US Camera & Computers is fighting a $60,000 fine for selling gun-shaped lighters in its New York City store. According to a lawsuit filed against the city, US Camera & Computers claims that New York City’s Department of Consumer Affairs was “arbitrary and capricious” when it issued the fine in 2011. Per the New York [...]
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Promoting Louisiana Music for over 40 years. Opened radio station KBON 101.1FM on May 1997 for the main purpose of being able to promote our local area, mussic & culture everyday, 24/7/365. The format "Variety with a Louisiana Flavor" was the first of it's kind in the world! Others have followed and tried to copy KBON, but KBON still and will always remain a One-Of-A-Kind radio station!!Author Archive | Paul
Social Security comes after man for $895 overpayment they made to his mom
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Imagine if your parent received an over-payment from the government but decades later, the government took the money out of your tax return. Gilbert Stokes, 60, of Jacksonville, said it happened to him. “I’m angry,” Stokes said Wednesday morning. Stokes felt the same way when he received a letter from the Social [...]
Chinese police bust million-dollar rat-meat ring
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese police have broken a crime ring that passed off more than $1 million in rat and small mammal meat as mutton, authorities said, in a food safety crackdown that coincides with a bird flu outbreak and other environmental pressures. Authorities have arrested 904 suspects since the end of January for [...]
Bill would require dog owners to undergo criminal background checks
North Carolina – A North Carolina lawmaker says he was caught off guard by the angry responses he got to a bill that would require the owners of pit bulls, mastiffs and Rottweilers and other large breeds to undergo criminal background checks. Rep. Rodney Moore, a Charlotte Democrat who sponsored the bill, tells Law Blog [...]
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