LAS VEGAS (AP) - City marshals blocked a radio personality from feeding homeless people at a City Hall park Monday, and issued summonses to a television news crew covering a publicity protest against a ban on "mobile soup kitchens."

Three people were arrested and seven were issued summonses at two parks, city officials said, including a reporter and a cameraman ticketed for trespassing while covering the protest for KLAS-TV, the CBS affiliate in Las Vegas.

Beth Monk, a KKLZ-FM radio morning show personality, became the first person to receive a summons under a new city law that makes feeding the homeless a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of $1,000 and six months in jail.

"The idea was to go out there and show the mayor this ordinance makes no sense whatsoever," said Monk, 24, a traffic reporter and radio comedy team sidekick who has engaged in publicity stunts including mud wrestling on the job.

Monk said city marshals confiscated food and water she set on a cement wall at Frank Wright Park - a patch of green wedged between a downtown bus terminal, a historic post office building and Las Vegas City Hall. She was threatened with arrest if she did not leave.

READ THE FULL REPORT FROM THE LAS VEGAS SUN

Report to the Brotherhood Tavern. Assemble and await further instructions.

“If you have access to these machines and you want to rig an election, anything is possible with the Diebold TS -- and it could be done without leaving a trace. All you need is a screwdriver.”

Here Today celebrates a sense of place through local artists and the arts. Between July 15 and September 15, 2006, eight public art projects will come and go in the public, and sometimes private, spaces of downtown Olympia. All the exhibition dates vary, and some of the projects involve components that move, so the element of surprise and discovery is part of the fun! Only in downtown Olympia, and only for two months - plan your summer around Public ART!

I actually think this is an interesting step by the FDA, because it would seem to me that if Plan B is allowed to be sold over the counter, there is no government entity which would force a retailer to sell the product.

CNN: FDA reverses course on morning-after pill:

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government revived efforts Monday to widen access to the morning-after pill, but only to women 18 and older, issuing a surprise announcement that it was reconsidering over-the-counter sale of the emergency contraceptive almost a year after it was thought doomed.

NOTE: There's supposed to be a link and a blockquote, but I don't know why it isn't showing up in the post.

[HTML fairy waved her/his wand]

July is over, Ralph's and Bayview are over $60,000 poorer, and women in Olympia are still having trouble getting their legal prescriptions for emergency contraception filled.  The suffragists had to protest for years before women got the vote, so in honor of their long struggle, many of the picketers tonight will be wearing all white.  (If you're one of those people who only owns black clothes, however, we still need your support!)  We made lots of new signs yesterday, and we need people to hold them, so please join us on the picket line tonight!