Activities and Recreation
Kate (and Pippa’s bum) push Lady Gaga off fashion’s map
LOS ANGELES | Wed Feb 8, 2012 6:21pm EST LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Britain’s Kate Middleton and her sister Pippa have bumped Lady Gaga off the international fashion map. The wife of Prince William, now formally known as the Duchess of Cambridge, topped a fashion buzzword list for a second year running while outrageous pop [...]
Records tumble at Christie’s art sale
By Mike Collett-White LONDON | Tue Feb 7, 2012 7:25pm EST LONDON (Reuters) – Christie’s on Tuesday kicked off a fortnight of major London art sales with a bang, hitting or exceeding the most optimistic pre-sale expectations and extending 2011′s record-breaking run into the new year. At its impressionist and modern evening sale, the world’s [...]
Bread a culprit in Americans eating too much salt
By David Beasley Tue Feb 7, 2012 6:00pm EST (Reuters) – Nine out of 10 American adults consume too much salt and the leading culprit is not potato chips or popcorn but slices of bread and dinner rolls, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday. Forty-four percent of salt consumed can be [...]
Former intern reveals 18-month affair with JFK
Mon Feb 6, 2012 6:53pm EST (Reuters) – A former White House intern is speaking out about an 18-month affair she had with President John F. Kennedy while he was in office, revealing intimate details in a new book to be published on Wednesday. Mimi Alford, who was 19 when she started her internship at [...]
Models form rights group ahead of New York Fashion Week
By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK | Mon Feb 6, 2012 9:08pm EST NEW YORK (Reuters) – Fashion models in the United States launched a rights group on Monday ahead of New York Fashion Week to seek workplace standards including backstage privacy to stop unauthorized nude photos and a program to provide confidential advice on dealing [...]
