Topic: Bans
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Brussels Tests Out Broken-Window Theory by Targeting Public Jerks
Also in This Week in Bans: a lonesome howl is heard as Germany outlaws bestiality, Cambridge University orders its students to stop throwing flour at each other.
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From Coffee Cups to Climate Change, Do Local Efforts Really Matter?
Plastic bag and Styrofoam bans may seem like small potatoes. But local legislation often inspires bigger fixes.
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Husbands Can No Longer Rape Wives in the Solomon Islands: This Week in Bans
Also, Portland's City Council rushes to remove agitators, and Uganda's biggest city decides to get rid of single-family houses.
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Fearing Political Unrest, Beijing Outlaws Basically Everything: This Week in Bans
Also, a California city outlaws never-ending going-out-of-business signs and a Tucson hotel welcomes back Rod Stewart.
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Democracy in America
What Not to Wear in Cocoa Beach, Florida: This Week in Bans
A "wholesome" beach community outlaws saggy pants, Rome goes to war with messy eaters and other banning news.
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St. Petersburg Moves To Outlaw Noisy Sex: This Week in Bans
Also, New York City cancels the livestream of a rebellious Rubber Room teacher, and Rhode Island pours grass killer on America's Lawn of Freedom.
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Democracy in America
Don't Take Your Gun to the Playground in This North Carolina Town: This Week in Bans
Also, the Mongrel Mobsters can't pretty up their tombstones in a New Zealand town and New York City clamps down on blood-sucking circumcisions.
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Democracy in America
Preachers Exiled from Bourbon Street: This Week in Bans
Also, daddies are forbidden to dance with daughters in Rhode Island and doggy-steroid doping becomes illegal in Tucson.
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Love Is Destroying Rome's Infrastructure: This Week in Bans
The freshest news in what's been outlawed across the world.
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Maps
Mapping L.A.'s Endangered Pot Shops
Facing a citywide ban, dispensaries prove to be far less plentiful than feared.
