WASHINGTON, DC — Chances are good that 33-year-old softcore video entrepreneur Joe Francis isn’t wild about the federal government’s first assessment of 2257 related fines, primarily because the almost ridiculously popular series has been the target of them...

CYBERSPACE — How long after a mainstream URL becomes available for purchase should an adult web presence wait to make the purchase? That appears to be one of the questions involved in a Utah dispute that centers around the procurement of the Utah Home Education...

REDMOND, WA – Microsoft Corp released more details today about its upcoming Zune music sharing devices and services, due to hit the shelves in time for the holiday season this year.Saying that the announcement marks the “next big milestone for its Connected Entertainment vision,”...

CYBERSPACE — Men and women whose sex work falls on the other side of the legal system are increasingly turning their backs on the mean streets of the city and toward the safety and anonymity of the internet in order to hook up with clients — much to the dismay of...

MADRID, SPAIN – It likely wasn’t the sort of “training film” their superiors had in mind, but at least the trainees weren’t bored.On Monday, 120 Madrid police officers gathered to view what was supposed to be a training film; an operational study that was to include...

EXETER, DEVON (UK) – A trainee chaplain told a tribunal that he left the Royal Navy after he was told to simply ignore the on-ship viewing of pornography to which he took offense.Reverend Mark Sharpe says he quit his training months into the process because he was alarmed at the...

LONDON – Fans of the Millwall Lions had little to cheer about in their team’s loss to Brighton on Saturday, but a trio of special guests from Los Angeles brightened things up for the crowd considerably.Three cast members of Fox Reality’s upcoming “reality” program My...

NEW ORLEANS, LA – According to reports in the Associated Press, the 5th U.S. Circuit of Appeals has issued a ruling, without comment, upholding a decision issued by U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola Jr. last year, in which Guirola dismissed a lawsuit brought by two strip club...

WASHINGTON, DC — Danilo Simoes Croce is a Sao Paulo man looking at the possibility of five years in prison and $150,000 in fines if the U.S. Postal Inspection Service finds that he has violated obscenity codes.The 42-year-old Croce was arrested in Orlando, FL on September...

VOLDOSTA, GA – Facing a new ordinance that would impose a host of restrictions on adult businesses in the area, one local businessman took his case to the Valdosta City Council at a meeting last Thursday.Valdosta’s proposed ordinance, similar to legislation that has been...