CANOGA PARK, CA — The Free Speech Coalition and mortgage banker and broker LoanCarpenter (LC) have teamed to offer FSC members customized services in the personal and commercial mortgage arenas.LC is affiliated with a national mortgage bank that provides services in all 50...

ZILLAH, WA — A casino owner’s request for an adult-entertainment license has the local population worrying Zillah, a town of 2,660 in Washington’s wine country near Yakima, will overtake Las Vegas on the “Sin City” quality of life scale.“I don’t want people to drive by on...

CANOGA PARK, CA — The U.S. Department of Justice has issued proposed regulations for 18 U.S.C. §2257A, the new counterpart to the federal age-verification and recordkeeping act applicable to those who produce images of simulated, as opposed to actual, sexual...

PASCO, WA — Robbing adult shops is becoming quite the craze – and a 27-year-old Benton County man apparently didn’t want to miss out on being one of the hip criminal crowd, even if it meant robbing his own employer.Stan E. Turnridge isn’t working for Elmo’s Adult Books and...

ROMANIA — With gasoline prices climbing the charts worldwide, mass transit is becoming increasingly popular – and perhaps also increasingly eccentric. Police in Bucharest are investigating stories about a mysterious and entrepreneurial woman who strips down to her underwear...

WASHINGTON, DC — Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin’s plan to provide free high-speed internet access that blocks “offensive” content has drawn fire from free-speech advocates and wireless service providers who fear censorship and signal...

TAMPA, FL – Adult video producer Max Hardcore was convicted Thursday on 10 federal counts of distributing obscenity. He faces jail time and stiff fines, but the jury decided he will not have to forfeit his Altadena, CA, home.His company, MaxWorld Entertainment, also was found...

WICHITA, KA —When 18-year-old Emily Sander left the Retreat bar on the evening of November 23rd with handsome new friend Israel Mireles, the newbie sologirl had no idea that the greatest claim to fame during her brief life would be becoming the sensationalized victim of a...

MURFREESBORO, TN — Given recent planning developments at Bible Park USA, the claims of Morality in Media and Concerned Women for America may actually be true, for once. If creation theorists and abstinence only promoters want smut in their religiously based theme parks,...

WASHINGTON, DC — As the Federal Communications Commission wrapped up its investigation into complaints about internet service providers throttling the bandwidth available to heavy internet users, the second- and third-largest ISPs in the U.S. announced they are beginning...