Read more prostitution stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/248/prostitution.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:06:58 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74715/playmates-doubled-as-call-girls-madam.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Playboy Playmates are just sweet, girls-next-door types who happen to show a little skin every now and then—right? Wrong, according to one Hollywood madam. Michelle Braun is planning a tell-all flushing that myth right down the toilet, along with—possibly—the reputations of her high-profile clients. She claims...http://www.newser.com/story/74715/playmates-doubled-as-call-girls-madam.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 24 Nov 2009 9:55:04 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73271/hooker-crabs-swap-sex-for-safety.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSelling 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...http://www.newser.com/story/73271/hooker-crabs-swap-sex-for-safety.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 04 Nov 2009 4:17:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72722/cops-bust-phillies-fan-in-sex-for-tix-bid.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA 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 Daily...http://www.newser.com/story/72722/cops-bust-phillies-fan-in-sex-for-tix-bid.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 28 Oct 2009 4:52:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71888/brothel-goes-green-with-bike-discount.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA 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 the Green...http://www.newser.com/story/71888/brothel-goes-green-with-bike-discount.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 16 Oct 2009 12:01:31 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70442/bofa-severs-ties-with-acorn.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBank 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 of...http://www.newser.com/story/70442/bofa-severs-ties-with-acorn.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 28 Sep 2009 9:08:52 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70234/bikini-baristas-charged-with-prostitution.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFive 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...http://www.newser.com/story/70234/bikini-baristas-charged-with-prostitution.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 24 Sep 2009 16:32:42 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70090/acorn-sting-raises-media-ethics-questions.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tag“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 form.” But Giles and O’Keefe...http://www.newser.com/story/70090/acorn-sting-raises-media-ethics-questions.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 23 Sep 2009 10:35:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69743/acorn-takedown-campaign-overblown-misguided.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe 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 to a...http://www.newser.com/story/69743/acorn-takedown-campaign-overblown-misguided.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 18 Sep 2009 11:50:14 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69725/acorn-sting-duo-says-nobody-put-them-up-to-it.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJames 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 budget of just...http://www.newser.com/story/69725/acorn-sting-duo-says-nobody-put-them-up-to-it.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 18 Sep 2009 8:05:57 CDT