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State legislatures passed more than 40,000 new laws last year, many of which went into effect on Jan. 1. While some were significant enough to make headlines at the time (like New Hampshire's legalization of gay marriage in June), others sneaked onto the books without much notice at all (Arkansas now prohibits the sale of toy guns that look real--unless they're of the BB, paintball or pellet variety). With the New Year, Illinois became the 19th state to outlaw texting while driving; North Carolina, a major tobacco-producing state, outlawed smoking in restaurants and bars...
...manufacture its $2,500 Nano in the village of Singur, a political debacle that contributed to the communists' severe losses in the 2009 national elections. Basu had retired in 2000, but his high-handed rule left permanent damage, says Tathagata Bhattacharya, a political observer based in New Delhi. "In effect, he made sure that left politics in a democratic framework did not have a future in India...
...vintage on their labels - the makers of low-end wines had previously only been able to call their products table wine in many countries - another wave of aggressively marketed French wine is sure to come. "This is just beginning," says Verdier. "Now that the new rules have come into effect, we are definitely going to pull out all the stops...
...defined and inconsistent. Oberon, Titania, and Puck are dressed as goths, while their fairies are hip hop dancers. To boot, the scenery centers around a yellow, graffitied car that could have been plucked directly from the 1960s. This array of clashing aesthetics diminishes the show’s overall effect by confounding the audience’s sense of place and time...
...madcap energy fully sustains this feat until the other actors take over with even more delightfully embarrassing antics. Walsh’s Pyramus performs an intensely physical death sequence in which he literally throws himself about the stage, indefatigably acting out his demise through increasingly gruesome stunts to great effect...