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France's National Front has said that it plans to sue pop star Madonna after the 53-year-old singer showed a video at a Paris concert that contained an image of the party's leader with a swastika on her forehead. Sunday's announcement comes a week into the iconic performer's MDNA World Tour, which had displayed the image of Marine Le Pen several times at previous concerts. The party had previously warned they would pursue legal action if the image was broadcast during the singer's stop in France on Saturday night at the Stade de France.

The New Zealand department which registers births, recently released a list of disallowed names from the past decade. While no names are banned outright, they can't be more than 100 characters long, use an unearned title or be offensive to the general public. They also have to be actual words, not numbers or symbols. Some of the rejected names: Justice, Princess, King, Bishop, Lucifer, Messiah, Christ, Mafia No Fear, Anal, V8, and the symbol *. Somehow, Violence, Chardonnay and Number 16 Bus Shelter did get by the registry.

And yet, the past was ever-present — tattooed in brutish symbols all over his body and face: a blood-soaked razor, swastikas, the letters "HATE" stamped across his knuckles.

(NEWSER) – Pull into the new parking garage in Triberg, Germany, and you'll see something strange: wide, well-lit spaces with female symbols on them, and cramped spaces near concrete pillars with male symbols on them.

Police in the UK are planning to use unmanned spy drones, controversially deployed in Afghanistan, for the ­"routine" monitoring of antisocial motorists, ­protesters, agricultural thieves and fly-tippers, in a significant expansion of covert state surveillance.

Little Words with Absolutely Huge Meaning - Use Them

As children many of us hyped the statement, “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” Clearly, it doesn’t take long to realize that words have far more weight than we want to realize. They influence thoughts, feelings, actions and states of mind. Even little words often have big meaning.

Think about it. Whether you want to land your dream job, improve your friendships, save your marriage or retain your employees; the words you choose can make all the difference.

SMELLY AMERICAN removed from Canadian plane ) Stink racism
"Smelly passenger removed from plane.

An American who hoped to travel on a flight from Charlottetown to Montreal earlier this month was removed from the plane because he smelled.

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Overcriminalization alert: a Republican House member has introduced HR 3011, which would make it a felony to "without written permission, use the words, acronyms, or symbols of those agencies on apparel or in a publication 'in a matter that is reasonably calculated to convey the impression that the wearer of the item of apparel is acting pursuant to the legal authority of' the agencies or 'to convey the impression' that the written materials 'is approved, endorsed, or authorized by' the agencies."

Instead of being deployed only in response to specific incidents or needs — as most police aircraft is used — the plane would be dispatched for general-purpose surveillance, regardless of whether there’s any suspicion of a crime being committed.