1.   Six years ago the practice was prohibited.

2.   Among professional sports, only baseball enjoys full exemption from antitrust laws, which prohibit monopolistic practices.

3.   Another element of the plan would allow a bank to loan money to a company that has purchased securities from its separate securities affiliate, a practice currently prohibited.

4.   Arizona, too prohibits the practice, said Jessica Funkhouse, state election director.

5.   After swearing in its new members, the Senate also passed rules that prohibit the practice of tombstoning -- lawmakers naming bills after themselves.

6.   But the agency, which filed its lawsuit Monday in federal courts in Boston, says contract or no, the practice should be prohibited.

7.   But there are no rules prohibiting these practices.

8.   Company executives acknowledged the Web banking service had some early problems, but said they had instituted procedures intended to prohibit fraudulent practices.

9.   Currently, there is no US law expressly banning human cloning, though several states bar it and the Food and Drug Administration prohibits the practice on safety grounds.

10.   Federal, state and local prosecutors contacted by The Star could not cite any law prohibiting the practice.