CYBERSPACE – Months before hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, federal auditors warned that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) did not have effective procedures for sending equipment or human resources into disaster areas, an assessment that appears to have been...

POLK COUNTY, FL – The Polk Country Sheriff’s Office raided the home of Chris Wilson, 27, of Edgewood Drive in Lakeland, Florida, and charged him with 301 counts of obscenity. Wilson was arrested, and his bail was set at $151,000.Wilson’s amateur porn website...

PITTSBURGH, PA – The FBI raided the home of a controversial erotic stories website owner on Friday, apparently on charges of obscenity. The website, red-rose-stories.com, posted a notice on its home page announcing the raid and warning customers that the FBI now has access...

ST. MARTINVILLE, LA – Judge Charles Porter upheld Louisiana’s obscenity law in the face of challenges that the statute is overbroad and so vague that it could stifle constitutionally protected expression.Among the attorneys representing Emmette Jacob Jr., the owner of Le Video...

ALTA DENA, CA – YNOT has learned that the Federal Bureau of Investigations has returned Max Hardcore’s servers to his Florida-based ISP, and although Mr. Hardcore’s California servers have not yet been returned, maxhardcore.com is back up.Mr. Hardcore’s attorney Jeffrey Douglas...

LOS ANGELES, CA – The Fourth Annual XBiz Awards are set to shine on November 17, 2005 at the Key Club on Sunset Strip in Hollywood, California.“This is going to be the night that sets the precedent for all events to follow,” Bonnie Moss, events marketing director assures industry...

CALIFORNIA – Mandingo, Dexter Dizzle, Janine – and not a condom to be found. That’s just a hint at what awaits viewers of the soon-to-be released Digital Playground feature Mrs. Behavin’, which will star Janine in her first interracial, condom-less sex scene. All this and...

ATLANTA, GA – Webmasters that specialize in gay content and have been watching the success of RevShare Hosting with envy and interest can stop being financial voyeurs and get into the action now that the four-year-old company has launched GayRevShareHosting.com.The same benefits...

MONTREAL, CANADA – Drawing on content produced by their new video partner DVSX, Braincash has launched OnlyDP.com, bringing another exclusive offering to the company’s portfolio of exclusive hardcore sites.As the name implies, OnlyDp features three-way action, with the initial...

ALTA DENA, CA – After promising to start a war on adult entertainment, the United States Justice Department under Bush-appointed Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, fired the first shots today when well-known adult entertainment producer and actor Max Hardcore was raided by...