WASHINGTON, DC — America is an unusual country. As the government assured citizens after the New York City terrorist attack of 9-11, one of the chief ways of showing patriotism in the modern world is to spend money and consume goods. Once upon a time, patriotism was shown...

MARINA DEL REY, CA — Apparently fazed by the recent outcry over Network Solutions Inc. “front-running” domain names, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers last week resolved to curtail “domain tasting” by making domain-registration fees...

SINGAPORE — It’s hard to know what 21-year-old Tan Wen Zhong was thinking when he got onto the elevator bright and early one morning wearing a pink bikini – but it probably wasn’t how much he’d like to spend a day in jail and pay a $7,529 fine.Nonetheless, that’s precisely...

CANOGA PARK, CA — It’s not reading, ‘riting, or ‘rithmitic that students of XXX University will be studying – and although the topic may be pornography, it won’t be sex that they’ll be thinking about, either. Indeed, the curriculum being covered at XXX University is piracy....

BERN, SWITZERLAND — A Swiss company that uncovers the identities of file-traders by tracking their IP addresses has been warned by a department of the Swiss government that its methods violate the country’s telecommunication laws.Logistep AG, which is incorporated in...

REDMOND, WA — On Thursday, Microsoft issued a new release candidate of the anticipated Windows Vista Service Pack 1. It was the second build sent to testers in as many weeks, fueling speculation that a final version of Vista’s first major update is imminent.The code has not...

KITCHENER, CANADA — The city of Kitchener thinks there’s altogether too much touching going on inside of the area’s strip clubs – and it wants it to stop.That means no table dances, no VIP rooms, and neither mud nor jelly wrestling. “There is no doubt in my mind that the...

FRANKFURT, GERMANY — Imagine watching the world move 30,000 feet below while you sit in naked comfort aboard a commercial jet. What would it feel like to gaze down upon clouds while sitting bare in your airplane seat and enjoying a frosty cocktail? What rules of social...

PHOENIX, AZ — High-class call girls and their lesser sisters have been warned: Phoenix-area police departments only want one type of scoring in their towns during Super Bowl XLII — and it involves footballs, not any other kind.Concerned that so-called “circuit girls” and...

DENVER, CO — Colorado has joined the burgeoning list of U.S. states that want to tax adult entertainment in order to fund various sexual-abuse causes.Late last week Republican State Rep. Amy Stephens said she intends to revise House Bill 1086, which as she submitted it...