General Electric Fined For Accounting Fraud

General Electric Co. has been charged with misleading its investors through improper accounting aimed to make the company seem more attractive to potential investors. The charges against General Electric were...

Pete Doherty Gets Higher than Ever Before

Pete Doherty was fined upon arrival in Geneva, Switzerland by Swiss authorities for getting higher than ever before. Doherty was allegedly charged and fined for using drugs during flight. " Per London's Daily...

Wall Street Journal Asia edition fined $25,000

The Wall Street Journal's Asia edition have been fined for publishing news items about the independence of Singapore's courts. The Journal had published three items in June and July this year attacking...

British Airways stewardess stole charity cash

A British Airways stewardess has been accused of stealing the donations made to the airline's charity. Ahe is alleged to have somehow amassed £100,000 in just 13 months. "A British Airways stewardess who stole £100,000 in donations made by passengers to a children’s...

India- vs Australia cricket test, Gambhir banned for one Test match

India opener Gautam Gambhir on Friday was banned for one Test match after he was found guilty of elbowing Australia all-rounder Shane Watson during the ongoing third Test in Delhi. The incident...

Woman wins slavery case against Niger

Justice did right on 24-year-old Adidjatou Mani Koraou after the Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States recognised she had been "a victim of slavery". It also held "the Republic of...

Golfing Hall of Famer Tommy "Thunder" Bolt, dead at 92

1958 U.S. Open champion Tommy Bolt has died of liver failure at age 92. Known for his quick temper on the green, Bolt was nicknamed "Terrible Tempered Tommy" and was a scandalous player in his day."His wife, Mary Lou Bolt, said he died Saturday after "his liver shut down.""He...

Munaf fined 75% match fees

Indian fast bowler Munaf Patel has been fined 75% of his match fee for a breach of the ICC Code of Conduct during the second ODI against Sri Lanka in Dambulla.Read full story

Chicago Suburb Bans Saggy Trousers

Another community says No to crack... Lynwood, a suburb of Chicago, has banned the wearing of saggy trousers. No more than three inches of exposed underwear. This ban, seen as targeting black teens, is just the...

Anti-pope activists given legal right to 'annoy' Catholic pilgrims

Anti-papal activists in Australia have won permission to annoy Catholic pilgrims at the World Youth Day celebrations in Sydney after a court upheld their right to hand out condoms and coat hangers. "The decision, by the Federal Court, strikes down a law introduced by the...

EBay fined millions for allowing fakes

That's a hard one. How can you spot a fake on EBay? Any ideas? Apparently sellers of such fakes use photos of the real thing in their ads. How can EBay even spot a fake? Is it their responsibility? The court...

Boeing, Dow Chemical fined 926 million over nuclear pollution

" LOS ANGELES (AFP) - A Denver, Colorado court has fined Dow Chemical Co. and Boeing Co. a combined 926 million dollars for property damages caused by plutonium contamination from a nuclear weapons plant. "

Chef wants to outlaw out-of-season vegetables

Gordon Ramsay has an interesting idea."Celebrity British chef Gordon Ramsay said restaurants should be fined if they serve out-of-season fruit and vegetables."I'd also like to see floggings instituted for...

Sightseers hold-up traffic on new bridge

I know that China is a very large country and that it is difficult for officials to ignore rules and regulations but one would think that they could have allowed a week or two for people to experience the...

Surprise, that'll be $1,700 for the haircut

Imagine going for what you think will be a five-dollar haircut and being slapped with a bill for almost two grand. Two unlucky college students in Beijing experienced just that--and were held hostage when they...

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