Wildwood Moves to Ban Sagging Pants on Boardwalk
Wildwood New Jersey seeks a boardwalk dress code limiting pants sagging more than three inches below the hips with fines from 25 to 100 dollars for first offenses and 200 dollars for later ones. The plan includes potential community service and bans bare feet and topless walking on the boardwalk. Local officials defend the measure as protecting tourism and family atmosphere despite constitutional concerns.
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Wildwood
N.J
Ernest Troiano Jr
Jersey Shore
Troiano
U.S
New Orleans
Chicago
Atlanta
Detroit
Miami
Jacksonville
Fla
Ruthann Robson
City University of New York
American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey
ACLU
Overdraft opt in tied to higher fees and closures
CFPB reports consumers who opt in for overdraft coverage face higher annual charges, with averages from $147 to $298 by bank. Opting in raises risk of involuntary account closures and costly overdraft penalties, while banks push marketing of overdraft protection. The report notes variability in fees, posting orders, and limits across institutions.
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Ashington
Aus
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
CFPB
Consumer Bankers Association
U.S
Richard Hunt
Richard Cordray
Federal Reserve
Feds back morning after pills for all girls
The Obama administration will comply with a judge’s order to allow emergency contraception to be sold over the counter to all girls without prescriptions. The Justice Department will submit a compliance plan and seek FDA approval to remove age and sale restrictions, amid praise from abortion rights groups and criticism from opponents who say the move yields to political pressure.
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New York
Obama
Justice Department
U.S
Edward Korman
FDA
Annie Tummino
National Women’s Liberation
Naral Pro-Choice America
Ilyse Hogue
Hogue
Family Research Council
Anna Higgins
Council
Center For Human Dignity
Health and Human Services
Kathleen Sebelius
Teva
Two NC men plead guilty to stealing and cashing checks
Two North Carolina men from Charlotte pled guilty in Lynchburg to conspiracy to commit bank and identity fraud and to bank fraud, mail theft, and aggravated identity fraud after stealing and cashing checks from mailboxes across central Virginia. U.S. Attorney records indicate more than 300000 dollars involved as checks were cashed in Salem Roanoke Lynchburg Bedford County Blacksburg and Christiansburg.
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North Carolina
Lynchburg, Va
Virginia
U.S
Timothy Heaphy
Gerong Barnette
Jeremy Brown
Charlotte
U.S District Court
Lynchburg
Brown
Barnette
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