Take my mother-in-law, please, and this isn't a joke, lawsuits?

""Take my mother-in-law — please," isn't a joke you're likely to hear often these days from Sunda Croonquist. The veteran comic is being sued by her mother-in-law after making her the punchline of too many jokes. The mother-in-law is accusing Croonquist of...

British Columbia Bars' plan to scan IDs might violate privacy laws: Rights Ad...

Barry Artiste Op/Ed With the rash of violence and murder resulting from bars, scanning everyones identification before entry, may give a potential troublemaker or violent offender second thoughts before...

Use Twitter to Keep Track of Parties and Events @ Blogworld

This from the Blogworld blog:"You’re coming to Blogworld and New Media Expo 2008 here in Las Vegas. In fact, you might already be here. But how do you keep track of what’s going on, who is meeting up at what bars or nightclubs, what parties are happening, and even which...

E-mail warns of bloody weekend in Mexican border city

"CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) -- The streets of Ciudad Juarez are empty after police became aware of an e-mail warning that this weekend will be "the bloodiest" in the Mexican border city....

Interactive Drunk TV? Dude, I'm So Buzzed!

From the mindless-competitive-reality-TV-entertainment desk comes news of a new, web-only, drunken trivia game show to be launched this spring by Endemol and Metacafe. Way to stick to that lowest common...

Germany foils 'massive' bomb plot

"Three men have been arrested in Germany on suspicion of planning a "massive" terrorist attack on US facilities in the country, officials have said. Federal prosecutor Monika Harms said the three had trained at camps in Pakistan and procured some 700kg (1,500lbs) of chemicals...

Drinkers are open to suggestion

Advertisers have discovered the power of beer goggles:"NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Here's one thing you might not expect to accompany a hangover: ad recall. A recent Arbitron study of bars and nightclubs found the...

Second Life Bans Beastiality

"Linden Lab, the creators of Second Life, may be extending their crackdown on “Broadly Offensive” behavior to Bestiality, following attempts to remove virtual pedophilia (or Age-Play) from Second Life in...

How Sweet the Sound: New Orleans Jazz Fest 2007 Now Happening

Catch all the latest on JazzFest: Photos, podcasts, live videocasts, food, More on Everything New Orleans You will love to keep up with what's happening in New Orleans. Locals Blog and post photos and videos....

Lisa Ann Taylor Hits the Road, Tours Adult Clubs

"The woman dubbed the "Mansion Madam" was back in her mansion Sunday night after a tour of adult nightclubs and she and one of the men arrested in connection with her case spoke exclusively with 11Alive News. Police have accused Lisa Ann Taylor, an exotic dancer, and Nicole...

Club Paris fires Paris Hilton..are they going to change their name?

Paris Hilton was paid a major amount of money to promote Club Paris,  the club appropriately named after her.  The owner says that after two years of having her as an ambassador to the club, the heiress...

SEXCAPADE

"Filipina and Russian women are being sold into sexual slavery in the seedy bars and nightclubs that serve U.S. military bases in South Korea"

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