TRENTON, NJ — During 2007, more than 700 New Jersey drivers were killed during auto accidents. The following year, traffic fatalities took the lives of 21 New Jersey bicyclists; twice the previous year’s total. This year, the Cosmetology and Hairstyling Board tried to make...

TOPEKA, KS — These are trying times for librarians. With the advent of the internet, library workers have their hands full policing what patrons view online.However, just to prove old-fashioned print censorship hasn’t gone out of style, the Shawnee County, KS, Library Board...

GALVESTON COUNTY, TX — When in Rome, do as the Romans. When in Galveston County, TX, don’t talk like a ranch hand — at least not in public.A La Marque resident and a Galveston tourist got object lessons in the power of language when they were arrested in separate incidents...

CANOGA PARK, CA — Rob Novinger, co-founder and partner of Channel 1 Releasing, one of the world’s largest producers of adult gay content, has joined the Free Speech Coalition (FSC) board of directors.Novinger fills a space left open when Bijou Video producer/distributor...

PROVIDENCE, RI — Times are tough all over and Rhode Island is no exception. With one of the worst unemployment rates in the United States, job applicants need to think creatively while searching for opportunities. One gentleman’s club in Providence is doing what it can...

WASHINGTON, DC — Sexual assault reports filed against U.S. military members by fellow troops or civilians rose by 8-percent in 2008, according to the Pentagon.In Iraq and Afghanistan, reports of sexual assaults were up by a staggering 25-percent, to a total of 163. Pentagon...

WASHINGTON, DC — Spy thrillers may not be entirely fictive, if the three sex scandals involving CIA operatives that came to light within the past year are any indication.In all three cases, representatives of the U.S. intelligence agency used or abused sex in ways that...

ABU DHABI CITY, UAE — Women the world over and throughout history have had an uneasy relationship with their own sexuality. While medical technology has been able to help in some ways, one United Arab Emirates mother has found that it can also hurt. In 2003, the otherwise...

LINCOLN, NE — A self-described “pornography addict,” a state senator and the Catholic church have banded together in Nebraska to convince legislators it’s high time the state unified — and strengthened — its adult entertainment laws.A new bill pending before the state...

REYKJAVIK, ICELAND — Iceland was once considered the happiest country on earth. Then the bottom dramatically dropped out of its mostly virtual economy and suddenly pleasure became the enemy – or so it seems, given proposed legislation to outlaw strip clubs and renting time...