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Pata refused the money
Aparecida Pata and Denize Ferreira packed a Samsonite suitcase with Chanel handbags, Hermès belts, Ray-Ban sunglasses, and Burberry tops for a stylish summer escape from Brazil to Miami. But they got a rude reception in South Beach, where everything in...
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Along with Miss America
The Miss America parade is getting a television-friendly makeover as the tradition returns to Atlantic City in September for the first time in nine years. The Sept. 14 parade will be televised live for the first time, Miss America Organization CEO Sam...
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Japan continues to fascinate the French
Letter From Paris | Tokyo on the Seine Van Gogh collected and painted imitations of Japanese woodblock prints. Baudelaire gave them to his friends. Monet painted his wife in a kimono. A popular cafe and concert hall called Le Divan Japonais — the Japanese...
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Big Brother Africa: The Cupid Edition
I am sick and tired of having people come to my desk and ask me why this edition of Big Brother Africa (BBA) features a lot of good-looking people. In fact, it is more the guys than the ladies who are happy with the outcome of this year’s auditions. There...
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Fashion eyewear seeing boom in India
The market for branded and premium sunglasses in India is experiencing strong growth. Although local players dominate the domestic market, the industry is changing rapidly, with more and more international brands stepping in to woo Indian customers. Mehak...
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Guerrilla warfare between consumers and retailers triggers feel-bad factor
MAKING ends meet remains the key task facing many Irish households but it seems like a very long time since the main threat to their spending power was coming from spiralling prices. The inflation rate in Ireland and in most western economies is now low,...
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Holmes to wear hidden harness anchored to floor
Colorado theater shooting suspect James Holmes will be restrained during his trial by wearing a harness under his clothes that will be anchored to the floor, the judge said Thursday. Judge Carlos A. Samour Jr. also ruled the jury will not be sequestered...
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Should You Rent Your Next Dress?
As Cassidy Rice, 25, got ready for Stanford Law School's formal, she decided to treat herself and rent a $1,500 Herve Leger dress from the dress rental company Rent the Runway. Her total cost, including insurance, delivery and taxes, was $180. "I loved...
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Send the pickpockets packing
THE INTERCITY train from Brussels arrived at Antwerp Central station a few minutes late and passengers pushed forward in a mad scramble to get aboard. A well-dressed man elbowed me out of the way, almost knocking an elderly woman in the crush. Seconds...
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Speaking of a masculine shoe, men don't always get why women are drawn to them
Growing up, Rupert Sanderson was always interested in creative pursuits, whether working on sets for a school play or designing invitations for parties. And when he graduated university, Sanderson channeled this passion into an advertising career only...
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Andy Pettitte struggles again, Yankees lose to A's
Andy Pettitte’s signature cutter cut out on him last Monday night, just up and left Yankee Stadium during the top of the first inning with no explanation. “I will be completely shocked if it’s not there today,” manager Joe Girardi said Sunday before sending...
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Woodlands trek experienced by touch, smell and hearing
Although a light coat felt good as we started our walk this late spring morning, there was a promise of a warm day. #Entering the woods I felt the gentle brush of a small cedar tree, its dewy branch drying itself on my coat sleeve. The path was soft and...
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Bonefish Grill, P.F. Chang's among businesses coming to Nanuet mall
The cavernous skeleton that is rising at the site of the old Nanuet Mall will house fashion retailers like Michael Kors Handbags Outlet and Banana Republic when it opens as The Shops of Nanuet in the fall. Owners Simon Properties announced the names of...
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Statewide proposals to ban single-use bags in 2012
POLICE are hunting an attacker who mugged two elderly women in broad daylight in Poole last week. The two incidents – which are now being linked by police – took place on Thursday and Friday in The Avenue, Branksome Park. Both victims were taken to hospital...
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From darkness into the light
Nancy Wong has always dared to be different. The niece of Somchai Songwattana, founder of leading Thai fashion label Flynow, she made her debut on the retail market 13 years ago and launched her own and very successful brand Ravens Heaven in 2010. Wong...
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Floyd Mayweather Jr: Behind the police report
Despite spending two months in prison for punching former long-term partner Josie Harris, Floyd Mayweather Jr has wasted no opportunity to deny and downplay the events of September 9, 2010. In fact, boxing's biggest draw tells a very different version...
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Sharon co-owned a ladies retail shop in the mid-1990s
New, downtown boutique reminds shoppers of simpler times Sharon Ricker’s new, primitive décor boutique brings the charm of the country to downtown Rogersville. Locals and visitors are invited to explore the warm, fragrant store brimming with primitive...
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Thief stole from dying mum
IS there a more contemptible criminal in St Helens than heartless thief David Lawson? Lawson provoked outrage last year when he was caught stealing cash from a Salvation Army office in Hammond Street, Parr, narrowly avoiding a jail term. But a court was...
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For Love - ‘like a dirty pop song’
NEW YORK’S Irish Repertory Theatre comes to the Town Hall Theatre on Tuesday May 7 and Wednesday 8 at 8pm, with Laoisa Sexton’s much-acclaimed ‘dark blue comedy’, For Love. Described as “riotously tart and fiercely energetic” by The New York Times, and...
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Del Mar resident’s special exhibition
The Fashion and Textile Museum (FTM) in Bermondsey, London brimmed over with guests who attended a VIP champagne reception on July 11, launching a special exhibition, “Zandra Rhodes: Unseen.” The color-drenched show brought into clarity Rhodes’ dramatic...
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'Abenomics’ is big in Japan as economy takes upturn
Rika Tanaka clutches a freshly-purchased tissue-wrapped designer skirt. "I've been shopping mostly in cheaper high street stores over the past two years, not so much in department stores like I used to. "But things seem to be changing. The economy is...
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5 Reasons To Buy Shares Of Coach
Luxury handbag maker Coach (COH) has long been a favorite of growth investors. Even in tough economic times, the luxury company expanded sales with strong overseas growth and entries into new markets. Here are six reasons why shares of Coach look like...
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Grand Rapids Forest Hills
Despite the graduation of three four-year varsity starters and falling short in the Class A boys lacrosse state final in 2011, Forest Hills Eastern-Northern has high expectations for 2012. “It’s a new beginning and a new year,” coach Jake Heglund said....
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Coty scents fresh appetite for IPO
Coty, the beauty products company that failed to buy Avon for $10.7bn last year, is making a renewed effort to launch an initial public offering in what would be the largest float by a US consumer retail business since Michael Kors outlet listed in 2011....
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Hong Kong refuses to send quake aid
Hong Kong lawmakers fiercely opposed a plan Wednesday to donate money to a Chinese provincial government for earthquake victims, underlining widespread public concerns about corruption on the mainland. The city’s leader, Leung Chun-ying, proposed donating...