TOKYO — Looking for a new market for the next Great American Novel? The Japanese have found one: mobile phones.Best-seller lists released at the end of 2007 revealed an interesting phenomenon in Japan: Novels originally tapped out in serial form on tiny cell-phone keyboards...

STAUNTON, VA — Let it be known throughout the fine state of Virginia that the words “pornography” and “obscenity” are nearly synonymous to Staunton Commonwealth Attorney Ray Robertson – and he’ll do whatever he can to eradicate them both from within his city’s limits, if...

OCEAN CITY, MD — The first-ever sexually oriented business ordinances to be considered in this beachside resort on the Atlantic coast will restrict adult-entertainment venues to a two-acre parcel of land “in front of the Food Lion Shopping Center between 118th and 119th...

VIRGINIA BEACH, VA — It’s getting easier and easier to be prosecuted for obscenity in the state of Virginia. As one Abercrombie & Fitch retail shop manager has discovered, all it takes is a little bit of ass crack and some covered breasts.As the entire nation is coming...

REDMOND, WA — Microsoft and Yahoo may be headed for a shotgun wedding. On Friday, after the world’s second-most-popular search engine tersely and obtusely declined Microsoft’s request for its hand, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said his company would pursue a hostile...

KEIZER, OR — They say that beauty… and art… and pornography… are in the eyes of the beholder. A small town in Oregon is certainly putting that theory into practice when it comes to the shape of its concrete pedestrian posts.What some likely see as a series...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A disastrous terrorist attack on the internet is imminent, and the only way to prevent it is to strip American citizens of their Fourth Amendment rights. In a nutshell, that’s the argument from the Bush administration as presented by National Director of...

BOSTON, MA — Game-design firm THQ has licensed the Playboy name for a line of branded mobile games.The multi-year deal encompasses both development and publishing rights. According to dbTechno.com, the games will be non-nude and released globally. The first, “Playboy Games:...

SINGAPORE — When Singapore Airlines’ new Airbus 380 passenger airliner rotated off the tarmac for its maiden voyage, it was with a significant new rule about passenger behavior: Passengers were to control their “primitive urges” in the suites, please.The world’s largest...

NEW YORK, NY — Here we go again: The mainstream media is beating the drum about porn on cell phones. A Wednesday report from Reuters called mobile phones “the next frontier for erotica.”“If the adult entertainment industry has its way, Americans will soon get a choice of...