SPRINGFIELD, OR — One of the great things about adult entertainment in Oregon is that the state forbids forcing businesses to locate in virtual adult ghettoes. While this makes it both safer and more convenient for customers and employees, it also means that residential...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Investor Carl Icahn on Monday filed the final paperwork to nominate a hand-picked slate of members for Yahoo’s board of directors, escalating his takeover plans for the company as part of a bid to force Yahoo’s sale to Microsoft. Icahn’s name is among...

ALLEN, TX — A new study from the Ponemon Institute and Dell Computer reports about 12,000 laptop computers are lost in airports each week, and about 70-percent of them never are recovered. Nearly half of the laptop losers say their machines contained sensitive customer data...

TAMPA, FL — From the same city that pressured jurors into convicting Paul Little for obscenity comes the strange tale of a naked housekeeper with a penchant for taking her work home with her. All the 50-year-old man who had hired the young woman wanted was a clean home –...

CINCINNATI, OH — Small press and alternative publications have traditionally embraced advertising content that more ostensibly respectable newspaper and magazines shun. Part of the reason for this willingness to embrace lifestyle and professional diversity has to do with...

NEW YORK, NY — Microsoft and financier Carl Icahn seem to be double-teaming Yahoo. The software giant last week said it would be willing to reconsider acquiring all or part of Yahoo Inc. if Icahn is successful at replacing the Yahoo board of directors. Icahn indicated he...

MONTGOMERY, AL — Many a blogger, political pundit, and everyday person has wondered precisely what the root of Alabama Attorney General Troy King’s overwhelming loathing for all things sexual, including and especially sex toys and homosexuality, might be. According to...

PROVINCETOWN, MA — For some unexplained reason, sun worshippers are flocking to Provincetown beaches to get frisky in the sand. Cape Cod National Seashore officials say they’re mad as hell about the trend, and they’re not going to take it anymore.“This is not what we’re...

PORTUGAL — There was a time when a leisurely stroll through most Mediterranean towns and cities would include plenty of opportunities to view large and small phallic sculptures. After all, they symbolized prosperity, fertility, strength, and plenty – all of which were...

WASHINGTON, DC — According to an Associated Press report late Thursday, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin J. Martin has concluded Comcast misbehaved when it throttled the bandwidth of heavy internet users.Martin told the AP he will recommend sanctions that...