Features

 Pretty soon, a "pretty woman" may be able to work the streets of San Francisco legally.

 The city's residents will vote today on Proposition K, a ballot measure that would stop police from enforcing laws against sex workers and eliminate funding for anti-prostitution programs. If it is passed, the measure will make San Francisco the first major U.S. city to decriminalize prostitution. (In Rhode Island, prostitution is legal as long as it's conducted indoors. In Nevada, prostitution is legal in counties with under 400,000 residents, which means it's still against the law in Las Vegas.)

 A groundbreaking study by two University of Rochester psychologists to be published online Oct. 28 by the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology adds color—literally and figuratively—to the age-old question of what attracts men to women.