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Punishment Fits the Crime
for Colo. Noise Offenders

Teens made to listen to an hour of Manilow after late-night backyard gig

NBC 9 Colorado NBC 9 Colorado Nov 24, 08 3:00 PM CST
(Newser) - One Colorado judge has had it with teenagers making repeat appearances in his court for noise violations. So rather than issue a fine for mom and dad to pay, he’s devised his own punishment: Noise violators are forced to listen to an hour of gloriously un-hip music, from Barney to Barry Manilow, KUSA-TV reports. More »

More about:  music • Colorado • capital punishment • fine • noise pollution • Barry Manilow • noise violation

'Wardrobe Malfunction' Case Bound for Supreme Court

Agency encouraged by Fox obscenity case

Broadcasting & Cable Nov 21, 08 2:22 PM CST
(Newser) - The FCC is continuing to push the "wardrobe malfunction" case and has turned to the Supreme Court, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The agency is attempting to have its $550,000 fine reinstated against CBS for Janet Jackson’s disrobing during the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show. A federal appeals court threw out the fine in July. More »

 India Readies Smoking Ban; 
 Unruly Public Shrugs 

Prohibition carries $5 penalty in country with average income of $1K

Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal Sep 30, 08 5:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - India is about to institute a ban on smoking in public places, including bars, restaurants, hotels and hospitals, the Wall Street Journal reports. The ban, which begins Thursday, is being greeted warmly by health officials, with skepticism by smokers on the ground. “Such rules are made and broken every day," one said. “The ban will have no effect on me.” More »

More about:  India • public health • tobacco • smoking ban • fine • criminal

Deadly Mine Collapse Draws Record Fine

Weak pillars, dangerous areas linked to Utah deaths

CNN CNN Jul 25, 08 6:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - The federal government has socked a Utah mine operator and its consultant with the highest fine ever—$1.85 million—for safety violations in a mine collapse that killed six men last year. Investigators said weak pillar support and work in dangerous areas of the Crandell Canyon mine led to the disaster. The mine operator was charged $1.34 million “for violations that directly contributed to the deaths,” as well as $300,000 in other penalties. More »

More about:  Utah • Crandall Canyon • mine collapse • fine • mine safety

 Boy-Band
 Promoter to
 Repay $300M 

Court assesses damages of boy band promoter's ponzi scheme

Associated Press Associated Press Jul 16, 08 1:47 PM CDT
(AP) - Lou Pearlman and federal authorities have finally agreed on how much the former boy band promoter swindled from banks and investors in a decades-long scam: a staggering $300 million. That's how much the creator of the Backstreet Boys and 'N Sync will have to pay, at a minimum, in restitution for the fraud conviction for which he's serving a 25-year prison sentence. More »

More about:  prosecutor • fine • Ponzi scheme • N'Sync • Lou Pearlman • Backstreet Boys


 Vt. Town Sheds
 Inhibitions, Puts
 Them Back On 

Fine instated after repeated nude incidents

Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal May 19, 08 5:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Whether shopping, bicycling, hula-hooping, or demonstrating for PETA, people in Brattleboro, Vt., have witnessed a rash of nakedness, the Wall Street Journal reports. Public nudity is generally legal in Vermont, but a spontaneous act of nakedness by three 20-year-olds two summers ago sparked a trend that made many residents uncomfortable and prompted passage of a ban. More »

More about:  PETA • Vermont • nudity • fine • public nudity • indecent exposure • legislature • Brattleboro, Vt.

Southwest Faces Record Fines

Airline found several cracks after skipping required safety checks

Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal Mar 6, 08 4:18 AM CST
(Newser) - Southwest Airlines faces at least $3 million in fines sought by the FAA for failing to inspect 46 older Boeing 737-300 jets for structural flaws identified in a 2004 safety directive, reports the Wall Street Journal. The expected penalty would be the largest imposed on an airline in 20 years. When the planes were finally inspected last spring, six had cracks up to 4 inches long in the fuselage. More »

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