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Obscenity Defined
An elusive concept used in the context of criminal law to describe a publication which is illegal because it is morally corruptive. The common law has struggled with this word as society has evolved towards greater tolerance of alternative sexual behavior. Historically, it included any lewd material which had no apparent social value, which was offensive to contemporary community standards of decency, and even material which tended to invoke impure sexual thoughts. As an example of a modern definition, Canada has defined obscene material as any publication a dominant characteristic of which is the undue exploitation of sex, or of sex and crime, horror, cruelty or violence.
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Brain injury prompts a psychiatric evaluation
Published November 21, 2008, 10:35 am, The World
COQUILLE — A man facing charges related to sexual exploitation of children will undergo psychiatric evaluation to determine if he is mentally fit for prosecution.
Attorney General Mukasey collapses during speech
Published November 21, 2008, 10:35 am, The World
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Michael Mukasey was hospitalized but conscious and alert early today after collapsing during a late-night speech to a conservative legal group.
For Publisher Barney Rosset, Risk Has Its Rewards
Published November 21, 2008, 9:34 am, NPR
What's fit to print? For Barney Rosset, the answer is an invariable "anything." His Grove Press was known for printing books other publishers wouldn't touch — and for legal crusades that changed American censorship law.
Bush Signs Bill Providing Extra Jobless Benefits
Published November 21, 2008, 7:22 am, KTHV Little Rock
The White House says President Bush signed into law a bill that Congress approved to keep unemployment checks flowing to jobless Americans through the holiday season.
Clinton Presidential Campaign Debt Reduced
Published November 20, 2008, 7:51 pm, KTHV Little Rock
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Campaign finance reports show U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has reduced the size of her presidential campaign debt to less than $7.5 million as of Nov. 1.
Iowa's First Lady Violates Smoking Ban
Published November 20, 2008, 7:06 pm, KTHV Little Rock
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Her husband just signed a smoking ban into law in April. Now Iowa first lady Mari Culver admits she already broke it.
Federal Ruling Restricts Lawsuits Over No Child Left Behind
Published November 20, 2008, 6:51 pm, KTHV Little Rock
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A federal appeals court says parents cannot sue school districts to force them to comply with the No Child Left Behind Act. The ruling Thursday comes in a case filed against the low-performing Newark Public Schools in New Jersey.
Study Links Fast-Food TV Ads To Childhood Obesity
Published November 20, 2008, 11:21 am, KTHV Little Rock
A restaurant industry spokeswoman says a new study linking obesity and fast-food ads is based on old information. At issue is a study suggesting that banning fast-food ads on TV could reduce the number of obese young children by 18 percent. The number of obese older kids could drop by 14 percent.
Searchers find bodies of missing brothers
Published November 20, 2008, 9:07 am, The World
PORTLAND (AP) — Authorities say they have found the bodies of two brothers missing since Sunday. The boys were reported missing after they failed to return from a fishing outing on the Willamette River.
Obamaâ€s top attorney general pick faces quizzing on Marc Rich
Published November 20, 2008, 9:05 am, The World
WASHINGTON (AP) — The first black man elected U.S. president is poised to name Washington lawyer Eric Holder as the nation’s first black attorney general — a historic appointment but one with some potential political problems over a 2001 pardon.
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- I Know It When I Hear It: The Presidency and the Congress are not the only branches of government engaged in foolishness these days.
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- Nobody puts Rebecca Willis in a corner.: A small mountain town has agreed to pay $275,000 for banning her from a community hangout after residents complained about her dirty dancing.
Tue Nov 11
- Freedom's Curse: author of The Stuff of Thought
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- How offensive is the f-word in context? (Language Log): Innovative little piece of corpus analysis using the connotation hypothesis to show that the FCC's prohibition on the f-word is misplaced.
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- People: The girl behind the Brand/Ross row | News | The First Post: it was announced today that the regulatory body Ofcom is to investigate whether the Radio 2 prank breached the broadcasting code.
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