CARTHAGE, MO — Motivated by a desire to keep a possible juice bar from setting up shop on a country road alongside I-44, a bill designed to place additional limitations and construction requirements on porn shops is reported to be moving through the Missouri state...

LONDON, ENGLAND — The U.K.’s Advertising Standards Authority has ordered a medical institute to remove the word “sex” from billboards advertising treatment for sexually dysfunctional men.The ads, situated across London, asked the rhetorical question, “Want longer lasting...

STAUNTON, VA — ”Nobody needs this kind of aggravation,” embattled After Hours Video owner Rick E. Krial told The News Leader, referring to prosecutor Raymond C. Robertson’s seemingly endless desire to shut the video shop down and see its owner in prison.For 1 ½ years,...

HAMILTON, OH — The danger posed to an innocent public by unauthorized nightclub lap dances has been averted, thanks to the quick thinking and firm actions of the Hamilton police force.Tipped off to the fact that the V nightclub might have hired exotic dancers from a company...

CAMDEN, NJ — People who feel “chemistry” in another’s embrace or kiss may be literally correct, scientists at Rutgers University say. Even a caress can release endorphins — feel-good hormones — but sloppy kisses are particularly powerful sexual triggers, especially for...

LONDON, ENGLAND — A study commissioned by a leading U.K. recruitment-scoring website found that 20-percent of British workers would rather earn a quick promotion by having sex with their boss than prove their worth the old-fashioned way: by working hard at their...

WASHINGTON, DC — Two bills before the U.S. Congress could have data-retention implications for people who employ Wi-Fi networks in their homes.The bills, both called the Internet Safety Act, were introduced late last week by Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX] in the Senate and Rep....

WILMINGTON, NC — Jeanne Sutton is more than a little confused about what goes on in the minds – and legal departments of Wilmington, NC. After all, in spite of the fact there are similar stores within a half mile of the Intimate Bliss adult shop she manages only it is being...

TBILISI, GEORGIA — The 21st century is weighing heavy on some geographical and ideological segments of the globe – and the country of Georgia, which recently managed to lure Russia into a military skirmish is having a difficult time embracing sexual diversity; especially...

MADISON, WI — On October 1st, downloading music, videos and software in Wisconsin will be a little more expensive, thanks to the state legislature’s passage of a “stimulus bill” that adds sales tax to digital downloads.While the federal stimulus bill passed by Congress this...