"Hot" off the Press: Facial hair gone mad edition

Two Fridays ago, the Iowa Senate convened for one minute and the Iowa House for just four: http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/dmr/index.php/2011/05/06/iowa-senate-adjourns-today-after-1-minute-floor-session/.

A Wyoming couple has accused the rental company Aarons with spying on them through the webcam of a computer they rented: http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2011/05/05/am-rental-company-spies-on-wyoming-couple-through-webcam/. It's disturbing, but the computer is technically owned by Aarons.

A topless women's rights group in Ukraine is trying to fight against the nation's rampant prostitution and sex tourism: http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,760697,00.html.

Germany is conducting a national census for the first time since reunification, which seems amazing given how much the Germans love bureaucracy and micromanagement: http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,761497,00.html.

The BBC wonders why Americans are so pissed off about gas prices when it costs over twice as much in Europe: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13338754.

According to UI research, West Liberty has become the first majority Latino city in Iowa: http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20110513/NEWS/110513014/UI-researcher-Majority-of-West-Liberty-is-Latino. Hooray for culinary diversity in small town Iowa! (I really should take a Spanish class.)

The World Beard and Moustache (spelled "Mustache" for us Americans) were held in Norway over the weekend: http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,762744,00.html.