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Students asked to have quieter sex

The student union at a British college e-mailed the school's 400 undergraduate students, asking them to be quieter during sexual encounters.

The student union at Cambridge University's Newnham College said it sent the e-mail to all undergrads Tuesday after receiving 30 complaints about late-night noises in the residence halls, the Daily Mail reported Thursday.

The e-mail, written by Newnham College Junior Common Room President Lizzy Cole, reminded students the corridors of the dormitories corridors "funneled sound" through the "thin college walls."

Some students said they were embarrassed to learn their neighbors could hear their late-night activities.

"It's just so embarrassing to think that people have been listening in. I was blushing when I got the email," a 20-year-old student said. "You try to keep it down, but it's easy to forget the walls are so thin if you get a bit carried away."

Judge upholds toilet planter charge

LAKEMOOR, Ill., Feb. 4 (UPI) -- An Illinois judge rejected a motion to toss a nuisance charge against a woman who refused to remove two old toilets and a sink being used as outdoor planters.

McHenry County Judge Michael Caldwell Wednesday upheld the nuisance ordinance charge against Tina Asmus of Lakemoor despite her lawyer's protests that the unusual planters are a form of constitutionally protected artistic expression, the Arlington Heights (Ill.) Daily Herald reported Thursday.

Caldwell rejected an argument from Asmus' lawyer, Tom Spencer, that the ordinance is too broad and said the issue of the constitutionality is one to be settled at trial.

"The fact of the matter is that they don't like that her artistic expression happens to involve plumbing," Spencer said of local officials. "They can't just willy-nilly decide that they don't like it. I don't have to like it, you don't have to like it, but it is her constitutional right."

Asmus, who said the planters remain in her front yard, could face a $25 fine if convicted.

Drugs found in melon at jail

WENATCHEE, Wash., Feb. 4 (UPI) -- Officers at a jail in Washington state said they found tobacco and oxycodone pills hidden inside a cantaloupe meant for prisoners.

Chelan County Regional Justice Center officers said workers at a Plaza Super Jet store in Wenatchee called the jail Monday and said security cameras recorded two women placing the melon with surplus food that had been sent to the facility's kitchen to be served to prisoners and detainees, the Wenatchee (Wash.) World reported Thursday.

"It was like a pumpkin, with a noticeable cut around the top," jail administrator Phil Stanley said of the cantaloupe. "Somebody would have had to be a little bit more sneaky than they were."

Stanley said officers found tobacco and a bag full of the powerful prescription painkiller oxycodone.

Cherie Smith, a Wenatchee Police Department spokeswoman, said investigators do not expect to make any arrests in the case.

Police: Suspect impersonated Paul Simon

NEW YORK, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- New York police said they arrested a man who allegedly tried to withdraw money from Paul Simon's bank account by impersonating the musician.

Police sources said Rafael Ramos, 54, attempted to withdraw $4,300 from Simon's account at a Citibank branch Wednesday using the recording artist's name, bank account number and Social Security number, the New York Post reported Thursday.

However, the bank teller was familiar with Simon's work and recognized that the 6-foot-1 Ramos was taller and years younger than Simon.

Ramos fled the bank but was arrested a short time later. Police said he was in possession of a forged driver's license and credit card bearing Simon's name.

The suspect was charged with attempted larceny and hospitalized for depression.

Simon told police he does not know Ramos and investigators said they do not know how the suspect got the singer's private information.