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Hoscheit, scout for Orioles in ’60s, dies at 85
Baltimore Sun - He switched to the A’s and was a coach from 1969 to 1974, earning World Series rings in his final three seasons. Hoscheit is survived by a son, Billy Ray Hoscheit, and daughters Sherri Ann Huigens and Cathy Jean Brodhaugen. All-Star Game // NL

Cosby talks
Philadelphia Daily News - When the phone rings, you don’t expect the voice at the other end to say, “Hi, it’s Bill Cosby.” Sure, an interview with the comedian had been in the works. But it hadn’t been nailed down yet. But here’s Cosby, calling from home, more ready to chat

Hedonism, addiction and 300 one nights stands - the confessions of
Daily Mail - I didn’t skimp on the jewellery, either: an outsize medallion dangled from my neck, a heavy bracelet rattled on my wrist and one of those oh-so-classy sovereign rings flashed on my finger. I lived alone, and for 17 1/2 years - from the time of my

Signature Cobra
CNN Money - Vertu is now taking orders (but only 8 of them) for the Signature Cobra, designed by French jeweler Boucheron. The Cobra features one pear-cut diamond, one round white diamond, two emerald eyes and 439 rubies. A somewhat cheaper version - the $115

Ballet Director Speaks at Rieman
Harvard Crimson - Later, the company performed the pas de deux from the Second Movement of Rubies, Balanchine s homage to his American influences. Set to Stravinsky s Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra, Romi Beppu and Yury Yanowsky danced with vibrancy

Monks Allowed Past Suu Kyi’s House
ABC 27 - Mogok is famous for its rubies, and most of the protesters were gem mine workers. The protest movement began Aug. 19 after the government raised fuel prices, but has its basis in long pent-up dissatisfaction with the repressive military regime. Using

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Chennai Online - Giving company to the Jacob diamond are diamonds from the mines of Golconda, Colombian emeralds, Burmese rubies and pearls from Basra and the Gulf of Mannar. Inaugurating the exhibition, Karan Singh, Chairman of the Indian Council for Cultural

Engagement Etiquette Expert Commentary
14 WFIE - It can be worn daily without damage, unlike other stones such as emeralds and rubies. The ring is to worn on the third finger because of ancient ceremony. During the wedding, the clergyman would sprinkle the ring with holy water and bless it

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Southern Illinoisan - Leber makes wedding and engagement rings from gemstones like sapphires and rubies supplied by fair-trade African co-ops and from Canadian diamonds set in bands made from reclaimed gold or platinum. The metals are derived from old jewelry, electronics

Unique boutique
Norman Transcript - Elegant bracelets, beads, necklaces, sterling silver chains and earrings, belts, purses and hats make up the majority of her store. “I hope when someone walks in the door and looks around they are going to find something fun,” Shilling said. Most of

New lead-paint toy recall
Newsday - WASHINGTON - Toys and children’s necklaces made in China have been recalled, including five more items from the popular Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway product line, because they contain dangerous levels of lead. RC2 Corp.’s “Knights of the Sword

A jewel on Oak St.
Chicago Sun-Times - Yurman pointed to a case of silver-and-diamond and silver-and-gemstone necklaces and bracelets as an example of the kinds of pieces he creates that skeptics said could not be done. Chicago is a natural for the store because it is reported to be the

Reclusive Abruzzo Winemaker, Roots in 1600s, Frets About Rain
Bloomberg - A phone rings. Valentini can’t leave the vineyards where he has been working since 6 a.m., and now wants me to go there. Kicking up dust down a dirt road, I arrive at a rough, whitewashed building next to patches of vines and finally catch

Law and Honor: Crime Solvers Recognizes 8 Detectives
Washington Post - His work tracking various factions of extensive street drug rings across the county has resulted in the seizure of more than $4.8 million in drugs and $500,000 cash. “He and the other detectives here are some of the best we’ve got out here

Replica stadiums idea needs real grounding
St. Petersburg Times - But the commissioners’ enthusiasm for resurrecting the idea of building baseball/softball diamonds that are replicas of historic major-league stadiums must be tempered with a changing playing field among potential competitors for amateur sports

Buddhists fear white head monks will give junta excuse for
Times Online - It showed the bride handing out diamonds to guests, shouting: They re real! in a country where many people do not have enough to eat. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London said: The Government has reacted with commendable

A Cellphone Without Borders
New York Times - As a phone without a country, it requires a country code and area code for every call, even next door. The bigger weirdness: when you dial a number and press send, your phone rings a few seconds later. When you answer, you hear a voice saying

World’s largest offshore wind farm
Engineer Live - A rugged, conservative structural design, automatic lubrication systems with ample supplies, climate control of the internal environment, and a simple generator system without slip rings provide maximum reliability with long service intervals. Power

Crysobel Jewelry Collection Wins Celebrity Fans During Emmy Week in
PR.com - Crysobel earrings display such rare gems as black diamonds, red coral, cultured pearls, hessonite garnets, citrines, rubies and the world s finest Sri Lankan orange, white, pink and blue sapphires. For more information visit www.crysobel.com .

Lucky in love and jewellery
New Straits Times - The Bird of Paradise brooch, made in 1942, with feathers in sized sapphires and rubies, body in engraved polished gold, beak in round diamonds and a cobochon ruby for the eye. A meeting with the head of jewellers at Van Cleef & Arpels turns into a

Dorothy, 91, Gets Her Wedding Rings Back
13 WHAM - Jane Flasch (Canandaigua, N.Y.) - In two weeks time, set of wedding rings traveled a long way from Dorothy Flanders, who rarely took them off since her wedding day in 1940. She s thought of little else since they was stolen from her at the

Ink Soup
American Reporter - In my family, the repercussions of his death are still flowing outward, like rings from a stone dropped into a deathly still pool of water. My very first childhood memory is of my uncle. We were on the streets of Brooklyn, my mother and I, when her

Hominy & Hash
American Reporter - For the Kerry’s and the Boxers of the world, the defense of stem cell research is nice but also rings a little hollow in the face of their antinuclear opportunism. The other issue is for the media. Energy questions have to be considered in

The gold boom
The Independent - As low-income households move into the middle classes and with gold as a major discretionary purchase it differs from other alternative investments such as diamonds or silver as being a consumer good in its own right.” Gold bugs point to the inelastic

‘indiana’ Blabber Faces Doom
New York Post - THAT Norris Church (Mrs. Norman ) Mailer launched her first novel, “Cheap Diamonds,” with a party the other night in her friend Diane Fisher ’s penthouse with Nan and Gay Ta lese , Alexandra Schlesinger and former Bond girl Lois Chiles (Dr. Holly Goodhead in

Suspect crosses river to elude police
Middletown Journal - Gina Starr’s bond was set at $2,500 and her husband’s at $7,500. Police believe the bulk of the jewelry came from a robbery at Sabrina’s Diamonds and Jewelry in Lebanon, in October 2005, Whitman said. Contact this reporter at (513) 705-2511 or dwells