Charge Flushed in Toilet Clogging Case
451185
SHELBY, Mont. - A criminal charge accusing a college student of intentionally clogging a toilet at a border crossing was dismissed after a prosecutor said there was no permanent damage or monetary loss...
500590
DOTHAN, Ala. - A new crime has reared its stinky head in southeast Alabama: Potty tipping. Someone has been overturning portable toilets at four construction sites in the Dothan area, with one company reporting that four or five were flipped in a week. Several firms have complained.
292252
Did you forget to empty the stale water in the bottom of your flower pot? In tropical Singapore, you could be fined S$100 if environmental inspectors find mosquito larvae in your home because of such carelessness.
275160
By SHANNON DININNY  RICHLAND, Wash. - Washington state on Tuesday requested that the Energy Department pay a fine for leaking a highly toxic and potentially cancer-causing agent into the ground at the Hanford nuclear reservation.
119973
Householders could be charged for the amount of rubbish they throw away, government confirms.
6172
By FRANK ELTMAN  CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. - A titanium maker and its owner were charged with illegally storing more than 11 tons of corrosive hazardous waste, creating a mess that a prosecutor compared to a horror movie scene.
513494
CHICAGO: Members of The Dave Matthews Band, who have a reputation for clean-cut sensitivity, found themselves in a messy situation this week, as they were charged with improperly flushing sewage from their tour bus.
265262
The company seeks to overturn a penalty imposed for lack of antitrust compliance.
665675
The case turns on the question of when evidence gathered by the police in a wrongful arrest must be thrown out.
748149
By LUBNA TAKRURI WASHINGTON - A customer who believes he was mistreated by a dry cleaner has dropped the pants from his suit. Roy L. Pearson, who filed a $67 million lawsuit against the dry cleaning business that lost his pants, has lowered his demand.
459490
AUSTIN, Minn. - A man has been ordered to pay nearly $3,000 to the woman who became seriously ill in April after opening a parking ticket envelope in which he had placed dog feces. Joshua Steven Solberg, 22, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor disorderly conduct Friday in Mower District Court.
685430
A Canadian oil-field worker, stunned  to get a C$85,000 ($83,700) cell phone bill, has had the  charges reduced to C$3,400, but is still fighting them.
567528
BURLINGTON, Iowa - A psychiatrist who police say smeared excrement on dollar bills used to pay a parking ticket has been charged with harassment of a public official.    Ronald Preston McPike, 52, was arrested Sept...
435985
A public relations company billed the city&#39;s Department of Water and Power for more than $4 million in questionable costs that it should repay, according to an audit released Tuesday.
509103
BURLINGTON, Iowa - A psychiatrist who police say smeared excrement on dollars bills used to pay a parking ticket has been fined $250.
244988
The first of 20 pay toilets opened today in Manhattan's Madison Square Park. Costing only 25 cents, it will give a user 15 minutes of private time and automatically self-clean between uses.
581940
Sewers trigger water bill rise   WATER bills are to go up by as much as Pounds 11 a year after a shake-up in sewage arrangements, the Government said today.