Friday July 12, 2013  Three from politicalwire.com:

Huffington Post: "State troopers are confiscating tampons, maxi pads and other potential projectiles from those who are entering the Texas capitol to watch the debate and vote on a controversial anti-abortion bill. Guns, however, which are typically permitted in the state capitol, are still being allowed."
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*Iowa Supreme Court justices found that a male dentist did not discriminate against a female employee "when he fired her out of fear that her good looks might prompt him into an extramarital affair," the Des Moines Register reports.

Associated Press: "Coming to the same conclusion as it did in December, the all-male court found that bosses can fire employees they see as threats to their marriages, even if the subordinates have not engaged in flirtatious or other inappropriate behavior. The court said such firings do not count as illegal sex discrimination because they are motivated by feelings, not gender."
http://preview.tinyurl.com/kh3bjrf

*A man who has been legally dead since 2010 was elected mayor of a small Mexican town, the New York Times reports.

"Authorities say relatives of Lenin Carballido used a death certificate showing that he died of a diabetic coma in 2010 to convince police to drop an arrest warrant against him for allegedly participating in a 2004 gang rape.

"A living Carballido later ran in, and narrowly won, Sunday's election in San Agustin Amatengo in Oaxaca state."
http://preview.tinyurl.com/ojfwdlk