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Morning Docket 02.04.09

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* Cash-strapped states may tighten their seat belt laws. More than a dozen states are considering switching to primary seat-belt enforcement–pulling over drivers just for not buckling up–in order to qualify for a federal incentive program. Ohio, for one, could get $26.8 million for changing its law. [Associated Press]

* New Jersey attorney Harold Hoffman sued a mail order company for fraud because the penis-enlargement device he ordered didn’t work as advertised. An appeals court dismissed his case over the Herculex because he failed to prove he suffered any “ascertainable loss.” And no ascertainable gain apparently. [The Star Ledger]

* Another Obama nominee bites the dust. All the Democratic tax troubles open the door for Republicans to accuse the Dems of being “cavalier about taxing other people because they do not abide by the tax laws themselves.” [New York Times]

* We thought Homewood Suites by Hilton was supposed to be a classier joint. The hotel was sued by a couple whose toddler choked on a used condom left in their room. [On Point News]

* The state attorneys general succeed in their campaign to get sex offenders kicked off MySpace. The social networking site just booted 90,000 from its ranks. [CNN]

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