1.   And Germany, where five German states unilaterally banned British beef imports last month, said it would seek a European-wide proscription.

2.   A few states ban such damages, and others have caps on the size of the award.

3.   A North Carolina case that raised the same issue was dismissed for mootness because the state recently banned such executions.

4.   A state may ban a business, but if it allows it, it has to allow its ads.

5.   A Supreme Court argument Wednesday on whether a state may constitutionally ban the advertising of liquor prices presented an interesting mix of free-speech principles and economic theory.

6.   Citing the lack of gloves, padding or rules, he says states should ban UFC events.

7.   Democrats like McCall maintain that the state Constitution bans slot machines, while the governor insists the constitution leaves sufficient legal room to allow them.

8.   Fifteen states ban the execution of mentally retarded people.

9.   For example, it would require states to ban cash payments to unwed teenage mothers and would deny benefits to legal foreign residents.

10.   Fourteen other states ban such executions.