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I’ve never claimed to have extensive knowledge of U.S. legislation throughout history but it’s safe to say that I and most people I associate with are law-abiding citizens … or not As it turns out, every state in this country has at least one wacky legal stipulation that could land residents in hot water if they don’t comply Don’t say I didn’t warn you. Alabama It’s illegal to wear a fake mustache that causes laughter in church Alaska Whispering in while he’s moose hunting is

BOSTON -- There'll be no last-minute shopping for turkeys or trimmings on Thanksgiving Day in Massachusetts. The state has warned the upscale Whole Foods supermarket chain that it will risk criminal charges under the state's centuries-old "blue laws" if it goes ahead with plans to open on the holiday. The office of Attorney General Thomas Reilly issued a legal opinion after officials at a Whole Foods competitor, Shaw's Supermarkets, wrote him a letter asking him to block the opening, The Boston Globe reported. David Lannon, president of Whole Foods Market's North Atlantic Region, said the chain has scrapped the Thanksgiving...

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Go ahead — call state Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles a scurvy wench, a wanton strumpet, a shameless hussy. She probably won’t like it, but she doesn’t want you to be prosecuted for it. The Seattle Democrat is sponsoring a bill to repeal a 1909 state law that makes "slander of a woman" a crime. Kohl-Welles, a women’s studies lecturer at the University of Washington, says the law is a relic of a time when men put women on a pedestal and denied them basic rights. Kohl-Welles said the law almost surely violates the state and federal constitutions....