by Michael Helms | Oct 20, 2004 | Opinion
Were it not for a slip of the tongue, Dale Earnhardt Jr. would be trailing Kurt Busch by only four points in the Nextel Cup standings, the coveted prize in the sport of stock car racing. Two weeks ago Earnhardt was given a $10,000 fine for a four-letter word he let...
by Cliff Vaughn | Oct 10, 2003 | News
Rock singer Bono used a curse word at the Golden Globes last January, but those stations that aired the remark aren’t guilty of violating decency standards, according to a recent finding by the Federal Communications Commission. “This is really, really...
by Jodi Mathews | Apr 29, 2003 | News
Police in Chicago have been told not to enforce a 100-year-old ordinance that bans public swearing, which critics say violates the right to free speech. A federal class-action lawsuit filed in March claims a city ordinance banning “indecent acts and words”...