On June 27, 1997, Earl Pitts was sentenced by a federal judge to 27 years in prison for spying for Moscow both before and after the fall of the Soviet Union. Prosecutors had requested only 24½ years. A former FBI agent, Pitts had been charged with
full story >>Robert Philip Hanssen (born April 18, 1944) is an American former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent who spied for Soviet and Russianintelligence services against the United States for 22 years from 1979 to 2001. As
Continue reading >>No horses are allowed into Fountain Inn unless they are wearing pants. It is illegal to lie down and fall asleep in a cheese factory. Movies that show police officers being struck, beaten, or treated in an offensive manner areforbidden. If there are more
Continue reading >>It is considered an offense toget a tattoo. It is illegal todisplaya confederate flag on a courthouse. Horses may not be kept in bathtubs. By law, if a man promises to marry an unmarried woman, the marriage must take place. It is illegal to sell any alcoh
Continue reading >>Ropes may not be strung across a highway. No one may bite off anothers leg. Cap guns are illegal. RhodeIsland recently applied to the US Government to make all the coastal waters ofRhodeIsland a NoDischargeZone. Impersonating a townsealer, auctioneer, cor
Continue reading >>It is contrary toPennsylvanialaw to discharge a gun, cannon, revolver or other explosive weapon at a wedding. All liquor stores must be run bythe state. It is illegal to have over 16 women live in a house together because that constitutes a brothel. Motor
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