SEMINOLE, Fla., Aug. 6 (UPI) -- Authorities in Seminole, Fla., said a five-car wreck was caused by a motorist who was distracted by a naked woman changing clothes in her back seat.

Pinellas County sheriff's deputies said Teah Limitone, 22, was traveling north in the middle lane of Seminole Boulevard when she heard her changing passenger, Ayla Gabriel, make a distressed-sounding noise, the St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times reported.

The deputies said Limitone turned her head to see if Gabriel was alright and ran a red light while she was not looking at the road. Limitone's 2003 Acura struck a 2000 Saturn in the intersection before sliding between two cars in the southbound lanes and striking a fourth vehicle.

Deputies said Limitone was issued a citation for running a red light after the July 21 incident. No serious injuries were reported.

Personal trainer uses Wii games

NEW YORK, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- A personal trainer at a New York gym said she has been using a Nintendo Wii on a 20-foot TV screen to help her clients shape up.

Dorothy Evans, a personal trainer at Gravity Fitness in the Le Parker Meridien hotel, said she first instructs clients in actual sports -- for example, boxing -- then has them play the Wii Sports counterpart to the activity, the New York Post reported.

"I use it in what we call 'active recovery time,' during which normally I would have them do a wall sit," she said. "But this is like a reward."

She told the newspaper the video games give many of her clients more of a workout than they were expecting.

"You'd be surprised. It may have little to do with the real sports, but we get people's heart rates up to 140 to 150 beats per minute -- although some of that may just be the excitement of the game," Evans said to the Post.

The trainer may be on to something -- a recent study by the American Council on Exercise found Wii Sports games to burn nearly as many calories as the real thing, the Post report said. Boxing, for example, burns an average 10.2 calories per minute, while Wii Boxing burns an average 7.2 calories per minute.

'Sneaker-heads' await latest design

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- "Sneaker-heads" were out in force Tuesday in Philadelphia, camping out and waiting to score the latest shoes in Nike's 1World collection, retailers say.

One pair of self-admitted sneaker-heads, Eddie Ortiz and his 17-year-old son Eddie Ortiz Jr., said they had been camping out in front of the Ubiq footwear store in downtown Philadelphia since Saturday morning and the shoes weren't set to be released for three days, KYW-TV, Philadelphia, reported.

"People look at you like, 'A pair of sneakers?"' the elder Ortiz told the station. "But they don't understand, it's a culture," much like collecting baseball cards or comic books.

Store officials said 26 people had lined up by Tuesday morning.

The latest $225 sneakers to be released were designed by Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, drummer for the Grammy-winning hip-hop band, The Roots. The red, green and gold Air Force 1 sneakers as part of the 1World collection, which is set to eventually feature 18 designs, KYW-TV said.

Washington man could be Muslim elector

SEATTLE, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- A real estate agent in Washington State could have the historic distinction of becoming one of the first Muslims to serve as a U.S. presidential elector.

Jeff Siddiqui, a Pakistani immigrant who lives in Lynnwood, 20 miles north of Seattle, is one of 11 people selected by the Democratic Party, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports. If presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama, who is ahead in the polls, wins Washington state in November, Siddiqui will be one of those representing the state in the electoral college.

Siddiqui is already well known in the Seattle area for giving speeches to community groups and in churches and schools on Islam and writing op-ed pieces for the newspapers.

"My basic message is that Muslims are no different from Christians, Jews, anyone," Siddiqui said. "We're human beings. We should be treated just the same."

Siddiqui, a newcomer to U.S. politics, went to a precinct caucus this year to support Obama. He volunteered to be a delegate to the next-level caucus and eventually attended the state convention.