Et Cetera Hickeygate

Call it another cover-up. Love bites (hickeys) may bruise skin. But at the Clinicas de Salud del Pueblo, they apparently also bruise sensibilities. So much so that the Brawley, California, health company has banned hickeys from sight. Officials say they took the action after six months of complaints from patients and staff that too many employees -- sometimes four or five a day -- were coming in with telltale marks visible on their neck. Employees who refuse to disguise evidence of their passions will be sent home and docked pay.