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Technology Helps Track Sex Offenders
WNDU - The device rings, the detention officer picks it up, and sees a text message warning him to move on. Tim Wolf says over the phone to the tester, Mr. McRoberts, you’re in an exclusion zone. You wanna’ tell me what you’re doing there? You need to

Pride and Prejudice the most precious as modern readers turn over an
Guardian Unlimited - A modern classic boosted by a film trilogy, JRR Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings, came second, the Harry Potter books fourth, the modern US classic To Kill a Mockingbird fifth, and George Orwell’s 1984 equal eighth with Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials

Jeter and Jordan’s celebrity getaway
Newsday - Few athletes have gotten more out of their career than Jordan - six championship rings and more fame and fortune than any player in his sport. Yet Jordan, too, has had his very public disappointments, such as failing to win an NBA title until his

Community pulls together to help trooper 
TWIN FALLS - Do it for Chris. He did it for you. So read T-shirts for sale at the much-anticipated Chris Glenn benefit held Saturday night at The Ballroom. The Idaho State Police trooper and Kimberly resident was shot and paralyzed in December while stopping a suspect in an armed robbery.

Fido’s store sign has neighbors barking 
SEATTLE — Lori Pacchiano needed a catchy brand name for her high-end pet-products business. “High Maintenance Dog” didn’t have the right ring to it, and “High Maintenance Mutt” might offend pure-bred owners.

Diamonds eye promotion
Kettering Evening Telegraph - RUSHDEN & DIAMONDS are already planning a push for promotion back into the Football League at the end of next season despite still facing a relegation battle this term. Three highly-rated youngsters are being lined up to strengthen Graham Westley

Eccentric fashion designers defy parody
Boston Globe - So when Yamamoto sent out models on Monday plastered in a logo consisting of his initials, surrounded by diamonds and circles strangely reminiscent of the famed Louis Vuitton monogram, it appeared like a wry comment on consumerist tendencies. The

THE $30,000,000 STARLETS
New York Post - From diamond necklaces, to rings, to dazzling danglers, these starlets slipped on serious stones. Nicole Kidman: Two rough diamond cuffs designed by stylist L’wren Scott (375 total cts.) and manufactured by William Goldberg valued at $2 million.

From The Archives
Syracuse Post-Standard - Sandra Baker said Tuesday she will step down from her 1st District Onondaga County Legislature seat on March 15 to become director of sales and marketing at the Oncenter Convention Center, managing the facility s sales staff. Baker, 46, of

Powell presents Quester program on charms 
Joan Powell gave a program on the history of charm bracelets at the February meeting of De-He-Wa-Mis Chapter 479 of Questers held at Froehlichs Classic Corner.

Incredible shrinking woman 
A promise of a puppy may land Sheri Hill’s husband in the doghouse.

Time for fashion
Corpus Christi Caller - A pair of Halloween earrings. This past Halloween, I thought that it would be fun to wear bright orange pumpkin earrings outlined with small black feathers to work. I thought it was no big deal because it went with the holiday. My pumpkin earrings

Inner Beauty? Pop Vulture talks Oscar fashion
Louisville Courier-Journal - And what about these ugly green earrings? Don’t they just scream out, ‘I don’t need Justin!’? Now I’m going to cry, and wipe my eyes with this handkerchief thing hanging from my dress.” Jennifer Hudson: And I’m telling you, you should’ve left that

Health clinic supporters party with Porsches
Naples Daily News - Afterward, a live auction brought in as much as $5,000 for 18-karat gold enameled earrings set with tourmalines, diamonds and topaz from the workshop of designer Ruven Perelman. The evening ended on a note of excitement with incoming Clinic Board

Director Ed Zwick Reflects on his Latest Film
Amnesty International USA - I have nothing against diamonds (or rubies or emeralds or sapphires). I do object when their acquisition is complicit in the debasement of children or the destruction of a country. I find it unconscionable that the resources of the developing world

Oscar’s trivia
Evansville Courier-Press - The jewels: 1960s Bulgari necklace in gold set with emeralds, rubies, sapphires and diamonds, plus 10 large floral clusters set with cabochon sapphires framed by diamonds, cabochon emeralds and rubies. The price: Bulgari says “priceless.” Nicole Kidman

Glamour’s Oscar Dos and Don’ts 
Suze Yalof Schwartz, Glamour magazine’s executive fashion editor-at-large, scrutinizes the stars’ fashion choices at the Oscars. She said some stars like Penelope Cruz were dead-on, but others, such as Meryl Streep, didn’t do so well.

There was nobody like DJ 
What is the best way to judge a basketball player? Championship rings? MVPs? All-League selections? Hall of Fame status?

Soul Mate Rings for the Stars at the Oscars 
The nominees in some of the top Oscar categories who don’t win the awards will still walk away with a shiny surprise. In their special gift baskets will be a set of rings crafted by a local Philadelphia jeweler.

2000 GMC Jimmy SL from North America 
Oil changed every 3,000 miles by the dealership. At 52,000 miles-A #5 rod went bad. I had to have six rings and a bearing kit, seal and a gasket set. $1400.

Skies haven’t always been so sunny for ClearGauge 
While Amazon.com went public nearly a decade ago, and in short order pioneered how consumers purchase goods online, the book on business-to-business marketing over the Web is still being written.

McKinney Calendar and NEWS BRIEFS 
Opus III, The Beat Goes On presented by Craig Ranch, the annual fund-raiser for Cross Timbers Youth Orchestra will take place at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 24 at TPC Clubhouse @ Craig Ranch.

Dolce and Gabbana Crack the Whip 
Fashionistas spend a lot of time trying to figure out what’s behind a collection. Dolce and Gabbana make it easy. What you see is what you get.