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L.A. Gay Bar Bans Bachelorette Parties Until Gay Marriage Is Legal

David Cooley, owner of The Abbey, says he’ll be banning parties for soon-to-be-wed straight women until gays and lesbians are allowed the same privilege.

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Mad Cow Disease: How the New Case Was Discovered

As meat markets panic and South Korea halts beef imports, a look at how the first BSE case in 6 years almost didn’t get diagnosed.

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Sacre Bleu! French President Nicolas Sarkozy Rids His Diet of Cheese?

A story about French president Nicolas Sarkozy’s banning of cheese at Elysee Palace has been stirring up controversy today.

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New Jersey Middle School Bans Hugging

Tyler Blackmore, the principal of Matawan-Aberdeen Middle School, instituted the rule following some “incidents of unsuitable, physical interactions,” MSNBC reports, declaring it a “no hugging school.”

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Tumblr Bans Pro-Eating Disorder and Other Self-Harm Blogs

Social blog platform Tumblr announced Thursday that it would be banning blogs that “actively promote self-harm.” This includes “blogs that glorify or promote anorexia, bulimia, and other eating disorders; self-mutilation; or suicide.”

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‘Morality Police’ Officers Give Barbie Dolls the Boot in Iran

The iconic blonde is no longer allowed on toy-store shelves nationwide.

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Adieu to ‘Mademoiselle’: French Town Bans ‘Sexist’ Term

First, a ban to the term mademoiselle, next a movement to do away with gendered nouns? People struggling to learn French can only hope.

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Purity In Pakistan: Government Bans Text Messages With Obscenity – Or the Word ‘Jesus’

Try to text the word fart or idiot in Pakistan, and your message may be stopped under a new texting censorship initiative.

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No Soup For You! Shark-Fin Soup Ban Approved by California Legislature

Shark-fin soup just got one step closer to becoming illegal throughout California.

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After School Bans ‘Slaughterhouse-Five,’ Vonnegut Library Gives Copies for Free

Even after death, Kurt Vonnegut is circumventing the rules.