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| INDIANAPOLIS (Indystar.com) - Authorities plan to pursue charges against the operator of a Northside social club and the building’s owner after four people were shot at a Sweet 16 birthday party over the weekend. The shooting was the latest in a litany of incidents there that, according to police, have included unlicensed alcohol sales, fights, Molotov cocktails and exotic dancing. |
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| INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Two Columbus men who pleaded guilty to possessing and producing child pornography videos, including one involving a 4-year-old, have each been sentenced to more than 25 years each in prison. |
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| LOUISVILLE, KY (Courier-Journal) - A married couple who ran an escort service out of their home have been accused of forcing a woman to work as a prostitute, according to Louisville Metro Police. |
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| (INDYSTAR/AP) - A northwest Indiana man has been sentenced to three years in prison after he pleaded guilty to blackmailing a 16-year-old New York girl into sending him nude photos over the Internet. |
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| BEECH GROVE, Ind. (rtv6) - A student is facing suspension and possible criminal charges after a mass email sent pornography into the inboxes of the entire student body in the Beech Grove City School district. |
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| (INDIANAPOLIS STAR) - When three students at a Lawrence Township elementary school were suspended last week, school officials said it was because they were engaging in an "inappropriate touching game." But some parents say what happened to their children was not a game, nor was it consensual. Now, they are considering legal action against the school that they say downplayed what happened. some parents say what happened to their children was not a game, nor was it consensual. Now, they are considering legal action against the school that they say downplayed what happened But some parents say what happened to their children was not a game, nor was it consensual. Now, they are considering legal action against the school that they say downplayed what happened |
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| CLARKSVILLE, Ind. (WHAS11) -- More trouble for the long time adult business, Theatair X, in Clarksville, Indiana. |
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MICHIGAN CITY (www.heraldargus.com) — Eric Kelly, Ball State University planning professor and former president of the American Planning Association, has been hired to help Michigan City draft an ordinance that addresses adult entertainment businesses that may want to locate here.
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| INDIANAPOLIS (rtv6.com) - Five Indianapolis men are facing child pornography charges after being arrested in connection with Operation Community Watch, an initiative guided by the U.S. attorney's office with help from state and metro police. |
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| KOKOMO, Indiana (Daily Reporter) - Dancers at adult entertainment sites in Kokomo could soon be required to have a city license before taking the stage. |
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| Southern Indiana (News and Tribune) - Two Floyds Knobs residents already facing prostitution charges in Clark County were arrested Thursday for tax evasion, theft and corrupt business influence. |
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| (www.courier-journal.com) - Jeffersontown Police have charged a Louisville man with promoting prostitution at a business on Plantside Drive. |
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| (www.indystar.com) - A federal judge today sentenced an Indianapolis man to 41 months in prison for his role in a multi-state prostitution ring. |
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INDIANAPOLIS (www.newsandtribune.com) — Federal authorities say a Western Indiana man has confessed to coercing scores of teenage boys into recording sexually explicit videos after he threatened to expose them on pornographic websites.
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| INDIANAPOLIS (www.courier-journal.com) — An Indiana man who prosecutors fear may have coerced hundreds of teenage boys into performing sexual acts for him over the Internet and a California teacher accused of exchanging nude photos with girls as young as 13 used the same website to meet their victims, officials and court documents say. |
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| INDIANAPOLIS—Richard Leon Finkbiner, 39, of Brazil, Indiana, has been charged with the sexual exploitation of children by inducing and coercing at least two minors to engage in sexually explicit activity that Finkbiner allegedly captured with a webcam, conduct frequently referred to as “sextortion,” U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana Joseph H. Hogsett announced today. This arrest is the result of the FBI and local law enforcement partners. |
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| (www.indystar.com) - Authorities fear that a Clay County man arrested on a single count of sexual exploitation of children might figure in a nationwide case of Internet sex crime with perhaps hundreds of young victims. |
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| Clarksville, Ind. (www.newsandtribune.com) - Two massage parlor owners were charged Friday morning with promoting prostitution in Clark County. |
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CLARKSVILLE (NewsandTribune.com) — Witnesses claim a man was seen photographing young women as they changed clothes at Plato’s Closet at 650 E. Lewis and Clark Parkway in Clarksville.
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Louisville, KY (Courier-Journal) - The Indiana man arrested Tuesday and charged with possession of child pornography had worked as a substitute teacher for Jefferson County Public Schools.
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| (www.reuters.com) - A 25-year-old Bloomington, Indiana, man was sentenced Tuesday to 315 years in federal prison for the production and trafficking of child pornography as part of a worldwide distribution ring. |
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| (www.indianapublicmedia.com) - Since 2002, food stamps and welfare benefits have been delivered in Indiana through a special debit card. But legislators want a couple of limits on that easy access to the money. |
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Jeffersonville, Ind. (Courier-Journal) - Four undercover officers from Indianapolis helped the Jeffersonville Police Department in its investigation into alleged prostitution at an office park near the city’s riverfront, police spokesman Todd Hollis said Thursday.
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EVANSVILLE (Evansville Courier&Press)— Tri-State parents and caregivers might want to take a second glance when their children are in chat rooms, on computers or Smart Phones.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS11)- It is a fight that lasted years, and when Louisville's new ordinance stripping away nudity took effect, many thought it was a moral milestone. WHAS11 News went undercover during one of the busiest times for these strip clubs, the days leading up to Kentucky Derby 137.
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Louisville, Ky (Courier-Journal.com) - Working 11 hours a day, six days a week, the women — who spoke only Spanish and lacked immigration papers — were required to perform sexual services for 30 men a day at brothels in non-descript houses in Jeffersontown and Newburg.
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LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - A federal grand jury has indicted nine people, including two in Louisville, on charges of operating a prostitution and brothel network.
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LOUISVILLE, KY (WDRB Fox 41) -- The crackdown on Louisville's adult entertainment businesses is underway.
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| A Louisville man was arrested Sunday and charged with committing lewd acts at a cheerleading competition at the Kentucky Fair & Expo Center.
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| (www.citizenlink.com) Several years ago, Louisville, Ky., was home to 175 sexually oriented businesses — one of the highest concentrations in the country. Last year, the number had fallen to 63. And starting Tuesday, it could drop even lower.
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| (www.mishawaka.in.gov) - Mayor Wood indicated that “Although this has been a long-time coming, spanning more than a decade, with three different Mayors, I am positive that the removal of this business and building, which was longstanding negative influence, will assist in the continued marketing and redevelopment of this neighborhood and the former Uniroyal properties”.
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| Indianapolis (IndyStar.com) - Police said a hit-and-run driver who ran from them after a car chase left behind some incriminating evidence: randy photos on a cell phone, apparently addressed to a Fishers High School student.
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| INDIANAPOLIS (Indystar.com) - A 38-year-old woman impregnated in 2007 by a 14-year-old relative was sentenced to eight years in prison Friday after pleading guilty to two felony counts of sexual misconduct with a minor.
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CLARK COUNTY. IND. (Evening News) — The Internet, Facebook and other social networking platforms, like them or not, are part of your life. But maybe more importantly, they are a part of your child’s life.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS11) -- A Frankfort man is accused of having more than 80,000 images of child porn on his computer. The Cybercrimes Unit arrested Joshua Thompson, 26, on 10 counts of possession of matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor, and one count of distributing it.
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Clark County, Ind. (Courier-Journal) - A bus driver for the West Clark Schools district was charged Monday with sexual misconduct with a minor and battery involving female middle and high school students.
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Louisville, KY (Courier-Journal) - Kentucky State Police said they arrested a Sulphur, Ky., man after he tried to plan a sexual encounter with a 14-year-old girl at a La Grange park.
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| (WKYT.com) - A federal judge sentenced a 33-year-old Florence, Kentucky, man to 18 years in prison and a lifetime of supervised release for persuading a 14-year-old to send nude photos to him by text message.
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Louisville, KY (Courier-Journal.com) - A 5-year-old student was physically and verbally harassed by other students while on a bus ride home in September in an episode that may have included sexual contact, investigators from the Jefferson County Public Schools have concluded.
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(WHAS11) - Changes are coming to Louisville strip clubs. The adult entertainment ordinance was passed six years ago, but now after a recent Supreme Court ruling, city officials said they will begin enforcing this ordinance within the next month.
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (Courier-Journal) – A state audit found 12 instances where registered state sex offenders were living in state-regulated child care homes.
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| (Courier-journal.com) - A former Sellersburg police officer who had been charged with downloading and sending sexually explicit images of teenage girls to others pleaded guilty Tuesday to possession of child pornography.
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(Courier-Journal) -- Officials with Jefferson County Public Schools are investigating allegations that a 5-year-old student was sexually assaulted on a school bus last week.
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(Courier-Journal) -- For two years as a teenager, Theresa Flores was forced to be a prostitute for gang members in Detroit.
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INDIANAPOLIS -- A man was arrested Friday after more than 1,000 images of child pornography were found at his house, police said.
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BROWNSVILLE, Ky. — A southern Kentucky man faces a January trial date after pleading not guilty to 120 sexual offenses.
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| LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WLKY) -- A federal judge sentenced a Louisville man to nine years in prison in a child pornography case.
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 INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A Baltimore man who helped run an online message board where members shared millions of child pornography images insisted Wednesday that he only took part so he could bust the ring.
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| Indianapolis, Ind. (Courier-Journal) -- The nightmare began with a party: three teenage girls with a webcam, visiting an Internet chatroom and yielding to requests to flash their breasts.
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Clarksville, Ind. (Evening News) -- Clarksville Police Department detectives are investigating two sexual assaults that occurred at nearby apartment complexes last week.
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Uniontown, Ind. (www.crothersvilletimes.com) -- A special Bartholomew Circuit Court judge has ordered The Lion’s Den adult book at Uniontown to close. But an appeal of Judge Stephen R. Heimann’s ruling is expected, court observers noted.
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| (www.courier-journal.com) - Trooper Chris Lanham said police were called to Fort Boonesboro State Park last week on a complaint of a man photographing four naked juvenile boys on a beach.
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(newsandtribune.com) SOUTHERN INDIANA — A 21-year-old Clarksville man charged with child molesting turned himself into police Friday, about 10 days after the New Albany Police Department requested the public’s help in locating him.
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| (Cincinnati.com) UNION TWP., OHIO - Police raided the Déjà Vu strip club in Clermont County Thursday and charged some dancers with prostitution.
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(Newsandtribune.com) JEFFERSONVILLE — A parent is upset and said her child’s innocence is gone after finding out she viewed explicit images of men on the computer while at school.
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| COVINGTON - There's less to meet the eye than there used to be in Covington's three remaining go-go bars.
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| (AP) - More than 50 people have been arrested and 16 child victims identified in a two-year investigation of a global child pornography ring, U.S. officials said Wednesday.
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| INDIANAPOLIS -- A judge has granted a preliminary injunction prohibiting Greenwood High School from permitting student-led prayer at its May 28 graduation ceremony.
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(www.courier-journal.com) -- Most of the city’s adult-entertainment ordinance is lawful, including a ban on the sale of alcohol, if the businesses allow nude dancing, the Kentucky Supreme Court said in a ruling issued Thursday.
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(news-tribune.net) -- A Charlestown man listed on the Indiana Sex Offender Registry was arrested Tuesday on charges that he molested a girl when she was 5 to 10 years old.
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PRINCETON, Ky. — A Tennessee man has been arrested after western Kentucky police officers posed as a teenage girl in an Internet chat room and received explicit images.
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FRANKFORT, Ky. — A measure that would give law enforcement a new option for dealing with teens caught “sexting” — sending sexually explicit photos through cell phones — cleared a Senate committee Thursday.
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| (NewsandTribune.com) -- Clarksville restaurant owners to bring in family from "The Blind Side" to share story.
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| INDIANAPOLIS -- A live lingerie modeling studio is in danger of being shut down after it opened without the proper license, city officials said.
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| The Internet’s provision of quick-click gratification has now facilitated pornography consumption to become not only unlimited, but unrestrained as well . . . Today porn consumption is no longer carefully and clandestinely confined to the world of dark shadows and private, personal use. It has crossed an even more disturbing line: from the home into the workplace.
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Why do you think it is important for people to engage in popular opinion?
One of the themes of the book is that ideas matter. I wrote, “It’s not necessarily he who has the best idea who wins. Often it is he who can convince others that his idea is the best who wins.” I believe that the Judeo-Christian worldview informed the Founders of our country, informed the Constitution they wrote, and is ultimately the healthiest set of ideas for American society (or any free society) today.
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| Dr. Walter Jones III is a friend of ROCK’s and has several years experience of working on issues that impact families and communities. Today he writes about the impact of pornography on young people and what parents can do to be a positive influence. Please join us in welcoming him to the ROCK blog!
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| A newly opened sexually oriented business at the Ohio 13 Interstate 71 interchange south of Mansfield, has generated anger and concern among many residents in the community.
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| Louisvillian Ernie Allen takes on national role.
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Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether the state's restrictions for sex offenders can be applied retroactively to as many as 5,800 people convicted before the limits went into effect in 2006.
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| AP -- Two more people have been indicted as a result of a federal investigation into an alleged teenage prostitution business in Nashville. Read more.
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| Last week I wrote about Oprah’s giggly tribute to the joys of pornography, and I said that it failed the Martian Test. That is, a Martian who just landed on earth and who knew nothing about human sexuality would think that pornography was a normal, if not downright vital, part of relationships. Read part 2 here!
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| The other day ABC aired an infomercial on the joys of pornography and an Oprah Winfrey show almost broke out. Read more.
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| Tony Dungy, coach of the Super Bowl Champion XLI Indianapolis Colts, spoke to a sold-out crowd of 2,000 people at Northside Christian Church on November 3, and I was fortunate enough to be there. Read more.
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Louisville, Ky. (WHAS11) - For over six months, WHAS11's Andy Treinen has been digging into allegations that the man in charge of a local modeling agency is actually running a male escort service. Watch now!
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| On Nov. 3, the Haags' business also will put on the first in a planned series of dinners likewise intended to feed the spirit along with the stomach. Read more.
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| “I know it wasn’t rape-rape. I think it was something else, but I don’t believe it was rape-rape.”—Whoopi Goldberg on The View, commenting on what director Roman Polanski admitted to doing to a then-13 year-old girl in 1978. Read more.
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| COVINGTON, Ky. – In August 2004, the Kenton County Fiscal Court passed an ordinance which regulated the adult entertainment businesses in Kenton County by requiring Sexually Oriented Businesses to obtain a business license to operate. Read more.
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Maybe you heard about the sexually-oriented business in New Jersey that made headlines recently. I bring it up because of the eerie similarities between it and Clarksville’s Theatair X—except for the whole “Elected officials and local law enforcement step up to do the right thing” angle, of course. Aside from that, it’s a mirror image.
Are you kidding me?
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| INDIANAPOLIS – A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that the city of New Albany must present clear evidence that a store selling adult books and movies causes excessive litter, crime or other problems before imposing additional restrictions on its operations. Read more.
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| (ROCKnthetruth.wordpress.com) -- It has been said that as long as there are math tests there will be prayer in schools. While that may be true, there is no denying that the role of religion in public education today is a far cry from what the Founders envisioned more than two hundred years ago. Read more.
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| Regardless of how one feels about the presence of sexually-oriented businesses in a community, the law must be upheld to protect the community and the business’s right to exist. That’s what representatives of ROCK — a non-profit corporation dedicated to the purpose of raising the level of decency for the protection of children, families and communities — discussed recently . . . Read more.
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One volunteers as a sign language interpreter for deaf members of his church, another served as a school system superintendent and another leads an anti-pornography group. Read more.
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| FRANKFORT, Ky. — A Franklin circuit judge Wednesday declared unconstitutional a reference to God in a 2006 law creating the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security. Read more.
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| You’ve probably heard the recent tourism advertising campaign touting Louisville as “Possibility City.” I was born and raised in the ‘Ville, and I love my home town. Unfortunately, if recent trends continue, a more appropriate slogan for Louisville might be “Predatory City.” Read more.
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| LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - A joint operation between Louisville Metro Police and Kentucky State Police aimed at protecting your children had ended with the arrest of 14 men from across Kentuckiana. Read more.
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| (FOX41) - A new survey lists Louisville as the most obscene city in the U.S. Google says there are more Internet searches for obscene material out of our area than anywhere else in the country. Read more.
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| (ROCKntheTruth.wordpress.com) -- One of the arguments I hear most often used in defense of pornography, prostitution, and the sex industry is, “If adults want to do or view that stuff, what’s the big deal? Nobody’s getting hurt.” Read more.
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| (ROCKntheTruth) -- You’ve probably heard the old saw, “I don’t know art, but I know what I like!” Read more.
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| (Mt. Sterling Advocate) -- The Kentucky Court of Appeals has found in favor of the city of Mt. Sterling in regard to the legality of two of its ordinances dealing with sexually oriented businesses. Read more.
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| . . . It’s that little irritation I get every time I pull up to a red light behind a car with an Indiana “In God We trust” license plate. Read more
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| Ah, July 4. Along with Thanksgiving it is truly the most American of paid vacation days. What do you first think of when you think of July 4? Read more.
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| Like many Americans, I tuned in to the “very special episode” of “Jon & Kate Plus 8” last Sunday. I must confess it was the first full episode I had ever watched, and what little I knew about the Gosselin family had come from my wife and kids. Read more.
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| Who knew Jerry Seinfeld was a prophet? Read more.
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| Being a Christian who really loves movies ain’t easy. Finding a Hollywood movie that not only isn’t drenched in sex, violence, and/or profanity but also doesn’t show disdain to the Biblical worldview is like trying to find a mustache at a Jonas Brothers concert. Read more.
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| Aside from the obvious reasons, the internet is also a terrible, wonderful instrument simply due to the staggering amount of information at your fingertips. Read more.
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| Indiana officials have dropped a provision that bans references to religions or deities on personalized license plates after a woman sued when her "BE GODS” personalized license plate was not renewed. Read more.
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| New Albany, Ind. -- The New Albany City Council will specify the districts where adult-oriented businesses can exist during its Thursday meeting. Read more.
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“Michael Vick named CEO of the Humane Society.” This was my first thought when I heard that David Ogden had been nominated for the position of Deputy Attorney General of the United States of America. Other parallel news headlines that came to mind were “Amy Winehouse accepts post as new Miss Manners,” “Dr. Jack Kevorkian seen on cover of AARP magazine” or “Wile E. Coyote accepts Shepherd Of The Year Award.” Read more.
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Frankfort, KY -- The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously pased HB 315 which contains several provisions targeted to keeping teens and children safe online. Read more.
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New Albany - The council unanimously approved a new live adult entertainment ordinance on second reading, but one more vote will have to be taken before the measure becomes official. Read more.
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| Louisville, KY -- Few doubt that it’s a critical time in our nation. Read more.
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One of the challenges I hear from people who defend the sex industry is, “Who says this stuff is pornography, anyway?” Over the last few decades our culture has become so saturated with sexual imagery and innuendo that collectively we’ve lost the ability to blush. Read more.
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| Frankfort -- The long-running battle over Louisville's adult entertainment ordinance moved to the Kentucky Supreme Court Friday. This is a legal battle that's been going on for five years, ever since the city of Louisville passed the ordinance. Read more.
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| New Albany, Ind. -- The New Albany City Council last night unanimously approved a first reading of an adult-entertainment ordinance aimed at tightening regulations on strip clubs and cabarets. Read more.
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| New Albany, Ind. -- Assured by legal counsel that it was the right move, the New Albany City Council approved a live adult entertainment ordinance on first reading Monday. Read more.
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Not so long ago I was in a coffee shop and heard two female students talking. One girl made the following remark to her friend. “Today is my 18th birthday.” Her friend asked what she had planned. She replied “it also means that I can buy porn and that is what I am going to do.” Read more.
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| New Albany, Ind. -- A controversial strip club has city leaders in New Albany looking to regulate all types of businesses moving into the area. Read more or watch the story.
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New Albany, Ind. -- The New Albany City Council scheduled a work session at 6 p.m. Monday — prior to its regular meeting at 7:30 p.m. — to discuss a new live adult entertainment ordinance.
The council will likely take the first of three votes on the ordinance at the latter meeting. Prepared by city attorney Shane Gibson, the measure includes input from lawyers versed on adult ordinances and could take the place of current legislation deemed unenforceable by New Albany officials. Read more.
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| When I told my grandmother a few years ago about my fascination with this newfangled computer network called the Internet, she had a discouraging question: "Isn't that just for watching pornography?" Read more.
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ROCKPORT, Ind. -- A judge has ordered an adult bookstore to close its doors until it pays more than $360,000 in fines and attorney and witness fees. Read more.
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