DULUTH, Minnesota - The commissioner of Minor League Baseball, Montague Bottlebiffer has just issued a three-game suspension for the entire Duluth Doodlebugs baseball team.
Commissioner Bottlebiffer stated that it was brought to his attention that...
BOISE, Idaho - The state of Idaho has finally enacted legislation that will ban the national term Couch Potato from being spoken anywhere in the state.
Senator Panola Lulu Saddlebread, 43, of Blackfoot, told a gathering of the Idaho news media tha...
The driver of an open-top sports car will have to pay £100 plus costs, after scattering sunflower seeds on the pavements.
Jim Gardner, 39, of Wetwang, near Driffield, was reported after several pedestrians had been sprayed with the seeds as he dro...
The overzealous littering team at Trafford Council have issued a fixed penalty notice to the Refuse Collection Team that covers Sale and Altrincham after one of their authorised members of staff noticed that some litter fell from the back of the lorr...
Librarian, Gemma Paddlworth, of Ryde has been fined nearly three thousand pounds in late fees for overdue library books.
"It's quite embarrassing," said Gemma, 34 a single mother. "I'm the only librarian at Ryde Library, so when I discovered that...
Cracking down on unauthorized discussions, Major League Baseball began fining fans having "unauthorized discussions" of the games.
"It's right there in the disclaimer," said Roger "Happy" Garris, MLB's legal representative. " 'Any rebroadcast, re...
Scientists at CERN have been fined by God after one of his holy speed cameras caught them firing subatomic particles at faster than the speed of light. The speed of light is known as the "ultimate speed limit" of all matter and energy, but this is th...
Government Ministers are saying they will consider bringing in a new law to stop councils from fining people heavily when leaving their rubbish bins out too long. The warning to councils comes following a report that one of Britain's councils is thre...
The prospect of a £1000 fine for motorway tailgaters and undertakers has not gone down well with some drivers.
The co-op, the country's largest funeral directors and Acme Trailers, the largest suppliers of tail gates and van back-end decorations h...
Oh my! I couldn't believe my eyes when I read about Bin Police and Bin Inspectors in Britain. Fines for not closing the lid on a wheelie bin or for leaving bags of rubbish beside the bins.
What the hell is the country coming to?
I left England in 1982 - before the dawn of the Wheelie Bins, though I do have to work with one when I visit my mam and family every year etc.
Back when I lived...
Her Royal Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II may have used a public service train to get to Portsmouth this weekend to see her little metal lover Lord Ark Royal of The Solent; but she was in for a shock when returning after a royal faux pas by one of the ro...
Traditional Owners and lookers were shocked at the site of raw flesh on top of one of Australia's landmarks, Uluru.
While stripping naked a friend filmed the bizzar event as a 25 year old French woman decided she wanted to celebrate her climbing t...
Queensland, one of the many State's in Australia is to introduce a no-swearing policy, with on the spot fines of 100 dollars - F*ck! (That's 100 dollars, thanks)
The bold move comes as the Queensland Government looks at ways to clean the air space...
NEW YORK: In 1934 a dusty, beaten-up ledger was found in a trash heap in the basement of the New York Society Library on E 79th St.
Information revealed that on 5 October 1789 the Nation's first President had borrowed 2 books - the "Law of Nation...
Sandra Beckle, Head Librarian at the Clinton Williams Library, says that the downfall of the economy can be directly traced to unpaid book fines, a financial staple for libraries.
"We need people to pay their fines for the good of the economy. T...