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HTML

<a id="aunclickable" onclick="placesclick();" href="javascript:void(0)"> <span class="place">3</span> </a>

CSS

a{
 text-decoration:none;   
}

JavaScript

$("#aunclickable").click(function()
    {
    alert("returning false");
    return false;
    });

function placesclick()
{
 alert("I execute");   
}