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    While entire nations like South Africa continue to plunge forward into the 21st century, you still can't open a sex shop in Alabama: their Supreme Court has once again refused to hear a challenge to Alabama's nine year old ban on the sale of sex toys, leaving the law on the books—and many Alabamans hot, bothered, and unsatisfied. Horny residents of the Yellowhammer State, we feel your pain. (ap.google.com)