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SEEDY CRUSTACEANS

 Hooker Crabs 
 Swap Sex for Safety 

Male crabs rewarded with sex for defending neighbors

Nov 4, 09 4:17 AM CST
(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... More »

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prostitution • Australia • animal behavior • crab • mating

Cops Bust Phillies Fan in Sex-for-Tix Bid

Woman nailed after seeking World Series seats on Craigslist

Oct 28, 09 4:52 AM CDT
(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 ... More »

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prostitution • Philadelphia Phillies • Craigslist • Philadelphia • World Series • baseball

 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

 BofA Severs Ties With ACORN 

ACORN Housing advocated for homeowners facing foreclosure

Sep 28, 09 9:08 AM CDT
(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... More »

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prostitution • Bank of America • foreclosure • mortgage • homeowners • Acorn • Scott Harshbarger • Michael Shea • Acorn Housing

Bikini Baristas Charged With Prostitution

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

Sep 24, 09 4:32 PM CDT
(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... More »

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prostitution • coffee • Washington • barista • bikini

OPINION

 ACORN Sting 
 Raises Media 
 Ethics Questions 

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

Sep 23, 09 10:35 AM CDT
(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... More »

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prostitution • video • sting operations • hidden camera • scandal • undercover video • Acorn • mainstream media • James O'Keefe • Hannah Giles

OPINION

ACORN Takedown Campaign Overblown, Misguided

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

Sep 18, 09 11:50 AM CDT
(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... More »

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prostitution • voter fraud • DC Madam • video • David Vitter • hidden camera • activists • Acorn • Ken Calvert

ACORN Sting Duo Says Nobody Put Them Up to It

Call themselves 'concerned citizens'

Sep 18, 09 8:05 AM CDT
(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... More »

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prostitution • prostitute • hidden camera • scandal • Acorn • James O'Keefe • Hannah Giles

Schwarzenegger Wants ACORN Investigation

Activist sting catches woman boasting of shooting husband

Sep 17, 09 10:11 AM CDT
(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... More »

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prostitution • Arnold Schwarzenegger • San Bernadino • Jerry Brown • prostitute • Acorn

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

US Census Bureau Axes Community Group ACORN

Group called 'distraction' after sting catches employees advising prostitute

Sep 11, 09 9:55 PM CDT
(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... More »

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prostitution • Census Bureau • Baltimore • sting operations • hidden camera • Washington, DC • Acorn • community organizers • 2010 census

Berlusconi: So Sue Me,
I Like Gorgeous Babes

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

Sep 11, 09 6:54 AM CDT
(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... More »

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prostitution • sex scandal • Italy • Silvio Berlusconi • prostitute

TRAVEL

 Europe's Sleaziest 
 Tourist Destinations 

From Paris to Athens, avoid (or enjoy) these sex-and-drugs zones

Sep 5, 09 6:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ah, Europe, home of landmark cafés, glorious historic churches—and stinking, dangerous red-light districts rife with hookers, drug dealers, and pickpockets. Correspondents for the Times of London highlight the continent's most tawdry areas.
  • Reeperbahn, Hamburg: Germany's decorous port town turns as seedy as it gets here. Pimps fight
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travel • prostitution • pornography • Amsterdam • Paris • drug dealing • Prague • Athens • pimp • Hamburg

Dupre to Ladies Who Judge: You're No Better Than a Hooker

'Get real and get over yourself': Spitzer babe

Sep 3, 09 7:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ashley Dupre has a message for the ladies out there "who just love to judge" her $4,300 romp with a sitting governor: you're no better than hookers. The onetime Eliot Spitzer call girl blogged a rant about women who look down on her but "target guys with... More »

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prostitution • Eliot Spitzer • prostitute • political scandal • Ashley Dupre • call girl • prostitution scandal

(Newser) - Sure, the ads in Craigslist’s new “Adult Services” section are tamer than those that appeared in the old “Erotic Services” category, shuttered after the firestorm surrounding the “Craigslist killer” case. But read between the lines and the meaning is still the same, Chris Matyszczyk writes for... More »

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social networking • Internet • prostitution • Craigslist • classified ads • Jim Buckmaster • Craigslist killer • erotic services • adult services

(Newser) - Silvio Berlusconi's antics with models and call girls have threatened to derail his government, but the woman at the center of the sex-and-corruption scandal says she's seen it all before. "This is how Italy always works," Patrizia D’Addario tells the Financial Times. The hooker says she came... More »

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prostitution • Italy • corruption • Silvio Berlusconi • prostitute • call girl • European Parliament • Veronica Lario • Patrizia D'Addario

Italian Paper Releases 'Tapes'
of Berlusconi Escort Tryst

Man instructs woman to wait 'in Putin's bed'

Jul 20, 09 4:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Silvio Berlusconi’s prostitution scandal flared anew today as Italian newspaper L’Espresso released audio recordings made by the woman who claims she was paid to attend a party with the Italian PM, the BBC reports. On the recordings, a voice said to be Berlusconi’s says: “I’m... More »

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prostitution • newspaper • Italy • affair • prime minister • Silvio Berlusconi • scandal • Patrizia D%u2019Addario

(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

 Berlusconi: I 
 Don't Even 
 Like Hookers 

Italian PM denies scandal, says call girls aren't to his taste

Jun 24, 09 4:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has denied that he paid prostitutes who attended parties at his official residences, reports the BBC. Berlusconi told a gossip magazine that the call girl who alleged she was paid over $1000 to sleep with him was "extremely well paid" by a political opponent... More »

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prostitution • Italy • Silvio Berlusconi • political scandal • call girl • prostitution scandal • Patrizia D'Addario

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