Bold Brazil brothels

Sao Paulo (Brazil), Sept. 22 (Reuters): Two high-class brothels hoping to attract racers and pit crews in Sunday’s Brazilian Grand Prix were shut down after they posted sexually explicit advertisements on 30 billboards around South America’s largest city.

Sao Paulo mayor Jose Serra demanded the billboards be covered with blank white sheets and his code enforcement officers sealed doorways to the brothels, Romanza and Cafe Millenium, with concrete blocks.

Guinea pig sets record

London (Reuters): Sooty has set a new world record for the most Valentine cards sent to a guinea pig. The three-year-old guinea pig from Wales received 206 cards from as far away as New Zealand to gain a bizarre entry in the latest edition of Guinness World Records published on Thursday.