MORRISVILLE, PA — Approximately 18,000 square feet of the Stockham building still remains vacant; the result of what some consider to be years of mismanagement on the part of its new owners. A prominent feature in the downtown Morrisville, PA landscape, its shabby...

DALLAS, TX — Despite the potential for strip clubs to add an estimated $40 million annually in “pole taxes” to state coffers, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott wants legislators to enact a “one strike and you’re out” law that would enable authorities to close cabarets and...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Although some people, especially those in the mainstream media, forget that there’s more to adult business conferences than girls in bikinis and photographers, the masterminds behind this year’s San Francisco Cybernet Expo know that seminars are an...

KALAMAZOO, MI — Blogging is still all the rage, and sex-related blogs are no exception. As with real estate and surreptitious sex, much depends upon location, location, location. ARS happens to think that Smut.com is the perfect place for web logs of a most adult nature –...

WASHINGTON, DC — Conservative pro-family groups still want to tell the rest of America what to view in the privacy of their own homes and hotel rooms. For several years, national groups like the American Family Association, Citizens for Community Values, the Family Research...

NEW YORK, NY — Sony’s high-definition Blu-ray DVD format may have sent Toshiba’s rival HD DVD format scurrying from the battlefield in defeat, but that doesn’t mean Blu-ray has won the hearts and minds of consumers — at least not yet. In fact, according to ABI Research, it...

CYBERSPACE —While most webmasters attend seminars, brainstorm over cocktails, swap links, post to message boards, and invest a fair amount of their copious free time energy fretting about how to attract and retain traffic and subscribers to their pay sites, Grooby...

AUSTIN, TX — Never let it be said Texas officials are anything but firm in their resolve. “By God, this is Texas, and when we pass a law we mean it” seems to be the word coming out of Austin this week in the wake of a state district judge striking down the so-called “pole...

SACRAMENTO, CA — Rarely a day passes when the average American isn’t confronted by at least one headline, one newscaster, one political or religious commentator insisting that “secondary effects” from the existence of adult businesses are not only real, but heavily...

SACRAMENTO, CA — In an effort to retire some of the state’s $16 billion budget deficit, California legislators are considering a bill that would tax internet commerce. According to the bill’s sponsor, Assemblyman Charles Calderon (D-Whittier), AB 1956 would raise $500...