Chelsea Clinton Turns Princess Bride in Wang Who did the bride take for better or for worse? Vera Wang. And it was better than anyone could imagine. In a floor-length gown with a bejeweled, shimmering waist-band, Chelsea Clinton surpassed the fashion expectations of the so-called “Wedding of the Century.” What do you expect at an […]
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Norway Doomsday Seed Vault Hits 1/2 Million Mark
Two years after receiving its first deposits, a “doomsday” seed vault on an Arctic island has amassed half a million seed samples, making it the world’s most diverse repository of crop seeds, the vault’s operators announced Thursday. Cary Fowler — who heads the trust that oversees the seed collection, which is 620 miles (1,000 kilometers) […]
Chelsea’s Wedding Town Caters to Clinton-Mania
The locals in the town where Chelsea Clinton is set to tie the knot today are so fired up about the attention … they’re literally renaming their food in honor of the former first family. TMZ has learned The Rhinecliff — a fancy restaurant in Rhinebeck, NYÂ — has rechristened their menu in honor of […]
Infant Deaths Prompt Gov’t Warning
The government warned Friday that those chic baby slings that hip moms and dads are sporting these days can be dangerous, even deadly for their little ones. The Consumer Product Safety Commission said it has investigated at least 13 deaths associated with sling-style infant carriers over the last 20 years, including three deaths last year. […]
eBay Fined in France
eBay fined in France for selling upscale perfumes Online auction site eBay Inc. was fined euro1.7 million ($2.5 million) by a Paris court on Monday for failing to stop the sale of famous perfume brands like Christian Dior, Guerlain, Givenchy and Kenzo — all of which are owned by luxury group LVMH. The decision follows […]
Diamond Sells For $35 million
LONDON (Reuters) – Petra Diamonds sold a 507-carat diamond for $35.3 million on Friday, breaking a record as the highest price ever paid for a rough diamond. Analysts had estimated the value of the stone, one of the 20 biggest high-quality rough diamonds, at around $25 million. “It is fitting that the Cullinan Heritage should […]
Who Really Owns the United States
Regardless of how much closer Obama’s budget brings our economy into a balance of payments not seen since 2001, we will continue to run deficits for the next decade, and the national debt will keep growing every year that happens. While most of the country’s $14 trillion debt is held by private banks in the […]
What Is A Chupacabra
The chupacabras (Spanish pronunciation: [tʃupaˈkaβɾas], from chupar “to suck” and cabra “goat”, literally “goat sucker”), is a legendary cryptid rumored to inhabit parts of the Americas. It is associated more recently with sightings of an allegedly unknown animal in Puerto Rico (where these sightings were first reported), Mexico, and the United States, especially in the […]