Dummy drive

Tehran, Oct. 31 (Reuters): Police in northeastern Iran are launching a new morality drive by confiscating alluring mannequins from boutiques and clothes stalls in the bazaar, authorities in the city of Bojnourd said today.

A spokesman for the city’s judiciary, who asked not be named, explained the drive would tackle problems of “public chastity”. Sixty five mannequins have been impounded so far.

Saw swipe

Los Angeles (AP): Horror swung a sharper blade than Zorro at the box office. With Halloween at hand, the bloody Saw II won the weekend with $30.5 million, almost double the $16.5 million opening of Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta-Jones’ swashbuckling sequel The Legend of Zorro. Prime, starring Uma Thurman and Meryl Streep in a romance between a thirty-something woman and a younger man, debuted at number 3 with $6.4 million. Nicolas Cage’s The Weather Man opened at number 6 with $4.3 million.

Suit sale

Las Vegas (AP): A white suit belonging to John Lennon that he wore on the album cover of Abbey Road sold for $118,000 at an auction, while the Austin Princess he drove in the movie Imagine went for $150,000. Anthony Pugliese of World Films in Del Ray, Florida, bought the suit, and the automobile was bought by a private Japanese investor.