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The Prince George's County Council adopted one of the nation's most sweeping restrictions on the sale of cigars yesterday, an effort to curb a growing trend among urban youths of using hollowed-out cigars to smoke marijuana.
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Reacting to criticism from environmental groups, eBay has banned the sale of ivory on its site.
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A single portfolio, which included $1.5bn worth of global corporate bonds and $3bn in credit derivatives, is liquidated in the markets
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A total of 236 of required 226 deputies backed the bill No.3081 of August 28.
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The Orwell Prize is posting, to the day, diary entries by George Orwell from 1938. Some days, like today, Oct. 10, are as pithy and uninteresting as a status update on Facebook: "Midday temperature (indoors) today 26°, ie. about 78°F....
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The euthanasia debate wasrevived yesterday when an Australian doctor was banned from holding a workshop on how people could end their lives and a man was spared jail for killing his bed-ridden wife. Dr Philip Nitschke, who has been nicknamed Dr Death, had planned to hold a session on euthanasia in Bournemouth next week but the owners of his first and second venue choices, the local council and Hermitage Hotel, cancelled his bookings.
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A suicide bomber killed at least 20 people in an attack on a tribal council meeting in Pakistan's northwest Orakzai region on Friday, an official and a tribal elder said.
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A controversial plan to introduce parking fees for residents was rejected yesterday following one of the largest consultations ever planned by Glasgow City Council.
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The president and chief executive of CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield defended the regional insurance giant as a "generous" benefactor to the community at a D.C. Council committee hearing yesterday, and a parade of nonprofit organizations backed up his claim.
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In the midst of the worst financial crisis since the 1930s, one that originated in the home mortgage market, it is nice to be able to report some good news. EnTitle Direct Insurance is now selling title insurance directly to borrowers online, with premiums that it claims undercut existing insurers by about 35 percent.
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Appetite for clubs is being tested by the sheer scale of the turmoil in financial markets just as a number of clubs may be now be open to sales
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Having relinquished his role as FBK Kaunus coach to focus on the job of leading Lithuania to the 2010 FIFA World Cup, José Couceiro is hoping he enjoys as much success now as when he lead his taxing double life.
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Ukraine will continue implementing a decision by the UN Security Council on the mandate for the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan
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This was disclosed by Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe Maud de Boer-Buquicchio told the 8th European Conference of Youth Ministers in Kyiv who said that in the near future young Ukrainians will be able to visit European
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Since its seven years of existence, MTN Nigeria has proved that it is not only spawned for profit motive but to create and add values to the Nigeria's socio-economic life.
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The push for an indigenous shipping service within the Common Market for East and Southern Africa (Comesa) is on its way to fruition.
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A demand for justice dissipated soon after a 42-year-old Anderson man claimed to have suffered an assault while attempting to buy $10 worth of marijuana, according to legal sources
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HEY, big spender ... why don't you spend a little time at the K Club this weekend?
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Mazda says no decision has been reached on Ford possibly selling its stake in the Japanese automaker, as has been reported in Japanese media.
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Sale run in four tries as they pull off a stunning victory at Clermont Auvergne.
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Sale run in four tries as they pull off a surprise victory at Clermont-Auvergne.
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The South Carolina Midlands Master Gardeners Association is selling master gardeners calendars for 2009.
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Everton officials have denied speculation the Premier League club is on the brink of being sold.
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Hundreds of thousands of council workers may not be paid this month because their earnings are frozen by the Icelandic bank collapse, it emerged last night.
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PORTERVILLE, Calif. (AP) -- National forests and parks - long popular with Mexican marijuana-growing cartels - have become home to some of the most polluted pockets of wilderness in America because of the toxic chemicals needed to eke lucrative harvests from rocky mountainsides, federal officials said....
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TOKYO -- Mazda denied Saturday that a decision had been made by troubled Ford Motor Co. to sell its stake in the Japanese automaker, but didn't rule out a possible deal.
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Clermont Auvergne 15 Sale 32Sale produced comfortably their best ever performance in Europe to dismiss mighty Clermont.
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Sale win in France while Leinster Cardiff Quins Stade Francais and Dragons all get European campaigns off to winning start.
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An expert has urged Brits to have a good think about the value of the car they are buying as it will have a big impact on the car's re-sale value. Alan Senior, a used car valuations expert with HPI,
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Major U.S. automaker Ford Motor Co. plans to sell some of its shareholdings in Mazda Motor Corp. of Japan and is holding talks with potential buyers, informed sources said Saturday. Ford's management is in a very severe state due to
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The opening game of the European Cup saw Sale cruise to a comfortable 32-15 victory over France's Clermont (32-15), while Paris side Stade Français returned from Ravenhill with an impressive 26-10 win over Ulster.
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An artwork depicting a person falling to their death in front of a train will not be displayed at London's St Pancras Station.
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Fears grow that some local government workers may not be paid this month, because councils have payroll tied up in failed Icelandic banks.
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Tomato ketchup bottles are banned at primary schools at one council in south Wales as part of a healthy eating drive.
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A power station developer backed by 3i, the private equity house, has put itself up for sale, hoping to cash in on the looming energy gap in Europe and the US
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Clermont Auvergne15 Sale 32Sale were meant to roll over against Clermont however the visitors begged to differ as they routed the hosts and nicked a bonus point.
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The Sale coach Philippe Saint-André was unreservedly upbeat after beating the club he loves and which still loves him, Clermont Auvergne.
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