Read more fines stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/23966/fines.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:06:58 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74174/nfl-fines-titans-owner-250k-for-flipping-bird.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe NFL fined 86-year-old Tennessee Titans owner Bud Adams $250,000 for "conduct detrimental to the league"—namely, flipping the bird toward the Buffalo Bills' sideline in the waning moments of yesterday's 41-17 Tennessee victory. He later repeated the display on the field, the Tennessean reports. "I need to apologize...http://www.newser.com/story/74174/nfl-fines-titans-owner-250k-for-flipping-bird.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 16 Nov 2009 18:25:17 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74080/overdue-books-return-51-years-late.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn Arizona high school librarian got the surprise of her career when she opened a package and found a letter from a former student, two books checked out in 1958—and a money order for $1,000 to cover the overdue-book fines. The books, Community of Living Things: Forests and...http://www.newser.com/story/74080/overdue-books-return-51-years-late.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 15 Nov 2009 14:32:52 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72164/faa-starts-own-balloon-boy-probe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Federal Aviation Administration is the latest agency to start its own investigation of last week’s Colorado balloon circus, with authorities looking into delays at Denver International Airport during the craft’s flight. And while local law enforcement wants criminal charges against the Heene family, any FAA violations would most likely...http://www.newser.com/story/72164/faa-starts-own-balloon-boy-probe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 20 Oct 2009 20:33:06 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68445/pfizer-pays-record-23b-fine-for-false-marketing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPfizer will shell out $2.3 billion—a record for a health care fraud settlement—over deceptive marketing of its drugs, the Los Angeles Times reports. Pfizer and one of its subsidiaries marketed four drugs based on off-label uses specifically prohibited by the FDA. The settlement with the Justice Department...http://www.newser.com/story/68445/pfizer-pays-record-23b-fine-for-false-marketing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 02 Sep 2009 13:11:53 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61864/sf-library-offers-amnesty-to-tardy-book-borrowers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA book amnesty program in San Francisco has inspired many guilty returns and a few entertaining excuses, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The city's public library offered tardy borrowers the chance to return items, fine-free, as long as they came with an excuse. Returning a record 29,228 items worth...http://www.newser.com/story/61864/sf-library-offers-amnesty-to-tardy-book-borrowers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 14 Jun 2009 18:30:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56084/sex-at-80-mph-not-cool-with-norwegian-cops.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Norwegian man faces a stiff fine and driving ban for having sex behind the wheel, the AFP reports. Cops thought he was just speeding—about 80 mph in a 60 zone—until they pulled closer and found his view obstructed “because her back was in the way.” The car...http://www.newser.com/story/56084/sex-at-80-mph-not-cool-with-norwegian-cops.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 13 Apr 2009 17:35:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/45385/siemens-will-pay-13b-in-fines-for-global-corruption.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGerman engineering conglomerate Siemens pleaded guilty today to an international pay-to-play scheme and will pay the US $800 million in fines, the Wall Street Journal reports. It will also give $528 million to the German government—adding to a $275 million payout last year.http://www.newser.com/story/45385/siemens-will-pay-13b-in-fines-for-global-corruption.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 15 Dec 2008 15:15:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/41978/players-tackle-excessive-nfl-fines.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe NFL players union is taking action on member complaints that the league has gone fine-happy this season, reports the Washington Post . Players charge that fines for illegal hits have become excessive. The union director is seeking a new system that would allow disgruntled players to appeal penalty decisions to...http://www.newser.com/story/41978/players-tackle-excessive-nfl-fines.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 07 Nov 2008 7:38:31 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/34944/american-airlines-faces-7m-fine-for-safety-violations.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAmerican Airlines faces FAA fines of more than $7 million for a series of safety and maintenance violations and for deficiencies in its drug and alcohol testing, the Wall Street Journal reports. In proposing one of its biggest fines ever, the FAA accuses American of knowingly flying planes that needed...http://www.newser.com/story/34944/american-airlines-faces-7m-fine-for-safety-violations.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 15 Aug 2008 5:11:56 CDT