Law & Politics

Novel Idea for Promoting Safe Sex

Source: Reuters (MADRID) -- A regional government in Spain has come up with a novel idea for promoting safe sex discounts at youth hostels to discourage young people from having hurried trysts in cars, doorways and parks. Antonio Fernandez, head of...

US Court: Jesuit Sex Harassment Case Can Go Ahead

Source: Reuters (SAN FRANCISCO, CA) -- A U.S. federal appeals court ruled on Wednesday that a former Catholic seminarian's effort to sue his Jesuit superiors for sexual harassment can go forward, a decision which begins to define the scope of...

Court Asked To Revive Anti-Smut Law

Source: AP By: LAURIE ASSEO (WASHINGTON) -- The Clinton administration asked the Supreme Court today to revive a law aimed at shielding children from Playboy Television and other sexually explicit cable TV channels. The law, struck down by a lower court, is...

Starbucks sued over alleged crushed penis

Source: Reuters (NEW YORK, NY) -- A Canadian tourist who claims that his penis was crushed by a faulty toilet seat at a Starbucks Corp restaurant has sued the giant coffee retailer for $1.5 million, his attorney said Monday. "Our client,...

Web Co-Inventor Backs Licensing

Source: Reuters By: Stephanie Nebehay (GENEVA) -- The co-inventor of the World Wide Web says all Internet users should be licensed so surfers on the information highway are as accountable as drivers on the road. Robert Cailliau, who designed the Web with...

Transsexual Mayor Wins in N. Zealand

Source: AP By: RAY LILLEY Georgina Beyer, 42, was elected under the country's complex proportional representation system under which parties hand out the seats they've won in elections. She also looked likely to capture the Wairarapa electorate 40 miles north of...

Woman Wins Damages Over UK Porn Magazine Photos

Source: Reuters (LONDON) -- A mother of two won "substantial" damages from a British men's magazine Thursday after it published semi-nude photographs of her sent in by her estranged husband without her consent. Kerry Kirby's lawyer told London's High Court how...

Strip Club Accused of Crime Link

Source: AP Federal prosecutors say an Atlanta strip club arranged for strippers to offer sexual favors with professional basketball players - reportedly members of the New York Knicks - at a Charleston, S.C., hotel in 1997. Steven Kaplan, owner of the...

Florida Strippers Protest Lap Dance Ban

Source: Reuters By: Robert Green (TAMPA, FL) -- Hundreds of exotic dancers, some with children in tow, jammed a city council meeting until the early morning hours on Friday to protest a proposed ban on nude lap dances. In a six-hour city...

“Playdog” Website in Doghouse With Playboy

Source: Reuters (MILLTOWN, NJ) -- Canine lover Steve Sackman says he was just having fun, but Playboy Enterprises isn't rolling over for the New Jersey man's Playdog.com Web site. Claiming trademark infringement, Playboy is considering a lawsuit against the 37-year-old bartender...
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