MINNEAPOLIS, MN — When everything else is falling apart, it’s not surprising to find people turning to intimacy for solace, therapists and retailers say. As evidence, they typically point to the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001, when retailers of...

APPENZELL INNERRHODEN, SWITZERLAND — Officials in the Swiss region of Appenzell Innerrhoden are tired of naked Germans traipsing through their scenic countryside, so they’ve vowed to take action.Henceforth, any naked hikers found decorating the picturesque mountain region...

TUCSON, AZ — Janet Jackson was never so bold, yet her Super Bowl XXXVII nipple guard flash is still the stuff of legal and social discourse, as well as hundreds of thousands of dollars in contested FCC fines. How America’s football watching public, still reeling from the...

BRISTOL, ENGLAND — Residents of a quiet cul-de-sac community called The Coppice are planning to make some noise Saturday. They’re incensed that an adult filmmaker has used his private residence as a studio, and they’re determined to let him know the extent of their ire by...

KAMPALA, UGANDA — The Ugandan parliament is considering draft legislation that will impose fines or imprisonment upon anyone who creates or distributes pornographic material in print or on the Web.Ethics and Integrity Minister James Nsaba Buturo said passage of the bill is...

ATLANTA, GA — Lawmakers love to pretend that they’re deeply sensitive to the sorrows of their constituents and no better way to show off their high moral values than playing the blame-and-tax game with adult entertainment businesses. Georgia state legislators have...

LONDON — At least one vigilante has risen to fill the void left by the police chiefs association’s recent announcement that local constabularies would not “actively enforce” Britain’s new “extreme porn law.”An organization calling itself extremeporn (extremeporn.org.uk)...

SELMA, CA — William Hill is not a happy man. It’s not that his life is necessarily unhappy, but his relationship with quaint Selma, CA is not all that he had hoped. The City Council has labeled his paperwork processing-only escort business office an “adult entertainment...

WASHINGTON, DC — All right, you pervs at the National Science Foundation: The jig is up. You’ve pissed off Sen. Chuck Grassley [R-Iowa], and he’s gunning for your funding.Grassley, the powerful ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, reportedly was incensed when he...

NORFOLK, VA — The fallout from that all-too-brief glimpse of Janet Jackson’s Super Bowl halftime nipple guard continues to send ripples through the advertising world. Not only will there be no Playboy Super Bowl party – but there will be no PETA “Veggie Love”...