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Louie Louie: FBI spent 2 years investigating jazz song after school teacher misheard lyrics
Jacksonville :: FL :: USA | 1 day ago
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24 May 2013 0 shares 0 View comments Composer: Singer-songwriter Richard Berry wrote controversial hit Louie, Louie The FBI investigated the classic jazz song 'Louie Louie' for two years, it has been revealed. The American intelligence agency was
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Man held for indecent acts and obscene dance near nursing college hostel
Mumbai :: India | 8 days ago
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A 33-year old man was arrested today for alleged indecent acts and obscene dance near a government nursing college hostel. The accused had scaled the compound wall of the hostel and stripped himself before dancing, shocking the students, police said.
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Berlin priest pleads guilty to child porn charges
New Britain :: CT :: USA | 23 days ago
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Conn. (AP) A Franciscan friar who served in Berlin has pleaded guilty to several charges including possession of child pornography...Paul's Roman Catholic Church after his arrest in 2011, faces five years in prison after agreeing to the plea deal on
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Luka Magnotta to have 'super-sized' trial, lawyer says
Quebec :: Canada | 27 days ago
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Alleged killer Luka Magnotta will have his date with destiny announced Monday. Magnotta, 30, is to face first-degree murder charges in the slaying and dismemberment of Chinese exchange student Jun Lin and the timing for that criminal trial will be
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From the courts: Armyman convicted of raping 3 minor girls, showing them obscene pictures
Mumbai :: India | 29 days ago
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A local court on Friday convicted a retired Armyman of raping three minor girls, holding him guilty of showing obscene pictures to the girls to sexually exploit them. The court of additional district and sessions judge Sanjay Sandhir held 59-year-old
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Edward de Grazia, Lawyer Who Fought Censorship, Is Dead at 86
New York City :: NY :: USA | 1 month ago
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April 23, 2013 Edward de Grazia, a lawyer and teacher who in the 1950s and '60s broadened the scope of what Americans would be allowed to read by helping to defeat government bans on sexually explicit books, died on April 11 in Potomac, Md.
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Russia bans swear words in mass media…but which ones?
Moscow :: Russia | 1 month ago
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A fresh Russian bill sets hefty fines for using obscene language in mass media, as well as in other commercial activities. Critics note that without a full and concrete list of swear words, the application of the law is still under question. The bill
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Politico: Liberal Ex-FCC Leaders Want 'Redskins' Team Name Banned as a TV Obscenity
New York City :: NY :: USA | 1 month ago
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Proving that liberalism is moving the entire world of profanity into the realm of supporting what they see as embattled minorities like the gay F-bomb several old liberal hands at the Federal Communications Commission now want the word Redskins to be
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Military porn case shrinks barracks privacy
Fallujah :: Iraq | 1 month ago
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A newly upheld conviction of a former Fort Bragg soldier on charges of possessing computer-animated child porn offers several key lessons for military men and woman well beyond the sprawling North Carolina Army base. One is child pornography is
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Eric Holder Accused Of Going Soft On Porn
Seattle :: WA :: USA | 1 month ago
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In the eyes of one conservative group, Attorney General Eric Holder has failed in his duty to take down big porn. Morality in Media put Holder at the top of its Dirty Dozen List of top pornography facilitators this week, placing the nation's leading
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