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U.S. / NEWS Thu Apr 10, 2008 @ 8:14am neoform

SF Gate -- The state Supreme Court dealt a final blow Wednesday to San Francisco's voter-approved ban on handguns, rejecting the city's appeal of a lower-court ruling that sharply limited the ability of localities to regulate firearms. The court's unanimous order.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Nov 30, 2007 @ 8:13am neoform

SF Gate -- Locally harvested crab and seafood will be back on Bay Area menus just in time for Christmas, but that oyster barbecue might have to wait. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger lifted the ban on crabbing and fishing in San Francisco Bay on Thursday after studies.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Oct 2, 2007 @ 8:30am neoform

Google Associated Press -- The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to hear a challenge to Alabama's ban on the sale of sex toys, ending a nine-year legal battle and sending a warning to store owners to clean off their shelves. An adult-store owner had asked the justices to throw.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Sep 17, 2007 @ 8:28am neoform

USA Today -- Gay rights advocates expect Congress will soon move closer to approving a federal ban on job discrimination against gay, lesbian and transgender workers. Rep. Barney Frank, a leading proponent, predicts the ban will win House approval in coming weeks... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed May 30, 2007 @ 2:57pm neoform

New York Times -- On this Memorial Day, thousands of United States men and women are engaged in untold acts of bravery and drudgery on behalf of what our leaders have defined as vital American interests in Iraq and Afghanistan. But even as the flags wave to honor soldie.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Feb 28, 2007 @ 7:38pm neoform

Reuters -- New York City symbolically banned use of the word nigger on Wednesday, the latest step in a campaign that hopes to expunge the most vile of racial slurs from hip hop music and television. The City Council unanimously declared a moratorium that carries.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Feb 7, 2007 @ 12:57pm mrmdc

Reuters -- New Yorkers who blithely cross the street listening to an iPod or talking on a cell phone could soon face a $100 fine... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Jan 31, 2007 @ 9:30am mrmdc

Yahoo News -- A California lawmaker wants to make his state the first to ban incandescent lightbulbs as part of California's groundbreaking initiatives to reduce energy use and greenhouse gases blamed for global warming... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Jan 19, 2007 @ 4:47pm mrmdc

CBS News -- Do parents have the right to spank their children? It is a controversial issue, and while a Bay Area lawmaker wants it addressed in Sacramento -- a majority of those surveyed for a new CBS 5 poll expressed opposition to a spanking ban... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Jan 10, 2007 @ 9:28am mrmdc

Forbes -- President Bush lifted the drilling ban Tuesday for Alaska's Bristol Bay, clearing the way for the Interior Department to open the fish-rich waters to oil and natural gas development... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Nov 29, 2006 @ 10:56pm neoform

Yahoo News -- The City Council here voted late Tuesday to ban certain giant retail stores, dealing a blow to Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s potential to expand in the nation's eighth-largest city... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Oct 23, 2006 @ 12:43am neoform

News.com.au -- THE United States has slapped a ban on Vegemite, outraging Australian expatriates there. The bizarre crackdown was prompted because Vegemite contains folate, which in the US can be added only to breads and cereals... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Oct 9, 2007 @ 6:07pm neoform

wftv -- It's the first trial of its kind. A man is facing a judge and jury for violating Orlando's ban on feeding the homeless. Eric Montanez, 22, was caught feeding a group in Lake Eola Park earlier this year. The prosecution told Eyewitness News their case rest.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Jul 20, 2007 @ 11:31am neoform

FOX News -- Airline passengers will be able to bring many types of cigarette lighters on board again starting next month after authorities found that a ban on the devices did little to make flying safer, a newspaper reported Friday. Starting Aug. 4, air travelers.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Apr 18, 2007 @ 10:48pm neoform

Al Jazeera -- The five-to-four decision in a case challenging the constitutionality of a ban on what critics call "partial birth abortion" is a reflection of the impact of the recent addition to the US high court of two conservative justices appointed by George Bush, t.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Apr 18, 2007 @ 4:19pm neoform

USA Today -- —The Supreme Court ruled for the first time that governments can ban a particular abortion procedure, in a decision Wednesday that emphasized the value of fetal life over a woman's right to end a pregnancy. The 5-4 decision, upholding Congress' ban on.. Read More

U.S. / OPINION Fri Mar 23, 2007 @ 12:30am neoform

Denver Post -- A bill to ban smoking in Colorado's 44 casinos is hanging by a thread after the Senate by an 18-17 margin added a poison-pill amendment last week. It's a short-sighted maneuver. The Senate should strip the amendment and return the measure to its origin.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Mar 23, 2007 @ 12:29am neoform

Washington Post -- Having banished the ritual of the after-dinner cigarette from many eating establishments, governments, restaurant owners and food companies are now targeting another age-old indulgence of dining out: greasy foods. Across the region, trans fats, the kin.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Dec 28, 2006 @ 9:26am neoform

ABC News -- Colorado's last totally-dry town is going away. Voters in the Western Slope town of Orchard City overwhelming approved lifting the long-standing ban on alcohol sales in November's election... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Dec 11, 2006 @ 7:01pm neoform

Washington Post -- City officials are promising to be gentle when it comes to enforcing the first-in-the-nation ban on trans fats, which restaurants will have more than a year to rid from their food... Read More