PORTLAND, OR — An internet pornographer who pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter in the strangulation death of his 18-year-old live-in girlfriend was sentenced to 20 years in prison Friday.According to court documents and family statements, 38-year-old Paul Eugene...

CHINA — Publish or perish may be the motto of academics hoping to gain tenure, but when you’re a factory working sending smutty messages to co-workers, it might be something best left for leisure time. Or so one now-unemployed Chongqing factory worker discovered.It must...

SCOTTS VALLEY, CA — Seagate has begun shipping “self-encrypting” hard drives for use in portable computers, apparently having decided the general public’s reluctance to employ aftermarket software solutions is not in society’s best interests.Seagate’s new Momentus FDE...

LOS ANGELES, CA — It was a battle of titans the Ninth Cirucuit Court of Appeals just couldn’t ignore: strip club and video game developer locked in mortal combat over trademark infringement.On November 6th, the court dismissed a three-year-old lawsuit in which East Los...

MARSHALL, NC — Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey aren’t welcome at the Marshall Depot community center. Or maybe it’s just Rebecca Willis and her dirty dancing ways. However one slices it, the center’s decision to ban Willis for the way she dances is going to cost big. “Big”...

PHILADELPHIA, PA — It seems like only yesterday that Lorena Bobbitt drove through the Virginia country side and tossed half of her husband’s severed penis into a field. Who knew that a bit of sensational domestic violence would lead the never-overly-endowed male Bobbitt to...

TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA — Asia has been making headlines lately, what with its enthusiastic embrace of the automobile and its sadly lacking oversight when it comes to the nation’s food supply – but there are many reasons beyond commerce that have made Asia famous...

LOS ANGELES — Spurred to action by California voters’ passage of Proposition 8, a GLBT civil rights group has called for a peaceful nationwide protest on Saturday.Beginning at 10:30 a.m. PDT, members of the GLBT community, their families and supporters will take to the...

IOWA CITY, IA — A University of Iowa professor raised eyebrows and a small ruckus last week when she paid a painter and graphic artist who has worked in the adult entertainment industry to present a lecture to students at the school.Zak Smith received a speaker’s fee of...

CAYMAN ISLANDS — While some may believe that the modern world is far too stimulating, others can’t seem to send enough information to their ocular and auditory circuits, especially if it has anything to do with sex. For this second group, the internet now has...