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Police Ban 'Piggyback Bandit'

AP | By MATT VOLZ | Posted 02.16.2012

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HELENA, Mont. -- High School sports teams in several states have been keeping an eye out for a man known as the Piggyback Bandit. Twenty-eight-year-o...

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Nonprofit Provides Halfway House For Banned Pythons

The Huffington Post | Amanda McCorquodale | Posted 02.04.2012

Read More: Lacey Act, Ban, Howard Passman, Florida News, Ben Siegel, Jupiter, Kenan Harkin, Import, Burmese Python Initiative, Everglades, Miami News

When we read that someone started a retirement home for Burmese Pythons, HuffPost Miami called up the program to see if this invasive species was real...

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Banned: Indian Actress Caught in Sex Scandal

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: India, Banned, Shooting, Gun, Darshan, Bollywood, Nikita Thukral, Karnataka, Indian, Kollywood, Vijayalakshmi, Film, Scandal, Shot, Cinema, Infidelity, Wife, Ban, Sex, Actor, Affair, Actress, Kannada, World News

It would be a hoot and a half if anyone in Hollywood lost their job over allegations of infidelity. By most estimates, Tinseltown would become a ghost town. Too bad thirty year old Nikita Thukral is based in India, then.

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WATCH: Saggy Pants Banned From City's Buses

Posted 11.15.2011

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All-You-Can-Drink Four Loko, $15

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: NY Restaurants, Four Loko Ban, Four Loko, Ban, Xiao Ye, Alcohol, Drink Ban, Four Loko Banned, Booze, New York Food, New York News

A lot has been written about malt liquor sports drink hybrid Four Loko lately. With Michigan's recent ban of the drink, it is possible other states wi...

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Immigration Insider | Election Day: Dirty Dozen, March to the Polls

Frank Sharry | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nuclear Option For Plugging Oil Well Gains Support, But U.S. Not On Board

New York Times | William J. Broad | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nuclear Option, BP Oil Spill, Ban, Oil Spill, Los Alamos, Gulf Oil Spill, Gulf of Mexico, Oil Well, Nuclear Bomb, Nukes, Soviet Union, Home News

The chatter began weeks ago as armchair engineers brainstormed for ways to stop the torrent of oil spilling into the Gulf of Mexico: What about nuking...

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Hacked Calls, Affordable Price

Shelly Palmer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Uae, Blackberry, Nyc, Ban, 3G Network, Shelly Palmer, Subway, Unilever, Gps, Media, Hacked Calls, Wifi, Rim, High Tech Commute, Defcon Hacker, Technology News

At a cost of only $1,500 anyone can own an eavesdropping cell phone antenna. If you're worried, upgrade to a 3G phone -- the security is much better and way harder to hack.  

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Facebook Censors 'Everybody Draw Mohammad Day' Page, Pakistan Lifts Ban

AP | BABAR DOGAR | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lahore, Religion, Islam, Ban, Mohammed, Social Networking, Pakistan, Protests, Facebook, Pictures, Censorship, South Park, Everybody Draw Mohammed Day, Technology News

LAHORE, Pakistan — Pakistan lifted a ban on Facebook on Monday after officials from the social networking site apologized for a page deemed offe...

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Montana Medical Marijuana Storefronts Vandalized, Attacked Ahead Of Moratorium Vote

AP | By MATT VOLZ | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Montana, Video, Ban, Moratorium, Vote, Vandalism, Prescription Drugs, Medical Marijuana, Arson, Billings, Medicine, Helena, Weed, Home News

HELENA, Mont. -- Someone threw a Molotov cocktail through the window of a Billings medical marijuana business early Monday and "NOT IN OUR TOWN" was s...

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Jonathan Wilkins, Baptist Tabernacle Minister, Files Lawsuit To Overturn Georgia Church Gun Ban

AP | DIONNE WALKER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gun Laws, Second Amendment, Church, Ban, Firearms, Rev. Wilkins, Supreme Court, First Amendment, Georgia, Jon Wilkins, Freedom of Religion, Guns, Church Gun Ban, Rev. Jonathan Wilkins, Thomaston, Religion News

ATLANTA — A minister in Georgia is challenging the state's ban on guns in churches after the U.S. Supreme Court recently issued a decision suppo...

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Pentagon Bans Four Reporters From Military Tribunals At Gitmo

McClatchy | Nancy A. Youssef | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon Thursday banned four reporters, including one from McClatchy Newspapers, from covering future military commissions at Guant...

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Should McDonald's Happy Meals be Banned?

Damien Hoffman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Mcdonalds, Ban, Happy Meal, Healthy Eating, Obesity Crisis, Ronald McDonald, Health Care Costs, Healthy Diet, Obesity, Child Obesity, Healthy Living News

Santa Clara County, California is planning to ban the sale of toys and other promotions with McDonald's (MCD) Happy Meals. Is this ban a major benefit to society?

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Boy Scouts Can Ban Gays And Keep Free City-Owned Space In Philadelphia, Jury Rules

AP | MARYCLAIRE DALE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Boy Scouts, Ban, Pennsylvania, Gay Rights, Cradle of Liberty, Civil Rights, Nonprofits, Boy Scouts of America, Discrimination, Philadelphia, Free Speech, Lesbians, Transgender, Politics News

PHILADELPHIA — The city of Philadelphia cannot evict a local Boy Scouts chapter from a city-owned building for refusing to admit gays, a federal...

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Study: 15 Minutes In World Cup Stadium Can Cause Permanent Hearing Loss

AOL News | Andrew Schneider | Posted 05.25.2011

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The South African researchers found the noise in the stadium "reached dangerously high levels," averaging 131 decibels but up to 144 decibels. At thes...

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Monsanto Wins Supreme Court Case: Genetically Modified Alfalfa Ban Lifted

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON (AP)-- The Supreme Court on Monday lifted a nationwide ban on the planting of genetically engineered alfalfa seeds, despite claims they mig...

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Philadelphia Boy Scout Chapter Fights To Keep Out Gays, But Keep City-Owned Rent-Free Space

AP | MARYCLAIRE DALE | Posted 05.25.2011

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PHILADELPHIA — A Boy Scouts chapter will ask a jury to decide this week whether the city can rescind a sweet lease to the youth group because of...

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Europe's Great Cover Up!

William Fisher | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Burqa, Muslims, Arabs, Niqab, Immigration, Ban, Europe, Politics News

France is now poised to enact legislation making it illegal to wear the burqa (full body covering) and the niqab (face veil). And a growing number of ...

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'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Repeal Plan Coming From Pentagon Next Week

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon will unveil steps next week that the military will take to lay the ground for a repeal of its "don't ask, don't te...

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Canada Bans Most Carry-On Luggage

AP | ROB GILLIES | Posted 05.25.2011

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TORONTO — Canadian officials have banned most carry-on luggage for U.S.-bound passengers following a failed Christmas Day plot to blow up a plan...

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Panel Wants Ban on Percocet and Vicodin

nytimes.com | Gardiner Harris | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Food and Drug Administration, Acetaminophen, Prescription Painkillers, Ban, Percocet, Prescription Drugs, Women's Health, Painkillers, Liver, Vicodin, Men's Health, Narcotics, Liver Health, Wellness, Health, Healthy Living News

A federal advisory panel voted narrowly on Tuesday to recommend a ban on Percocet and Vicodin, two of the most popular prescription painkillers in the...

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Standing Behind a Ban on Torture

Brigadier General James P. Cullen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: General, Admiral, Obama, Ban, Terrorism, Torture, Guantanamo, Politics News

Standing just behind President Obama in the Oval Office, I watched last week as the new President signed his name to three Executive Orders that will put our country in a stronger position to fight Al Qaeda.

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Pakistan Lifts YouTube Ban

AP | STEPHEN GRAHAM | Posted 05.25.2011

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan's telecommunications regulator said Tuesday it has lifted restrictions on YouTube that knocked out access to the ...

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