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  • July 2008

    • Tomatoes OK, FDA Says

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jul 17, 08 3:20 PM CDT

      Tomatoes OK, FDA Says

      The US government has declared it's OK to eat tomatoes again, lifting its salmonella warning amid signs that the outbreak, while not over, may finally be slowing. Officials reiterated earlier warnings that the people most at risk of salmonella should avoid hot peppers, particularly jalapenos and serranos. The Food and Drug Administration is sending inspectors to Mexico to investigate a packing house that receives peppers from a number of farms. More »

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      Mexico  • FDA  • outbreak  • tomatoes  • salmonella  • ban  • chili peppers

  • May 2008

    • London Mayor Bans Subway Boozing

      newser  |  USA Today  |  May 29, 08 6:40 AM CDT

      London Mayor Bans Subway Boozing

      One of the first acts of the newly elected mayor of London was to ban drinking alcohol on London's Tube subway system and buses , USA Today reports. The ban, which was a campaign pledge by Boris Johnson, will take effect Sunday. Public drinking has been commonplace in Britain for decades. More »

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      alcohol  • ban  • subway  • Boris Johnson  • London Tube

    • Gays Jubilant Over Calif. Ruling

      newser  |  San Francisco Chronicle  |  May 15, 08 5:10 PM CDT

      Gays Jubilant Over Calif. Ruling

      California gays are ecstatic about the state's supreme court striking down a ban on same-sex marriage, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. “I'm feeling the joy all over,” one gay man, and father, said. In Fresno, a gay couple applied for a marriage license from a somewhat bewildered county clerk who wondered about the “exact language” of the decision, the Bee observed. More »

    • Japanese Fight Over Detoxed Delicacy

      newser  |  New York Times  |  May 4, 08 7:14 AM CDT

      Japanese Fight Over Detoxed Delicacy

      One of Japan's prized delicacies is having an identity crisis: fugu, the pricey puffer fish that's poisonous unless prepared correctly, now has a farmed cousin that's harmless, the New York Times reports. But gourmands looking forward to eating fugu liver—the most delicious and potentially deadly part of the fish—are being thwarted by the fugu industry, which is fighting to keep a ban on the livers, even from detoxed variety. More »

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      Japan  • food  • fish  • poison  • ban  • delicacy  • fugu

  • April 2008

    • Hilton Hit With Hyatt Ban

      newser  |  Sun (UK)  |  Apr 23, 08 11:05 AM CDT

      Hilton Hit With Hyatt Ban

      Paris Hilton is facing a worldwide Hyatt ban after she scrawled her name on a $12,700-a-night presidential suite's luxury wallpaper in Moscow, the Sun reports. The heirhead, who's on tour with her Good Charlotte boyfriend Benji Madden, was fined $7,100 for the "Paris Moscow 2008" graffiti gaffe, which she scrawled in black marker during a sexy photo shoot. More »

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      celebrity  • Paris Hilton  • Moscow  • ban  • Hyatt

    • British Airways Bans Campbell

      newser  |  Daily Mirror (UK)  |  Apr 8, 08 10:52 AM CDT

      British Airways Bans Campbell

      A better punishment might have been a lifetime sentence to coach: Supermodel Naomi Campbell, who was hauled off a British Airways flight last week and arrested for spitting on a Heathrow Airport officer in a row over an overweight suitcase, has been permanently grounded by her favorite airline, the Mirror reports. More »

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      London  • arrest  • assault  • Heathrow Airport  • British Airways  • ban  • supermodel  • Naomi Campbell

  • March 2008

    • Irked Irish Bar Bans 'Danny Boy'

      newser  |  ABC News  |  Mar 17, 08 6:31 AM CDT

      Irked Irish Bar Bans 'Danny Boy'

      That annual Guinness-fueled serenade led by green-hat-and-bead-clad Yanks wearing "Kiss me, I'm Irish" pins won't be heard at Foley's Pub in New York today; barkeep Shaun Clancy has banned the maudlin lyrics of "Danny Boy" during the month of March, and especially on St. Patrick's Day. "Everybody thinks that after three pints, you're entitled to get up there and butcher the song," says Clancy. More »

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      Ireland  • ban  • St. Patrick's Day  • karaoke

    • Plastic Bags Getting the Sack Across US

      newser  |  USA Today  |  Mar 15, 08 8:42 PM CDT

      Plastic Bags Getting the Sack Across US

      The party's over for plastic bags, USA Today reports. A San Francisco ban on petroleum-based bags already has imitators from coast to coast. Massachusetts is eyeing a bill that would "nudge" consumers with a 2-cent tax on each bag; Connecticut could slap retailers with a $1,000 fine for using non-biodegradable sacks. More »

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      New York City  • environment  • San Francisco  • Massachusetts  • Connecticut  • ban  • plastic bags  • paper bags

  • December 2007

    • Africa Nations Move to Ban Plastic Bags

      newser  |  Christian Science Monitor  |  Dec 2, 07 6:55 PM CST

      Africa Nations Move to Ban Plastic Bags

      With garbage rotting in the streets and being burnt in toxic bonfires, many African countries are looking to ban plastic bags. Kenya produces 48 million every year, and is now trying to follow Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda by outlawing them. In Nairobi’s slums, bags even clog channels leading out of toilets, creating a “stomach churning mass,” the Christian Science Monitor reports. More »

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      Kenya  • Nigeria  • Tanzania  • ban  • plastic bags  • Nairobi  • Uganda

  • November 2007
  • September 2007

    • Iranian Prez Banned From Ground Zero

      newser  |  CNN  |  Sep 20, 07 3:46 AM CDT

      Iranian Prez Banned From Ground Zero

      Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been barred from visiting Ground Zero to "pay his respects" during a visit to New York. The city's police commissioner said the controversial president would not be allowed to leave a wreath, citing construction barring visitors from the site. "If there were a further request, we'd reject it," said a police spokesman, who also cited security concerns. More »

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      Iran  • New York City  • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad  • Ground Zero  • ban

    • Foot and Mouth Disease Reappears in Britain

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Sep 12, 07 1:08 PM CDT

      Foot and Mouth Disease Reappears in Britain

      A new case of foot and mouth disease has struck a cattle farm in England—a day after the EU had decided to lift its ban on British beef. The EU will keep the ban for now, Reuters reports, and the British government has sprung into action—quarantining the area, killing affected cattle, and banning movement of livestock throughout the UK. More »

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      Great Britain  • European Union  • disease  • outbreak  • cattle  • ban  • beef  • foot and mouth disease

  • August 2007

    • German Leaders Reject Scientology Ban

      newser  |  Der Spiegel  |  Aug 8, 07 1:30 PM CDT

      German Leaders Reject Scientology Ban

      German leaders say they won't press for a ban on Scientology—not because they're against it, but because they don't think it would succeed. The German government officially considers the organization a cult, Der Spiegel reports, but politicians from both major parties say that they probably don't have enough evidence to take their case to court. More »

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      Germany  • religion  • Scientology  • ban  • tolerance

    • EU Bans UK Animal Exports

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Aug 6, 07 12:52 PM CDT

      EU Bans UK Animal Exports

      The EU imposed an indefinite ban today on exports of live animals from Great Britain after an outbreak of foot and mouth disease on a farm in southeast England. The floods that have swamped the English countryside may have played a role in the outbreak, the Guardian reports, and PM Gordon Brown has cut short his vacation to deal with the crisis. More »

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      Great Britain  • health  • European Union  • food  • Gordon Brown  • animal  • disease  • outbreak  • exports  • ban

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