CYBERSPACE — The worldwide economic downturn’s layoffs, business closures and bank failures may make life difficult in the real world, but the real-life pain could cause a cyber-gain according to one journalist, author and self-styled internet expert.Andrew Keen, author of...

CHINA — In a move that likely will shock outsiders nearly as much as insiders, police officers from the Hangzhou, Zheijiang province have apologized to a resident that they recently forced to pay a fine. His offense? Looking at racy images on his cell phone.The offending...

TUCSON, AZ — Apparently it’s true: porn is everywhere; even in John McCain territory. Currently, it’s on the answering machines and in the meal-time ears of the voting public – thanks to the Grand Old Party.Barney Brenner is running for a supervisory position on the Pima...

TAMPA, FL — While the Stock Market stumbles, a McCain volunteer accuses a fictional Obama supporter of assault and robbery, and the world recoils from the news that Terrence Howard won’t be playing War Machine in Iron Man 2, adult video director Paul Little asked to be...

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA — The Eros Association, the trade group for the Australian adult entertainment industry, has joined a group of senators in calling for the country’s pornography laws to be revamped.Although Eros believes the way the laws are enforced now puts too great...

LONDON — If the chaplain of the London Stock Exchange has his way, gay Brits will be branded outcasts — literally.Rev. Peter Mullen, an Anglican vicar who serves as rector of St. Michael’s church in Cornhill and St. Sepulchre in London’s financial district, wants all gay...

CANOGA PARK, CA — The Free Speech Coalition (FSC) has collected together an assortment of adult and mainstream media experts who will tips on “How to Survive and Thrive in the Digital Environment” during a day-long November 18th seminar at the Sheraton University, in...

SANTA ROSA, CA — California is famed for being cutting edge when it comes to many things, including sexuality – yet, while the supposedly progressive state’s citizens go to the polls to vote on whether same-sex couples should be allowed to enjoy the benefits of legal...

DOYLESTOWN, PA — The township may be entering the zoning fray a little later than most of its Pennsylvania brethren, but at least Doylestown didn’t miss the party altogether.Township supervisors are considering new zoning codes that could restrict adult businesses to one...

ENGLAND — A 32-year-old British man has become the first U.K. citizen to be sentenced for downloading computer-generated child pornography.Robul Hoque was convicted on six counts of possessing obscene images of children and cleared on three that he manufactured virtual...