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Kaboodle (http://www.kaboodle.com/), the largest social website for passionate shoppers, today launched PopPicks, an exclusive, members-only online sale destination that allows shoppers everywhere to determine which products are offered at a special price for a limited time. An ongoing program featuring a new retail partner each week, PopPicks features a collection of products selected by Kaboodle [...]
There was a time was when quilts were made to keep folks warm. Many still are. But there have always been a few quilts so decorative, so beautiful, so artistic that it seems a shame to lock them away in a chest or closet. These are "art quilts," and they are made to be seen. [...]
The technology that has given us cell phones, texting, Facebook,Tiffany pendants, Google, et al., has almost phased out one of our most satisfying and popular pastimes — good old-fashioned gossiping. Being able to spread the news instantly to hundreds of eager ears that John Romeo was spotted kissing Joe Dullard’s wife, Lolita, takes all the [...]
Rochester Mayor T.J. Jean may have called Jersey Shore the worst show on television during a hard-hitting question-and-answer session at the Mr. Strafford County competition, but he didn’t have any problem taking a cue from the hit MTV show when preparing for the competition. "Spray tan,Tiffany bracelets," Jean said of his secret weapon. Thursday’s first [...]
Brickfish, a social media solution, has once again teamed with Neiman Marcus retailer, to power its "What’s Your Passion for Fashion? Challenge – Round 1." According to a release,Tiffany pendants, the program,Tiffany rings, located at neimanmarcus.com/passionforfashion, invites fashionistas to pull together looks for Fall using provided Neiman Marcus assets. Entrants must select at least one [...]
A former assistant Hennepin County attorney was accused in charges filed Thursday of running a high-dollar online prostitution ring that connected women from other countries with regular customers dubbed "Minnesota Nice Guys." It’s been more than two years since Minneapolis police started looking at alleged ringleader John St. Marie and a customer list of 30 [...]
Thirteen men and two women participated in an Ashland prostitution ring that involved the exchange of hundreds of dollars in June, police said Friday. Investigators sent the names of the alleged 13 johns and two prostitutes to the Jackson County District Attorney’s Office Wednesday, said Detective Rick Spence with the Ashland Police Department. Police cited [...]
There is a lot to like about "Footloose," the movie-turned-musical about a small town that bans dancing — the music,Charm pendant, the choreography, the tractors. But mainly we love hero Ren McCormack. And by love, we mean "in love," as in, "Wouldn’t it be rad to slow dance with Ren McCormack to Kenny Loggins in [...]
Authorities say a Bridgeport woman tried to escape and then wrestled with a sheriff’s deputy before she was stunned with a Taser on Friday. A Douglas County Sheriff’s deputy saw the 41-year-old woman walking in the 1900 block of Foster Avenue at about 7:40 p.m., and knew she had a warrant for failing to pay [...]
I ran across this book in an unusual way. Near the end of a packed flight to Atlanta, my seatmate, a lovely woman in her 60s, and I got to talking about newspapers (my living) and books (hers). As we deplaned, I expressed regret that we hadn’t started chatting earlier. As if to provide her [...]