LOS ANGELES, CA — To overly simplify a complex concept, the chaos theory proposes that the universe is connected via a nearly infinite number of nexus points that can be highly responsive to changes within the chain of associations. Much to its likely embarrassment, the ABC...

TEHRAN, IRAN — Iranian officials last week performed the biggest roundup to date of publishers whose websites violate Islamic law.The country’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards took into custody 26 men and women on charges ranging from producing and distributing pornography to...

NEW YORK, NY — Public outcry and threatened legislation have convinced Time Warner Cable to back away from plans to test metered broadband internet access in four new markets this summer.For now, the company will confine its market testing to the Beaumont, TX, area, TWC...

LOS ANGELES, CA — She didn’t make up the nickname, but now that it’s a household word, the mother of 14 in vitro fertilization babies has decided that she not only kinda likes it, but she’d like to make a little money off of it. “It” is “Octomom” and “she” is Nadya...

PRESTON, AUSTRALIA — It’s been said that whether or not it “takes all kinds,” the world certainly has all kinds. A panicked adult shop employee in the north end of Melbourne has certainly learned that when it comes to robbers, some of them are way crazier than others. In...

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN — The four men who own and operate notorious BitTorrent tracking website The Pirate Bay are guilty of contributory copyright infringement, a Swedish court ruled Friday morning.Peter Sunde, Frederik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg and Carl Lundström each...

SAN JOSE, CA — The San Jose, CA, City Council last considered installing internet filters on public library computers in 1997. At the time council members rejected the idea after concluding the technology was too primitive to be effective.The council will revisit its...

LOS ANGELES, CA — The Los Angeles County Coroner’s initial autopsy results indicated no foul play was involved in the death of legendary porn star Marilyn Chambers, but investigation continues into what natural causes may have taken her life.Chambers, 56, was found dead in...

WASHINGTON, DC — A freshman congressman from New York plans to introduce federal legislation that would prohibit broadband internet service providers from instituting metered billing based on gigabyte usage.Calling proposed usage caps by Time Warner Cable, Comcast and other...

PITTSBURGH, PA — City zoning standards can be bizarre. Although a wild array of largely fictional “secondary effects” are frequently conjured up to keep adult businesses in the worst parts of town, other vice industries do not suffer the same zoning restrictions. A federal...