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<title>Groxx / Most Popular News / Bureaucracy</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:58:51 CDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[IRS visits car wash in pursuit of 4 cents]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/irs-visits-car-wash-in-pursuit-of-4-cents/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/irs-visits-car-wash-in-pursuit-of-4-cents/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:58:51 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Bureaucracy</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/irs-visits-car-wash-in-pursuit-of-4-cents/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[It was every businessperson's nightmare. Two dark-suited IRS agents demanding payment of delinquent taxes. The letter that was hand-delivered to the on-site manager showed the amount of money owed to the feds was ... 4 cents.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[NY Assemblyman proposes ban on salt in all restaurant cooking and baking]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/ny-assemblyman-proposes-ban-on-salt-in-all-restaurant-cooking-and-baking/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/ny-assemblyman-proposes-ban-on-salt-in-all-restaurant-cooking-and-baking/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:24:58 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>equitog</dc:creator>
<category>Bureaucracy</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/ny-assemblyman-proposes-ban-on-salt-in-all-restaurant-cooking-and-baking/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Guess he's not a cook as he does not realize that restaurants would probably close as the resulting food would taste terrible.  A pinch of salt can leaven a lot of bread.(Groxx didn't like link to newspaper blog to that further explores issue)<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Pinellas woman's Verizon fight shows why PINs should be shared]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/pinellas-womans-verizon-fight-shows-why-pins-should-be-shared/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/pinellas-womans-verizon-fight-shows-why-pins-should-be-shared/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:57:33 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>michelle</dc:creator>
<category>Bureaucracy</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/pinellas-womans-verizon-fight-shows-why-pins-should-be-shared/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Survivor of the deceased can't cancel the deceased phone service because she didn't know the deceased's PIN.<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Family covers nude snow woman]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/family-covers-nude-snow-woman/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/family-covers-nude-snow-woman/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:39:05 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Bureaucracy</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/family-covers-nude-snow-woman/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Maria Conneran and her family sculpted Venus de Milo in last week's snow outside their New Jersey home.  The family added a green bikini top and a blue sarong bottom after an anonymous complaint.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Court rules government wrong to release medical condition]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/court-rules-government-wrong-to-release-medical-condition/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/court-rules-government-wrong-to-release-medical-condition/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 05:05:03 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>equitog</dc:creator>
<category>Bureaucracy</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/court-rules-government-wrong-to-release-medical-condition/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[When the Social Security Administration released medical records to the Federal Aviation Administration, they released a pilot's HIV status. Pilot's suit against SSA for releasing info going forward.<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Puppet cleavage a no-no in Colorado]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/puppet-cleavage-a-no-no-in-colorado/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/puppet-cleavage-a-no-no-in-colorado/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:07:33 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Bureaucracy</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/puppet-cleavage-a-no-no-in-colorado/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Puppet cleavage has been ruled out for advertising posters in Colorado Springs bus shelters. Lamar Advertising rejected posters for a touring production of the Broadway show &quot;Avenue Q&quot; because they show the cleavage of a fuzzy pink puppet.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Residents have to pay $300 - $400 for 911 calls]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/residents-have-to-pay-300---400-for-911-calls/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/residents-have-to-pay-300---400-for-911-calls/</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 12:21:37 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Bureaucracy</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/residents-have-to-pay-300---400-for-911-calls/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Residents of Tracy will now have to pay every time they call 9-1-1 for a medical emergency. Residents can pay a $48 voluntary fee for the year which allows them to call 9-1-1 as many times as necessary. Or, there's the option of not signing up for the annual fee. Instead, they will be charged $300 <br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Pancake racers banned from running by British Safety Council]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/pancake-racers-banned-from-running-by-british-safety-council/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/pancake-racers-banned-from-running-by-british-safety-council/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 09:08:21 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>srruhl</dc:creator>
<category>Bureaucracy</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/pancake-racers-banned-from-running-by-british-safety-council/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Heath and safety advisers have been slammed for banning contestants in a pancake race from running in case they fell over.<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Budget cutbacks force Sheriff to cancel inmates Netflix subscription]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/budget-cutbacks-force-sheriff-to-cancel-inmates-netflix-subscription/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/budget-cutbacks-force-sheriff-to-cancel-inmates-netflix-subscription/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:06:09 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Bureaucracy</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/budget-cutbacks-force-sheriff-to-cancel-inmates-netflix-subscription/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A portion of the $2 million in budget cuts announced by Lake County includes a cancellation of the jails Netflix subscription for inmates.<br/><br/>16 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Welfare Mum lives in 2million mansion]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/welfare-mum-lives-in-%A32million-mansion/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/welfare-mum-lives-in-%A32million-mansion/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:03:25 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Bureaucracy</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/welfare-mum-lives-in-%A32million-mansion/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A single mother-of-six gets more than £80,000 ($125K USD) a year from taxpayers to live in a £2million ($3M USD) mansion.  She receives  £7,000 ($11K USD) a month to pay the rent on the five-bedroom villa just yards from Sir Paul McCartney's house and Lord's cricket ground.<br/><br/>17 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Another Terrorist Stopped by Vigilant TSA Officer: 4-Year-Old Boy in Leg Braces]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/another-terrorist-stopped-by-vigilant-tsa-officer-4-year-old-boy-in-leg-braces/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/another-terrorist-stopped-by-vigilant-tsa-officer-4-year-old-boy-in-leg-braces/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:17:32 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Bureaucracy</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/another-terrorist-stopped-by-vigilant-tsa-officer-4-year-old-boy-in-leg-braces/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The TSA has sunk to a new low. Bob and Leona Thomas and their four-year old developmentally delayed and physically handicapped son Ryan were traveling to Walt Disney World.  The TSA screener told the Thomas' that they had to remove Ryan's braces and that he had to walk through the metal detector by<br/><br/>25 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Pay Cash For a House? BofA Forecloses Anyway]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/pay-cash-for-a-house-bofa-forecloses-anyway/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/pay-cash-for-a-house-bofa-forecloses-anyway/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:54:26 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Bureaucracy</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/pay-cash-for-a-house-bofa-forecloses-anyway/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The Cardosos are among millions of Americans who have experienced the misery and embarrassment that come with home foreclosure. Just one problem: The couple paid cash for their future retirement home.<br/><br/>15 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Government definition of building too narrow, court rules]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/government-definition-of-building-too-narrow-court-rules/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/government-definition-of-building-too-narrow-court-rules/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 19:11:58 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>equitog</dc:creator>
<category>Bureaucracy</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/government-definition-of-building-too-narrow-court-rules/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A devout Hindu will get his wish and be cremated in a funeral pyre. Original request for open air cremation in remote area was rejected. So he found a building with roof vent as an alternative. Court ruled that law was too narrow in its definition of an acceptable building for cremation and will al<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Woman has to climb under train to leave her yard]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/woman-has-to-climb-under-train-to-leave-her-yard/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/woman-has-to-climb-under-train-to-leave-her-yard/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:30:56 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Bureaucracy</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/woman-has-to-climb-under-train-to-leave-her-yard/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[CSX put about 40 connected train cars between Aretha Brown's home and nearby Pickett Street. Since then, Brown has had to crawl under the train cars when to leave her yard. CSX said the parked cars are storing supplies for construction crews and that location seemed best.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Police delay notification, Family learns of son's death on Facebook]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/police-delay-notification-family-learns-of-sons-death-on-facebook/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/police-delay-notification-family-learns-of-sons-death-on-facebook/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:42:37 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>PA.</dc:creator>
<category>Bureaucracy</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/police-delay-notification-family-learns-of-sons-death-on-facebook/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Online social networking had delivered the mother and daughter the worst possible news.Heartbreakingly, a police delay in notifying the family meant Mrs Vourlis had to ring St Marys police to ask about her son's death - almost six hours after he had been killed.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Car with parking permit still ticketed by authorities]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/car-with-parking-permit-still-ticketed-by-authorities/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/car-with-parking-permit-still-ticketed-by-authorities/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:51:27 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>equitog</dc:creator>
<category>Bureaucracy</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/car-with-parking-permit-still-ticketed-by-authorities/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Monthly parking pass purchased and displayed in car, but still, hundreds of dollars in parking tickets are issued.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[County hoping to keep million dollars found in truck,]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/county-hoping-to-keep-million-dollars-found-in-truck/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/county-hoping-to-keep-million-dollars-found-in-truck/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:22:21 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Bureaucracy</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/county-hoping-to-keep-million-dollars-found-in-truck/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Undersheriff Daniel Knowles was conducting a traffic stop when he found the $1,017,183 in a pickup that had failed to signal a lane change. The driver of the pickup claimed he didn't know how the money got into his pickup or who it belonged to - so the county is seeking to keep it.<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Officer accidentally sprays burning man with pepper spray]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/officer-accidentally-sprays-burning-man-with-pepper-spray/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/officer-accidentally-sprays-burning-man-with-pepper-spray/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:26:12 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Bureaucracy</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/officer-accidentally-sprays-burning-man-with-pepper-spray/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A Portland Police officer accidentally used pepper spray in an attempt to put out the flames of a man who set himself on fire. The officer accidentally grabbed pepper spray instead of the fire extinguisher. The canister of pepper spray is red like many fire extinguishers.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Stopped Driver Fined for Blowing his Nose in Traffic]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/stopped-driver-fined-for-blowing-his-nose-in-traffic/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/stopped-driver-fined-for-blowing-his-nose-in-traffic/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:38:01 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Bureaucracy</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/stopped-driver-fined-for-blowing-his-nose-in-traffic/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Michael Mancini was sitting in stationary traffic with the handbrake on when he used a tissue to clean his nose.  He was waved over by four police officers and given a £60 fine (about $100 USD) for not being in proper control of his car.<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Teacher Suspended Over Stripper Photo]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/teacher-suspended-over-stripper-photo/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/teacher-suspended-over-stripper-photo/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:52:27 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Randy</dc:creator>
<category>Bureaucracy</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/teacher-suspended-over-stripper-photo/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A High School teacher has been suspended after someone posted pictures on Facebook of her with a male stripper at a bridal shower.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Speeding tickets for a parked car]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/speeding-tickets-for-a-parked-car/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/speeding-tickets-for-a-parked-car/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:45:42 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Bureaucracy</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/speeding-tickets-for-a-parked-car/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Jeff Buck has twice received speeding tickets after parking in front of a traffic camera.  Police officers failed to notice his vehicle was stationary.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[School district bans dictionary for sexual terms]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/school-district-bans-dictionary-for-sexual-terms/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/school-district-bans-dictionary-for-sexual-terms/</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 14:08:36 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Bureaucracy</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/school-district-bans-dictionary-for-sexual-terms/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The Menifee Union School District pulled all copies of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary after an Elementary School parent complained about a child stumbling across definitions for &quot;oral sex.&quot;<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Gramma jailed and forgotten for suspended license --- not suspended]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/gramma-jailed-and-forgotten-for-suspended-license----not-suspended/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/gramma-jailed-and-forgotten-for-suspended-license----not-suspended/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:20:36 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Bureaucracy</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/gramma-jailed-and-forgotten-for-suspended-license----not-suspended/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Can you say &quot;lawsuit?&quot; A 78-year-old grandmother ticketed for driving with a suspended driver's license spent 15 days in jail before authorities discovered her license wasn't suspended and an outraged judge set her free.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Lobsters that washed ashore are illegal, not caught with license]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/lobsters-that-washed-ashore-are-illegal-not-caught-with-license/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/lobsters-that-washed-ashore-are-illegal-not-caught-with-license/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:27:26 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Bureaucracy</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/lobsters-that-washed-ashore-are-illegal-not-caught-with-license/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Residents of a New Brunswick town have been warned lobsters that wash ashore after the recent storms cannot be eaten because they weren't caught under license.<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Parents must take teens to restroom]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/parents-must-take-teens-to-restroom/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/parents-must-take-teens-to-restroom/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 03:57:58 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Bureaucracy</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/parents-must-take-teens-to-restroom/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Most parents believe the days of supervising their children on the toilet are long gone by the time they are teenagers. If so, they may want to avoid eating out in Glasgow.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Residents sent parking tickets 5 years later on Long Island]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/residents-sent-parking-tickets-5-years-later-on-long-island-1/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/residents-sent-parking-tickets-5-years-later-on-long-island-1/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:54:53 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Wizard</dc:creator>
<category>Bureaucracy</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/residents-sent-parking-tickets-5-years-later-on-long-island-1/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Some Long Island drivers are getting quite a surprise as they're getting parking tickets in the mail from 2003. Leah Falco received an old ticket she didn't know existed. In fact, because the village of Great Neck Plaza sent it out five years late. The fine had risen from $20 dollars to $115.<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Cat Called to Jury Duty]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/cat-called-to-jury-duty-1/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/cat-called-to-jury-duty-1/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 13:33:32 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Bureaucracy</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/cat-called-to-jury-duty-1/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Sal Esposito, a domestic short haired cat, has been called for jury duty. Sal's owner filed for Sal's disqualification of service. However, the jury commissioner was unmoved and denied the request. Video accompanies article.<br/><br/>15 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Publisher Renames Classic To Be Politically Correct]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/publisher-renames-classic-to-be-politically-correct/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/publisher-renames-classic-to-be-politically-correct/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:37:48 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Bureaucracy</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/publisher-renames-classic-to-be-politically-correct/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A classic turn-of-the-century English novelist whose works have been read by countless millions of people is having his work sanitized for a new generation of readers.<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Cycling Naked - okay, but wear a helmet!]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/cycling-naked---okay-but-wear-a-helmet/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/cycling-naked---okay-but-wear-a-helmet/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:53:33 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Bureaucracy</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/cycling-naked---okay-but-wear-a-helmet/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Cycling starkers might be okay in New Zealand - but just make sure the cops don't catch you without a helmet. Two Kiwi men wearing nothing but their birthday suits were issued a warning for riding without protective head gear on a jaunt around a sleepy New Zealand seaside town.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Welfare recipient earns 30,000 while working 48-hour week]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/welfare-recipient-earns-%A330000-while-working-48-hour-week/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/welfare-recipient-earns-%A330000-while-working-48-hour-week/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:09:15 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Bureaucracy</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/welfare-recipient-earns-%A330000-while-working-48-hour-week/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Christine Whittle-Morley who received benefits to pay for round-the-clock care after saying her mobility was so restricted she needed help getting dressed and washing herself, had actually been working a 48-hour week for six years as a team leader for a cleaning company at up to 45 different sites.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Thug Boasts He is Untouchable -- Victim is Jailed]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/thug-boasts-he-is-untouchable---victim-is-jailed/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/thug-boasts-he-is-untouchable---victim-is-jailed/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:52:18 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Bureaucracy</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/thug-boasts-he-is-untouchable---victim-is-jailed/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A career criminal who violated a man's home with two other knife-wielding thugs boasted that the law could not touch him. Walid Salem, 57, was set free by a judge while Munir Hussain, the victim, was jailed for two-and-a-half years.  Three decades of crime described in article.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Florida man dies after 20-hour response to 911 call]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/florida-man-dies-after-20-hour-response-to-911-call/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/florida-man-dies-after-20-hour-response-to-911-call/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:12:20 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Wizard</dc:creator>
<category>Bureaucracy</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/florida-man-dies-after-20-hour-response-to-911-call/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[After a man crashed his pickup into a pole on Friday a motorist called 911, but since he couldn't remember the exact name of the road, the operator never dispatched an officer.Twenty hours later, when officers finally arrived after a second 911 call, they found the driver had died from his inju<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Taxpayers cover cost for jailed rapist's erection problem]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/taxpayers-cover-cost-for-jailed-rapists-erection-problem/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/taxpayers-cover-cost-for-jailed-rapists-erection-problem/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 04:23:00 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Bureaucracy</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/taxpayers-cover-cost-for-jailed-rapists-erection-problem/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Taxpayers are picking up the cost to fix the penile erection problems of a rapist convicted in 2004 of three counts of sexual assault. A spokesman said &quot;Offending history is not taken into consideration when providing health services.&quot;<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Woman Gets Letter: 'Sorry You're Dead']]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/woman-gets-letter-sorry-youre-dead-1/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/woman-gets-letter-sorry-youre-dead-1/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:34:59 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Bureaucracy</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/woman-gets-letter-sorry-youre-dead-1/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The letter was addressed to the executor of her estate on behalf of British Gas because the firm had been informed that she had &quot;sadly passed away&quot;.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Man Arrested for Trespassing on His Own Land]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/man-arrested-for-trespassing-on-his-own-land-1/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/man-arrested-for-trespassing-on-his-own-land-1/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:37:19 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Bureaucracy</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/man-arrested-for-trespassing-on-his-own-land-1/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Jeremy Engelking will appear in Douglas County court this afternoon to face a trespassing charge. But here's the kicker: He trespassed on his own property.<br/><br/>15 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[HOA sues Medal of Honor Recipient over Flagpole]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/hoa-sues-medal-of-honor-recipient-over-flagpole/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/hoa-sues-medal-of-honor-recipient-over-flagpole/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:29:19 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Bureaucracy</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/hoa-sues-medal-of-honor-recipient-over-flagpole/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;This is not about the American flag. This is about a flagpole,&quot; the HOA statement reads, noting that many homes in the neighborhood display the American flag.  However, there is no covenant that expressly forbids flag poles. The HOA statement is a board decision made on aesthetic, not regulatory g<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Student punished for making funny face in school photo]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/student-punished-for-making-funny-face-in-school-photo/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/student-punished-for-making-funny-face-in-school-photo/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:49:17 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Bureaucracy</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/student-punished-for-making-funny-face-in-school-photo/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A James Madison High School student is being punished for making a funny face in her school photo and school officials are comparing her expression in the picture to gang signs. Officials have decided not to print her picture in the yearbook.<br/><br/>13 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[UK's safety group strikes again --- Dangers in the bowling alley]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/uks-safety-group-strikes-again----dangers-in-the-bowling-alley/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/uks-safety-group-strikes-again----dangers-in-the-bowling-alley/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:28:33 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>penandra</dc:creator>
<category>Bureaucracy</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/uks-safety-group-strikes-again----dangers-in-the-bowling-alley/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[It's a peril that only a crack team of health and safety experts could have uncovered --- after two years and £250,000 ($411,277USD) they found that ten-pin bowling alleys could be 'very dangerous'.  Their conclusions included the possibility of someone running down the lane and getting caught in m<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA['Anti-Bomb Cops Blew Up My Car']]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/anti-bomb-cops-blew-up-my-car-1/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/anti-bomb-cops-blew-up-my-car-1/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:39:44 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>g8r10r</dc:creator>
<category>Bureaucracy</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/anti-bomb-cops-blew-up-my-car-1/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A man, hurrying off to a London birthday party, parks his car illegally, and returns several hours later to find it blown up by the police bomb squad. He expected a parking ticket.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[California's death row - more likely to die of natural causes than execution]]></title>
<link>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/californias-death-row---more-likely-to-die-of-natural-causes-than-execution/</link>
<comments>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/californias-death-row---more-likely-to-die-of-natural-causes-than-execution/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:30:53 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>equitog</dc:creator>
<category>Bureaucracy</category>
<guid>http://groxx.com/Bureaucracy/californias-death-row---more-likely-to-die-of-natural-causes-than-execution/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Since California reinstated the death penalty in 1978, only 13 inmates have been executed, while 50 have died of natural causes (plus 17 suicides).<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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