21.   Jocelyn McCalla, executive director of the New York-based National Coalition for Haitian Rights, was one Haitian who protested the federal ban on blood donations.

22.   Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh, contradicting decisions in other jurisdictions, called the federal ban an excessive interference with commercial speech protected by the First Amendment.

23.   Last year, proposed legislation for a federal ban was scuttled after scientific research groups argued that it might hamper legitimate uses of cloning human cells.

24.   Last week, the Supreme Court ruled that states may not impose their own tobacco ad restrictions beyond the federal ban on cigarette ads on television.

25.   Mosquito control directors in Martin and St. Lucie counties say their battle against the insects has been hampered in recent days by a federal ban on aerial spraying.

26.   Now, the Bush administration is about to issue a rule overturning a federal ban on dumping waste in a wetland.

27.   Officials with Cornell and the state contend, however, that the listing is in a special category not covered by the federal ban on discharges.

28.   On Monday, Gov. Bill Owens of Colorado extended the federal ban to include all state and private land in Colorado.

29.   One such regulation, to be reconsidered in May, is the federal ban on one company owning a broadcast station and newspaper in the same market.

30.   Seeking to prevent auto accidents, two Democratic lawmakers proposed a federal ban Tuesday on using hand-held cellular phones while driving.