107.9 The River » government http://theriver1079.com Casper's Real Rock Variety Fri, 24 May 2013 08:07:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Massachusetts Town May Fine Residents for Cursing — Is It Fair? http://theriver1079.com/town-fines-residents-for-cursing/ http://theriver1079.com/town-fines-residents-for-cursing/#comments Wed, 13 Jun 2012 00:00:43 +0000 Amy Sciarretto http://thefw.com/?p=129444 The residents of Middleborough, Massachusetts will likely be fined $20 for loud, public swearing. It’s a hot-button issue, since it may or may not infringe on free speech, which is protected by the First Amendment.

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NPR’s Planet Money and Investigations teams found that the coins are the wasteful byproducts of a failed congressional effort to get Americans to use them in everyday commerce.

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