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NEWS ABOUT: strip club

strip club stories: 11 news summaries

 Complaints Curb 
 Vegas Stripper-Mobile 

'We're going to be good citizens' despite uptick in business

Nov 13, 09 8:35 PM CST
(AP) - A Las Vegas strip club has agreed to stop an advertising promotion that involved hauling bikini-clad exotic dancers around in a truck. Larry Beard, marketing director of Déjà Vu Showgirls, said today he's taking his lawyer's advice and parking the truck. "We're going to respect the opinion of... More »

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entertainment • advertising • Las Vegas • strip club • stripper • Las Vegas Strip • complaints • D?j? Vu Showgirls

Strip Club's Ad Pokes Fun
at Hermaphrodite Runner

'No need for gender testing!' billboard draws complaints

Sep 30, 09 10:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - A strip club’s seemingly obvious reference to the South African runner revealed to be a hermaphrodite is, predictably, drawing complaints—though the club’s owner says his billboard proclaiming “No need for gender testing!” underneath a busty model isn’t a stab at Caster Semenya. Lolly Jackson... More »

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advertising • South Africa • strip club • athletics • hermaphrodite • billboards • Caster Semenya • gender test • Leonard Chuene • Teazers • Lolly Jackson

 Did Another Housewife Strip? 

Kim Zolciak denies the rumor, but sources say she was once known as 'Barbi'

Sep 23, 09 9:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Perhaps the Real Housewives of Atlanta should be renamed the Real Former Strippers of Atlanta. Yet another member of the entourage—Nene Leakes was the first to admit it—is rumored to have taken part in the esteemed profession. This time it’s Kim Zolciak who supposedly made “... More »

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entertainment • reality TV • strip club • celebrity • stripping • stripper • Real Housewives of Atlanta • Kim Zolciak

 Strip Clubs, Lap Dances
Part of Corporate Life in UK 

Report finds widespread use of strip clubs for entertaining is 'threatening equality'

Sep 18, 09 6:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - The sex industry has become a mainstream part of corporate culture in Britain and is damaging workplace equality, a report from a  women's group finds. Researchers found that many firms authorize the use of expense accounts for entertaining clients in lap dancing and strip clubs, and that most strip clubs... More »

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women's rights • sexism • workplace discrimination • strip club • Britain • stripper • sex industry • lap dancing



 Mag Bares 
 GI Joe Star's 
 Stripper Past 

18-year-old made $50 a night, plus tips

Aug 12, 09 10:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Channing Tatum is a rising star—but before his high-profile turn in GI Joe, he was known as “Chan Crawford,” a stripper at a Florida nightclub. Us has video of the then-18-year-old (watch it at left) peeling off everything but a thong as a dancer in... More »

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entertainment • strip club • celebrity • stripping • stripper • Channing Tatum • GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra

(Newser) - The man accused of killing rapper Dolla claims the shooting was self defense, reports the Los Angeles Times. Police arrested Aubrey Louis Berry, 23, for shooting the rapper in the head at an Los Angeles shopping center Monday. The suspect's attorney said Dolla and friends had recently attacked Berry outside... More »

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Atlanta • murder • Los Angeles • strip club • rapper • Dolla

 Phelps Hides 
 From Paps— 
 at Strip Joints 

Swimmer hides from cameras, tints windows

Feb 18, 09 9:50 AM CST
(Newser) - It’s understandable that Michael Phelps is a little camera-shy after the fallout from his bong portrait. But he’s started “hiding out at strip clubs” to avoid having his picture taken, the New York Post reports. The Olympic champ has also tinted the windows of his Baltimore home... More »

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bongs • Michael Phelps • 2008 Beijing Olympics • swimming • strip club • marijuana • photograph • Olympic athletes • strip clubs

 Is Stripping
 Performance Art?

Iowa courts must question 'art center' nude loophole

Jul 28, 08 12:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Iowa doesn't have all-nude strip clubs—but it does have performing arts centers where women dance naked. Now the loophole in the state's public indecent exposure law that allows nude dancing at "art centers" is under attack in Hamburg (pop. 1,200), reports the AP. More »

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Iowa • art • nudity • strip club • stripping • stripper

 UK Balks at Hooters' Expansion 

Opponents say chain will encourage broader sex industry

Apr 11, 08 7:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Some Britons are choking on Hooters' plan to serve up another 35 locations in the UK, the Guardian reports. Britain has one so far, but feminists are already accusing the chain of importing misogyny and sexist entertainment with its chicken wings. "Without the sexualised waiters and the soft porn... More »

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stag parties • sexism • restaurant • strip club • Hooters • Britain • misogyny • sex trade • sex industry

Texas Hits Strip Clubs
With 'Pole Tax'

Smaller clubs sue over feared loss of clientele

Dec 22, 07 4:32 PM CST
(Newser) - Texas strip clubs are suing over a new law that will force them to collect a $5-per-person tax on clientele, the AP reports. Most of the estimated $40 million in proceeds will help rape victims, which club owners claim to support, but smaller venues fear a loss of customers. A... More »

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Texas • rape • strip club • stripping • sex crime • tax code

Brawl Could
Cost Pacman
2007 Season

Lawless behavior may earn him a seat on the bench, says Goodell

Mar 22, 07 3:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tennessee Titans cornerback Adam "Pacman'' Jones may be forced to sit out the 2007 season as the first casualty of NFL commissioner Roger Goodell's off-field conduct crackdown. More than 50 NFL players have been arrested since January 2006, prompting Goodell to push tougher punishments, even for those like Jones... More »

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sports • NFL • Roger Goodell • Tennessee Titans • football • strip club • Adam "Pacman" Jones

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