WASHINGTON, DC — The Federal Communications Commission on August 20th formally ordered Comcast Corp. to stop blocking transmission of some file types in an attempt to control traffic on its network. The order came amidst Comcast’s tests of new technologies that would slow...

PITTSBURGH, PA — Five years ago this month, the U.S. Attorney in Pittsburgh, PA, filed obscenity charges against Extreme Associates and its husband-and-wife owners, Robert Zicari and Janet Romano (known in the adult industry as Rob Black and Lizzie Borden).Since then, the...

AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND — California-based adult performer Kayden Kross likely had a good idea that somebody somewhere would be upset with her for participating in the annual New Zealand Boobs on Bikes parade – but she apparently didn’t expect her trouble to come from the...

NEW YORK, NY — Even the most convincing of cross-dressers and t-girl needs clothing that fits. Actually, they need more than just clothing: They need shoes, lingerie, makeup, wigs, and even breast and genital prosthetics to become the women of their fantasies.For almost 40...

KANSAS CITY, MO — Fans of Hallmark cards have long known that they are a good option when the “care enough to send the very best” to celebrate key events in the lives of their heterosexual friends, but it’s not always been as easy when the subject is specifically same-sex....

REDMOND, WA — Windows Vista, the current incarnation of Microsoft Corp.’s ubiquitous operating system, has taken a beating from users, competitors and the media almost since the moment of its release. Microsoft has defended and promoted the OS vigorously while continuing to...

STAUNTON, VA — Adult store After Hours Video was vandalized in the wake of a trial that ended August 15th in two misdemeanor obscenity convictions, one for the store and one for its owner.On Monday, one of the store’s front windows appeared smashed, according to published...

EUGENE, OR — Say what you will about the legality of taxes; those who choose not to pay, often wind up paying. Popular porn star Janine M. James has found that out… the hard way.James, the ex-wife of West Coast Choppers head Jesse James, is better known as Janine or Janine...

LAYTON, UT — Who knows what kind of person removes their clothes, washes dishes, works a cash register, runs a vacuum cleaner, or creates a work schedule in an adult business? The city of Layton, UT will soon know all of those things, thanks to an ordinance freshly adopted...

ROME — Few people can say the words “beauty contest” and “nuns” in the same sentence without cracking at least some kind of a smile – but Rev. Antonio Rungi is drop-dead serious when he proposes the introduction of a new kind of beauty contest: Miss Sister 2008, exclusively...