SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The triple-X Internet zone is being opposed by the porn biz. Members of the adult entertainment industry are protesting a plan to create a dot-xxx domain for porn websites to go along with dot-com and dot-org. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers -- or ICANN -- is the organization that controls Internet naming conventions. ICANN decided in December to create the triple-X domain. ICANN is taking public comments on the issue at its conference in San Francisco. Yesterday, about two people protested, chanting "We like porn. No to x-x-x." Opponents say a triple-X domain would make it easier to censor porn.
WINE INCLINED
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - White or red? When it comes to American wine, the color is
green. For the first time U.S. wine sales have topped the wine-loving French.
Stephanie Gallo of California-based Gallo Family Vineyards says, "It's
exciting." U.S. wine consumption has continued to climb despite the recession.
And there's still room to grow. Americans adults drink about two and a-half
gallons of wine a year each. But French wine consumption is more than 12 gallons
a year.
ALLEN-MiG
EVERETT, Wash. (AP) - What to buy if you're a Microsoft
billionaire? How about your own MiG jet fighter? Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen
has added a restored s Russian-made MiG-29 to his collection of vintage
airplanes. That MiG was the Soviet answer to the U.S. F-15 and F-16. The Herald
newspaper reports one of Allen's companies closed on the purchase of the MiG
last week. It's currently on display at Allen's aviation museum at Paine Field
in Everett, Washington. Allen founded Microsoft with his high school friend Bill
Gates in 1975.
HOLDUP IN PLAIN SIGHT
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Going to a parade is not a particularly good way of hiding
out. Police in Topeka, Kansas, report busting a female robbery suspect while she
was watching the St. Patrick's Day Parade. Authorities say the 26-year-old woman
was easy to spot. WIBW-AM reports she was wearing the same bright blue warm-up
suit as seen in a convenience store security video. Police charge the women
robbed a Kwik Stop early Thursday morning.
PORN TO CHURCHES
BENTON, La. (AP) - Someone's sending porno to Louisiana churches. Sheriffs in
Northwest Louisiana report nine churches have received the X-rated videos.
Authorities say the packages include a rambling letter suggesting the sender
might be crusading against pornography. Or maybe not. The letter promises to
send porn to every church in the area. Local authorities say they're working
with postal investigators on the anonymous porn case.
STINK BUGS
EMMITSBURG, Md. (AP) - A Maryland congressman is raising a stink -- over stink
bugs. Congressman Roscoe Bartlett plans a town meeting today in western
Maryland. The hardy pests just don't smell bad -- they also feed on crops. The
GOP lawmaker wants a greater federal response to the stinky bugs, as this year's
growing season gets under way.
