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fine stories: 19 news summaries
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 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

 Judge Fines Orly Taitz $20K 

Birther queen's misuse of court is 'breathtaking'

Oct 13, 09 12:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - US District Judge Clay Land has had it with Orly Taitz. He slapped the birther leader with a $20,000 fine today for her constant stream of frivolous lawsuits and motions. In a scathing 43-page order, Land writes that Taitz willfully misused the court, and “as an attorney, she... More »

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judge • frivolous lawsuits • legal fees • federal judges • fine • birther • Orly Taitz

Serena Fined $10K
for US Open Tirade

Penalty levied for racket abuse, unsportsmanlike conduct

Sep 13, 09 6:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Serena Williams' racket-smashing, verbal tirade at the US Open last night will  cost her $10,500, the New York Times reports. The United States Tennis Association levied the fine today for unsportsmanlike conduct and racket abuse, SHe will be permitted to play her doubles match with sister Venus tomorrow. Venus... More »

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Serena Williams • Venus Williams • US Open Tennis • fine • USTA

 Sudan Woman Tried for Pants 
 Gets Fined, Not Flogged 

Lubna Hussein plans appeal to country's constitutional court

Sep 7, 09 9:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Sudanese woman arrested in July for wearing pants has been fined around $200 but will not receive the 40 lashes once threatened, CNN reports. Lubna Hussein, an erstwhile UN worker who resigned in order to waive immunity and challenge her prosecution, says she will not pay the fine and... More »

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Sudan • women's rights • indecency • appeal • pants • constitutionality • verdict • fine • flogging • Lubna Hussein

(Newser) - Manhattan's Riverside Park cops put the squeeze on a kid selling lemonade with a $50 fine for doing business without a permit yesterday. "It was such a hot day I figured people would want a cold drink," said Clementine Lee, 10, dreaming of liquidity. Thick-skinned police made Clementine... More »

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Manhattan • ticket • fine • Riverside Park • lemonade

(Newser) - A Boston graduate student must pay $675,000 to the music industry for illegally downloading 30 songs, a federal jury ordered today. Joel Tenenbaum, 25, essentially admitted yesterday to grabbing the music via file-sharing network KaZaA. The fine averages out to $22,500 per song—significantly less than the $80,... More »

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entertainment • Recording Industry Association of America • piracy • Kazaa • recording industry • illegal downloading • fine • Joel Tenenbaum • graduate student

(Newser) - The European Union's powerful competition commissioner slapped two energy companies with record fines of $1.53 billion today for cartel misbehavior. GDF Suez and E.ON, two of the world's biggest gas producers, colluded to avoid competition in French and German energy markets and drive up prices. It's the first... More »

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Germany • European Union • France • energy prices • competition • natural gas • energy markets • Neelie Kroes • fine • energy consumption • anticompetitive

(Newser) - The California hospital where Nadya Suleman's octuplets were born has been fined $250,000 for failing to stop employees from snooping into medical files on the famous case. "It's the hospital's job to prevent these breaches from occurring," said a state official shortly after imposing the fine against... More »

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California • parenting • hospitals • privacy • medical records • fine • Kaiser Permanente • octuplets • Nadya Suleman • penalty

 EU Fines Intel Record $1.45B 

Chip maker paid firms to use its chips, commission says

May 13, 09 7:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - The EU is fining Intel $1.45 billion for violating antitrust laws—a record amount that far exceeds the €497 million ($680 million) fine levied against Microsoft in 2004, the BBC reports. The EU competition commission said Intel paid manufacturers and a retailer to give its chips a leg... More »

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Dell • European Union • Intel • business • antitrust • Lenovo • monopoly • HP • fine • anticompetitive

Rodman Fined $225K for Inappropriate Touching

2006 butt slap incident did not stay in Vegas

Apr 28, 09 1:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Dennis Rodman must fork over a six-figure fine to a Las Vegas waitress he touched inappropriately in a 2006 incident, TMZ reports. The 28-year-old “beverage manager” said the former basketball star was incredibly intoxicated when he slapped her rear and tried to force her to dance with him. The... More »

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Las Vegas • lawsuit • federal judges • Dennis Rodman • fine • waitress • drunkenness • inappropriate touching

Peanut Plant Slapped With Record $14.6M Fine

Multiple safety violations found at plant linked to salmonella outbreak

Apr 10, 09 3:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Texas peanut plant owned by the company blamed for a nationwide salmonella outbreak has been ordered to shell out $14.6 million for safety violations, AP reports. State officials levied the fine—the largest ever in Texas—for violations including unsanitary conditions, product contamination and operating without a license... More »

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food safety • salmonella • fine • peanut • Peanut Corporation of America

 Akon Pleads Guilty, 
 Fined for Tossing Fan 

Singer avoids trial for throwing teen off stage in 2007

Dec 17, 08 1:47 PM CST
(Newser) - Singer Akon pleaded guilty today to charges stemming from a 2007 fan-tossing incident, TMZ reports. At a concert last year, the crooner grabbed a teenager and threw him from the stage; his guilty plea for harassment nets him a $350 fine and 65 hours of community service. Akon apologized, and... More »

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music • guilty plea • community service • concert • hip-hop • Akon • fine • harrassment

Punishment Fits the Crime
for Colo. Noise Offenders

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

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... More »

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music • capital punishment • Colorado • fine • noise pollution • Barry Manilow • noise violation • Barney

'Wardrobe Malfunction' Case Bound for Supreme Court

Agency encouraged by Fox obscenity case

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... More »

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FCC • Super Bowl • Billboard Music awards • Janet Jackson • Justin Timberlake • Fox • wardrobe malfunction • US Supreme Court • fine

 India Readies Smoking Ban; 
 Unruly Public Shrugs 

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

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... More »

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India • tobacco • public health • criminal • smoking ban • fine

Deadly Mine Collapse Draws Record Fine

Weak pillars, dangerous areas linked to Utah deaths

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... More »

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Utah • Crandall Canyon • mine collapse • fine • mine safety

 Boy-Band
 Promoter to
 Repay $300M 

Court assesses damages of boy band promoter's ponzi scheme

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... More »

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


 Vt. Town Sheds
 Inhibitions, Puts
 Them Back On 

Fine instated after repeated nude incidents

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... More »

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

Southwest Faces Record Fines

Airline found several cracks after skipping required safety checks

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.... More »

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FAA • safety • inspection • Southwest Airlines • Boeing 737-300 • airworthiness • House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee • Department of Transportation • fine • maintenance

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