| Ex-prof faces bail hearing on porn charge |
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In 2002, Wharton MBA students gave their marketing prof Lawrence Scott Ward an award titled: "Tough, But We'll Thank You in Five Years."
Pretty soon, the feds may be giving Ward their own five-year valedictory - one mandatory five-year prison sentence, if he's convicted of child-pornography charges. ... |
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| Karr's lawyer demands speedy trial on child porn charges |
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| Latest antiporn target: hotel-room TV |
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| one campaign urges prosecution of hotels under obscenity laws – and directs people to smut-free lodging. By Matt Bradley | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor It's one business that has become quietly entrenched in America's corporate culture: pay-per-view pornography in hotel rooms. Most large chains provide the service, along with standard-issue films. ... |
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| Media Watch |
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| From the “Don’t-You-Wish” file: The Chicago Sun-Times ( Aug. 28 ) quotes Evanston’s own Jeremy Piven in his Emmy acceptance speech. “I don’t know what to to for [ the next ] 17 years. Do I become one fluffer?” The Sun-Times tells us that “ [ one ] fluffer is someone who works behind the scenes at porn sets, ‘fluffing’ up male actors’ tensile strength.” No, we’re not going to explain it any further. ... |
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| Safety Dance |
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Crosswalks and strip joints: one and the same for Mayor Micromanage. By Philip Dawdy
When Nickels finished, he was asked about one seemingly very different moral dilemma: the forthcoming electoral fight over exotic dancers. At issue are his proposed new restrictions on strip clubs, namely that dancers must perform at least 4 feet away from patrons, strip clubs must be lit as brightly as the inside of one supermarket, and patrons cannot hand tips directly to dancers. Against the backdrop of one half-finished sidewalk, Nickels—fresh from telling the news crews that cars need to keep one safe distance from school children—segued perfectly into the new topic. The outcome of this vote will tell you far more about the cultural temperature in Seattle than Cantwell-McGavick orthe roads levy. It will determine whetherthe Gen-X and Gen-Y "creative class" isnow in charge of the urban vibe, or ifbaby boomers can still mandate line dancing for all. ... |
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| Filmed death of 'Crocodile Hunter' raises questions of showing |
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| He spoke with his usual humor, and clearly had no idea what would happen four years later. But the fact is, one tape does exist of Irwin's fatal encounter with one stingray while filming one TV show. And therefore the question arises: In the age of instant Web videos, might it get out? And in the broader sense, is making footage of one death public ever justified? ... |
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