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The Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia threw out the $550,000 fine imposed by the FCC when Janet Jackson exposed her breast during the half time of the Super Bowl in 2004...the infamous "wardrobe malfunction." The three judges on the court ruled that the FCC "acted arbitrarily and capricously" in issued the huge fine for the event. The Court said the fine from the FCC was a sudden departure from a 30 year policy of fining stations on...