U.S. flag-burner charged with 2 misdemeanors
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Aug. 30 (UPI) -- North Carolinian Jan Carey on Wednesday was charged with two misdemeanor counts arising from the burning of a U.S. flag on Monday as an act of protest. Carey, 54, is charged with one count of lighting and maintaining a fire in an area that is not designated for fires and without using a receptacle under approved conditions. He also is charged with one count of creating a public hazard by lighting and tending a fire in a manner that threatened, caused damage to and resulted in
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