CHINA — History, they say, is written by the victors. It may also be written by whoever decides which historic buildings deserve to be preserved.Hongtaifang was established in 1733 and its ancient walls are crumbling. However, Chinese officials are faced with conflicting...

TAMPA, FL – Hillsborough County Commissioners postponed until September a vote on whether to require topless dancers and other employees of sexually-oriented businesses to purchase licenses and conform to a list of proposed regulations.Beyond requiring licenses of employees...

SALEM, OR — Given recent legal decisions supporting strip club and free speech rights, the Faye Wright Neighborhood Association may well be speaking the truth when they claim they’ll resist the opening of the Presley’s Playhouse Cabaret all the way to the...

LOS ANGELES, CA – Mansion Productions, makers of the “MPA3” pay site management solution, announced today the release of a new turnkey shopping cart solution the company says “summarily addresses every unique challenge facing online shopping cart owners.”VIST, an acronym for...

MARINA DEL REY, CA — Internet observers will not see ICANN, the non-profit agency responsible for allocating IP addresses, administering the highest level of the Domain Name System, protocol addressing, and root servers attain independence from the United States Department...

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Philadelphia topless bar Club Risque and two of its dancers have achieved at least a partial victory in their challenge of a Pennsylvania statute prohibiting “lewd, immoral or improper entertainment” at liquor-licensed establishments in the state.In a ruling...

COLUMBUS COUNTY, NC — According to Pastor Don Lawings of Faith Baptist Church, the faithful of Columbus County want the area’s two strip clubs out of business, now and forever, even if they do help people find their place of worship.”We don’t want that...

FRANCE — Leave it to the French to find ways to use nudity to sell chi chi clothing.French clothier Shai is combining two of the modern world’s favorite attractions: porn stars and the internet, in order to promote its $100 t-shirts. Taking advantage of the powerful...

SHANGHAI, CHINA – The English-language version of the Chinese government-sponsored online newspaper People’s Daily Online briefly featured over a dozen links “promoting pornographic and explicit content” last week, according to the Interfax news service and other sources.A...

SANDYS PARISH, BERMUDA – In defending his client this week, a man named Anthony Adcock who admitted to importing 108 pornographic DVDs in January, former Cabinet Secretary-turned-attorney Leo Mills appealed to a Magistrates’ Court not for mercy, but for reason.According to...