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Indians love limited edition goods from luxury brands
Economic Times - It is a shower of rubies from its calyx, all in brilliants, ending with a briolette diamond. Patrick Normand, MD Cartier, Middle East & South Asia, says, A fantastical criss-crossing of talent and desires woven between the client and jeweller

Brand Launches
Economic Times - The collection has bridal, party and formal sets of jewellery made from uncut diamonds, rubies, emeralds, pearls, sapphire, turquoise and starts from Rs 40,000 onwards. Life s Book Fujitsu launched its first ultra mobile PC series LifeBook

Ghostly visions of things to come
ScrippsNews - I saw macaroni necklaces. But I did not see an ornament, a tree, or a sleigh. Just a week before Thanksgiving and not a hint of Christmas to be found. With a nod of understanding, I was transported again to my bed, and again heard a rap upon my door

Finding an alternative to trick-or-treating
Times Daily - Also, glow bracelets and necklaces are an excellent idea for increasing visibility.” Police say it’s also a good idea for children or their parents to take a flashlight on their rounds. Both ECM and Shoals hospitals will offer free screening for candy

Indians love limited edition goods from luxury brands
Economic Times - It is a shower of rubies from its calyx, all in brilliants, ending with a briolette diamond. Patrick Normand, MD Cartier, Middle East & South Asia, says, A fantastical criss-crossing of talent and desires woven between the client and jeweller

Chemist weighs in on freeway chemical incident
WWMT - Barcelona says both compounds would need to be ground into extremely fine powder and inhaled if they were to cause major harm to a person. Harter says his use of both aluminum oxide and chromium oxide were to make synthetic gems, like rubies and

Spurs To Collect Rings; Host Blazers
NBA - In the SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS, Jeff McDonald writes two years ago, Spurs guard Brent Barry celebrated his first NBA championship ring with a gesture quite progressive and European. Spurs players will collect their rings. A fourth NBA

Commentary: A-Rod’s departure only worsens Yanks’ woes
Courier News - Got rings? How ironic it is now Boston and its Nation who rule baseball, that the Red Sox are the model of class — with a gentleman manager named Terry Francona, and with enough young players to be dominant for years. Meanwhile, the Bronx is burning

Kim Brackin’s National Championship Rings Stolen
SwimInfo - AUSTIN, Texas, October 29. AFTER hearing a rumor over the weekend that Texas women’s head coach Kim Brackin had all of her national championship rings stolen from her office, SwimmingWorldMagazine.com contacted her directly to check on the truth of

In the Name of the Sons
Register-Guard - The phone rings at the Gillilan house on Lariat Drive in Eugene. Anna Louise Gillilan, John s mother, answers. Brenda, 19, the youngest of the three Gillilan children, is home visiting before classes start at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City

Painful rites of passage
Baltimore Sun - The small explosive “hit my commanding officer right in the back, but it didn’t go off on contact; it had a timed fuse,” said Bleier, who won four Super Bowl rings as a running back on the Pittsburgh Steelers of the 1970s. “And here it comes toward me

Digital Culture
NPR News - October 29, 2007 A look at some of the most popular stories on the Net: Counting rings on mollusks; a lawsuit over the “Fighting Sioux” is settled; Obama turns up the heat on Clinton; Arnold Schwarzenegger says marijuana is not a drug; and Alison

Victory in NHRA Nationals leaves Fuller smiling again
Las Vegas Review Journal - You’d think the Las Vegas resident still would have been smiling after winning $100,000 and the Top Fuel Technicoat Shootout the night before. Competitors, especially championship-caliber competitors, don’t smile until the bell rings, buzzer sounds

Utica woman wins at trade show for her Jeweltree
Newark Advocate - UTICA — Abby Novel is a determined woman. For 28 years, she has been working on an idea of a jewelry holder to hold all her fashion necklaces, rings, earrings, hair accessories and pins. After seven designs, Novel, 65, finally came up with a

Jamie Lee Curtis Gets Down To Business In Hartford
Hartford Courant - her own speech, Curtis sat down and chatted with a small group, her shoes off, and wearing a short-cropped black sweater over a simple black dress and the four pieces of jewelry she wears every day of her life including the diamond-stud earrings

Brink’s guard charged with stealing from ATM
Miami Herald - Police also seized a silver-and-onyx bracelet, a set of earrings and a 9mm. Glock pistol bought with some of the pilfered money. More than 30 deposits ranging from $40 to $81,000 had disappeared from Aug. 1 to Oct. 17 during the Wednesday run while

Coors Field Gives Ortiz, Red Sox a New Look
Washington Post - It was the glint of sunlight reflecting off the massive diamond earrings of David Ortiz , the Red Sox’ burly designated hitter, as he took ground balls. The pattern of flashes, according to those conversant in Morse code, appeared to spell out SOS.

Train takes a detour into the past
Boston Globe - Murray, wearing a pair of pearl earrings her father gave her for her wedding 33 years ago, strolled up and down the train car, showing fellow passengers a yellowed photograph, taken by a Globe reporter, of her parents, her brothers, Alfred and Shawn

robert F from Toronto, Canada writes: I agree, when did Canadian
Globe and Mail - It sparkles and is every bit as tasteful as my colleagues’ diamond earrings. I work for a major financial company and no one (including HR or Management or clients) has ever mentioned it. Good thing there’s Amy Verner to tell me why my career is a

Dollar Tree Stores Inc. Recalls Children’s Jewelry Due to Risk of Lead
PR Newswire - Name Type of Jewelry Item Number Beary Cute Pierced earrings with jewelry like studs and hanging earrings with bears, hearts and flowers

Costume drama
Boston Online - More than 350 necklaces, bracelets, brooches, and earrings will be on display. We caught up with Lane, a 1954 RISD grad, to chat about his work. What have been some of your favorite pieces, your best work? Certain things have become so iconic and

Leather fantasies become reality at bizarre boutique
Miami Herald - In a cloud of white smoke, spike-haired Randy Thompson burst onto the makeshift stage at the Southernmost Hotel singing Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds. He was dressed like a hippy bunny rabbit. Thompson, master of ceremonies for Fantasy Fest’s

State news of national interest
Charleston Gazette - Eric Blake, 32, of Appleton, Wis., spotted the stone at the Crater of Diamonds State Park. More than 700 diamonds have been found this year at the park, where visitors can keep whatever they dig up. NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A new estimate puts New Orleans

Where’s the Party? If You Have to Ask . . .
Washington Post - Wedged between the ultra-luxe Le Meridien and Ritz-Carlton properties, the Parnassus is like a well-worn bead separating two diamonds. Although it has seen better days (chipped paint here and there, outdated furniture, lackluster air conditioning in