Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe Woman celebrates win over nudity law DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., July 1 (UPI) -- A Florida housewife plans to bare her breasts this weekend next to three topless statues to celebrate a legal victory over Daytona's nudity ordinance. Advertisement Elizabeth Book got a summons last year for baring her breasts during a Bike Week demonstration. Last week, a judge dismissed the ticket, ruling that women can bare all -- at least on the upper portion of their bodies -- as part of a political protest, the Orlando Sentinel reports. Book, an Ormond Beach resident, argues that women should be free to go topless wherever men can. The Daytona ordinance, adopted in 2002, is aimed at women baring their breasts during Mardi Gras-style festivities. A municipal lawyer suggested that Book delay her celebration until all the appeals are resolved. Expert: Bad driving deadlier than sharks Advertisement COLLEGE STATION, Texas, July 1 (UPI) -- In light of two Florida shark attacks in the last week, a Texas professor is warning that the drive to beach is far more dangerous than going into the water. John McEachran, a professor of wildlife and fishery sciences at Texas A&M University says risks to humans are reported disproportionately. "The drive you will make to the beach is far more dangerous, but an auto accident that kills several people will not make big headlines across the United States," he said. "But a shark attack on one person will." According to the International Shark Attack File, seven fatalities occurred worldwide due to shark attack in 2004. There were four in 2003, and three in 2002. In comparison, McEachran said about 90 people die each year from an allergic reaction to eating peanuts. And as for driving, he said about 1 million people a year are killed in road accidents, including more than 42,000 a year in the United States. "Humans are not a shark's preferred food choice," McEachran said. Passing grades for arson scam uncovered HOUSTON, July 1 (UPI) -- A Houston high school teacher who admitted to offering two students passing grades if they torched her troublesome car is facing felony charges. Advertisement Tramesha Fox, 32, owned up to the scheme last week and is now charged with insurance fraud, a first-degree felony, and arson, a second-degree felony, the Houston Chronicle said. The two students, ages 17 and 18, were also charged with arson. They were failing Fox's class, but both received grades of 80 and 90 at the end of the school year. Investigators say Fox had bought a new car, a 2005 Toyota Corolla, before her older car was reported stolen and burned May 27. She still owed thousands on her 2003 Chevrolet Malibu, said senior fire investigator Dustin Deutsch. Fox was at least three months behind on her Chevy payments and facing repossession when her vehicle was reported stolen. Meanwhile, Fox still has a job, the newspaper said. "Our folks will ... do a thorough investigation and then make a decision as far as employment status," said a school district official. Ambulance driver allegedly robbed dead CLEVELAND, July 1 (UPI) -- A Cleveland ambulance driver has been charged with stealing from the dead. A second case came to light this week after Charles Slagle's arrest was reported, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports. Lillian Drimmer of Westlake came forward to report that $11,000 vanished from Janet Gregory's bank account after the elderly woman died in April. She had reported the theft to the bank and police but said no one pursued the case until she read about Slagle in Tuesday's newspaper. Drimmer said her friend kept her PIN number with her bank card. Advertisement Slagle had been charged with stealing $16,000 from the bank account of another dead person. The Plain Dealer said Slagle's employer, Advance Ambulance, confirmed that he was the driver who transported Gregory's body after her death.
