First impressions Little Speck
Beijing Useful read for those who’s heading there to work or play. By Robert Todd. Dec 5, 2006 After all my enthusiasm for Beijing, I suppose some of you are wondering what I actually think of the place, now that I've been here for a month already.
Diamonds, IPods Lure European Shoppers to U.S. as Dollar Falls Bloomberg.com
Dec. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Dublin resident Heather Weir said she couldn't talk for long last Tuesday as she stood at the crossroads of magic, music and video games at FAO Schwarz Inc.'s Manhattan store. She was on a bargain tear down Fifth Avenue.
Fame & Fortune: Augusten Burroughs Bankrate.com via Yahoo! Finance
The "Running With Scissors" author has been consumed by money since he was a child, mostly because he never had any.
An intern's last week Iowa Farmer
Mandy Larson from Pilot Mound, Iowa, is spending her first summer after high school at a fish farm research center in Penang, Malaysia. She is one of 13 globe-trotting teenagers who are World Food Prize interns.
What's going on with gas prices around the country? Ridgecrest Daily Independent
Will the rising cost of gas stop you from driving? What is it doing to the auto market - would you buy an SUV?
Old-fashioned holiday cards send better message The Monterey County Herald
If you're like most people, you put off writing your holiday cards until the last minute. In fact, you may even be thinking about skipping it altogether this year or just sending out an e-card in its place to save time.
Intrepid actress weathered blacklist The Cincinnati Post
Several months ago, Roger Memos of Los Angeles sent me a massive and quite handsome coffee table book called "The Way We Wore." It is a book of pictures of high fashion in the movies of the 1930s and 1940s, but it is a great deal more than that.
Letters to the Editor The Mesquite News
It is nearing that time of year when everyone is filled with joy and happiness, Christmas. That one word is enough to force a smile on most people around now. There are many things that make this special, the lights, the trees, and activities everywhere.
Temptation takes over on Ugly Betty Houston Chronicle
Ugly Betty "Fake Plastic Snow" Nov. 30, 2006 Loose ends are being tied up -- and are unraveling -- on Ugly Betty. Snow falls on the fair metropolis. Betty is working late, and office crush Henry appears. He's so Clark
Dolly Parton: a hard road from Appalachia to the Kennedy Center WBIR-TV Knoxville
Her impoverished family back in East Tennessee worried about her decision to move to a big, hard town like Nashville, and some folks back home told her she'd likely starve to death.
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