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Once a desire—or even a good idea—is turned into a mandate enforceable by the cops, violence is only one disagreement away.A much-shared video of an Ohio mom getting tased and handcuffed at a middle-school football game should be a reminder that turning everything into a legal matter is just begging for violent conflict. Once a desire—or even a good idea—is turned into a mandate enforceable by the cops, violence is only one disagreement away. In watching the video, it's obvious that there was plenty of bad judgment going around in the open-air bleachers of Logan-Hocking School District that day. That...

PRESQUE ISLE — The Federal Aviation Administration has revoked the license of a pilot who allegedly broke several aviation rules while taking off and landing a record 308 times in one day. Walter Mosher, 30, of Blaine, was ordered to immediately surrender his commercial pilot's license for lacking the "care, judgment and responsibility required" of a pilot. Mosher is appealing the FAA's decision. "It was my understanding that I wasn't doing anything wrong," he said Monday.Last Nov. 23, Mosher set an unofficial world record when he made 308 takeoffs and landings in a Cessna 150 at the Northern Maine Regional...