Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe Suit decries lack of dental floss in jail WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Oct. 4 (UPI) -- A Florida man jailed on a robbery charge is suing the Palm Beach County sheriff in federal court, alleging a lack of dental floss is a violation of his rights. Advertisement The federal court lawsuit, filed by Palm Beach County Jail inmate Joel Flores, 22, against Sheriff Ric Bradshaw, alleges the lack of dental floss availability in the jail is causing Flores ''oral abscesses, pain, discomfort, tooth decay(loss), and could contribute to endocarditis," the South Florida Sun Sentinel reported Thursday. The handwritten complaint, filed Monday, says endocarditis is a condition that can lead to infection and death. "Palm Beach County Jail Administration does not provide dental floss to inmates through property or the commissary, making it completely impossible to obtain and use as directed by the American Dental Association," Flores wrote. Police: Politics led to wife slap HOLLYWOOD, Fla., Oct. 4 (UPI) -- A Florida man is accused of slapping his wife during an argument about the U.S. presidential candidates, police said. Peter Schwartz, 74, of Hollywood, told Broward County Judge John Hurley Wednesday he and his wife had argued about Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney while they were out for dinner, the South Florida Sun Sentinel reported Thursday. Advertisement "She said, 'You're like my mother, you like Romney. That means I don't like you,'" Schwartz said. "I said, 'I didn't say I don't like Romney.'" Hurley said he wants the issue to "settle down" before the spouses are reunited. He ordered Schwartz to stay at least 500 feet away from his wife at all times and communicate with her only via phone. The judge told Schwartz about an adage advising religion and politics not enter the conversation in polite company. "Sir, look where we've come in this," Hurley said. "Now, we have spouses coming at each other over this." Prison wardens reprimanded over movie LENINGRAD, Russia, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Russian prosecutors said administrators at a prison were reprimanded for showing female inmates "The Next Three Days," a movie depicting a jailbreak. Leningrad Region prosecutors released a statement saying prison officials signed off on showing the 2010 film despite the plot of the movie involving Russell Crowe's character staging a jailbreak for his wife, played by Elizabeth Banks, RIA Novosti reported Thursday. The statement said the film "fails to promote correction of inmates and prevention of new crimes." The prosecutors reprimanded the prison administrators and confiscated the movie, which the statement dubbed a "Hollywood jailbreak manual." Advertisement Dutch customs seizes 200 tarantulas AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Dutch customs officials said a suitcase containing 200 live tarantulas was seized from a German couple at an Amsterdam airport. The customs officials at Schiphol airport said the couple, who were returning from Peru, were also found to be in possession of dozens of centipedes, crickets, grasshoppers and beetles, DutchNews.nl reported Thursday. The customs report said the insects and arachnids were seized by officers, but it did not say whether the couple would face any charges.
