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• Smoking ban leads to drop in heart attacks, finds US study

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 710
  Washington, Nov 15 (ANI): Smoking ban has resulted in a 27 percent decrease in heart attacks in the city of Starkville in United States, reveals a new study.Researchers, led by Robert McMillen and Dr. Robert Collins, have also recommended a statewide public ban on smoking.The study-that focussed on Starkville ...
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• Group wants colored shirts banned: Says they are women’s clothing

  
  Frum Satire: Jewish Comedy — Authority: 520
  For some time it has been known that anyone caught wearing a colored shirt in religious communities around the world was likely to be ostracized by the community. Shidduchim, schooling, seminary, even real estate value can all be affected by shirt color. In many communities children as young as 5 have been kicked out ...
  7 hours ago

• School Principal Bans the Word Meep And Sets Police On Lawyer Who Meeped Her

  
  Anorak News — Authority: 620
  THEODORA Michaels writes about a Principal Murray of Danvers High School who banned all students from using the word ‘ Meep ‘. Micahels sent an email meep to Murray. Murray called in the police. Oprah Winfrey who claims to own portions of the English langauge is not implicted. Michaels writes : An open ...
  12 hours ago

• Food Agency Delays Ban on Oysters After Outcry

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 913
  The Food and Drug Administration said it would instead conduct a study of whether the oysters should be processed to kill deadly bacteria rather then be sold raw.
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• Principal Bans “Meep”

  
  Blippitt.com — Authority: 598
  Students at Danvers High School in Massachusetts have been banned from uttering the word "meep," a word which is commonly used by Muppet Show character Beaker. Principal Thomas Murray banned the strange word after school officials received word of a student uprising that had bee brewing on Facebook .  Students ...
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• Cleveland Wins Appeal To Ban Assault Weapons

  
  AmmoLand.com — Authority: 613
  Cleveland Wins Appeal To Ban Assault Weapons Wins appeal regarding statewide preemption. Ohioans For Concealed Carry Ohio - - (AmmoLand.com) - The 8th Ohio District Court of Appeals has overturned the trial court’s decision and ruled that Ohio Revised Code 9.68, which provided for statewide preemption of ...
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• New Report on Clandestine and Unsafe Abortions in Pakistan

  
  Reproductive Rights Prof Blog — Authority: 136
  Guttmacher Institute news release: Clandestine and Unsafe Abortions are Common in Pakistan and Threaten Womens Health and Lives:Poor Women Most Affected by Unsafe Procedures Induced abortion is legal under very limited circumstances in Pakistan, yet it is commonly performed, according...
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• Principal Bans Meep Because Meep Sucks (Video)

  
  Right TV — Authority: 140
  Principal bans ‘meep’—and boy is Road Runner pissed! Find out why a Massachusetts principal bans ‘meep,’ and get the definition here. No, this isn’t a satirical piece. The word is actually banned from Danvers High School is Massachusetts. Principal Thomas Murray isn’t letting his students outwit ...
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• Discrimination Against Douchebags Continues [Access Denied]

  
  Jezebel — Authority: 815
  An Australian club night has banned "metrosexuals" in an attempt to reduce fighting. But a look at the dress code — no Ed Hardy shirts, no popped collars — suggests theyre actually banning douchebags . [ News.com.au ]
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• Pro-Choice Groups Challenge Nevada Abortion Ban Initiative

  
  Reproductive Rights Prof Blog — Authority: 136
  RGJ.com: Nevada groups sue to stop anti-abortion petition, by Anjeaenette Damon: Two abortion-rights groups filed a lawsuit Thursday to block an initiative petition aimed at banning abortion in Nevada. The Nevada Personhood initiative violates state law by misleading voters about...
  2 days ago

• Bite Size News, November 9: Meep, Meep Edition

  
  Boston Blog — Authority: 146
  Image by teenytinyturkey from photos tagged “Bostonist” on Flickr. Danvers High principal may be the most uptight administrator in country; bans the usage of a non-word from “The Muppet Show.” [ Salem News ] The skydiver who died in California yesterday was a Boston resident. [ Press-Enterprise ] One worker ...
  2 days ago

• The Way We Ate: Of Artichokes and Liberty

  
  Diner's Journal — Authority: 640
  A taste of vintage food writing from the archives of The New York Times: the great baby-artichoke ban of 1935.
  2 days ago

• Microsoft confirms modded Xbox hardware banned for life! [Update]

  
  Gadgetsteria — Authority: 586
  Talk about fast development, just yesterday we got word that Microsoft was banning all modded Xboxes from Live services and were speculating as to how long the ban would be in effect and how accused gamers could go about reinstating their account. Today Microsoft told BBC that banned ‘boxes are gone… forever . ...
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• Weston Bans Fat Mums From Giving Birth In Town

  
  Anorak News — Authority: 620
  FAT mums-to-be are barred from having babies at Weston General Hospital. The hospital will only safely admit women with a body mass index (BMI) of 34 and under. As you’re lying there screaming “GET IT OUT” a dietician will approach and test you for fatness. If you pass you can have the baby. If not, you will ...
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• Xbox Live Bans Totalling 1 Million

  
  Loot Ninja — Authority: 486
  Considering Microsoft touts 20 million users on Xbox Live, the fact that the Redmond giant is banning up to 1 million of them. The bans went down last week, but the numbers were just recently released . There aren’t too many things to do with a modded Xbox 360 other than pirating games, unlike the original Xbox. ...
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• An Oregon heart miracle?

  
  Jacob Grier — Authority: 473
  Last week the Oregonian ran an op/ed about lottery revenue that turned out to really be primarily about the Oregon smoking ban. I missed it at the time, but it’s worth rebutting now. The piece is by Ty Gluckman, director of the coronary care unit at Providence St. Vincent Heart and Vascular Institute and a board ...
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• U.S. Plans Raw Warm-Water Oyster Ban

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 913
  At issue is how far the federal government should go to save the lives of 15 people each year who die from eating contaminated raw oysters.
  3 days ago

• Another ‘Gun Free Zone’ Tragedy

  
  AmmoLand.com — Authority: 613
  Another ‘Gun Free Zone’ Tragedy Apparently it’s not enough for our government that the heroes in America’s armed forces risk their lives overseas defending our freedom. National Association for Gun Rights Virginia - - (AmmoLand.com) -These days, our soldiers aren’t even safe here at home ...
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• Lawsuit Derails Nassau NY Handgun Ban

  
  AmmoLand.com — Authority: 613
  Lawsuit Derails Nassau NY Handgun Ban Shooters Committee on Political Education Mineola, NY – -(AmmoLand.com)- The Nassau County local law banning the possession of handguns mislabeled “deceptively colored” remains on hold indefinitely pending the outcome of a legal challenge by gun-rights activists. In ...
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• Xbox Gamer Says He Was Banned Online For No Reason [Xbox Dead]

  
  Consumerist — Authority: 777
  Jeff can no longer play his two Xbox 360s online because Microsoft has banned him with no explanation. When he calls customer service, he says hes accused of modding his consoles, which he insists he hasnt. Yet hes guilty until proven innocent, and Microsoft isnt willing to hear him out. He writes: My console ...
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