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- Beachwear works swimmingly with cover-ups Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 11:37PMIn next year's beach season, women can be comfortable, feel glamorous and look trend-right in pants as beach cover-ups.
- Sheila in a demure floral top Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 7:32PMWHEN it comes to clothes, size is a big problem for Datuk Sheila Majid. Even a standard size S outfit is often too large for the 1.5m tall singer. “I normally buy whatever I fancy,” she says, her smile warm.
- The House Fugly Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 4:14PMRUMER WILLIS: I am really excited about our new TV show. TALLULAH WILLIS: Me too. I can’t wait for America to see our heartfelt portrayal of the ups and downs of two young Deadheads. No one has ever done a show like that before!
- Give Greece What It Deserves: Communism Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 3:33PMThe world needs a contemporary example of communism in action.
- African American Civil War Museum gets new home Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 1:58PMWith a fife and drum band playing Yankee Doodle and civil war re-enactors sweltering in the summer sun, a museum honoring the contribution of African Americans in the US Civil War moved into its new home in Washington Monday.
- 2011 Saratoga Race Course Guide Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 1:12PMSARATOGA SPRINGS -- The Saratoga Race Course opens Friday, July 22 for its 143rd season. CBS 6 has your guide to Saratoga -- use the links below to find everything you need.
- At home in Turkey: Staying with villagers in Kurdistan Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 8:42AMBefore most people are awake, Pero Salva has baked a day's worth of bread over an open fire, milked the cows, fed the chickens and used a broom made from twigs to sweep the dirt walkway in front of the house she shares with her husband and three children.
- The gift of giving Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 11:06PM"Our kids here don't know how lucky they are - including my kids," Chan San of Carbondale said quietly as he spoke about a recent journey he made to Laos, his homeland.
- Daybreak exec Alison 'The Sharminator' Sharman is at the centre of controversy Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 5:47PMAlison Sharman is the 'shouty' and 'ruthless' secretary who is now responsible for the disastrous Daybreak. But she is in the spotlight for rumours of an affair.
- Civil War re-enactors commemorate the Battle of Funkstown with a street battle and more Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 5:09PMThe rum-pah-pah-pum of the snare and the chipper wail of the fife greeted residents of Funkstown early Saturday morning. As people hurried to their windows and porches, austere re-enactors dressed as Union soldiers marched by with rifles slung over their shoulders and a star-spangled flag held high. Women in bonnets and long fluffy skirts followed closely behind, rounding up an occasional ...
- Pilobolus Tumbles On Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 3:52PMOn the opening night of its annual Joyce Theater run, Pilobolus showed two of the three premieres it will present this season, and they could hardly be more unalike. One collaborates with a Butoh artist and the other with a rock band.
- Witnesses dole out invitations Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 1:27AMAn outdoor thermometer on a drug store read 91 degrees at 10:30 a.m. Friday. Under the crisp blue sky Sandy Hunton kept a steady pace on Audrey Lane, a street of tidy brick homes in the Foxridge neighborhood. In her purse was a handful of multicolor invitations to the annual district convention of Jehovah's Witnesses, a religious group known for its willingness to knock on doors in evangelistic ...
- A DANCE WITH DRAGONS: A Song of Ice and Fire, Book Five Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 11:13PMHe drank his way across the narrow sea. The ship was small and his cabin smaller, and the captain would not allow him abovedecks. The rocking of the deck beneath his feet made his stomach heave, and the wretched food they served him tasted even worse when retched back up.
- 'Who's Bucks Fizz?' They're making their minds up row Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 6:26PMSome would argue the Bucks Fizz brand lost its sparkle long ago. But 30 years after their Eighties pop act made them the darlings of the Eurovision song contest, Bucks Fizz
- There’s more to the SlutWalk than short skirts Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 5:05PMAnya Cohen’s essay on the SlutWalk (“ SlutWalk’s Sexy Dilemma ” RC June 22, 2011) missed a lot of the point of the SlutWalk movement. It was hardly the first time someone misconstrued the event.
- Column: Somewhere between nostalgia and now Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 12:45PMThe Green Mountains rise up out of the landscape as I trade interstate 93 for 89 to Vermont. The same vibrations pull inside me as in my UVM days on my way back to school. I don’t know what to make of it — I never do. I’m going to visit my college roommate, but it always feels like my mailbox should be there too. These summer treks used to include all my kids, but I’m down to just the youngest ...
- New Gilman Trail overpass will bridge the safety gap Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 12:21PMVery soon, users of the Gilman Trail won't have to stop, look left and look right to avoid vehicles whisking past where the trail crosses busy Galena Boulevard.
- Court Still Making Mind Up On Bucks Fizz Spat Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 10:04AMA hearing officer is still making his mind up about who should be allowed to use the band name Bucks Fizz.
- Absence of Malice (1981) Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 10:00AMWhen I was a student in journalism school, in the beginning of my first semester, one of the professors of the required Ethics course assigned the 1981 Sydney Pollack film Absence of Malice . I was probably one of many incoming students who had cited All the President’s Men in my application essay, having been appropriately infected by its romantic portrayal of journalism, but I hadn’t heard of ...
- A vacation from high heels Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 3:08AMThere are women who are willing to endure the pain and discomfort of walking in high heels for the sake of “tiis ganda,” a term that loosely means “beauty over pain” or bearing discomfort in the name of beauty and fashion.
- A vacation from high heels Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 3:08AMThere are women who are willing to endure the pain and discomfort of walking in high heels for the sake of “tiis ganda,” a term that loosely means “beauty over pain” or bearing discomfort in the name of beauty and fashion.
- Rev. Mary M. Brown: The Problem With Preaching Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 9:27AMFor a sermon to be a public discourse, it takes a pastor and a congregation. In a community of faith, trust and openness, the conversation will develop organically between pastor and people.
- Locals line up for 'Harry Potter' marathon Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 9:14AMAt 4 a.m. Wednesday they started arriving at Cinemark in Sherman. Some came in cloaks and others in pleated skirts with striped ties. Still more wore gauzy black from head to toe.
- Hawkins sizzles in Cervantes for Myer Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 9:00AMAS the early morning winter sun slowly warms up the pristine white sand dunes north of Perth, Jennifer Hawkins prepares to put some sizzle into Myer's Spring Summer collections.
- Fashion in full bloom in desert Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 9:00AMIT'S going to be a very hot - and bright - summer if these pictures are anything to go by.
- Startling videos show parole agent missed Jaycee in backyard Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 12:21PMThe El Dorado District Attorney's Office Tuesday released clips of convicted kidnappers Phillip and Nancy Garrido's home movies, including videos of young girls playing at parks and a parole agent searching the couple's Antioch home without knowledge that a captive Jaycee Lee Dugard was 30 feet away in the backyard.
- FEATURE - Free circumcision makes good politics in Turkey Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 7:33AMISTANBUL (Reuters) - As an exercise in good governance, the mass circumcision ceremony for some 100 boys from disadvantaged families in an old Istanbul square ticks a lot of boxes for Turkey's ruling AK Party and its voters.
- Kate Middleton brings back pantyhose. Bare legs are so 2010 Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 7:25AMKate Middleton’s latest contribution to fashion: pantyhose. After two straight weeks of pairing knockout designer dresses with '80s-style sheer stockings, the Duchess of Cambridge has proven that everything she touches—really everything—turns to style gold.
- Free circumcision makes good politics in Turkey Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 6:05AMISTANBUL (Reuters) - - As an exercise in good governance, the mass circumcision ceremony for some 100 boys from disadvantaged families in an old Istanbul square ticks a lot of boxes for Turkey's...
- Paris haute couture week: Princess chic rules the runway Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 9:10PMValentino and Givenchy display a quiet, ethereal aesthetic that channels the demure elegance of Europe's royals Restrained, angelic and the demure princess were the key looks at the haute couture shows in Paris this week. The market is experiencing a revival. Five years ago commentators were predicting its demise but over the past few seasons there has been a resurgence. Bruno Pavlovsky, head of ...
- Cappadocia: A Turkish jewel Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 8:02PMA view of the fantastic landscape of Goreme. The music is haunting: a solo flute plays a piercingly sweet melody supported by a soft steady drumbeat.
- Prints, in floral and polka dots, are still in-trend with European fashion Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 7:19PMMore European labels have been added to a departmental store’s portfolio here, discovers ANUSHA K.
- 12 July 2011 Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 10:04AMFish rot from the head down. So do unethical businesses and corrupt societies. This is as true when the fish is an unethical business as one of the arm of liberal democratic government – executive, judicial or legislative.
- Be inspired by Victoria Beckham's maternity style Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 9:42AMThe former Spice Girl may have given birth to little Harper Seven this week, but she is still featured in Polyvore's ranking of most stylish celebrities thanks to her fashionable outfits during her pregnancy.
- Epic dress sale at White House|Black Market Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 9:13AMThis isn't exactly hot off the presses, as this sale is about a week old at this point. And perhaps "epic" is an overstatement. But still! White House|Black Market has some of the prettiest and classiest little dresses around, in my opinion. Though I adore black and white ensembles. But doesn't everyone? For a limited time -- basically, until they run out of dresses -- WHBM is taking up to 60 ...
- Nigeria: We Are Not Under Pressure to Be Like Our Father - Prof. Nwando Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 7:02AMOgundimu, daughter of famous writer, Chinua Achebe is a Professor of History at Michigan State University (MSU), USA.
- Richter7 Employees Beat Heat, Take Off Pants at Work, Donate to the Needy Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 6:13AMExpecting 100-degree heat in Salt Lake City this summer, Richter7, a Salt Lake City-based advertising and public relations agency, has mandated a "No Pants" policy from July 12 to Aug. 12, 2011, for the fourth consecutive year.
- Contrasts Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 1:50AMIt was an afternoon of extremes. The fifth regular show of Fashion Watch 2011 was a showcase of the opposing points of view of Jerome Lorico and Ito Curata. The former is all about blurring the lines and going to places very few local designers dare to.
- Readers Choice: The Sexiest Actresses of All Time Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 1:34AMHere's looking at rediff readers' pick of greatest Bollywood sexiest actresses.
- Hope Solo Boyfriend: Soccer Star Leaves 2007 and Her Boyfriend Behind Her Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 9:05PMU.S. women's goalkeeper Hope Solo is showing in the 2011 World Cup that she's left 2007 behind her. Solo, of course, made headlines for her infamous rant against then-coach Greg Ryan for pulling her in the semifinals during the 2007 World Cup against Brazil. But beyond her play on the field, which aided the women's team in defeating Brazil in the quarterfinals of the World Cup on Sunday, Solo ...
- The endless charm of the Orient Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 12:17PMA bare-chested male dancer moved gracefully under the shower of light at the center of the runway. His dance was a combination of soft yet intense movement, sometimes slow but easy and then suddenly .....
- Peter Mandelson parties with super-rich Nat Rothschild in Montenegro Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 12:17PMIt seems someone was determined the world would not see the Labour peer enjoying the lavish 40th birthday celebrations of his close friend, billionaire Nat Rothschild.
- Women and the corporate ladder Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 11:57AMHas anyone wondered if the Julia Braverman-Joel Graham family in the NBC drama series "Parenthood" will ever be a typical household in Malaysia?
- Obey skirts question whether he may run for governor Saturday, July 9, 2011 @ 10:32PMWhen a prominent politician scoffs and laughs off a question, but never really answers it — well, that’s enough to fuel wild speculation in political circles.
- Courtesy Lessons, and Other N.Y.C. Tales - Metropolitan Diary Saturday, July 9, 2011 @ 7:11PMSubway riders and panhandlers know their etiquette, a cabby performs a rescue, and more Metropolitan Diary entries.
- Check out the hottest in summer festival style Saturday, July 9, 2011 @ 5:10AMEven if you haven’t been to a music festival since the Woodstock era, the concert styles permeating mainstream fashion this season aren’t just for the teenaged set. Think big floppy sunhats, figure-flattering tunics and long bohemian skirts and dresses
- District to discuss dress code Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 11:05PMThe District 118 School Board on Wednesday will review and discuss a proposed uniform dress code.
- It Ain't Over Till It's Over - Debra Berney Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 3:46PMAs Debra Berney walked out onto the stage of the Liberty High School auditorium, in Eldersburg, Maryland, she was stepping into a spotlight she'd avoided for more than 40 years.
- Go Back in Time at Barona's Flashback Fridays Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 11:40AMClub Barona Members Have a Chance to Win a Share of $84,000 on Fridays in July
- How Arabella Weir made peace with her body Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 10:43AMThe actress Arabella Weir, who is speaking at the Telegraph Ways with Words Festival next week, on how she made peace with her body.