Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe City settles stripper strip-search suit DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., July 9 (UPI) -- A Florida city agreed to pay a $195,000 settlement to four exotic dancers and two female bartenders who claimed they were illegally strip-searched. Advertisement U.S. District Judge Mary Scriven approved the settlement offered by the city of Daytona Beach Shores to the six employees of Biggins Gentleman's Club, where the workers said they were illegally strip-searched during a drug raid in September 2009, the Orlando Sentinel reported Friday. One of the dancers was found to be carrying a marijuana cigarette but charges were later dropped. Brett Hartley, an attorney for the employees, said they will each receive $5,000 and the rest will go to pay for attorney's fees. Hartley said an "all persons search warrant" was obtained by officers to search everyone inside the club, but the lawyer said such a warrant is illegal and Scriven agreed. Advertisement Hartley said the strip-searches were conducted in front of 20 male officers, despite strip-search laws stating "any observer shall be of the same gender as the arrested person." CBS used fake footage for July 4 fireworks BOSTON, July 9 (UPI) -- The CBS broadcast of Boston's Fourth of July fireworks showed rockets bursting over Boston landmarks that viewers say were clearly faked. The fireworks were set off from a barge in the Charles River after the traditional Boston Pops outdoor concert. One viewer e-mailed The Boston Globe, pointing out that footage of fireworks with the Quincy Market in the foreground would be impossible in real life since Beacon Hill is in the way. Other shots used the State House and Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox. David Mugar, the businessman who has been the show's executive producer for almost a decade, told the Globe this was the first time altered footage was used for the broadcast. He argued the fireworks show is entertainment, not news. Mugar compared the show to "Boston Legal," produced by native Bostonian David Kelley, which is shot, for the most part, on a Hollywood set. "Absolutely, we're proud to show scenes from our city," Mugar said. "It's often only shown in film or in sporting matches. We were able to highlight great places in Boston, historical places with direct ties to the Fourth. So we think it was a good thing.'' Advertisement Bank robber leaves with nothing ATLANTA, July 9 (UPI) -- Employees at an Atlanta bank say a would-be robber left with no money. The man allegedly approached a teller at a Wells Fargo branch Friday afternoon, showed her a note demanding money and said he had a gun, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. He then left. There was no explanation of why he walked away empty-handed. Woman, 81, sells ices from window NEW YORK, July 9 (UPI) -- A New York octogenarian who uses a bucket to sell ice treats from the window of her second-story apartment says she started making the treats when she was 10. Providence "Gramma" Lamultt, 81, said she has been using a bucket to sell ices from her apartment window for nearly 25 years and she sells about 30 of the treats per day during the summer, the New York Daily News reported Friday. "The kids yell 'Gramma, Gramma -- cherry, cherry' through my window," Lamultt said. "I lower my bucket to get the money. I put the ice in and lower it to the ground." Lamultt said she started experimenting with making the treats when she was 10 years old in Puerto Rico. Advertisement "I used to get whipped for stealing sugar from my mom for my ices," she said. "My ices are the best because I have lots and lots of experience."
