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Sex better for Canadian women than men

TORONTO, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- A survey shows Canadian women are more satisfied with their sex lives than men, use sex toys more often than men and include the toys in their travels.

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The 2005 Global Sex Survey by Durex found 47 percent of Canadian women vs. 37 percent of men said they were confident asserting their sexual needs with their partners.

Women also reported being more open minded about their sex lives by a 60 percent-53 percent margin, and 60 percent of women are willing to experiment with sexual aids compared with 32 percent of men.

However, more than 40 percent of women report using vibrators with their partners and more than 20 percent of women have taken their vibrators with them on vacation.

Those figures could account for why more than 50 percent of Canadian men said they wish they had sex more frequently, compared with 41 percent of men worldwide.

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The 2005 Durex Global Sex Survey revealed that people around the world are having sex an average of 103 times a year, and Canadians are a little above the average at 108 times per year.


Man wins $46,000 from glue-crazy ex

GREENSBURG, Pa., Nov. 8 (UPI) -- A Pennsylvania man was awarded more than $46,000 in damages after suing a former girlfriend for gluing his body parts together while he was napping.

Kenneth Slaby told a Westmoreland County jury he and his then-girlfriend Gail O'Toole had used fingernail polish and paint to spice up sex, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.

The jury agreed with his assertion that O'Toole took it too far in May 2000 when she glued his stomach and penis together, his testicles to his legs and his rectum shut.

She also painted swearwords on his body.

O'Toole then forced him to walk to a gas station to call 9-1-1.

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review said O'Toole disputed Slaby's account but was unable to get into details in court. She pleaded guilty in June 2000 and received six months probation.

Her lawyer said she took the plea to avoid jail time, but that kept her from going into anything beyond her criminal testimony in the civil court case.

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Baby names go commercial; no Budweiser yet

LONDON, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- A British survey of new parents has found a 20-percent hike in unusual and commercial names being chosen so the children will eventually "stand out."

The baby supply company Bounty polled 3,000 parents and found one couple who named their daughter after the Swedish furniture retailer Ikea, and another boy who was named Moet for the French champagne maker.

Actress Gwyneth Paltrow and husband, Coldplay singer Chris Martin named their child Apple, while other names chosen in the past 12 months include Paprica, Caramel, Bambi, fire-Lily, Skylark and Tame -- which stands for The Apple of My Eye.

One young mother said she named her daughter Candy after her grandmother's donkey, Sky News reported.

Bounty's Managing Director Simon Williamson said couples want to get away from Britain's top names: Jack and Emily.

"They are looking for something that will enable their child to stand out from the crowd," Williamson said.


Vermont group eyes peaceful secession

MONTPELIER, Vt., Nov. 8 (UPI) -- A group in Vermont is trying to drum up support to secede from the United States, which it says "needs to be downsized like any other corporation."

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Thomas Naylor, founder of the Second Vermont Republic, told a convention at the capital building in Montpelier it's a simple matter of basic rights, the Christian Science Monitor reported.

"If we had a right to join the Union, we certainly have a right to disband from it," Naylor said.

Donald Livingston, a professor of philosophy at Atlanta's Emory University, wrote a story supporting the concept for the Vermont Commons newsletter, in which he defended the principle. He said the 15 states that left the Soviet Union beginning in 1991 show secession can be a peaceful instrument to dissolve an empire that's become dangerously large.

"The public corporation known as the United States is too large," he wrote. "It needs to be downsized like any other corporation."

Similar groups exist in Hawaii and South Carolina, the Monitor said.

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