SAN FRANCISCO — Classified advertising network Craigslist.org has filed suit against South Carolina’s attorney general in an attempt to prevent threatened criminal charges.According to the lawsuit, filed in federal court, Craigslist seeks “declaratory relief and a...

WICHITA, KS — Given the fact that billboards are a blight on any roadway, it’s ironic that the only restriction Kansas seems interested in imposing on them concerns content. Adult content, naturally.Kansas Attorney General Stephen Six argued yesterday that banning...

PARIS, FRANCE — Despite a European Parliament order that no government should terminate internet users’ connections without a court order, the French National Assembly last week passed a law requiring disconnection for consumers suspected of repeatedly violating...

LOS ANGELES, CA — Given the wonders of modern medicine, some may wonder how a professional porn star with years of industry experience, aka years of having sex in front of a camera, can find herself unexpectedly pregnant – and not by one of her co-stars. That’s precisely...

VANCOUVER, BC — If the owner of the Fox Theatre will take steps to curb illegal and indecent activity inside its walls, Vancouver’s last remaining adult cinema may remain open, city councillors decided May 13th.The 35-year-old theater, owned for the past 11 years by Xiaohua...

JUNEAU, AK — If once-upon-a-time GOP vice-presidential candidate and once-upon-a-time most popular US governor Sarah Palin had her own television show she probably wouldn’t be in the public eye as often as she is now. Her latest sensational headline concerns a rarely...

SACRAMENTO, CA — Some people seem to exist purely as an example of how not to successfully lead one’s life. Two young men who robbed an adult bookstore but couldn’t drive a car without drawing police attention are a classic case in point.David Loria and Kenyetta Lofton are...

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA — Posters appearing around Sydney in recent weeks make a tantalizing offer: A film studio is offering $20,000 apiece for virgins willing to auction their virginity online, and then lose it, as part of a documentary that intends to explore contemporary...

CHONGQING, CHINA — A theme park set to open in October turned out to be as risky as risqué for developers. Love Land, which was to feature explicit exhibits of genitalia and sexual culture, was demolished over the weekend by order of the national government.A government...

BEIRUT, LEBANON — “In the Arab world, our bodies have been stolen from us.”That, Jouma Haddad said, is why she founded the new literary magazine Jasad. Featuring fiction, essays and poetry, Jasad is unique in the Arab world: It focuses on sexuality and the human body,...