Fla. city tells workers to wear underwear, use deodorant, in new dress code stressing hygiene

September 22nd, 2009 LA passes law limiting roosters to 1 per householdLOS ANGELES — The chickens have come home to roost for Los Angeles city dwellers who keep roosters. The City Council on Tuesday passed an ordinance that — with few exceptions — allows only one rooster per property.

September 17th, 2009 Judge dismisses school dress code lawsuit in SDABERDEEN, S.D. — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to prevent a South Dakota school district from imposing a dress code.

August 26th, 2009 Fla. students sent home over for shirts on IslamGAINESVILLE, Fla. — A lawyer for a north Florida school district says a handful of students have been sent home from Alachua County schools this week for wearing shirts that read "Islam is of the Devil." School district staff attorney Tom Wittmer says the shirts might have offended or distracted others and violated the district's dress code.

August 21st, 2009 'Runway' champ campaigns for Kidman to wear dressNEW YORK — Fashion designer Daniel Vosovic (VAH'-suh-vick) has someone very A-list in mind for the winning dress he created for the "Project Runway: All-Star Challenge." Vosovic dreams of getting none other than Nicole Kidman to wear the elegant black-and-white ensemble that secured his victory on Thursday's special edition of the fashion-competition franchise. Vosovic says he feels the urge to start a Web site for his case.

August 12th, 2009 Ore. burglary suspect caught in victim's underwearSALEM, Ore. — A burglary suspect confronted inside a garage was arrested wearing only underwear, and police said they weren't even his.

July 28th, 2009 Hamas dress code aims to make Gaza more IslamicGAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Police order a lingerie shop to hide its scantily clad mannequins. A judge warns female lawyers to wear head scarves in court.

July 26th, 2009 Gaza judge tells female lawyers to wear headscarfGAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Gaza's top judge said Sunday that he has ordered female lawyers to wear Muslim headscarves when they appear in court, the latest sign that the Islamic militant group is increasingly imposing its strict interpretation of Islamic law on residents of the coastal strip. Supreme Court chief justice Abdul-Raouf Halabi said female lawyers will be required to wear a headscarf and a long, dark colored cloak under their billowing black robes when the court returns from its summer recess in September.

July 11th, 2009 Some NWA flight attendants want to wear red dressATLANTA — The union that represents flight attendants who worked for Northwest Airlines before it was bought by Delta Air Lines is crying foul over Delta's failure to offer bigger sizes for its signature red dress uniform designed by Richard Tyler. When he was hired to create his uniform collection, Tyler said he wanted them to "look sexy and great." The Northwest chapter of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA has filed a grievance with the world's largest airline operator, asking it to offer the red dress up to size 28.

July 7th, 2009 Tenn. laborers buried in concrete, 1 deadLENOIR CITY, Tenn. — Authorities say one of two workers buried in concrete at a Tennessee construction site has died and the other has been taken to a hospital in critical condition.

July 7th, 2009 Woman, 72, says man in underwear tried to break inALEXANDRIA, La. — Police said a 72-year-old woman woke up to discover a 27-year-old man dressed only in underwear trying to get into her house.

July 3rd, 2009 Ill. cabbie sprays deodorant to disarm attackerELGIN, Ill. — Police in suburban Chicago say a taxi driver who didn't have Mace handy when he was attacked by a knife-wielding passenger instead disarmed the man with a can of aerosol deodorant.

July 3rd, 2009 Illinois cabbie uses deodorant to disarm attackerELGIN, Ill. — Police in suburban Chicago say a taxi driver who didn't have Mace handy when he was attacked by a knife-wielding passenger instead disarmed the man with a can of aerosol deodorant.

June 17th, 2009 Man accused of stealing 88 panties from neighborSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico police said they have arrested a man accused of snatching 88 pieces of underwear from a neighbor's clothesline. The man was charged with theft and illegal appropriation.

May 10th, 2009 Ariz. student, 14, takes on school's dress codeYUMA, Ariz. — Justin Wright wants his Arizona middle school to do the right thing by letting students choose their own school clothes.

April 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - As political leaders brace for the Lok Sabha polls beginning Thursday, the Election Commission has asked all parties to scrupulously observe the Model Code of Conduct and set high standards of electoral morality. In a written communication sent to all recognised national and state political parties late Sunday, the poll panel said: 'The Election Commission expects that all political parties, their leaders, workers and supporters as well as their candidates shall scrupulously observe the Model Code of Conduct in letter and spirit.' While expressing unhappiness at the flouting of norms of the Model Code of Conduct, the Election Commission also asked parties to conduct their electoral campaigns in a way that set 'high standards of electoral morality so as to ensure the integrity and purity of the exercise'.