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Families brace for holidays without a home - Reuters
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif (Reuters) - A memento with Depression-era humor helps Kristin Bertrand keep perspective as her family braces for a Christmas holiday without their home. The small ceramic dish she keeps from her grandfather reads: “Cheer up

In the spotlight: H&M for the holidays - New York Daily News
If you’ve already got your Halloween costume in the bag, why not get a head start on your holiday gear. H&M is already rolling out its holiday collections, including its very first Divided Exclusive line, which features an array of classic black

Oct. 30: Jammed up - Oregonian
There’s bad traffic on the I-5. I’m with a friend and we’re stuck — stop and go, all the radio stations have commercials playing at the same time. A BMW to our right moves towards the broken white line and then jerks back into their lane. I can’t

Lord of the Rings Conquest Trailer - Kotaku.com
Pandemic’s attempt at Battlefrontin’ the LOTR franchise, The Lord of The Rings: Conquest , is looking rather pleasing. I suppose it shouldn’t be too surprising that bits of this trailer look so cinematic - much of the third film was essentially a

Shanahan tired of waiting, says bye to Broadway - CBS Sportsline
Brendan Shanahan got tired of waiting for the New York Rangers to want him. Settled in New York after two seasons of playing with the Rangers, the 39-year-old likely Hall of Famer didn’t have any interest in talking to any other team in the NHL. He

Remaking vintage diamonds in the rough. - Philadelphia Daily News
About an hour before the barn doors open at 9 a.m. in Newtown, a line of shoppers begins to form. They bring their coffee, their measuring tapes, and their hopes of landing a curvy chair on casters that used to belong to someone’s grandma - then in a

King of Bling - Saskatoon Star Phoenix
Sir Gabriel S. Tolkowsky, or Gabi as he likes to be called, has cut some of the world’s largest, rarest and most valuable diamonds. The artist, who belongs to the sixth generation of a family with a history entwined with that of the modern diamond

End Congo’s suffering - Daily Telegraph
The bitterest legacy of the 1994 Rwandan genocide - warfare in eastern Congo - is once again in the news. In this instance, Laurent Nkunda, a renegade general who proclaims himself protector of the Tutsis, has advanced on Goma, the capital of North

Retired Croatian general indicted in gem case - International Herald Tribune
ZAGREB, Croatia : A retired Croatian general has been indicted for allegedly embezzling gems worth US$5 million ( 3.9 million) used in an arms deal during the war here. Vladimir Zagorec, a deputy defense minister at the time, is accused of

Burma: US Consumers Should Avoid Banned Gems - Human Rights Watch
The US government began enforcement on October 27, 2008, of a law that strictly bans the import of rubies and jade from Burma. The Tom Lantos Block Burmese JADE (Junta’s Anti-Democratic Efforts) Act of 2008 was approved unanimously by both houses of

Treasure chest on display - MSN UK News
Diamonds are a girl’s best friend this Christmas with the launch of a 3.15 million jewel-encrusted bra. Lingerie chain Victoria’s Secret commissioned jeweller-to-the-stars Martin Katz to create the ultimate stocking filler. Brazilian supermodel

NZ netball fed up with rough Diamonds - ninemsn
New Zealand have lit the fuse for a potentially explosive final trans-Tasman netball clash on Sunday by shining the spotlight on Australian roughhouse tactics. Silver Ferns coach Ruth Aitken on Thursday called for the umpires to clamp down on

Zimbabwe: Diamonds Can Take You Into Forever - AllAfrica.com
Armed informal diamond miners in Zimbabwe’s eastern Manicaland Province, scraping a living in desperate times, are resisting attempts by police to remove them in increasingly violent clashes. According to police spokesperson Andrew Phiri, as quoted

Petra Diamonds says Al Rajhi holds over 9 pct stake in co - Forbes
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Treasure chest on display - MSN UK News
Diamonds are a girl’s best friend this Christmas with the launch of a 3.15 million jewel-encrusted bra. Lingerie chain Victoria’s Secret commissioned jeweller-to-the-stars Martin Katz to create the ultimate stocking filler. Brazilian supermodel

Sabyasachi’s ‘Bridal Sutra’ ends LFW - Hindustan Times
Inspired by the rituals and joys associated with Indian weddings, designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee’s collection ‘Bridal Sutra’ brought much colour and traditional richness to the ramp at the grand finale of the Lakme Fashion Week (LFW) here that also

Video Games Help Elderly Drivers - ABC News
It’s a jungle on the road out there, and like so many people, Steve Kramer, a 57-year-old financial adviser from Langhorne, Pa., worries how he’ll keep up behind the wheel as he gets older. A new program aims to increase brain skills, such as memory

Explaining tattoos to grandchildren - Cordele Dispatch
Tattoos must really be in style because about half the female population now has one or more. Males appear to run about seventy-five percent for tattoos. Frankly, I do not particularly like them. It appears to me that it would cause a great deal of

Teen robbed at gunpoint in Elmont - Newsday
Two men, one armed with a handgun, robbed a 16-year-old youth in Elmont Wednesday night, Nassau police said. The robbers demanded the teen’s earrings, but the victim refused and began to struggle with the suspects, police said. When the teen dropped

STYLE FILE: Celebrity T-shirts, stylish condoms, more - Newsday
Macy’s has teamed up with the likes of Paris Hilton , Tim Gunn and Kimora Lee Simmons, among others, on a line called CelebriTees. They’ve each designed an organic cotton shirt, available at select Macy’s stores while supplies last. They cost $24-$28

Hockey Mom or Neiman Marxist? - Huffingtonpost.com
The secret is out. There is a Marxist in the Presidential race. She’s just not on the Democratic ticket. The real Marxist is in the McCain camp, the Neiman Marxist adorned in that fetching $150,000 wardrobe. Contrast that with say, Geri the nurse who

My Saks Shopping Spree How to spend $150,000 just like Sarah Palin. - Slate
As I trekked up the floors of Saks’ mammoth building, I confess I was starting to get exhausted. I hadn’t even spent half of my fake clothing allowance, but I felt as though I was beginning to run out of things to buy. I considered ducking into the

STYLE FILE: Celebrity T-shirts, stylish condoms, more - Newsday
Macy’s has teamed up with the likes of Paris Hilton , Tim Gunn and Kimora Lee Simmons, among others, on a line called CelebriTees. They’ve each designed an organic cotton shirt, available at select Macy’s stores while supplies last. They cost $24-$28

Indian Brides Replace Traditional Gold Jewelry as Prices Rise - Bloomberg
Oct. 22 (Bloomberg) — Ashima Lahiri will say her wedding vows in December wearing fake earrings, necklaces and bangles that cost a tenth of the price of gold, breaking a millennia-old Indian tradition that brides wear the precious metal. “Gold is

Should we all become Scrooges? - News Shopper
Imagine this Its mid October and the weather can t decide if its Summer or Autumn yet. Halloween is at the end of the month with Bonfire Night a few days later. Everybody s starting to get all excited as you do around this time of year with

Remind me the ‘blood diamond’ movie. - Boston Globe
Great Pics. Those miners are working in an inhospitable environment. Correction to Pic#17. “Five men” are watching as miners work together to move sand and gravel up the side wall. The tone of the comments seems to be “we shouldn’t buy jewelry