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<title>Groxx / Most Popular News / Government</title>
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<description>Groxx  votes</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:14:23 CST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Execution postponed, Death Row Inmate attempts overdose]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Government/execution-postponed-death-row-inmate-attempts-overdose/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Government/execution-postponed-death-row-inmate-attempts-overdose/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:14:23 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Government</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Ohio Governor Ted Strickland postponed the execution of a convicted killer who somehow was able to overdose on pills in his jail cell, and was found unconscious only a few hours before he was scheduled to be driven to his execution.<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Angry residents demand Victorian bridge name not be changed]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Government/angry-residents-demand-victorian-bridge-name-not-be-changed/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Government/angry-residents-demand-victorian-bridge-name-not-be-changed/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:07:37 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Government</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Government/angry-residents-demand-victorian-bridge-name-not-be-changed/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Castleford Area Voice for the Elderly, an over 50s group in the town, took exception to the re-writing of history and went into battle. It's been known as Tickle Cock bridge to generations of courting couples. But it proved a source of embarrassment for civic leaders.<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[South Carolina Lawmaker Seeks to Ban Federal Currency]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Government/south-carolina-lawmaker-seeks-to-ban-federal-currency/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Government/south-carolina-lawmaker-seeks-to-ban-federal-currency/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:42:43 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Government</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Government/south-carolina-lawmaker-seeks-to-ban-federal-currency/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[South Carolina will no longer recognize U.S. currency as legal tender, if State Rep. Mike Pitts has his way.  Pitts, a fourth-term Republican, introduced legislation earlier this month that would ban what he calls &quot;the unconstitutional substitution of Federal Reserve Notes for silver and gold coin&quot;<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Politician blames transvestite alter ego for sunny island freebie]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Government/politician-blames-transvestite-alter-ego-for-sunny-island-freebie/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Government/politician-blames-transvestite-alter-ego-for-sunny-island-freebie/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:36:59 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Government</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Government/politician-blames-transvestite-alter-ego-for-sunny-island-freebie/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Explaining why he had accepted the trip, despite claims that he refuses such offers, the member of parliament replied &quot;Well, this was pretty much tied to my drag personality, Ursula. It's not me as a member of parliament doing this; it's more a case of me travelling as my drag personality.&quot;<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Call to cut caffeine in alcohol]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Government/call-to-cut-caffeine-in-alcohol/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Government/call-to-cut-caffeine-in-alcohol/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:51:35 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>equitog</dc:creator>
<category>Government</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Government/call-to-cut-caffeine-in-alcohol/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[So government doesn't want awake, buzzed people?<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Suicide Bombers have explosives implanted]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Government/suicide-bombers-have-explosives-implanted/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Government/suicide-bombers-have-explosives-implanted/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:25:31 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Government</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Government/suicide-bombers-have-explosives-implanted/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Agents for Britain's MI5 intelligence service have discovered that Muslim doctors trained at some of Britain's leading teaching hospitals have returned to their own countries to fit surgical implants filled with explosives<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Florida Highway Patrol trooper wrote bogus tickets]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Government/florida-highway-patrol-trooper-wrote-bogus-tickets/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Government/florida-highway-patrol-trooper-wrote-bogus-tickets/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 07:23:01 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Government</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Government/florida-highway-patrol-trooper-wrote-bogus-tickets/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Paul Lawrence was accused of trying to increase the number of citations he issued by writing bogus tickets. Over 200 tickets issued since November have been dismissed, and there may be more. Authorities grew suspicious when ticketed motorists complained about they knew nothing about the citations.<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Taxpayers to Fork Out $2.5 Million for Single Census Ad During Super Bowl]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Government/taxpayers-to-fork-out-2-5-million-for-single-census-ad-during-super-bowl/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Government/taxpayers-to-fork-out-2-5-million-for-single-census-ad-during-super-bowl/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 06:15:29 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Government</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Government/taxpayers-to-fork-out-2-5-million-for-single-census-ad-during-super-bowl/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Taxpayers might want to pay close attention to this Sunday's Super Bowl broadcast or they'll miss Uncle Sam's 30-second, $2.5-million reminder to stand up and be counted. That's a fraction of what the bureau plans to spend this year to get Americans to answer a 10-question survey.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Mortgage 'relief' leads to foreclosure]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Government/mortgage-relief-leads-to-foreclosure/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Government/mortgage-relief-leads-to-foreclosure/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:43:20 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Government</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Government/mortgage-relief-leads-to-foreclosure/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Instead of hope and help the U.S. Government's 'Making Home Affordable' program raised the Franklin's mortgage balance from $187,000 to $207,000, ruined their credit score, leading to cancellation of their credit cards, and now -- despite making all their payments -- put them on the brink of losing<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Man buys car, finds $200,000 in counterfeit money inside]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Government/man-buys-car-finds-200000-in-counterfeit-money-inside/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Government/man-buys-car-finds-200000-in-counterfeit-money-inside/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:42:51 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Government</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Government/man-buys-car-finds-200000-in-counterfeit-money-inside/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Tye Kuykendall was looking for a gas leak in the used car he'd recently purchased when he found a hidden compartment behind the back seat. When he opened it, he came face to face with Benjamin Franklin: a sack with stacks of neatly bound $100 bills.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Live pigs blasted in terror attack experiments]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Government/live-pigs-blasted-in-terror-attack-experiments/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Government/live-pigs-blasted-in-terror-attack-experiments/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:19:19 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jvp15</dc:creator>
<category>Government</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Government/live-pigs-blasted-in-terror-attack-experiments/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[English blow up pigs to study bomb blasts from terrorists...I don't think any cosmetics were harmed in the experiment.  Will 'Yankee Dogs' be next?<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Saudi teen sentenced to 90 lashes for cell phone at school]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Government/saudi-teen-sentenced-to-90-lashes-for-cell-phone-at-school/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Government/saudi-teen-sentenced-to-90-lashes-for-cell-phone-at-school/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:32:27 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Government</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Government/saudi-teen-sentenced-to-90-lashes-for-cell-phone-at-school/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A teenage girl in Saudi Arabia has been sentenced to 90 lashes and two months in prison for taking a cell phone to school. The 13-year-old's punishment, harsher than that given to some robbers and looters, requires her to be flogged in front of her classmates.<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[$500 tip leads police to $66 million in fake bills]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Government/500-tip-leads-police-to-66-million-in-fake-bills/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Government/500-tip-leads-police-to-66-million-in-fake-bills/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 06:08:48 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Government</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Government/500-tip-leads-police-to-66-million-in-fake-bills/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Police arrested a Lebanese man carrying fake currency with a face value of $66 million after he tipped a hotel staff with a $500 note.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Fake Secret Service Agent Gets Past Federal Security]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Government/fake-secret-service-agent-gets-past-federal-security/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Government/fake-secret-service-agent-gets-past-federal-security/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 18:30:14 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Government</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Government/fake-secret-service-agent-gets-past-federal-security/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A man, barred from the Health and Human Services building,  posed as a U.S. Secret Service agent, flashed a fake badge and credentials to con his way past security at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Fla. Detention Officer Fired for Joining the KKK]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Government/fla--detention-officer-fired-for-joining-the-kkk/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Government/fla--detention-officer-fired-for-joining-the-kkk/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:52:30 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Randy</dc:creator>
<category>Government</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Government/fla--detention-officer-fired-for-joining-the-kkk/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The Klan has &quot;extremely high standards,&quot; he told investigators. &quot;They do a complete criminal background check on everybody.&quot;<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Slovaks plant explosives in luggage, traveler arrested]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Government/slovaks-plant-explosives-in-luggage-traveler-arrested/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Government/slovaks-plant-explosives-in-luggage-traveler-arrested/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:42:15 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Government</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Government/slovaks-plant-explosives-in-luggage-traveler-arrested/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Slovak authorities planted explosives in passenger luggage as part of a security test. The explosives were among eight contraband items placed with passengers. The passenger unwittingly brought the material into Dublin when he returned from his Christmas holidays.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Massive TSA Security Breach As Agency Posts Secrets Online]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Government/massive-tsa-security-breach-as-agency-posts-secrets-online/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Government/massive-tsa-security-breach-as-agency-posts-secrets-online/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:31:31 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Government</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Government/massive-tsa-security-breach-as-agency-posts-secrets-online/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In a massive security breach, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) inadvertently posted online its airport screening procedures manual, including some of the most closely guarded secrets regarding special rules for diplomats and CIA and law enforcement officers.<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[North Korea bans cash]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Government/north-korea-bans-cash/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Government/north-korea-bans-cash/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:21:07 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Government</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Government/north-korea-bans-cash/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[All cash transactions in North Korea have been frozen after the Government's shock decision to revalue the won currency in an effort to crack down on the country's burgeoning free-market economy.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Town appoints official town Twitterer]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Government/town-appoints-official-town-twitterer/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Government/town-appoints-official-town-twitterer/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:11:09 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Government</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Government/town-appoints-official-town-twitterer/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The town of Darlington has appointed a &quot;tweeter in residence&quot; to tell people what is happening in the area. Mike McTimoney - a social media fan and IT teacher will now get paid - though only £140 ($232USD) per year - for his tweets.<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Swedish court bans sale of energy drink 'Cocaine']]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Government/swedish-court-bans-sale-of-energy-drink-cocaine/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Government/swedish-court-bans-sale-of-energy-drink-cocaine/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 04:30:56 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Government</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Government/swedish-court-bans-sale-of-energy-drink-cocaine/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The planned launch of a new energy drink called Cocaine has been halted before the product had a chance to hit the shelves. The drink contains three times as much caffeine as competitor Red Bull.<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Vanuatu PM forgets paperwork, loses seat]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Government/vanuatu-pm-forgets-paperwork-loses-seat/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Government/vanuatu-pm-forgets-paperwork-loses-seat/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:12:57 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jenny</dc:creator>
<category>Government</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Government/vanuatu-pm-forgets-paperwork-loses-seat/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[All he needed was a absent slip from his Mum :)<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[$30 Code violation fight may cost woman her home]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Government/30-code-violation-fight-may-cost-woman-her-home/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Government/30-code-violation-fight-may-cost-woman-her-home/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:58:20 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jvp15</dc:creator>
<category>Government</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Government/30-code-violation-fight-may-cost-woman-her-home/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A Florida city is pressing to liquidate a house to pay $45,500 in city fines that began accruing years ago after the owner put up a canopy tent without a $30 permit.<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Official Wants Corpses Caned for Dying from Drinking Illegal Gin]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Government/official-wants-corpses-caned-for-dying-from-drinking-illegal-gin-1/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Government/official-wants-corpses-caned-for-dying-from-drinking-illegal-gin-1/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:36:30 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Government</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Government/official-wants-corpses-caned-for-dying-from-drinking-illegal-gin-1/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A government official has said that the bodies of people who die from drinking an illicit local gin should be caned six times before burial as an example to the living.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Officials suggest legislators wed single mothers]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Government/officials-suggest-legislators-wed-single-mothers/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Government/officials-suggest-legislators-wed-single-mothers/</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:47:56 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jacira</dc:creator>
<category>Government</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Government/officials-suggest-legislators-wed-single-mothers/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[With Polygamy legal for Muslims, one official suggested that legislators add to their &quot;quota&quot; of wives to help all the single moms in Kuala Lumpur.<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Deputy Assistant Attorney-General, 66, caught in car in cemetery with stripper, 18, and sex toys]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Government/deputy-assistant-attorney-general-66-caught-in-car-in-cemetery-with-stripper-18-and-sex-toys/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Government/deputy-assistant-attorney-general-66-caught-in-car-in-cemetery-with-stripper-18-and-sex-toys/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:49:47 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Government</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Government/deputy-assistant-attorney-general-66-caught-in-car-in-cemetery-with-stripper-18-and-sex-toys/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Roland Corning, 66, a US Deputy Attorney General and former state legislator, was on his lunch break in a secluded part of a downtown cemetery when a police officer found him with an 18-year-old stripper.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Police raid wrong house, order disabled woman out of shower]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Government/police-raid-wrong-house-order-disabled-woman-out-of-shower/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Government/police-raid-wrong-house-order-disabled-woman-out-of-shower/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:27:30 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Government</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Government/police-raid-wrong-house-order-disabled-woman-out-of-shower/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A woman was ordered out of her own bathroom dressed only in a towel...when drug squad officers stormed the wrong house.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Pointless research: top 10 Ig Nobel award winners for silly science]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Government/pointless-research-top-10-ig-nobel-award-winners-for-silly-science/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Government/pointless-research-top-10-ig-nobel-award-winners-for-silly-science/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:25:31 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jvp15</dc:creator>
<category>Government</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Government/pointless-research-top-10-ig-nobel-award-winners-for-silly-science/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The most unusual and strange things we funded with tax dollars.  You WILL go check out at least one of these studies, something for everyone, and for the next few minutes everyone gets in for the price of a child, step right up - the shows about to begin, they are real, they are live, and they are <br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Man asks to be deported --- Can't afford U.S.]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Government/man-asks-to-be-deported----cant-afford-u-s-/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Government/man-asks-to-be-deported----cant-afford-u-s-/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:09:42 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Government</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Government/man-asks-to-be-deported----cant-afford-u-s-/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[he wanted to return to Guatemala because he had no job or money and was worried about surviving the winter.But this is my favorite line from the story:  &quot;A home number for Boc could not immediately be found.&quot;<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Florida woman's red light-camera ticket wrong car, wrong city]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Government/florida-womans-red-light-camera-ticket-wrong-car-wrong-city-1/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Government/florida-womans-red-light-camera-ticket-wrong-car-wrong-city-1/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:31:30 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jvp15</dc:creator>
<category>Government</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Government/florida-womans-red-light-camera-ticket-wrong-car-wrong-city-1/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Women gets mail order ticket for a city she wasn't in and a car she doesn't own.  Hope she is retired and has unlimited minutes,because the telephone 'It isn't my problem' tag is terrible.  Computers dn't mak mistaykes ...<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[French towns on one-way street to head-on collision]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Government/french-towns-on-one-way-street-to-head-on-collision/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Government/french-towns-on-one-way-street-to-head-on-collision/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:30:41 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>howcheng</dc:creator>
<category>Government</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Government/french-towns-on-one-way-street-to-head-on-collision/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Town 1 changes street to be one-way; Town 2 is not amused and retaliates by changing its portion of said street to one-way -- in the opposite direction.<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[School board candidate Womack says he's staying in the race after all]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Government/school-board-candidate-womack-says-hes-staying-in-the-race-after-all/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Government/school-board-candidate-womack-says-hes-staying-in-the-race-after-all/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:31:56 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jgoforth</dc:creator>
<category>Government</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Government/school-board-candidate-womack-says-hes-staying-in-the-race-after-all/</guid>
<description><![CDATA['Dr.' Womack is going to stay in the race for the Birmingham, Alabama Board of Education despite lying about his age and education. Statement:&quot;Today I am re-assuring the voters of my district that has expressed their continuing support in my campaign in spite of my false statements about<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[My Bad! Woman's House Mistakenly Auctioned by Bank]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Government/my-bad-womans-house-mistakenly-auctioned-by-bank-1/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Government/my-bad-womans-house-mistakenly-auctioned-by-bank-1/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:35:18 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>NuclearNemesis</dc:creator>
<category>Government</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Government/my-bad-womans-house-mistakenly-auctioned-by-bank-1/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Come home and find your furniture on the lawn and your house sold because a clerk made a mistake.  Took a judge to correct the error.  What would you do?<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[At Border Station in Massena, N.Y., Security Trumps Openness]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Government/at-border-station-in-massena-n-y--security-trumps-openness/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Government/at-border-station-in-massena-n-y--security-trumps-openness/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:24:47 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>michelle</dc:creator>
<category>Government</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Government/at-border-station-in-massena-n-y--security-trumps-openness/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Bright yellow sign that says &quot;UNITED STATES&quot; is deemed a security hazard because it can be a target.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Town manager fired over marriage to porn star]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Government/town-manager-fired-over-marriage-to-porn-star/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Government/town-manager-fired-over-marriage-to-porn-star/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:51:00 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>equitog</dc:creator>
<category>Government</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Government/town-manager-fired-over-marriage-to-porn-star/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[He didn't break any laws, by all accounts did a very good job, but the town fired their town manager because they learned his wife is a porn star and didn't want that fact to tarnish their town image.So now they'll be known as a discriminating and close-minded town, is that a better public i<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Police close down Facebook barbecue for 15 people]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Government/police-close-down-facebook-barbecue-for-15-people/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Government/police-close-down-facebook-barbecue-for-15-people/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:00:32 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>howcheng</dc:creator>
<category>Government</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Government/police-close-down-facebook-barbecue-for-15-people/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Think you can advertise your backyard party on Facebook? Not if you live in Devon! The po-pos will SHUT YOU DOWN.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Maine man underbid by $30 loses contract to out-of-state firm]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Government/maine-man-underbid-by-30-loses-contract-to-out-of-state-firm/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Government/maine-man-underbid-by-30-loses-contract-to-out-of-state-firm/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 08:49:06 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>stpierre</dc:creator>
<category>Government</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Government/maine-man-underbid-by-30-loses-contract-to-out-of-state-firm/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A Maine man who has been providing the State of Maine government with U.S. and State of Maine flags for four years lost his contract when his total bid to renew his contract was underbid by only $30 by a Pennsylvania company.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Arts grant awarded for buttocks sculptures]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Government/arts-grant-awarded-for-buttocks-sculptures/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Government/arts-grant-awarded-for-buttocks-sculptures/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:19:04 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>equitog</dc:creator>
<category>Government</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Government/arts-grant-awarded-for-buttocks-sculptures/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[$33,000 to study &quot;racial fetishism&quot; of English and African societies.<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Mayor barred from posting on town Web site]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Government/mayor-barred-from-posting-on-town-web-site-1/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Government/mayor-barred-from-posting-on-town-web-site-1/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:33:51 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>equitog</dc:creator>
<category>Government</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Government/mayor-barred-from-posting-on-town-web-site-1/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Due to misinformation and harassment of other council members.He's also prohibited from communicating with other council members and being in non-public areas of city hall.Is the new economy hurting so much that the town can't afford a recall election?<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Families told doormats are health and safety risk]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Government/families-told-doormats-are-health-and-safety-risk/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Government/families-told-doormats-are-health-and-safety-risk/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 11:42:23 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jvp15</dc:creator>
<category>Government</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Government/families-told-doormats-are-health-and-safety-risk/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[First the swim googles now potted plants and door mats are hazards.  We must save the people from themselves! Soylent Green is PEOPLE!  At first I thought we needed a stupid category - but then I saw Government...<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Bozeman City job requirement raises privacy concerns]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Government/bozeman-city-job-requirement-raises-privacy-concerns/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Government/bozeman-city-job-requirement-raises-privacy-concerns/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:06:22 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>brunen</dc:creator>
<category>Government</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Government/bozeman-city-job-requirement-raises-privacy-concerns/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A city in Montana is asking for Usernames and passwords to &quot;social network&quot; websites, including Facebook, Myspace, etc.  It's actually listed on their application.  They're calling it part of the background check.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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