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 Brothel Goes 'Green' 
 With Bike Discount 

Public transit passengers get a price break, too

Oct 16, 09 12:01 PM CDT
(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... More »

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climate change • prostitution • environmentalism • Berlin • public transportation • bicycles • brothel

OPINION

ACORN Is Rotten, And Mainstream Media Ignores It

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

Sep 15, 09 6:21 PM CDT
(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... More »

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prostitution • corruption • Fox News • US Census • brothel • hooker • Acorn • community organizers • federal funding • mainstream media

(Newser) - A Berlin brothel is trying to boost business and make the red-light district a greener place with a new discount program, Reuters reports. Patrons who cycle to the brothel or who can prove they got there on public transport will get $7 off the usual $100 price, according to the... More »

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prostitution • Berlin • public transportation • bicycling • German • brothel

(Newser) - A New Zealand athlete has opened a brothel to finance his Olympic aspirations, the BBC reports. Logan Campbell just wants to stop asking his parents for money—his Beijing efforts cost $150,000, and he hopes to start training again in 2011 with $300,000 from the “gentleman’s... More »

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prostitution • 2012 London Olympics • athlete • New Zealand • brothel • Olympics • taekwondo

SC to Craigslist: Kill Sex Ads or We Prosecute

Site has not complied with deal to curtail escort outfits: AG

May 5, 09 2:48 PM CDT
(AP) - South Carolina's top prosecutor today called on Craigslist executives to take down ads related to prostitution and pornography or face prosecution. “It appears that the management of Craigslist has knowingly allowed the site to be used for illegal and unlawful activity,” wrote Henry McMaster, South Carolina’s AG,... More »

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prostitution • Craig Newmark • South Carolina • Craigslist • classified ads • brothel • Jim Buckmaster • attorney general • sex trade • Henry McMaster

Reality-Show Brothel Offers Drew Peterson
a Pimpin' Job

Top choice Blagojevich had turned gig down

May 5, 09 2:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Moonlite Bunny Ranch—the legal Nevada brothel featured in HBO’s Cathouse—seems desperate to play host to a Chicagoan with reputation problems, WBBM-AM reports. After Rod Blagojevich turned down a job offer as an apprentice pimp, owner Dennis Hof has now made entreaties to murder suspect Drew Peterson—... More »

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prostitution • Illinois • Drew Peterson • brothel • Rod Blagojevich • pimp • Moonlite Bunny Ranch • Cathouse

(Newser) - As France starved under Germany’s thumb, Nazi officers showered the mademoiselles of Paris’ finest brothels with cash, chocolates, and looted art. Such “horizontal collaboration” defined the golden age of French prostitution as described in a new book, the Daily Mail reports. The author argues that, far from engaging... More »

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prostitution • France • World War II • brothel • Nazi collaborators • Nazis

(Newser) - A Nevada brothel featured on an HBO reality show is offering Rod Blagojevich the chance to recoup some of the cash he missed out on by being barred from leaving the country to film for NBC, Gawker reports. The former Illinois governor’s PR flak is taking “very seriously”... More »

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reality TV • HBO • Nevada • brothel • Rod Blagojevich • Moonlite Bunny Ranch • Cathouse

 Nevada Lawmaker 
 Seeks Hooker Tax 

$5-per-day levy on clients proposed to boost state coffers, help sex workers

Mar 25, 09 6:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Nevada lawmaker is seeking a new tax on the world's oldest profession, NPR reports. Democratic State Sen. Bob Coffin has introduced a bill that would tax anybody using the services of a prostitute—in the state's 25 legal brothels or elsewhere—$5 per day, with the proceeds going to... More »

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prostitution • Nevada • brothel • taxation • Nevada Brothel Association

Brothel Battles Downturn with Flat-Rate Pass

Berlin club charges $90 for 'everything—ladies, drinks, and food'

Mar 17, 09 2:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Berlin brothel is fighting world economic gloom with a special offer: a flat-rate, unlimited, all-access pass, Der Spiegel reports. For about $90, clients are free to get chummy with all the workers. Men can even bring their wives. “70 euros, that includes everything—ladies, drinks and food,”... More »

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prostitution • Berlin • brothel • economy • downturn • financial crisis

 Brothels to Nevada: 
 Tax Us, Please 

Brothel owners see taxes as insurance to keep them legal

Jan 26, 09 3:16 AM CST
(Newser) - Nevada's brothel owners are offering to fork over tax money to the state to help cover its debts—but legislators are reluctant to increase the state's involvement in the $50-million-a-year sex business, reports the New York Times. Nevada's 25 legal brothels pay hefty taxes to their home counties, but are... More »

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prostitution • taxes • Las Vegas • Nevada • Reno • brothel • sex industry • Nevada Brothel Association • Moonlite Bunny Ranch • Shady Lady Ranch

22-Year-Old's Virginity Auction Tops $3.7M

Grad student says 10,000 men have bid for night of passion

Jan 12, 09 1:19 PM CST
(Newser) - The 22-year-old woman who is auctioning her virginity says she's received some 10,000 bids topping $3.7 million, the Telegraph reports. The offers range the “graphically sexual” to “polite requests from rich businessmen,” says the girl, who goes by “Natalie Dylan” in the auction. “... More »

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sex • auction • bid • Howard Stern • brothel • virginity • cash • bidding war

Ex-Prostitutes: 
S. Korea Pimped Us to US GIs

Seoul, US military encouraged a thriving sex trade for decades

Jan 8, 09 6:27 AM CST
(Newser) - Even as Seoul railed against Japan's WWII-era enslavement of "comfort women," it systematically pimped Korean women to US soldiers stationed there for decades after the Korean War, say a group of former prostitutes. Working with the US military, the South Korean government encouraged a thriving sex trade—giving... More »

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prostitution • South Korea • US military • Korean War • brothel • prostitute

 UK to Slap Johns With Rape 

Crackdown targets those who deal with trafficked prostitutes

Nov 19, 08 11:18 AM CST
(Newser) - Lay a finger on a trafficked sex worker, and the Brits will slap you with rape and toss you in the clink, reports the BBC. New laws will make it a criminal offense in England and Wales to pay for sex with prostitutes controlled by pimps, as Britain's Home secretary... More »

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prostitution • crime • England • rape • Wales • Britain • brothel • pimp

 Brothels Screwed by Economy 

Even sex isn't selling as truckers losing 'play money' bypass Nevada brothels

Nov 4, 08 12:00 PM CST
(Newser) - The flagging economy is threatening to send Nevada's whorehouses to the poorhouse, the Los Angeles Times reports. Managers of some of the state's 25 legal brothels say they have no shortage of newcomers—some as old as 74—wishing to enter the world's oldest profession, but food and fuel prices... More »

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prostitution • recession • US economy • Nevada • brothel • prostitute • sex trade • sex industry

Man Trades Baby Name for
$100 Gas Card

Free fuel on offer
for everything from brothels to bloodbanks

Jul 18, 08 11:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - An Orlando man agreed to name his baby after two local radio hosts in exchange for a gift card worth $100 of gasoline, Reuters reports. The listener will collect the card in December, when his son is born, after producing a birth certificate. He's not the only American susceptible to... More »

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gas • church • American Red Cross • gas prices • newborn • brothel • gift card • baby name

 Gas Prices Screw Nev. Brothels 

Shed a tear for the lonely trucker... or don't

Jun 30, 08 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Here's one more casualty of soaring oil prices: Nevada brothels catering to lonely truckers are seeing business plummet. Sky-high diesel prices means that long-haul truckers have less discretionary income, so many brothels are offering promotions to give business a boost. At one establishment, customers get double what they pay for... More »

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diesel • Nevada • truckers • oil price • brothel

 Miami Cops Bust
 'Brothel on Wheels' 

Six face charges of prostitution and violating dance hall ordinance

Jun 26, 08 9:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - The world's oldest profession has long since gone online, but Miami police have charged six people with putting it on wheels, the Miami Herald reports. A rolling brothel, a huge limo-bus with a tractor-trailer cab, picked up three undercover cops Sunday morning, offering an all-you-can-drink ride for $40. Once aboard,... More »

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prostitution • Miami • brothel

 Campy
 Documentarians
 Focus on Fleiss 

Pair talks of fame, and falling out with the Hollywood madam

Jun 25, 08 12:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - The makers of such revelatory documentaries as Inside Deep Throat and The Eyes of Tammy Faye have a new film in the works, about Heidi Fleiss’ bid to open an all-male brothel in the Nevada desert, W reports. Fleiss, who had a falling out with directors Fenton... More »

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reality TV • prostitution • Nevada • brothel • Heidi Fleiss • madams • documentary film

Hooker Sex Is Rape, London Ads Warn Johns

Trafficked women
aren't giving consent, campaign maintains

May 8, 08 12:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - British authorities are targeting men who pay for sex with a hard-hitting ad campaign comparing some instances to rape, Reuters reports. Because thousands of women trafficked into the country each year are forced into prostitution, there's nothing consensual about the sex they sell, the ads suggest. "Walk in a... More »

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prostitution • London • United Kingdom • rape • human trafficking • brothel • prostitute

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