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NEWS ABOUT: complaints

complaints stories: 10 news summaries

 Complaints Curb 
 Vegas Stripper-Mobile 

'We're going to be good citizens' despite uptick in business

Nov 13, 09 8:35 PM CST
(AP) - A Las Vegas strip club has agreed to stop an advertising promotion that involved hauling bikini-clad exotic dancers around in a truck. Larry Beard, marketing director of Déjà Vu Showgirls, said today he's taking his lawyer's advice and parking the truck. "We're going to respect the opinion of... More »

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entertainment • advertising • Las Vegas • strip club • stripper • Las Vegas Strip • complaints • D?j? Vu Showgirls

OPINION

 Palin's Twitter Gems 
 Take Forever, 
 Still Incoherent 

Thank goodness for Twitter time stamps

Jul 21, 09 9:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin’s original thoughts take a while to produce. Five of yesterday's Twitter posts—caught in a screen grab and posted by Gawker—“are all conjoined, all part of the same dipshit-y thought, which was another one of her maniacal rants about the endless stream of ethics complaints... More »

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ethics • social networking • Sarah Palin • complaints • Twitter • tweet

OPINION

 Palin's Platform: Victimhood 

She revels in acting insulted

Jul 15, 09 8:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - The driving force behind Sarah Palin’s political career is victimization, writes Thomas Frank in the Wall Street Journal: She’s “a collector of grievances” who “runs for high office by griping.” The complaining appeals to those who see a “trampling of Middle America by the... More »

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Alaska • governor • Sarah Palin • insult • complaints • vice presidential candidate • victim

(Newser) - Sarah Palin says she's drowning in a rising tide of frivolous ethics complaints, the AP reports. Most of the 18 complaints have been dismissed, but Palin's office says she's $500,000 in legal debt and facing accusations that "have been politically or personally motivated." Rallying to her side,... More »

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ethics • Alaska • legal fees • Sarah Palin • complaints

Palin Besieged by Ethics Complaints

Alaska's GOP chief: number of grievances 'unprecedented'

May 3, 09 12:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - The world’s most famous hockey mom is skating on thin ice with some of her constituents, Politico reports. Sarah Palin has fielded more than a dozen complaints from Alaskan citizens in the last 7 months, concerning everything from the governor’s use of state funds, her political action committee,... More »

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ethics • Alaska • legal defense • governor • Sarah Palin • complaints • citizen

Mark Cuban Takes His Ref Gripes to Twitter

Favoritism for JR Smith? Read all about it on Mavs owner's feed

Mar 29, 09 10:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - When Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has disagreed with referees in the past, he's tended to gripe, shout, or bellow—and pay the resulting fines. But now he's also tweeting, notes Chris Matyszczyk on Cnet.com. Cuban posted a complaint about a no-call on a Nuggets player: "how... More »

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Mark Cuban • Dallas Mavericks • Denver Nuggets • NBA referees • complaints • Twitter • JR Smith

(Newser) - Sarah Palin has been accused of another ethics violation, this time for wearing gear made by the company that sponsors her husband’s snow-machine adventure, the Anchorage Daily News reports. The governor supported Todd at the annual Iron Dog race in an outfit from Arctic Cat, which gave the snowmobiler... More »

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ethics • clothing • Sarah Palin • corporate sponsorship • complaints • Todd Palin • snowmobile • Iron Dog • snow machine • Howard Stern Grid

'Sir Richard, What Is That White Stuff?'

Airline chief Branson gets complaint
about food

Jan 26, 09 3:46 PM CST
(Newser) - Sir Richard Branson personally responded to a “constructive if tongue-in-cheek” complaint letter from a Virgin Atlantic passenger, reprinted in the Telegraph. The beleaguered (and unnamed) flyer likened the dining experience to an awful Christmas morning. “You open the present and it’s not in there. It’s your... More »

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London • air travel • Mumbai • airline food • Virgin Group • airline passengers • complaints • Sir Richard Branson

Big Brother Is Watching...
and Talking Back

Comcast redefines customer service by reaching out to bloggers

Jul 25, 08 8:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Some bloggers who have vented online about their Comcast cable service have gotten a surprising—and, for some, a creepy—response: a reply from a customer service agent. Like a growing number of companies, Comcast monitors social network sites, public blogs, and message boards for complaints, but now it's taking... More »

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Comcast • message boards • blogger • cable industry • customer service • complaints

Passengers Air a Record Number of Complaints

Skies unfriendlier than ever

Apr 7, 08 3:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Airline passengers on domestic flights are unhappier than they've been in years, with consumer complaints up 60%, according to the annual Airline Quality Rating survey. Long delays, cancellations, overbooking, late arrivals, and lost baggage accounted for most of the complaints, which haven't been this bad since 2000, reports the AP.... More »

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FAA • Southwest • Northwest Airlines • US Airways • United Airlines • airline • air travel • Delta • AirTran • Comair • Mesa Airlines • flight cancellation • lost baggage • Airline Quality Rating • Wichita State University • Frontier • SkyWest • American • Aviation Institute • Jet Blue • complaints

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