May 22, 2013
|Story| AP Pennsylvania
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PENN STATE-ABUSE
Ex-PSU prez seeks dismissal of criminal charges
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Former Penn State President Graham Spanier is asking a county judge to throw out criminal charges accusing him of helping to cover up abuse allegations against...
May 22, 2013
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A panel of judges will hear from lawyers for former state Representative Bill DeWeese today as he appeals his corruption conviction. DeWeese says he should get a new trial because of procedural errors by judges and...
May 22, 2013
|Story| AP Pennsylvania
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KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. (AP) — Three sisters say they were kicked out of a suburban Philadelphia mall after refusing to remove profanity-laden hats expressing their hatred of breast cancer.
Zakia Clark and Tasha Clark had been at the King of Prussia...
May 21, 2013
| Orlando Sentinel
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My son is easy to shop for because he doesn't care much about clothes and (to paraphrase another writer) dresses now pretty much like he did as a toddler, with shorts and t-shirts his usual attire. But shoes, apparently, are another matter.
I took him...
May 20, 2013
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The Honolulu Star-Advertiser
June Mulhall was a shoe addict who turned her passion into a business and has enabled untold numbers of other shoe addicts for 33 years.
Oh yeah, let's not forget C. June Shoes' selection of purses and accessories.
"Ask any woman if she has heard of...
May 19, 2013
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The Arizona Daily Sun
Flagstaff has thrift stores, department stores, and a handful of higher-end clothing stores like Eddie Bauer or P.J. Chilcottage.
A new store aims to merge some of these categories, re-selling used designer clothing at half or one-third the price of...
May 19, 2013
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The Honolulu Star-Advertiser
All he wanted was some American-made boots.
An Air Force noncommissioned officer who complained to Congress, military investigators and the media that he was issued Chinese-made boots for an Afghanistan deployment now says he is being retaliated against...
May 19, 2013
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Portland Press Herald, Maine
Former Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe was all over the media landscape last week promoting her new book, "Fighting for Common Ground: How We Can Fix the Stalemate in Congress."
Snowe's suggestions on congressional reforms (among them open primaries and an...
May 17, 2013
|Story| SFL
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Staff Writer
Aaaahhh, Serena and Venus Williams.
I know it isn't exactly a frock-doc, but the movie "Venus and Serena" opens this weekend in SoFla (O Cinema in Miami Shores) after recently premiering at the Miami International Film Festival.
No, it isn't about...
May 17, 2013
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Miami Herald
That trendy jacket treasured for its looks and bargain price bears hidden costs -- in lives at risk and lives actually lost. The death toll from the collapse of the Rana Plaza garment factory in Bangladesh -- 1,127 dead so far -- has opened the eyes of...
May 16, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
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Kirstie Alley slammed Abercrombie honcho Michael Jeffries this week, taking personal shots at the chief exec in the wake of a media blast started by a story explaining why the clothing retailer wouldn't stock items in sizes larger than, well, large....
May 16, 2013
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Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla.
Rebecca Newman got married April 12 under a shady oak tree at a ranch in rural Brandon. She held her reception in an elegantly decorated barn.
The 26-year-old college student wore brown cowboy boots and a dress she never thought she could afford, a...
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