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A well-known prostitute who campaigned for the rights and dignity of sex workers was given an honored place of rest on Monday, in the same cemetery where Protestantism's John Calvin is buried, and some women activists criticized the decision.
Columbus police have arrested a man they say was responsible for a Web site where customers could post reviews of prostitutes.
It took a bloody jailhouse beating by police to bring Duanna Johnson out of the shadows.
An Ohio State University academic adviser and a real estate agent held a $10-a-ticket raffle that offered an evening with a prostitute who is also a child sex-abuse caseworker, police said.
A former New York City police detective accused of forcing a 13-year-old runaway into prostitution has been sentenced to more than three years in prison.
Prosecutors say a New York City police detective accused of forcing a 13-year-old runaway into prostitution has resigned from the force and pleaded guilty to attempted kidnapping.
A woman accused of having paid sex with the husband of Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow has pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of trespassing.
When Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and Louisiana Sen. David Vitter were named in sex scandals, the lawmakers largely shunned the public eye before discussing allegations of marital infidelities.
The woman at the center of the Eliot Spitzer call girl scandal will have no problem cashing in on her notoriety: Penthouse and Hustler are already knocking on her door.
A judge has denied an Iowa man's claim that he shouldn't have been fired for repeatedly requesting help to procure a prostitute.
A police detective accused of forcing a 13-year-old runaway into prostitution says he is "100 percent innocent" and hopes he will be able to clear his name, a newspaper reported Thursday.
A 13-year-old runaway returned home with a horrific account of being forced into prostitution by the kind of person who should have instead come to her aid: a city detective.
A judge dismissed an assault complaint Tuesday against a handyman once investigated in the deaths of four prostitutes after another woman who accused him of trying to strangle her failed to show up in court.
PHILADELPHIA — In a rare rebuke, a bar association has criticized a judge for refusing to uphold sexual assault charges against a man accused of letting friends rape a prostitute he had hired. The judge said she considered the case "theft of services."
A New Zealand policewoman has been censured for some unauthorized "undercover" work — a stint moonlighting as a prostitute — but is being allowed to keep her day job after giving up the night duties.
Nepal wants Indian prostitutesThis week the anonymous sex blogger Belle de Jour revealed her true identity as a scientist and claimed she enjoyed her work as a prostitute.
Man charged over prostitute death A 21-year-old man has been charged with the murder of a prostitute who was found at an address in north London. Officers found Destiny Lauren, 29, in Leighton Crescent, Kentish Town, at about 0100 GMT on 5 November.
Explosive: Carl Monday Connects a Cleveland-Area MotelEAST CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) -" After the shocking crimes of the Cleveland Strangler were revealed, Investigator Carl Monday has an explosive report about a motel just down the street from where Anthony Sowell once lived.
'Drunk' defense rejected as man convicted of strangling prostituteA Calgary man is facing an automatic minimum of 10 years in prison after being convicted of second-degree murder for the 2007 strangling of a prostitute in Vancouver, despite his defence of intoxication
Lakewood considers law to outwit prostitutes Lakewood police say prostitutes are getting more and more street-savvy in their efforts to beat the law.
DAWN.COM | Pakistan | Women - the victimsAs violence against women in Pakistan continues to grow, every new incident is eerily reminiscent of an earlier event that was equally if not more shocking. Two reports from Punjab on Monday are a blot on society's collective conscience.
The oldest Profession in the book-or so it's called. In most places it's a crime but in a few it's a career. The women and men providing or utilizing the services involved come from all different walks of life.
ACORN's enablersLike Gillibrand, most of those who prefer to keep ACORN's money flowing regularly enjoy the support of its close affiliate -- the union-backed Working Families Party.
Dateline NBC: To Catch an ACORN OrganizerWhich leads me around to my point: If soliciting a fictional teenager for sex is a violation of the law, then CERTAINLY, aiding and abetting the importation of fictional teenagers into a US sex ring, is a crime at least as heinous.
Shut Off ACORN's SpigotAll told, ACORN reported fully $11 million in direct public support in 2007 -- and its various front groups likely get tons more.
Outing ACORNFortunately, public officials (even on the left) are taking note. A Senate amendment to keep ACORN from getting federal housing grants passed 83-7 yesterday (shamefully, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand was among the seven). The Census Bureau cut its ties with ACORN.
Just like good chess players, James O'Keefe and Hannah Giles had to have known their opponents moves well ahead of their own.
This Is A Picture of Sean Hannity in a Brothel With Five ProstitutesNo seriously, it is. There's really nothing more to this. Hannity and hookers. It really is that simple.
UPDATE: CENSUS SEVERS TIES WITH ACORN FOR CENSUS Music: Elvis Presley- Suspicious Minds It seems there are some problems for Obama's favorite community organizer, ACORN, in Baltimore, Maryland.
Obama "Grass-Roots" Campaign Machine ACORN back in the News.Two undercover investigative reporters act as a pimp and his girlfriend. Looking for advise from acorn on how to stay under the IRS radar, among many other things, the two get everything they came for, and then some.
Prosecutors considering charges against former police officer in sex caseBroward prosecutors are considering filing charges against a former city police officer accused in 2007 of forcing a prostitute at gunpoint to perform oral sex on him in his patrol car, while on duty and in uniform.
BBC NEWS | South Asia | Meeting Pakistani prostitutesIts upsetting. The sex trade is rising in Pakistan. Reasons range from poverty, to being forced (by relatives) to out of choice. The clients from Islamabad raised an eyebrow... By Mona Rana for the BBC Urdu news service.
Irish state pimps summer studentThe Irish state has confiscated a female student's earnings after finding her guilty of working as a prostitute in the Summer holidays.
Craiglist prostitute busted in motel - St. Petersburg TimesA woman who deputies say advertised herself as a prostitute on Craigslist was arrested in a motel room Tuesday on drug charges.
Great News for YOU during these financially challenging times! I found a local prostitute who charges by the inch. Obviously, I can't afford her, but I thought you might enjoy a cheap night out.
Legal Loophole In Rhode Island Allows 16 and 17 Year Olds To Work As Strippers and ProstitutesIn Providence, Rhode Island, there are no state laws or city ordinances in place to keep 16 and 17-year-old teens from working at strip clubs. It's a loophole in the law that has left taxpayers outraged and law enforcement officials powerless to do anything about it.
Mom gets 14 years for prostituting daughter, 7A drug-addicted mom has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for forcing her 7-year-old daughter into prostitution in 2004 to get money for her drug habit.
Sex Work, Women & The RecessionEducated women turn to sex work as jobs with decent wages dry up.
Murder suspect asked his fifth grader to help dispose dead body - OrlandoSentinel.comThe man accused of killing a prostitute last month and then dumping her body near Eatonville asked his fifth-grade son to help him get rid of the body, records show.
Famous prostitute's gravestone deemed too 'slutty' An artist's design for the gravestone of Germany's most famous prostitute has been rejected by the cemetery authorities for being too "slutty," newspaper Hamburger Morgenpost reported Thursday.
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