An Ohio billboard between the Cleveland suburbs of Parma and Brooklyn has raised controversy with its depiction of a nearly naked female backside.

How much solar energy does it take to run a giant digital billboard 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year?

The night sky above Polly Osborne’s home — and the bedroom she shares with her husband — began to glow several months ago, when a digital billboard went up at an intersection behind her tree-lined street in Westwood.

Calling them a "visual assault" and "visual blight" on their community, 25 people canvassed City Councilman Bill Rosendahl's Westside district Saturday morning to determine how many billboards -- digital or otherwise -- have saturated the area.

California's network of electronic message boards - commonly used to display Amber Alerts, travel times or traffic information - could become flashy digital billboards hawking fast food, cell phones and new cars if federal officials approve a Caltrans request.