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Lawyer makes startling argument in Supreme Court hearing on FCC

A lawyer arguing that the FCC has gone overboard in its regulation of broadcast nudity and language directed the justices' attention to the bare buttocks of statues in the Supreme Court. The justices are considering whether FCC rules are inconsistent.
Are tough FCC indecency laws obsolete? Supreme Court hears free-speech case.

Fox and ABC say tougher FCC regulations of broadcasters regarding expletives and partial nudity are discriminatory in an age when cable and Internet programs are not similarly regulated.
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Lindsay Lohan: 'Entourage' culture undermines essential values

As Lindsay Lohan heads to jail for probation violations, experts call it one more sign of a growing ‘entourage’ culture, where behavior is influenced by like-minded cohorts rather than essential values.
Luxury firms push ‘eco-posh’

Handbag-makers to hotels are luring a new kind of luxury consumer.
Supreme Court backs FCC crackdown on swearing on television

In a 5-to-4 ruling, the top court upheld the regulator's 2004 decision to hold broadcasters liable for the occasional expletive.
Supreme Court considers FCC's rein on foul words

The federal crackdown on the rising use of expletives on TV has sparked free-speech concerns.
FCC's obscenity rule to get Supreme Court's ear

The tribunal agrees to take a case about the commission's crackdown on stations that air expletives.