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Ban on Dictionary with Oral Sex Lifted

Steven — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:52:44 +0000

AP – “Southern California District had Prohibited Merriam-Webster Edition Defining Sex Act”

Why You Can’t Search The Word ‘Sex’ On Bing

Steven — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:24:47 +0000

Reuters – “Bing, the new search engine from Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) Corp., doesnâ€™t return any result for one of the most searched terms from India: sex. However, if you tell the search engine that youâ€™re from the USA, or any one of the European countries (users can easily change country without even logging in), and bingo, several links are returned. If you say you are from China or an Arabian country, or Hong Kong or Singapore, again, no luck.”

Librarian tip leads to sex charges against Burrillville man

Steven — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:25:05 +0000

The Providence Journal – “An investigation that began with a librarian’s tip produced an indictment against a 59-year-old local man who now faces charges of sexual assault, child molestation and possessing child pornography, according to a spokesman for Rhode Island Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch.”

Libraries push ‘erotic’ children’s books

Steven — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:43:04 +0000

WND – “Former Republican state Rep. Carl Hendrickson is chairman of the local Citizens Against Pornography organization. He is asking libraries to create and adult advisory committee to screen titles, seek parental authorization before allowing children to check out books with sexual themes, establish a rating system and move explicit books from teen shelves to adult sections.”

Clergyman pays fine for woman who took sex ed book from library

Steven — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:20:51 +0000

MaineToday.com – “A clergyman who ministers to children has paid the $100 fine imposed on a Lewiston woman who borrowed a sex education book from the city’s public library last summer and refused to return it because she deemed the contents obscene.”

ABFFE challenges Indiana law

Steven — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:00:36 +0000

BookFinder.com – “Should bookstores stocking racy romance novels, the Bible (the Song of Songs read literally), or Dr. Ruthâ€™s Sex for Dummies have to become state-registered vendors of sexually explicit materials?”