Topic: Bans

Pakistan Blocks Twitter Over Cartoon Contest

Twitter

The government in Pakistan banned Twitter for promoting a "blasphemous" cartoon contest on Facebook through Twitter on Sunday. 

By Jen Doll

Apr 12, 2012

Y.A. for Grownups

The Banned Books We Have Loved

The ironic and rather wonderful thing about banning books is that the act doesn't, actually, do much to keep the books from being read. If anything, it inspires further interest in them, and sometimes sales, too.

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By Alexander Abad-Santos

Aug 9, 2011

Spatwatch

Upper East Side Mom Fights Lifetime Ban for Shoplifting

Fairway CEO isn't backing down, though

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