NEW DELHI — Four undersea communications cables have been severed in the past week, calling into question the stability of the world’s internet and telephone infrastructure.Although experts have said sabotage is not likely the cause of the failures, no one seems to know...

SONDERSHAUSEN, GERMANY — Women seeking dates, mates, or just a good time via online match-up sites are painfully familiar with the more-than-occasional cock shot that serves as an introduction for perhaps too many men hoping to have a “good time.” But when graphic genital...

WILLIAMSBURG, VA — While there are some who believe that by the time a person has entered college, s/he has matured enough to discuss complex topics, there are others who believe that some things should never be discussed. Among those topics are the real lives and...

CYBERSPACE — When Wired News set out to shed light on the secret lives of internet service providers, it might have suspected it could ask straightforward questions and receive straightforward answers.It would have been wrong. Over the course of two months, the venerable...

TALLAHASSEE, FL — Whether one sees it as a sign that the sex industry is being legitimized by the mainstream or a sign that the mainstream is eager to condemn but financially soak the sex industry – another state is hoping to bolster social service funding by slapping a tax...

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...