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Philadelphia outfielder Shane Victorino made light of a three-game ban hanging over his head by smashing his 12th home run of the season in the Phillies' 5-3 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday.

In Missouri, the senate has passed a bill forbidding teachers from becoming friends with their students on the popular social networking site Facebook in an attempt to protect students from online predators.

Indiana state lawmakers, who are analyzing the implications of amending its drug laws to decriminalize marijuana, were told by a panel of experts that the prohibition of marijuana in U.S. is a failed model and Indiana stands a chance to benefit from decriminalizing marijuana.

A judge blocked a controversial ballot measure that would have banned the circumcisions of minors in San Francisco, citing religious freedom and laws regulating medical procedures in deciding it had "no legitimate purpose."

Drastic changes in global climate patterns will pose a dire threat to peace and security around the world, warns the head of the United Nations.

After France, Belgium is the second European state to enforce such a prohibition

US President Barack Obama has announced the 17-year military ban on openly gay service will end on Sept.20 2011.

The Pentagon is preparing to put an end to the 17-year military ban on openly gay service after the Defense Secretary has certified that doing so will not harm the military's ability to fight.

New Zealand says no thanks to unusual baby names with a new ban from the Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages.

In Korea people have beat the summer heat by drinking liquor and dining on dog meat. Some Koreans are trying to change the practice. They believe it's unacceptable to eat man's best friend.

Ecuador starts a 72 hour ban on liquor after 21 people died over the weekend.

A US Trade Commission judge said that HTC has infringed two Apple patents.

A majority of Americans now favor a public smoking ban, reflecting a significant increase in support for anti-smoking measures over the last decade.

A burly caped crusader named 'Foreskin Man,' produced out of San Francisco's contentious debate over whether to ban circumcisions, has provoked allegations of anti-Semitism bubbling beneath the sensitive topic.

Web is moving forward to an era of seamless integration, with better technologies in place and with a better understanding of users' digital rights. Open source codes and data protocols were prerequisites in the evolution of web as we see it now. Cloud is here and it is simply a matter of time, before the web integrates platforms, no matter who the provider of a particular service or platform is. Operating as separate entities on web wouldn't make much sense in future, just like it doesn.....

What's in a foreskin? According to many experts in the field of sexually transmitted diseases, a lot.

In the unprecedented San Francisco circumcision ban campaign, much attention is being paid to the cartoon that the Anti-Defamation League and other Jewish groups are calling anti-Semitic. But what of the medical ramifications?

The unprecedented San Francisco circumcision ban campaign, which will culminate in a referendum in November, is anti-Semitic, stated the Anti-Defamation League and other Jewish voices.

E. Coli allegations have resulted in an EU ban on Egyptian fenugreek seeds. Fears loom that the Egyptian economy will take a major hit.

Lenovo's launch of a home videogame console in China this year may throw into question the country's decade-old ban on the gadgets and could eventually open the $5.8 billion Chinese game market to Sony Corp and Microsoft.

New York state appears likely to lift its ban on extracting natural gas through hydrofracking, even as officials express concern they are being misled regarding the energy extraction method's risks.