WASHINGTON, DC — Adding to the list of commonly used terms that may not remain in the public vernacular for long, humorous weird-news regurgitator Fark.com has applied for a trademark on the phrase “not safe for work.”Filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark office on...

DUNCANVILLE, TX — The suburban Dallas town of Duncanville has followed Phoenix, AZ and other American cities in effectively outlawing swinger parties by banning “live sex shows” within residential neighborhoods — and it only took 10 years.Blame it on the Cherry Pit, an...

CANOGA PARK, CA – The Free Speech Coalition has opened the polls for its 2008-09 board of directors elections. FSC members were sent ballots on Friday, via email if possible and via snail mail to those without email addresses on file.Candidate bios are on the trade organization’s...

Some personal observations: It’s that time of year again when college coeds are stressed out from studying for exams, when guys are thinking about shopping for holiday gifts but procrastinating until the final hours of the final day, and, when I feel a tad bit guilty every time I...

CHATSWORTH, CA — The Free Speech Coalition, the national trade organization for the adult entertainment industry, has issued its annual State-of-the-Industry Report 2007-08. The report is intended to provide an overview of the adult entertainment business for industry...

BASKING RIDGE, NJ — Be careful what you send to friends via your constant companion, the cell phone. It could rat you out down the road. Like email and instant messages, cellular text messages usually are archived by service providers.Setting an unfortunate precedent, the...

Emily Sander was an 18-year-old student attending Butler Community College in El Dorado, KS. The weekend after Thanksgiving, she left the Retreat bar with a 24-year-old legal immigrant and Italian restaurant waiter named Israel Mireles. Although copious amounts of blood were...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Members of the U.S. House of Representative are studying a new bill designed to increase penalties for copyright infringement and boost criminal enforcement. If passed, it also would create a new federal agency tasked with cracking down on content thieves...

NEW YORK CITY, NY — It’s good news for adults with healthy sexual appetites and bad news for sexual ideologues pushing an abstinence-only agenda: the longer you wait to have sex, the more likely you are to have sexual health problems!According to a new research study...

JAPAN — The Japanese have one word for Americans who pooh-pooh the idea of viewing entertainment on palm-sized screens: Pooh-pooh.OK, that may be a compound word, but the sentiment remains: Japanese consumers increasingly are forgoing desktop and laptop PCs for much more...