LOS ANGELES, CA — Joe Francis is perhaps one of the adult entertainment industry’s most successful mainstream television advertisers. His softcore and a little bit more Girls Gone Wild videos rake in millions for the young mogul and infuriate conservative viewers with...

WASHINGTON, DC — Maybe it was the back-to-school specials that did it, but the Federal Communication Commission reports that its third-quarter indecency complaints soared in September of 2006.Released recently, the FCC’s amended numbers of complaints reveal what will...

DICKSON, TN – Maybe it’s the incessant steel drums in the background or maybe it’s the gratuitous sex – but something about those late night Girls Gone Wild television commercials definitely has Tennessee State Senator Doug Jackson seeing red.Jackson, a Democrat from Dickson, TN,...

PITTSBURGH, PA – With the future of the city’s last remaining adult theater still unknown, officials in Pittsburgh say they aren’t waiting for a final word to push ahead with urban renewal plans that have long been on hold due to a protracted legal battle with the theater’s...

DETROIT, MI — Nobody is pretending that the infamous 8 Mile Road that serves as boundary between Detroit and its northern suburbs is the nicest part of town, but that doesn’t mean that adding another strip club to the increasingly adult oriented area is welcome.Tami...

TERRE HAUTE, IN — The DVD format wars continue — and Sony has drawn a unique line in the sand when it comes to what it will allow on its new Blu-ray Disc format. Although content containing graphic violence, rough language, and presumably any number of social ills...

LOS ANGELES, CA — Jeffrey Brett Goodin is facing the possibility of up to 101 years in a federal prison for his crimes. Given that they include running a phishing scheme, some may consider the sentence to be too short.Goodin is the first person to be successfully prosecuted...

CYBERSPACE – In an article published this week, ComputerWorld.com recounts the cautionary tale of McCormick and Co., and the giant spice company’s recurring problem with worms – not the wiggling, animal variety, but the costly, invasive, digital kind.When Blaster originally took...

WASHINGTON, DC – With the opening of another public commentary period on the proposed .xxx sponsored top-level domain by ICANN, leaders of conservative Christian groups are once again imploring their members to voice their opposition to the sTLD.“FRC opposed this action the first...

LATVIA — Moralists have long warned about the dangers of respectable men straying from the path of monogamous righteousness and chastity. Along with the usual cautions about disease-ridden women, moral degradation, and drug or alcohol dependency, there has also been the...