CHINA — As if the malware invasion weren’t bad enough, now comes word from the Associated Press that some hot electronic gadgets come pre-installed with the sorts of nasty stuff we all try not to put on them by accident post-purchase.According to the AP report, iPods,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Communications Commission — the government watchdog responsible for policing the public airwaves — does an excellent job of processing consumer complaints, but it falls short on the record keeping end, according to congressional auditors.In a...

STAUNTON, VA — After Hours Video’s owner and a clerk may have to wait until late summer to begin their trials on obscenity charges. That’s the latest word from the prosecutor’s office, which on Tuesday said the court’s docket would need to be rearranged because the pre-paid...

CYBERSPACE — Chicken Little probably didn’t have an email account or even a dial-up connection – but if a recent study is correct, he had one thing right: the sky is falling. Assuming that by “sky” one means “internet backbone” and by “falling” one means...

TOKYO — Photographer Robert Mapplethorpe died of AIDS in 1989, the year he turned 42 and the year his powerful nude photographs caused hysteria in Washington, DC. While the world has seen many changes during the past nearly two decades, the nature of Mapplethorpe’s human...

ALBANY, NY — The announcement that New York Gov. Eliot “Law and Order” Spitzer was nabbed during the bust of a high-dollar prostitution ring elicited many reactions. One of the strangest — if not least expected — was the sudden proliferation on the Web of “Client 9”...

SACRAMENTO, CA — Representatives from the adult entertainment industry have been doing at least one civic duty for more than a decade, thanks to the successful tradition known as the Free Speech Coalition’s “Celebrate Free Speech Lobbying Days.” This year’s April event will...

ORLANDO, FL — Faced with charges of racketeering and aiding prostitutes that could have scuttled the newspaper and sent at least three employees to jail, the Orlando Weekly did what any sensible Florida publisher would do.It plea-bargained its way into a dismissal of the...

USA — Much has been said about the so-called “Sexual Revolution” and whether either side won – but one thing that has slowly become obvious is that an increasing number of men are both willing and able to do their fair share of chores around the house. A recent report by...

NATURE — In the deep, deep underground cult classic Nekromantic a crime scene sweeper with a morbid sexually experimental side learns with regret that his wife prefers the corpse he brought home for them to share more than she enjoys him. According to a recent study, this...