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Dior suspends Galliano after alleged assault
PARIS (AFP) ― Fashion house Dior has suspended John Galliano after police questioned its flamboyant British star designer for allegedly assaulting a couple and using anti-Semitic insults in a Paris bar.Galliano responded by bringing a suit for “defamation,” his lawyer Stephane Zerbib said late Friday, just days before Paris Fashion Week starts.Police briefly detained Galliano on Thursday evening i
Arts & Design Feb. 28, 2011
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Jamie Oliver: Food for kids a civil rights issue
MIAMI BEACH, Florida (AP) ― British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver called Sarah Palin a “Froot Loop” for criticizing the Obama administration’s healthy eating initiatives, and said getting healthy foods to kids is a civil rights issue.The U.S. is in a “really dark moment” when it comes to children’s health and needs to make it a priority, said Oliver, who tried to transform the diets of a West Virgin
Television Feb. 27, 2011
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Bold color at Jil Sander, black at Armani
MILAN (AP) ― Cavalli strayed from the top drawer coutour on many Milan runways, evoking a high-end hippie rocker.Cavalli evoked a lot of duality in his collection previewed during Milan fashion week on Saturday: light and shadow, gold and silver, iron and copper, reptile skin and feathers.For next fall and winter, Cavalli created by his own words “a perfect synthesis” of the Cavalli style.The desi
Arts & Design Feb. 27, 2011
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Romantic moments in the world’s most exciting city
NEW YORK ― What’s romantic? Taking your sweetheart to New York City.The most exciting metropolis in the world packs a lot of living into every hour.Here, even hicks from the sticks feel like they’re Somebody from Somewhere.It all starts with your hotel.My advice is to cut your stay by a night ― and pay a little more for the room each night. Two of the most romantic hotels in New York are diametric
Travel Feb. 25, 2011
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Do healthy soups lack flavor?
Vegetable soup hits the trifecta for a perfect winter meal: It’s hearty, healthful and hot.And for those without the time or energy for all that chopping and simmering, the canned soup aisle offers an array of effortless options. But are they delicious?We plucked five veggie soup brands from supermarket shelves and put them to a blind test. Nine tasters rated the soups on look, aroma, texture and,
Food Feb. 25, 2011
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Shaking the salt habit
Read the labels, cook at home to reduce salt intakeHow does this sound for a quick breakfast:A single pancake, topped with 1 tablespoon each of reduced-fat tub margarine and reduced-calorie pancake syrup. Two slices of Canadian bacon. An 8-ounce glass of skim milk. A cup of coffee with 1 tablespoon of half-and-half.Congratulations. You just ate 1,254 milligrams of sodium before you even left the h
Food Feb. 23, 2011
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Jefferson’s books found in U.S. university library
ST. LOUIS (AP) ― Dozens of Thomas Jefferson’s books, some including handwritten notes from America’s third president, have been found in the rare books collection at Washington University in St. Louis.Now, historians are poring through the 69 newly discovered books and five others the school already knew about, and librarians are searching the collection for more volumes that may have belonged to
Books Feb. 23, 2011
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Virtual president’s desk enlivens JFK’s 1800s office
BOSTON (AP) ― As a little girl, Caroline Kennedy hung out at her father’s desk while he worked in the country’s most famous office.Now the library she works with to preserve her father’s memory has introduced a way anyone can sit ― virtually ― at John F. Kennedy’s desk and learn more about his life and administration.On Monday, the Museum at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston unvei
People Feb. 22, 2011
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Burberry seizes moment at London Fashion Week
LONDON (AP) ― A little snowfall is no problem ― even inside ― if you have proper raingear to protect you, so the models at the Burberry Prorsum London Fashion Week show Monday had no complaints about the artificial snow cascading down on the catwalk for the finale.Once again, Burberry design czar Christopher Bailey wowed a celebrity-laden crowd with his dresses, coats, flared pantsuits and other e
Arts & Design Feb. 22, 2011
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Vivienne Westwood takes a royal turn
LONDON (AFP) ― You could be forgiven for thinking Vivienne Westwood had the royal wedding in mind when she designed her latest collection, themed on Lewis Carroll’s mad queens, accessorized with crowns as hats.But the grande dame of British fashion said her Red Label’s autumn-winter 2011 designs had nothing to do with the forthcoming nuptials of Prince William and Kate Middleton ― and revealed she
Arts & Design Feb. 21, 2011
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Philly exhibit reopens with Chinese mummies
PHILADELPHIA (AP) ― “Return of the Mummies” may sound like a horror movie, but in this case there’s a happy ending.The “Secrets of the Silk Road” exhibit reopened Friday at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology with a pair of show-stopping ancient mummies, now that a mysterious dispute with the Chinese government has been wrapped up.The drama has passed that had mus
Performance Feb. 21, 2011
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Italian seeks kung-fu stardom in Shanghai
SHANGHAI (AFP) ― At a Shanghai building site, a man in a black Stetson looks over his shoulder at two approaching thugs. Four others appear, fists raised. They lock eyes and the cowboy springs up in a whirlwind of kicks.The scene is from “Shangdown: The Way of the Spur,” an independent kung-fu spaghetti western, and the cowboy is Christian Bachini, a 25-year-old Italian actor who came to Shanghai
Film Feb. 21, 2011
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Egyptian tourism struggles to revive
CAIRO (AP) ― The wind-swept pyramids of Giza were virtually deserted Sunday, symbols not just of the might and culture of the pharaohs but also the damage that Egypt’s upheaval has inflicted on tourism, a pillar of the economy.Just two dozen foreign tourists were seen by midday at the wondrous monuments, where thousands flocked daily before protesters launched an uprising in late January that topp
Travel Feb. 21, 2011
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Las Vegas wedding chapels deal with love recession
LAS VEGAS (AP) ― Las Vegas’ love life is in the dumps.Fewer than 92,000 couples married in or around Sin City last year. The last time the city of drive-through wedding chapels married fewer people, it was 1993.The wedding industry hoped Valentine’s Day would provide some much needed sizzle, but they weren’t betting on it with the festival falling on a weekday. The love recession is a real heartac
Travel Feb. 18, 2011
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Director Lee defends pace of Berlin’s sole Asian entry
BERLIN (AFP) ― The sole Asian contender for the Berlin film festival’s Golden Bear top prize, minimalist South Korean breakup drama “Come Rain, Come Shine,” met with jeers from critics Thursday.It tells the story of a woman who announces to her husband she is leaving him but, before she goes, spends one last day with him in their home ― an experience that fills them both with longing and regret.“S
Film Feb. 18, 2011
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