NAMPA, Idaho (AP) – A Nampa Public Library patron is trying again to ban two sexually explicit books from the library’s collection.

The books, “The New Joy of Sex” and “The Joy of Gay Sex,” first drew criticism from Randy Jackson in 2005. The books contain drawings and photos of sexual activity.

At that time, other community members joined with Jackson in asking the library’s board to ban the books, and local businessman Larry Knapp said he would withhold a $10,000 donation from the library unless the books were banned. But in 2006 the library board voted to keep the books, instead moving them to a higher shelf to make them less accessible to children.

Now, the library has two new board members and Jackson, 32, is trying again.

“I really don’t know ... it could go either way,” Library Director Karen Ganske told the Idaho Press-Tribune.

Jackson said the books are pornography and moving the books to a higher shelf “wasn’t a true solution to the problem.”

“I’m not asking them to remove all sex books,” Jackson said. “It’s stuff that we don’t feel should be in a public place where families are supposed to feel safe and should feel safe about being able to take their kids.”

Board Chairwoman Rosie Delgadillo Reilly, who voted to keep the books in 2006, said she hasn’t changed her mind.

“These books are widely circulated in the Treasure Valley. It’s not something that only we have. We feel strongly we live in a diverse community and the collection should be open to everyone,” Delgadillo Reilly said.

Ganske, who approved the purchase of the two books, said she would follow the board’s decision on March 10.

“There’s some people doing some soul-searching and some research and trying to come up with the best decision they can,” she said. “We have good people on our board and they don’t take the responsibility lightly.”

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) – A paroled sex offender with a history of having sex with women who don’t know he is HIV positive is accused of doing it again, this time with his girlfriend and her sister.

Madison County, Ill., prosecutors have charged Casey Yonts, 25, of Bethalto with two felony counts apiece of criminal transmission of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.

The sisters, ages 19 and 24, were unaware Yonts was infected, and they have tested negative for the virus, authorities said.

Investigators say Yonts has been living with the girlfriend and her three children since December.

Yonts served prison time on Madison County convictions of charges that he had sex in 2004 with a 15-year-old girl when he was HIV infected. Yonts was 21 at the time of that offense.

Yonts also is charged with two counts of failing to register as a sex offender.

He’s jailed on $200,000 bond.

A worker in the Madison County public defender’s office said Wednesday that no one there had been assigned Yonts’ case yet, and that the office had no immediate comment until that happened.

MURRAY, Ky. (AP) – Murray State University’s board of regents have added language that includes sexual orientation in its non-discrimination policy.

The board voted on Friday for the change, which bans the university from discriminating against gay and lesbian students, staff and faculty.

Seven members voted in favor of the change; three voted against it and another member abstained.

Board Chairman Alan Stout says Murray State was the only public university in Kentucky that didn’t have that wording in its nondiscrimination policy.

Board member Bill Adams, who voted no, says he was concerned the change would open the door to future expectations and possible benefits.

The City of Las Vegas has shut down the clinic believed to have spread hepatitis, strains C and B, and possibly HIV through shoddy practices.

City officials revoked the business license for the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada on Friday afternoon.

Health officials say six reported cases of hepatitis can be traced to the surgical center.

Officials are urging another 40,000 people who received treatment at the center over the past four years to get tested for the blood-borne virus, as well as HIV.

They say the clinic put patients at risk by reusing syringes and vials of medication.

Mayor Oscar Goodman says the clinic’s business license will be suspended until further notice.

The four doctors who are named on the license can appeal the decision to city staff and, ultimately, to District Court.

Nancy Katz, a spokesperson hired by the center, did not immediately return a call seeking comment on the lawsuit. The public relations firm representing the Endoscopy Center later said she could not comment on the closure on advice of legal counsel.

Meanwhile, a former patient has filed suit against the surgical center believed to have spread hepatitis C and possibly HIV by reusing syringes and vials of medication, saying he fears for his health.

The suit comes a day after the Southern Nevada Health District announced that unsafe practices at the clinic may have led to the potentially fatal blood-borne virus.

“I feel like a ticking time bomb. I’ll get tested ASAP, but since HIV can lay dormant for many years, my wife and I face a future of uncertainty and fear,” according to a statement from the plaintiff, Charles Anthony Rader, Jr., who says he received treatment during that period and may have been exposed.

The suit, filed in the Eighth Judicial District Court of Nevada, alleges gross negligence and seeks punitive damages “in excess of $10,000” per patient.

Las Vegas attorney Peter Wetherall said other patients have joined the suit and expect more in the coming days. Nevada law only requires one plaintiff be identified at the time of filing a class action lawsuit, he said.

The suit names as defendants the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada; the center’s chief administrator, Dipak Desai; a center doctor, Eladio Carrera; as well as any employees who “directly provided and/or supervised” unsafe medical procedures.

The clinic issued a statement Feb. 27 saying it had cleaned up its practices and was cooperating with the health district’s investigation.

Health officials say they believe the center had been reusing syringes and vials of anesthesia, exposing its patients to the blood of others.

Five of those infected with the virus received treatment at the clinic on the same day in late September; a sixth is believed to have been infected in July, health officials said.

ELMIRA, N.Y. (AP) – Four Christian protesters who disrupted a Pride festival in Elmira have been convicted of disorderly conduct.

Julian Raven, Maurice Kienenberger, Gloria Raven and Walter Quick testified they went to share their religious views at the Southern Tier Gay Pride Festival in a city park on June 23.

Wearing red T-shirts with the slogans “Liberated from Sin” and “By the Blood of Jesus,” they were arrested for lying down in front of the stage after police ordered them to stay in a corner of the park.

A defense lawyer argued the arrests violated free speech rights, but a judge agreed with prosecutors that their actions threatened public order.

The Elmira residents were sentenced Friday to pay $100 fines and $95 in costs. An appeal is planned.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – The Utah Legislature thinks stepparents should be able to apply for custody or visitation rights.

Senate Bill 186 would allow stepparents to go to court and make a case for their importance in their nonbiological children’s lives.

The measure follows a Utah Supreme Court decision last year to deny a woman visitation rights to her lesbian former partner’s biological child. The court suggested in its decision that the Legislature should have final say on the process.

The House approved the bill, 57-13, and Gov. Jon Huntsman will now give it a final look.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – Utah lawmakers are taking another crack at challenging Salt Lake City’s domestic-partner registry.

Lawmakers are considering a new version of Senate Bill 299. It’s a compromise that would eliminate the registry but allow cities and counties to set up registries based on financial dependence.

On Friday, the bill was amended to include hospital-visitation rights.

Conservative lawmakers say they’re worried the bill is a way to recognize gay marriage.

LEESBURG, Va. (AP) – Loudoun County school Superintendent Edgar Hatrick says he exceeded his authority when he pulled a controversial book from general circulation in the elementary school libraries.

The book titled “And Tango Makes Three” is about a penguin family with two fathers. After a parent complained that it promoted a gay agenda, Hatrick ruled this month that only teachers and parents would have access to the book. However, Hatrick told the school board Feb. 26 that the complaint involved only Sugarland Elementary School, and librarians at other elementary schools have the option of returning the book to the shelves.

School board members say they are considering changes in the policy for challenging books.