Longoria banned from playing with fireworks
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Desperate Housewives star Eva Longoria has been banned from playing with fireworks at her parents' Texas estate after she torched an acre by mistake.
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Texas Rangers relief pitcher Frank Francisco was suspended for the rest of the 2004 season Friday by Major League Baseball after tossing a chair into the stands and hitting two fans in the head earlier this week.
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Umpire Mike Winters was suspended by Major League Baseball for the remainder of the regular season on Wednesday because of his confrontation with San Diego's Milton Bradley last weekend.
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Rafael Soriano of the Atlanta Braves has been banned for four games and fined an undisclosed amount for intentionally hitting Dan Uggla of the Florida Marlins with a pitch, Major League Baseball said on Thursday.
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Under the Smoke-Free Ontario Act, Myung Jin - who has been at this Greenwood Cigar and Variety for 20 years â-ust ban any displays that allow customers to touch tobacco products as well as remove any countertop displays for cigarettes starting May 31
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Two spectators accused of taking part in last month&#39;s NBA brawl are now banned from attending Detroit Pistons games and other events.
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NEW YORK -- The union for baseball umpires will not contest the season-ending suspension given to Mike Winters for using a profanity aimed at San Diego's Milton Bradley last weekend.
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MADRID, Feb 8 (Reuters Life!) - A Spanish court on Thursday canceled Carnival celebrations in the Canary Islands city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife -- one of the biggest in the world -- because they are too noisy.
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New York Mets catcher Paul Lo Duca was suspended for two games and fined an undisclosed amount on Monday for arguing a called strike against him in Saturday's game against the Oakland Athletics.
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Indiana Pacers forward Ron Artest was banned for the remainder of the National Basketball Association season, the longest non-drug suspension in league history, NBA commissioner David Stern said.
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Santa Claus can still come to town, Vienna officials said on Thursday to calm an outcry over mistaken reports the jolly mythical figure had been banned from traditional pre-Christmas visits to kindergartens.
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VIENNA -- A ban on St. Nicholas at Vienna's kindergartens is taking some of the ho-ho-ho out of the holidays for tens of thousands of tots this year.
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Valencia say they do not plan to appeal against the seven-match ban given to midfielder Miguel Angel Angulo by UEFA for his behaviour during last week's Champions League match against Werder Bremen.
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Detroit Tigers shortstop Neifi Perez has been suspended 25 games for testing positive for a banned stimulant, Major League Baseball said Friday.
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Lastings Milledge of the New York Mets and Seattle Mariners pitcher Jorge Campillo and manager John McLaren have been handed bans, Major League Baseball said on its Web site (www.mlb.com) on Friday.
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Veteran umpire Mike Winters has been suspended for the rest of the regular season following an encounter over the weekend with San Diego Padres outfielder Milton Bradley, Major League Baseball said on Wednesday.
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American rider Floyd Landis was banned for two years on Thursday after being found guilty of doping by a U.S. arbitration panel and will be stripped of his 2006 Tour de France title.