NYC bagel store fined for accidentally dropping sesame seeds on floor
Sunday 27th of May 2012 12:59:29 PM
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| <p>NEW YORK -- A New York City health department inspector bizarrely slapped a Brooklyn bagel shop with $1,650 in fines -- because sesame and poppy seeds fell to the floor while the bagels were being made during working hours.</p> <p>The owner of B&B Empire Bagel Cafe -- who appealed the violations and lost at two separate hearings -- said the inspectors must have holes in their heads.</p> |
Man Spends Time In Jail For Not Having A Dog License
Sunday 27th of May 2012 12:59:29 PM
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| JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – A Jefferson County man was held in jail after refusing to get a license for his dog. Now he and his wife are fighting the fine in court. 4 On Your Side Investigator Rick Sallinger wanted to know how many others don’t have licenses and face the possibility of arrest. |
"Fatti Maschii Parole Femine" Should Be, "Fatti Totalitaria Parole Liberale"
Sunday 27th of May 2012 12:59:29 PM
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| (For the short version, skip to the "Body of Comment" section.) This is a personal rant, and is why I will leave Maryland as soon as I can afford to. Please indulge. Thank you. The state of Maryland kicks a man while he is down. April 2010, I lost my job as a computer programmer. Though I interview at least twice a week, jobs are competitive and very hard to get. Perhaps my biggest pet peeve is the trend for employers to tell me, "You're hired. You will start as soon as we get the budget for the project approved."... |
Bernie Fine fired by Syracuse
Sunday 27th of May 2012 12:59:29 PM
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| Syracuse University associate head basketball coach Bernie Fine was fired Sunday in the wake of an investigation of child molestation allegations against him. In statement released Sunday night, Kevin Quinn, the school's senior vice president for public affairs, says Fine has been "terminated, effective immediately. The move came at the direction of Chancellor Nancy Cantor. The 65-year-old Fine was in his 36th season at his alma mater. He had the longest active streak of consecutive seasons at one school among assistant coaches in Division I. Fine's firing comes in the wake of new revelations Sunday, including a third accuser. Two... |
Syracuse cops, DA in clash over records (Police stonewall,curse out DA)
Sunday 27th of May 2012 12:59:29 PM
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| SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick says Syracuse police are resisting his office's attempts to obtain records in the investigation of Syracuse University assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine. Fitzpatrick said he had to get a court subpoena Monday ordering police to turn over records. But he said that when the subpoena was served to the deputy chief, it was greeted with an obscenity. "I've never seen this happen in my history with the DA's office," Fitzpatrick told the Syracuse Post-Standard of the refusal to share records. ESPN reported last week the claims of two former ball boys... |
(Syracuse University assistant basketball coach)Bernie Fine target of police inquiry
Sunday 27th of May 2012 12:59:29 PM
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| Syracuse police say they are investigating an allegation that Syracuse University assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine molested a team ball boy for more than a dozen years beginning in the mid-1980s. Police stressed to Outside The Lines they are in the early stages of the investigation. The alleged victim, Bobby Davis, now 39, told Outside the Lines that Fine molested him beginning in 1983 shortly before Davis entered the seventh grade. Davis, the team's ball boy for six years beginning in 1984, said the abuse occurred at Fine's home, at the Syracuse basketball facilities, and on road trips, including the... |
Syracuse Asst. Coach Bernie Fine Put on Leave Following Allegations of Sex Abuse
Sunday 27th of May 2012 12:59:29 PM
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| (CBS/AP) SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Syracuse assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine has been placed on administrative leave while police investigate allegations that he molested two team ball boys more than 20 years ago. Bobby Davis, now 39, claimed in an interview with ESPN Thursday that Fine began abusing him in 1984. Davis said that the alleged abuse occurred at Fine's home, on team road trips and at Syracuse basketball facilities. He said the sexual contact continued until he was 27. Davis' stepbrother, Mike Lang, 45, who was also a ball boy, also told ESPN that Fine began molesting him when he... |
Companies Could Challenge ObamaCare Employer Fines
Sunday 27th of May 2012 12:59:29 PM
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| Another ObamaCare glitch could result in some businesses being exempt from fines for not providing their workers with health insurance. A company would have to challenge the fine in court. But if one does, that could eliminate employer penalties in many states and make residents in those areas ineligible for premium tax credits. Under ObamaCare, a company with 50 or more employees faces a $2,000 annual fine per employee if it does not provide insurance. But it's only fined if one of its employees applies and qualifies for a premium tax credit via a health insurance exchange. |
Here Comes Peter Cottontail Hopping Down the Statist Trail: Feds Fine Missouri Farmer $90,000
Sunday 27th of May 2012 12:59:29 PM
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| The definition of “totalitarian” is: “of or pertaining to a centralized government that does not tolerate parties of differing opinion and that exercises dictatorial control over many aspects of life. [Emphasis added.]” And while we’re not quite there yet — we still do hear other (mostly stupid) opinions — read the following and tell me if our government doesn’t meet the italicized portion of the above definition. Rural Missouri farmer John Dollarhite was just fined $90,000 by our central government for engaging in a commercial endeavor. Was he an illegal alien running drugs across our border? No, such people benefit... |
Albemarle Road church fined $100 per branch for excessive tree pruning
Sunday 27th of May 2012 12:59:29 PM
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| Every two to three years, Eddie Sales trims and prunes the crape myrtles at his church, Albemarle Road Presbyterian Church. But this year, the city of Charlotte cited the church for improperly pruning its trees. "We always keep our trees trimmed back because you don't want to worry about them hanging down in the way," said Sales, a church member. The church was fined $100 per branch cut for excessive pruning, bringing the violation to $4,000. "I just couldn't believe it when I heard about it," Sales said. "We trim our trees back every three years all over our property,... |
Sell a few rabbits, earn $200 – Obama fines you $90,000
Sunday 27th of May 2012 12:59:29 PM
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| That’s right. I’m putting this right at the feet of the president himself. A family in Missouri has been fined more than $90,000 by the US Department of Agriculture for selling more than $500 of the furry creatures in less than one year. The families profit was a whopping $200 for the year. |
Senate to take up (unanimously passes!) resolution calling for $100 penalty for missing lawmakers
Sunday 27th of May 2012 12:59:29 PM
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| Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau Under this resolution, a senator who is absent without leave from two or more session days is subject to a penalty equal to $100 for each day that the senator is absent without leave. In addition, the senator must reimburse the senate for the actual costs incurred to compel his or her attendance. The penalties and costs are imposed by adopting a privileged resolution that identifies the senator who has been absent without leave. A senator who is subject to the penalties and costs imposed by the resolution may only be heard on the... |
Harry Reid: “Social Security is Fine,”
Sunday 27th of May 2012 12:59:29 PM
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| REID: One of the thing that always troubles me, when we start talking about the debt, the first thing people do is run to social security. Social Security is a program that works and it’s going to be, it’s fully funded for the next 40 years, stop picking on social security. there are a lot of places… GREGORY: “Senator, you’re really saying the arithmetic on social security works?” REID: “I’m saying that the arithmetic on Social Security works. I have no doubt it does. GERGORY: “It’s not in crisis? REID: “No, this is something that’s perpetuated by people who don’t... |
Favre fined $50,000 by NFL for lack of cooperation
Sunday 27th of May 2012 12:59:29 PM
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| The NFL has fined Brett Favre $50,000 for his lack of cooperation in its investigation into allegations that the quarterback sent inappropriate text messages and photos to former Jets in-game host Jenn Sterger in 2008 when both were with the organization. Here is the statement issued today by the NFL on the matter: The NFL office conducted an investigation to determine whether Brett Favre’s interaction with New York Jets game-day employee Jenn Sterger in 2008 violated the NFL Personal Conduct Policy. In reviewing the matter, the sole focus was on whether there was a violation of league policies regarding conduct... |
Widow offers to pay fine for library book overdue 74 years
Sunday 27th of May 2012 12:59:29 PM
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| For 95-year-old Hazel Severson, the decision was straightforward. The book didn't belong to her, so she needed to return it. "It was the library's book," she said. "I wanted to get it back to them." So what if the book – "Seaplane Solo," Sir Francis Chichester's autobiographical account of his 1930 solo flight across the Tasman Sea – was 74 years overdue from the public library in Amador County? To Severson, returning the book was the right thing to do, period. With the help of her longtime South Land Park neighbors, Jim and Laurie Gibson, she turned the book over... |
EDITORIAL: A Fine exit at Justice--Inspector general shouldn't leave until his work is done
Sunday 27th of May 2012 12:59:29 PM
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| Justice Department Inspector General Glenn Fine should finish one major piece of business before his announced retirement next month: the investigation into Justice's Civil Rights Division.On Sept. 12, Mr. Fine announced that while he's precluded by law from investigating a "specific piece of litigation" such as the Black Panther voter-intimidation case, "we do have the authority to conduct [a] broader program review ... regarding the Civil Rights Division's enforcement of voting rights laws." Mr. Fine vowed to review "whether the Voting Section has enforced the civil rights laws in a non-discriminatory manner." Substantial testimony, backed by a record of... |
Wall Street giant Goldman Sachs fined £20m by UK's FSA (for fraud in marketing mortgage instruments)
Sunday 27th of May 2012 12:59:29 PM
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| Wall Street giant Goldman Sachs has been fined £20m ($31m) by the UK City regulator, the Financial Services Authority, the BBC has learned. The fine is for failing to tell the FSA it was under investigation for fraud by the US financial watchdog this summer. In July, Goldman settled the fraud charge with the Securities and Exchange Committee by paying $550m (£356m). The £20m is one of the heaviest fines ever imposed by the FSA, said the BBC's business editor Robert Peston. Goldman agreed to pay the US fine to settle civil fraud charges of misleading investors. The charges concerned... |
FDA fines Red Cross for sloppy blood screening
Sunday 27th of May 2012 12:59:29 PM
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| WASHINGTON – Federal health regulators on Thursday fined the American Red Cross $16 million for sloppy screening of donated blood, the latest in a series of violations that have cost the group millions of dollars. The Food and Drug Administration said in a statement that the group failed to take precautions to assure the safety of blood donations. Despite those oversights, the FDA says the U.S. blood supply appears to be safe... The Red Cross said in a statement that 98 percent of the violations cited by the FDA occurred before 2008, and that the group has made significant improvements... |
Woman sues over $300 ticket for parking in handicapped spot
Sunday 27th of May 2012 12:59:29 PM
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| DANVERS — A Lynnfield woman who was slapped with a $300 ticket for parking her Mercedes in a handicapped space outside BJ's Wholesale Club last March is taking the town of Danvers to court. In her complaint, Eberle called her use of a handicapped spot "unavoidable," then cited "physical disability and weather conditions." It was raining that day. |
Goldman Sachs fined $450,000 (Gets wrist slap for hundreds of short sale violations)
Sunday 27th of May 2012 12:59:29 PM
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| U.S. regulators and stock exchange authorities fined Goldman Sachs $450,000 Tuesday for hundreds of violations involving short sales. The Securities and Exchange Commission and New York Stock Exchange Regulation fined the bank for continuing to write naked short sale orders after regulators banned short sales two days after Lehman Brothers collapsed in September 2008, USA Today reported. Short sales are deals in which an investor borrows an asset, then sells it, betting the price will go down. The investor agrees to buy the asset at a later date. If the price drops, the investor makes money. A naked short sale... |
Toyota Should Be Fined $16.4 Million, LaHood Says (Obama's World: Your competitor can fine you)
Sunday 27th of May 2012 12:59:29 PM
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| Toyota Motor Corp. “knowingly hid a dangerous defect” that caused sudden acceleration and should be fined the maximum civil penalty of $16.4 million, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said. Toyota, the world’s largest automaker, waited at least four months before it told the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration about vehicle accelerator pedals that may stick, LaHood said today in an e-mailed statement. “We now have proof that Toyota failed to live up to its legal obligations,” LaHood said in the statement. “Worse yet, they knowingly hid a dangerous defect for months from U.S. officials and did not take action to... |
Specter campaign fined for excessive donations
Sunday 27th of May 2012 12:59:29 PM
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| Specter campaign fined for excessive donations Friday, February 05, 2010 By Daniel Malloy, Post-Gazette Washington Bureau WASHINGTON - The Federal Election Commission announced Thursday that it has fined the campaign of Sen. Arlen Specter $10,900 and ordered it to repay $37,950 in excessive contributions from his 2004 re-election campaign. The Pennsylvania Republican-turned-Democrat, who's running for re-election again this year, accepted about $719,000 in contributions from individuals and $21,850 from political action committees that exceeded federal giving limits. The Specter campaign gave most of that money back, but the FEC found that $37,950 remains to be refunded. The FEC found campaign... |
Arizona speed cameras may be flash in pan as $90m fines are ignored
Sunday 27th of May 2012 12:59:29 PM
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| January 11, 2010 Arizona speed cameras may be flash in pan as $90m fines are ignored Chris Ayres in Los Angeles An attempt to introduce British-style speed cameras on the other side of the Atlantic has ended in a public revolt, with motorists binning speeding tickets worth $90 million (£60 million). The scheme in Arizona is now on the verge of bankruptcy and might be scrapped. Its demise would mark an ignoble end to the first statewide effort to bring speed camera enforcement to the US, where many, including judges and elected officials, regard the devices as an unconstitutional taxcollection... |
Libraries on the book case for overdue fines (Crack down on scofflaws)
Sunday 27th of May 2012 12:59:29 PM
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| With the crippled economy forcing more Bay Staters to dust off library cards, local lending institutions are throwing the book at overdue scofflaws, turning them over to the cops and courts in a hard-nosed bid to collect fines and recover costly tomes and DVDs. “The value of the materials is fairly high. We need to replace them,” said Martha Holden, director of the Peabody Institute Library, which has sent the law after a trio of overdue culprits. The Peabody library filed criminal complaints against 19-year-old Alyssa Toste and 23-year-old Jeramie Crane on Dec. 15. Despite repeated notices, both Toste and... |
Warden Pelosi
Sunday 27th of May 2012 12:59:29 PM
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| Health Care Reform: Failure to buy health insurance in the just-passed health care bill could get you five years in jail with a $250,000 fine. How can violating a law that's unconstitutional be a felony? The passage last Saturday night of the House health care measure by a fragile 220-215 margin may well prove to be a Pyrrhic victory. In polls, townhall meetings and tea parties, Americans have shown they don't want a "reform" that costs a staggering $1.2 trillion yet fails to meet the left's desire of insuring all the uninsured. And they certainly don't want a bill that... |
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