1. Former Missouri House Speaker Rod Jetton (Republican) has been accused of going to far with his consensual partner during BDSM play. Click through to read more here.

2. Photographer Kate Peters spent a year in the UK taking shots of Dominatrix’s for her photo project “Yes, Mistress”. Among her collection are images of BDSM tools and scene rooms.  Click through to read more.

3. From the Switch,  Mike O’Neill’s office is being given away for the holidays. Among the items you can win is the “Bondage Me Elmo”. Click through to read more. *Update, all items have been given away and the contest is closed.

4. Fetlife.com helps Seattle police catch a crazy kinkster.  Click through to read more. *Good Job, fetlife admins!!!

5. Kink.com‘s Peter Acworth and James Mogul turn the Armory’s top level into TheUpperFloor.com which is a 24/7 slave community. Acworth told the Gaurdian’s Sex SF blog:

“From the first time I saw the Armory was for sale, I couldn’t help but think of the Story of O and other stories.”  said, Acworth.