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Damn! Aussies to be fined for swearing
MELBOURNE (AFP) – Australians may have a love of plain speaking but new laws are set to curtail some of their more colourful language with police issuing on-the-spot fines for obnoxious swearing. The country’s second most populous state Victoria is due to approve new legislation this week under which police…
During reading of Constitution, House Republicans violate Constitution
GOP Congressman may have broken the law by soliciting funds at swearing-in event Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick (R-PA) may have broken the law Wednesday when he skipped his swearing in, and instead hosted a campaign event. Congressional ethics experts told The Huffington Post that it is against House ethics rules to…
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