports. Wills first approached Christina, huddled with her and "flirted outrageously," but drifted to Paris’ side once she arrived, the Telegraph ... More »

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Prince William • Prince Harry • Paris Hilton • celebrity • nightclub • British royals • Christina Aguilera

Great White to Pay $1M
Over Deadly R.I. Stage Fire

Latest legal development in nightclub fire tragedy

Sep 2, 08 5:18 PM CDT
(AP) - The 1980s rock band whose pyrotechnics sparked a nightclub fire that killed 100 people in Rhode Island has agreed to pay $1 million to survivors and victims' relatives. The settlement offer from Great White was revealed in court papers today. Roughly $175 million has now been offered by dozens of... More »

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courts • accident • nightclub • settlement • accidental death • rock music • fire

At Green Disco in London, Dancers Foot the Energy Bills

'Eco-disco' aims to help the planet boogie away from disaster

Jul 12, 08 12:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bust a move, save the world. That's the premise behind a new disco in London that bills itself as the world's first eco-club, reports the Guardian. Its dance floor is designed to harness the energy of dancing feet. The club's owner says that alone will cover 60% of the electric... More »

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environment • London • alternative energy • dancing • nightclub • Friends of the Earth

Sex Trade
Dying Out on
Hamburg's
'Mile of Sin'

Red lights are going out on the Reeperbahn

Mar 21, 08 10:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hamburg's Reeperbahn has been one of the world's most famous red light districts for as long as anyone can remember, but the "Mile of Sin's" flamboyant brothels are dying out, the Independent reports. Discos and cheap bars attracting binge-drinking teens are taking their place. The seedy street's old-timers lament... More »

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prostitution • Germany • nightclub • Beatles • brothel

Lawsuits Settled for $13M in
RI Club Fire

Agreement with relatives still needs approval by a judge

Sep 6, 07 7:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Relatives of those killed in the 2003 Rhode Island nightclub fire have tentatively agreed to a $13.5 million settlement with several of the defendants sued over the blaze. A hundred people died and 200 others were injured. The companies involved in the settlement include the manufacturer of the foam... More »

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fires • nightclub • Station nightclub • settlement • Rhode Island

'Music and Passion' Yield to Subway

Historic Copacabana awaits transit-expansion wrecking ball

Jul 1, 07 11:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - After nearly seven decades, three locations, and an unforgettable hit song, the Copacabana nightclub closed its doors early this morning to make way for the extension of a subway line. In its latest incarnation, the onetime hangout of the Rat Pack and the Mickey Mantle-led New York Yankees bowed out... More »

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New York City • John Juliano • Copacabana • Rat Pack • nightclub • baseball

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