The Week contest: N.Y. Law - March 4, 2011

New York City will soon prohibit smoking at parks, beaches, and crowded public squares. What will it ban or require next? Answer in headline form, please

Welcome to The Week's "What Next?" contest, an invitation to test your powers of imagination with challenges inspired by current events.

Click here for results of last week's contest: Watson

Results: In light of New York City’s bans on trans-fats, school bake sales, and, soon, outdoor smoking in crowded public places, we asked you to predict a headline detailing the city’s next decree.

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THE WINNER: NYC Shuts Down Early to Make Sure Residents Get 8 Hours of Sleep

Tim Kane, Rochester, MN

SECOND PLACE: City Bans Red Sox Fans from Parks, Beaches, Plazas, and Other Public Gathering Places

Sagy Pundak Mintz, Lincolnshire, IL

THIRD PLACE: Big Apple Bans Big Apples, Cites Link between Large Portions & Obesity Epidemic

Marianne Kenny, Berlin, MA

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

City to Ban Superhero Musicals

Barry Cutler, Palm Desert, CA

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Alan Parven, Commerce Township, MI

The Bronx? No Thonx! Outer Boroughs Sent Packing

Edmund Conti, Raleigh, NC

Central Park Muggers to Require License

Eric J. Softley, Palm City, FL

NYC Bans Public Eye Contact

Joe Snyder, West Grove, PA

Salt & Fat Content Too Troubling: City Council Bans Olives from Martinis

Mary Eggleston, Wilmington, N.C.

Poor, Huddled Masses Declared a Health Risk

Jill Gardere, Jacksonville Beach, FL

Poultry in Motion! Pigeons Banned from NYC

Les Ackland, Oakdale, PA

New York Sets Minimum Walking Speed

Wes Edens, Glendale, AZ

Public Gets Revenge: Mayor Bloomberg Banned From Disgracing Beer with Ice Cubes

Rebecca Pierson, Hoboken, NJ

NYC Installs GAWK/DON'T GAWK Signals for Pokey Tourists

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Step Right Up... to The Scale: Subway Fares to be Weight-Based

Cheryl Hostler, Kent, OH

Bloomberg Bans Muggings on Weekends

Phil Markert, Columbia, S.C.

NYC Bans Men from Imagining Their Female Co-Workers Naked

Philip White, Flushing, NY

Public Forbidden from Hand-Feeding the NY Yankees

Diane Bilardello-Linton, San Diego, CA

Bloomberg to NY: Drip Dead! Bans High-Caffeine Coffee.

Sid Burgreen, Garden City, NY

Mayor Proposes Helmet Law for Pedestrians

Melanie Seward, Oklahoma City, OK

NY Bans Body-Dumping in East River, Worldwide Sea Levels Drop 2 Feet

Angela James, Westminster, MD

Silly City Stereotypes Banned in NY, So Fugetaboudit!!

Mike Paul, Carrboro, NC

Closing the Loophole: NYC Bans Smoking Baked Trans-fats at Indoor Beaches

Paul Kim, Covington, LA