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NEWS ABOUT: fines

fines stories: 15 news summaries
octogenarians gone wild


 NFL Fines Titans 
 Owner $250K for 
 Flipping Bird 

Tennessee's Bud Adams dinged for 'detrimental' conduct

Nov 16, 09 6:25 PM CST
(Newser) - The NFL fined 86-year-old Tennessee Titans owner Bud Adams $250,000 for "conduct detrimental to the league"—namely, flipping the bird toward the Buffalo Bills' sideline in the waning moments of yesterday's 41-17 Tennessee victory. He later repeated the display on the field, the Tennessean reports. "I... More »

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NFL • Buffalo Bills • Tennessee Titans • fines • fine • National Football League • pro football • Bud Adams • obscene gesture • middle finger • Titans owner fined • Bud Adams fined • Bud Adams NFL fine • flip the bird

guilty conscience dept.

 Overdue Books Return 
 —51 Years Late  


Nov 15, 09 2:32 PM CST
(Newser) - An Arizona high school librarian got the surprise of her career when she opened a package and found a letter from a former student, two books checked out in 1958—and a money order for $1,000 to cover the overdue-book fines. The books, Community of Living Things: Forests and ... More »

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high school • Arizona • Phoenix • fines • library • Camelback High School • overdue book

 FAA Starts Own 
 Balloon Boy Probe 

Flight delays at Denver airport during caper could result in fines

Oct 20, 09 8:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Federal Aviation Administration is the latest agency to start its own investigation of last week’s Colorado balloon circus, with authorities looking into delays at Denver International Airport during the craft’s flight. And while local law enforcement wants criminal charges against the Heene family, any FAA violations would... More »

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Colorado • fines • Federal Aviation Administration • criminal charges • Denver International Airport • Falcon Heene • Richard Heene • balloon boy hoax • Falcon Heene hoax • balloon boy • Mayumi Heene

(Newser) - Pfizer will shell out $2.3 billion—a record for a health care fraud settlement—over deceptive marketing of its drugs, the Los Angeles Times reports. Pfizer and one of its subsidiaries marketed four drugs based on off-label uses specifically prohibited by the FDA. The settlement with the Justice... More »

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Department of Justice • fraud • Health and Human Services • marketing • drug companies • Pfizer • civil lawsuits • Lyrica • fines • criminal prosecution • Bextra

SF Library Offers Amnesty to Tardy Book Borrowers

But each has to
cough up an excuse

Jun 14, 09 6:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - A book amnesty program in San Francisco has inspired many guilty returns and a few entertaining excuses, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The city's public library offered tardy borrowers the chance to return items, fine-free, as long as they came with an excuse. Returning a record 29,228 items worth... More »

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San Francisco • amnesty • book • fines • library

(Newser) - A Norwegian man faces a stiff fine and driving ban for having sex behind the wheel, the AFP reports. Cops thought he was just speeding—about 80 mph in a 60 zone—until they pulled closer and found his view obstructed “because her back was in the way.”... More »

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police • sex • Norway • speeding • fines • driver distraction

Siemens Will Pay $1.3B in Fines for Global Corruption

Company settles on US charges for $800M, shells out more over German accusations

Dec 15, 08 3:15 PM CST
(Newser) - German engineering conglomerate Siemens pleaded guilty today to an international pay-to-play scheme and will pay the US $800 million in fines, the Wall Street Journal reports. It will also give $528 million to the German government—adding to a $275 million payout last year. More »

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Germany • corruption • guilty plea • engineering • Siemens • federal judges • fines • industry • federal prosecution • conglomerate

Players Tackle 'Excessive' NFL Fines

Pros complain that crackdown on illegal hits is about money, not safety

Nov 7, 08 7:38 AM CST
(Newser) - The NFL players union is taking action on member complaints that the league has gone fine-happy this season, reports the Washington Post. Players charge that fines for illegal hits have become excessive. The union director is seeking a new system that would allow disgruntled players to appeal penalty decisions to... More »

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NFL • Roger Goodell • football • Troy Polamalu • fines

(Newser) - American Airlines faces FAA fines of more than $7 million for a series of safety and maintenance violations and for deficiencies in its drug and alcohol testing, the Wall Street Journal reports. In proposing one of its biggest fines ever, the FAA accuses American of knowingly flying planes that needed... More »

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FAA • Delta Air Lines • American Airlines • Southwest Airlines • drug test • fines • Federal Aviation Administration • AMR Corp • McDonnell Douglas • MD-80 • safety violations

Citigroup Will Buy Back $7B of Bad Debt, Pay $100M Fine

Deal with SEC, NY state seen as 'face-saving,' could mean more ahead

Aug 7, 08 2:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Citigroup has agreed to buy back $7 billion in risky debt it marketed to consumers as safe and equivalent to cash, Reuters reports. Today’s deal, struck with New York's attorney general and the SEC, also requires the bank to pay fines totaling $100 million, and reimburse customers who took... More »

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Citigroup • debt • SEC • Andrew Cuomo • New York Attorney General • fines • auction-rate securities

 Continental Faces
 Manslaughter
 Charges 

Conviction would result in multi-million dollar fine

Jul 3, 08 12:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Continental Airlines will have to stand trial for manslaughter over its role in the explosive crash of an Air France jet, a French judge ruled today. Five individuals have also been charged in the 2000 accident, which saw a Concorde jet burst into flames while leaving a Paris runway, killing... More »

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plane crash • Paris • manslaughter • Continental Airlines • Concorde • fines • Air France

China Hangs Onto 1-Child Policy

Country fears growth boom if rule is rescinded

Mar 10, 08 6:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - China will keep up its one-child policy over the next decade as nearly 200 million citizens reach child-bearing age, CNN reports. "Given such a large population base, there would be major fluctuations in population growth if we abandoned the one-child rule now," said the country's family planning minister,... More »

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China • fertility • population • birth rate • population control • baby boom • one child policy • overpopulation • fines

China May Drop 1-Baby Law

Officials want more girls, but fear triggering baby boom

Feb 29, 08 7:32 AM CST
(Newser) - China, faced with an aging population and too few women, may end its controversial one- child-per-family policy. The law that allowed urban couples only one child and rural families two is credited with preventing 400 million births over three decades. But cultural preferences for males has also created a troubling... More »

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China • birth rate • population control • one child policy • University College London • fines • National Population and Family Planning Commission • Institute of Child Health • family planning law

UPDATED

EU Fines Microsoft Record $1.3B

Regulators punish company for overcharging Windows developers

Feb 27, 08 5:01 AM CST
(Newser) - The European Commission fined Microsoft today a record $1.35 billion for failing to comply with its 2004 antitrust ruling. The EU's executive branch said that the company continued to charge "unreasonable prices" to developers building programs for Windows despite both the earlier ruling and a court verdict last... More »

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Microsoft • European Union • competition • monopolies • European Commission • fines • Neelie Kroes • interoperability

Hotel Pays Staff to Sniff Out Smoking Guests

Chicago's Swissotel turns its housekeepers into detectives

Feb 25, 08 7:20 PM CST
(Newser) - That chocolate on your pillow may be a bit of a Judas kiss: Chicago's Swissotel isn't the first hotel to fine sneaky smokers who break its puff-free policy, but it is the nation's first to pay staff to sniff out offending guests, reports the Chicago Tribune. Spraying air freshener... More »

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Chicago • smoking • cigarettes • Marriott • smoking ban • hotel • Swissotel • fines • housekeeper

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