LOS ANGELES, CA — Universally despised by copyright owners, file-sharing network TorrentSpy may be its own worst enemy, as evidenced by the ruling filed in a U.S. District Court this week. The Motion Picture Association of America was handed an easy victory in its nearly...

LINCOLN PARK, MI — The financial backers of a Hustler Club planned to open in Lincoln Park next year aren’t particularly concerned that, according to local ministers who are protesting the development, God doesn’t want their club in the city. They’re more concerned about...

NEPAL — Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the world. Every year, climbers pit their mortal strength against its eternal power. Depending on how far up its treacherous banks ambitious climbers push themselves, the view can be breathtaking – or deadly. According to...

SALT LAKE CITY, UT — Who knew that Mormon girls were so socially liberal? The results of a study to be published in the Journal of Adolescent Research next month found that half of female college students, including those attending Brigham Young University, have no problem...

SAN JOSE, CA — Facebook, the second most popular social-networking site, behind MySpace, has sued the parent company of adult affiliate program SlickCash and 17 individuals over allegations they attempted to hack Facebook’s servers and harvest users’ personal...

MENASHA, WI — Despite the complete absence of adult-entertainment establishments within the town’s borders, Menasha, WI officials on Monday unanimously passed an ordinance disallowing the sale of alcoholic beverages at any that might crop up in the future. The local...

HOLLYWOOD, CA — What do Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Cruise, and Hugh Hefner have in common? According to Hollywood insider buzz, the first two men are in hot competition to portray the third in an in-development biopic set for release in 2009 – the year Hefner turns 83....

MUSKOGEE, OK — Poor, imprisoned millionaire softcore porn mogul, Joe Francis. The guy just can’t catch a break. The way he sees it, everyone is out to get him because of his money. Everybody just wants a piece of him – or at least a piece of his fame. Because of this, he is...

LOS ANGELES, CA — Not the Bradys may be making it big in the adult entertainment industry, but the man who played the middle son for the series that inspired the X-Play/Hustler satire is apparently a man with conventional sexual tastes, in spite of hooking up with a...

AUSTIN, MN — It’s official: The word “spam” can be used for unsolicited email. A federal appeals board has ruled against Hormel Foods Corp’s argument that the use of the term damages Hormel’s trademark on the canned pork product it introduced in 1937.Hormel sued Seattle,...