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Indian Sect Pledges
to Marry Prostitutes

Dec 17, 2009 6:48 AM CST

Indian Sect Pledges to Marry Prostitutes

Group aims to end exploitation of sex workers

(Newser) - A controversial Indian sect says more than a thousand of its members have pledged to marry prostitutes to free them from sexual servitude. The leader of Dara Sacha Sauda, which has a huge following of Hindus, Sikhs, and Muslims, issued a call last month for volunteers to help stop sex...

Men Win Right to Be
Hookers in Nevada

Dec 14, 2009 7:50 AM CST

Men Win Right to Be Hookers in Nevada

Brothel lobbyist predicts 'Pearl Harbor' for industry

(Newser) - Gay marriage may have taken a few steps backwards this year, but male hookers just won the right to work in Nevada brothels, and they can choose to accept male or female clients, just as female prostitutes can. Men can now be employed as well as women, thanks to a...

Patriots Mascot
Busted With Hooker*

Dec 11, 2009 7:25 PM CST

Patriots Mascot Busted With Hooker*

*Well, one of the guys inside the costume, anyway

(Newser) - A prostitution sting in Rhode Island netted an unusual John, or, rather, an unusual Pat—as in one of the men who plays Pat Patriot, the huge-foam-headed mascot of the New England Patriots. Robert Sormanti, 47, was among 14 charged; there was no indication he was wearing his costume when...

Copenhagen Hookers
Offer Delegates Free Sex

CLIMATE CHANGE SUMMIT

Dec 7, 2009 7:52 AM CST

Copenhagen Hookers Offer Delegates Free Sex

Delegates at Copenhagen conference get unexpected bonus

(Newser) - Delegates at the upcoming Copenhagen climate summit won’t have to just hang out in the hotel bar between sessions: They can have free prostitute sex. In retaliation against the mayor’s anti-prostitution campaign (she sent a postcard asking summit guests to “Be sustainable: Don’t buy sex”),...

'Skank Agent' Busted in Craigslist Robberies

Dec 2, 2009 2:39 AM CST

'Skank Agent' Busted in Craigslist Robberies

Johns were lured to Wisconsin motel

(Newser) - A self-described teenage "skank agent" has been busted for luring johns on Craigslist to hotels to be robbed, police report. The Wisconsin girl, 17, offered sex in exchange for an apartment under the "Adult Gigs" section of Craigslist. Once lured to a motel, men who responded to the...

UK Scientist Misses
Call Girl Days

Nov 27, 2009 8:55 AM CST

UK Scientist Misses Call Girl Days

Outed blogger 'Belle du Jour' has no regrets

(Newser) - UK research scientist Brooke Magnanti says she misses the job satisfaction she had as a call girl. "I miss the moment when you walk into a hotel, and that feeling of 'I'm about to do a job and I'm about to do it well," says Magnanti, whose sex...

NYC Cops Find Dead Baby
of Hooker Slave

Nov 26, 2009 5:30 AM CST

NYC Cops Find Dead Baby of Hooker Slave

Tiny body encased in cement in a cooler

(Newser) - Brooklyn police have discovered the body of a baby belonging to a woman forced into prostitution by a sex trafficking couple. The tiny body of the 2-month-old baby boy was encased in cement in a cooler in a flophouse. The baby's mom, an illegal Mexican immigrant, was beaten and forced...

Playmates Doubled
as Call Girls: Madam

STEAMY TELL-ALL

Nov 24, 2009 9:55 AM CST

Playmates Doubled as Call Girls: Madam

Michelle Braun hooked up rich clients and Playboy bunnies

(Newser) - The Playboy Playmates are just sweet, girls-next-door types who happen to show a little skin every now and then—right? Wrong, according to one Hollywood madam. Michelle Braun is planning a tell-all flushing that myth right down the toilet, along with—possibly—the reputations of her high-profile clients. She claims...

Hooker Crabs
Swap Sex for Safety

SEEDY CRUSTACEANS

Nov 4, 2009 4:17 AM CST

Hooker Crabs Swap Sex for Safety

Male crabs rewarded with sex for defending neighbors

(Newser) - Selling sex is the key to survival in the seedy world of fiddler crabs, according to Australian researchers. Scientists studying the burrow-dwelling, highly territorial creatures found that male fiddler crabs fought off intruders to protect female neighbors—who lack the male's huge claw—far more often than they would aid...

Cops Bust Phillies Fan in Sex-for-Tix Bid

Oct 28, 2009 4:52 AM CDT

Cops Bust Phillies Fan in Sex-for-Tix Bid

Woman nailed after seeking World Series seats on Craigslist

(Newser) - A Phillies fan willing to go the extra mile for World Series tickets is facing misdemeanor prostitution charges after a police sting operation. A pair of undercover cops responded to the woman's Craigslist ad describing herself as a "gorgeous tall buxom blond" desperate for tickets, reports the New York ...

Brothel Goes 'Green'
With Bike Discount

Oct 16, 2009 12:01 PM CDT

Brothel Goes 'Green' With Bike Discount

Public transit passengers get a price break, too

(Newser) - A Berlin brothel that offers a discount to patrons who arrive by bicycle or public transportation is touting itself as the first “green” sex stop. Clients simply present their helmet, bike lock, or bus ticket at the Maison d’Envie, which just happens to be in a district where...

BofA Severs Ties With ACORN

Sep 28, 2009 9:08 AM CDT

BofA Severs Ties With ACORN

ACORN Housing advocated for homeowners facing foreclosure

(Newser) - Bank of America has cut off ties with ACORN’s housing assistance arm following revelations that employees of the community organizing group gave ill-advised assistance to videographers posing as a pimp and prostitute. ACORN Housing has worked with BofA—among other banks—since the '90s to help homeowners in danger...

Bikini Baristas Charged With Prostitution

Sep 24, 2009 4:32 PM CDT

Bikini Baristas Charged With Prostitution

Girls at Grab-n-Go coffee shop gave customers a little extra

(Newser) - Five bikini baristas at a Washington coffee stand were charged with prostitution today after an undercover police investigation. Police say the women sold extra services from the stand—quick flashes of nudity, licking whipped cream off their co-workers, allowing customers to grope them, etc. That kind of for-pay touching, the...

ACORN Sting
Raises Media
Ethics Questions

OPINION

Sep 23, 2009 10:35 AM CDT

ACORN Sting Raises Media Ethics Questions

Hidden video subterfuge made news, but where was the reality check?

(Newser) - “You've got to give James O'Keefe and Hannah Giles credit for abundant chutzpah and guile,” writes James Rainey in the Los Angeles Times. The pair’s hidden camera ACORN takedown “likely will do for guerrilla video what Ashton Kutcher did for Twitter—popularize and expand the form....

ACORN Takedown Campaign Overblown, Misguided

OPINION

Sep 18, 2009 11:50 AM CDT

ACORN Takedown Campaign Overblown, Misguided

The actions of a half-dozen employees doesn't represent the huge organization

(Newser) - The conservative campaign against ACORN—which has now, thanks to a few video “sting” operations, lost its federal funding—is built on an outrageous set of exaggerations and falsehoods, writes Joe Conason for Salon. “No doubt it was fun to dupe a few morons into providing tax advice...

ACORN Sting Duo Says Nobody Put Them Up to It

Sep 18, 2009 8:05 AM CDT

ACORN Sting Duo Says Nobody Put Them Up to It

Call themselves 'concerned citizens'

(Newser) - James O’Keefe and Hannah Giles say there's no conservative conspiracy behind their decision to dress up as a pimp and prostitute and walk into ACORN offices with a hidden camera. They’re just a pair of concerned citizens, who’ve managed to wound the mighty activist group on a...

Schwarzenegger Wants ACORN Investigation

Sep 17, 2009 10:11 AM CDT

Schwarzenegger Wants ACORN Investigation

Activist sting catches woman boasting of shooting husband

(Newser) - Arnold Schwarzenegger today urged California AG Jerry Brown to launch an investigation of ACORN, the Los Angeles Times reports. The governor acted after a video sting operation that's targeted ACORN offices around the country hit the group’s San Bernardino office. In the video released Tuesday, as in previous videos...

ACORN Is Rotten, And Mainstream Media Ignores It

OPINION

Sep 15, 2009 6:21 PM CDT

ACORN Is Rotten, And Mainstream Media Ignores It

Network news has no coverage of hooker-pimp sting video scandal

(Newser) - The scandal enveloping community-organizing group ACORN “has everything you could ever want,” Dan Gainor writes for Fox News: “corruption, sleazy actions at tax-funded organizations, firings, government ties, sex, hookers. It is a network news director’s dream.” Curiously, ABC, CBS, and NBC aren't covering the brouhaha...

US Census Bureau Axes Community Group ACORN

Sep 11, 2009 9:55 PM CDT

US Census Bureau Axes Community Group ACORN

Group called 'distraction' after sting catches employees advising prostitute

(Newser) - The US Census Bureau will not allow community-organizing group ACORN to participate in next year’s national census, the Wall Street Journal reports tonight. The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now is a “distraction,” Census director Robert Groves writes, after members of its Baltimore and Washington offices...

Berlusconi: So Sue Me,
I Like Gorgeous Babes

Sep 11, 2009 6:54 AM CDT

Berlusconi: So Sue Me, I Like Gorgeous Babes

'Greatest Italian PM in history' hits back at sex scandal allegations

(Newser) - Silvio Berlusconi says he's the best prime minister Italy's ever had and resigning has never crossed his mind, despite a string of sex scandals, the Wall Street Journal reports. Berlusconi scoffed at claims by businessman Giampaolo Tarantini that he invited women to Berlusconi's parties and paid them to sleep with...