LAS VEGAS, NV — They cruise the traffic clogged Strip like great ships of state; their well-lit and enormous signs alerting those along the sidewalks about pleasures to be found elsewhere via a simple telephone call or strip club visit. Like the clumps of Hispanic leaflet...

PALM BAY, FL — Mayor John Mazziotti isn’t interested in social or legal tolerance when it comes to deciding what kinds of businesses should be allowed to operate in his city. Or, at least that’s the case when the businesses in question deal with adult sexuality. If...

CYBERSPACE – Just when dial-up modems are starting to fade into obscurity and website developers can now safely assume that most visitors on the other end are connected via a broadband connection of some sort, researchers from a collection of government, educational and...

AUCKLAND — Ever have one of those days when you wish you’d just stayed in bed? A technician at a French Polynesian television network had one of them in early March when he accidentally aired part of an adult movie he intended to view in private.About three minutes of the...

LOS ANGELES, CA — Flying has been an increasingly grueling experience for law-abiding citizens ever since the infamous September 11th airborne terrorist attacks, but few passengers have had to endure as much pain and suffering as 37-year-old Mandi Hamlin. Even fewer can...

ROME — Italians are historically famous for their creative ways of expressing everything from love to contempt – with both word and deed. From Shakespeare’s thumb biting exchange in Romeo and Juliet to a history of wild sidewalk gesticulations, the passion and clarity of...

SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, TX — Note to adult business owners: Yep, Texas continues to be governed by a bunch of prudes.Online sex-toy store Vibrator.com got that message loud and clear when Cameron County officials grounded a plane towing a sky banner advertising the company’s...

WASHINGTON, DC — Mobile-phone subscriber growth is leveling off in the U.S., but cell phone users are spending more time talking and texting, according to a recent report by CTIA – The Wireless Association.In an ex-parte communication with the Federal Communications...

BRITAIN — Somehow, while the British government was installing more closed circuit television cameras to watch over its populace than any other nation on earth, it forgot to make sure those privacy-poor tax payers could get online and promptly download their own images....

TORONTO, ON — In spite of being a social outcast among the presumably virtuous, “fuck” is one of the most popular words in the English language. Those courageous enough to step outside the bounds of convention know that “fuck” can be a particularly warm and wonderful word –...