Laws put a dampener on fireworks
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Tough new regulations put a curfew on the misuse of fireworks across Scotland.
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David Blunkett&#39;s emergency anti-terrorism laws came under fire last night after he ruled a suspect interned without trial for nearly three years no longer posed a national threat.
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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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A 2002 congressional law adds protection for corporate tattletales, but few of them gain such status from US courts. By Adam Geller / Associated Press.
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Wareham has canceled Fourth of July fireworks this year and Canton is scaling back, while Plymouth officials don't know quite what to do.
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Fourth of July virtually everywhere is about fireworks, flags, firetrucks and floats. In Iowa Wednesday, people eyeing the White House also were in the mix.
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They hold parades right down Main Street. Huge fireworks displays erupt in their honor, lauded in part for the way they help subsidize the local economy.
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A bonfire celebration in York, the home town of Guy Fawkes, has been banned on health and safety grounds, the local council said on Tuesday.
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A proposed law would make it illegal to cross the street in New York while listening to an iPod or other portable device. Discuss. By the Associated Press.
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The fireworks display outside Comerica Park on Saturday night wasn't the work of the Los Angeles Angels. It just seemed that way.
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By Rebekah Gordon  To the list of prohibitions in county parks, which includes pets, hard liquor and amplified music, add one more item: smoking.
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Pub owners are stunned to discover the province wants to ban smoking in all public places beginning in 2006. Mark Mishriky is fuming over a proposed law that would banish smokers from patios -- like the one
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The new law turning clocks forward earlier may wreak havoc and has businesses struggling to make costly fixes. And the Department of Energy isn't even convinced the move will conserve energy
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Fireworks that may not be entirely benign, engineering the quest for ethanol and the largest flying bird ever.
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Backyard use of fireworks and related injuries are increasing nationwide, according to industry and government data, and researchers say thousands of children each year are among the victims.
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Proposals to allow police to stop and question anyone in the UK under new anti-terror laws have been criticised.
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By Mimi Hall  WASHINGTON -- New government rules seeking to thwart terrorist attacks on chemical plants are facing stiff opposition from state leaders, environmentalists and others who say the regulations are flawed, vague and unlikely to protect the public.