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...beach community of 37,000 north of West Palm Beach is hardly alone in trying to crack down on a street style that originated in the prison system, where belts are banned as a security risk. Cities such as Atlanta, Dallas and Charlotte, N.C., have considered imposing fines on anyone who lets his drawers show, while Flint, Mich., and some Louisiana parishes have local laws similar to Riviera Beach's. And the city authorities had a strong voter mandate for the curb: 72% of voters in a local referendum called for a ban on saggy pants...
...Masters, who before his election last year had been one of the city's most visible community leaders, said parents of children who dropped their pants were among the most avid supporters of the ban. City spokeswoman Rose Anne Brown admits she wasn't among them. Legislating morality doesn't make sense, she said, though she acknowledges the law could work and wishes she "had a dollar for every time we made Torrey [her youngest son, now 25] pull his pants up when he was growing...
...held short positions on several baskets of securities that contained industries affected by the market plunge on Monday. This instance of short selling—a strategy that allows traders to profit from the decline in the price of a stock—is not covered under a recent ban by the Securities and Exchange Commission on certain types of shorts. Unlike some other investment clubs, Acumen seeks more than just practice from their relatively modest foray into the world of financial management: they hope to make a profit. Modis said that although the fund has exceeded the performance...
...About 1 in 5 students nationwide smoke, and just how they'll be sanctioned on PASSHE campuses if they violate the ban remains unclear. At the moment, most smokers can expect a warning if they're caught lighting up; during a "smoke-in" event at Clarion on Sept. 15, campus police passed out yellow citation cards to protesters who were smoking. But, Marshall says, it is the state's department of health that will ultimately determine whether offenders should pay a fine, and how much that should be. Which still may not thwart all smokers. "If I'm going...
...While some protest indignantly at the latest encroachment on their space to light up, others welcome the elimination of clouds of smoke outside classrooms. At Clarion, for example, more than 500 students and faculty have signed petitions in support of the ban. That's great news for anti-smoking coalitions around the country who have been pressing colleges and universities to get stricter on tobacco. Although PASSHE is the first full school system to outlaw smoking, the American Lung Association estimates that about 130 schools now have campuswide bans, while several others have prohibited selling cigarettes on campus or have...