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COLUMBIA, SC (WIS TV) - Gov. Mark Sanford is signing legislation that lets people shampoo hair in salons without having taken the mandated 1,500 hours of training for a cosmetology license. The measure exempts from licensing requirements salon employees whose sole duty is to wash hair. Sanford says the current law for shampooing is an example of the wacky South Carolina laws that shouldn't be in place. A 'top 10 list' of such laws and proposals provided by the Governor's office follows: 1. State law requires an individual to complete 1,500 hours of instruction to become a cosmetologist. It takes...

LAST week President Bush signed a law that will try to impede online gambling by prohibiting American banks from transferring money to gambling sites. Most Americans probably didn’t notice or care, but it may do significant political damage to the Republicans this fall and long-term damage to Americans’ respect for the law. So, a month before a major election, the Republicans have allied themselves with a scattering of voters who are upset by online gambling and have outraged the millions who love it. Furthermore, judging from many hours of online chat with Internet poker players, I am willing to bet...

Tigers, snowmobiles, Sudafed: There oughta (not) be a law Sunday, January 23, 2005 By Bill Winter Here's the best legal advice you'll get in 2005: Don't let your pet tiger drive a snowmobile across a not-quite-frozen lake and then buy three packages of Sudafed at a drugstore. If you do, you'll get into hot water. Which is defined as water that's at least 120 degrees. In Louisiana, anyway. If that doesn't make any sense, you haven't been following news reports about all the state laws that went into effect on Jan. 1. That's right. Laws regulating pet tigers, snowmobiles, cold...

California Sunshine is guaranteed to the masses. Animals are banned from mating publicly within 1,500 feet of a tavern, school, or place of worship. It is a misdemeanor to shoot at any kind of game from a moving vehicle, unless the target is a whale. No vehicle without a driver may exceed 60 miles per hour. Alhambra Laws You cannot leave your car on the street overnight without the proper permit. Belvedere Laws City Council order reads: "No dog shall be in a public place without its master on a leash." Blythe Laws You are not permitted to wear cowboy...

Dramatic entrances are the stock in trade of the opera singer Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, but the flap caused by her arrival at a city centre hotel must have surprised even her. The Maori soprano unwittingly spread consternation among staff at the Holiday Inn Theatreland in Glasgow when she asked to be directed to the hotel's "gun store". This, she declared, was where she would like to store her firearms during her stay. Even if Glasgow was recently identified as the "murder capital" of Britain, its hotels are not normally asked by guests to store guns. The manager told Dame...