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Plaza's "Eloise" suite mixes luxury and whimsy
Friday, July 30, 2010 10:43:26 AM CST
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - The lovable fictional heroine of Kay Thompson's classic book "Eloise," who turned the landmark Plaza hotel on its head with her wild antics, is back with a suite created in her honor.
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New Jersey man jailed for vomiting on baseball fan
Friday, July 30, 2010 3:35:26 PM CST
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters Life!) - A New Jersey man was jailed for up to three months on Friday for making himself vomit on a fellow spectator at a baseball game, the Philadelphia district attorney's office said.
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Some Cape Cod beaches closed after shark sightings
Friday, July 30, 2010 2:47:33 PM CST
BOSTON (Reuters Life!) - Miles of popular Cape Cod beaches were closed to swimmers on Friday after spotter planes saw several great white sharks close to shore.
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Madonna launches new junior fashion line
Friday, July 30, 2010 1:30:03 PM CST
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - The Material Girl is launching a new clothing line for juniors that will hit stores in the U.S. next week, just in time for back-to-school shopping.
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Researchers unveil "holy grail" of Audubon illustration
Friday, July 30, 2010 12:14:12 PM CST
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters Life!) - Researchers have found the first published illustration by John James Audubon, America's most famous bird artist, ending decades of searching for the prized but elusive work.
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With one day to go, town braces for Clinton wedding
Friday, July 30, 2010 4:51:07 PM CST
RHINEBECK, New York (Reuters) - With a day to go before Chelsea Clinton's multimillion-dollar wedding, the tiny town of Rhinebeck, 100 miles north of New York City, was bustling with activity on Friday.
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Sarandon urges law on child sex traffic victims
Friday, July 30, 2010 1:16:26 PM CST
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Oscar-winning actress Susan Sarandon launched a campaign on Friday to urge U.S. lawmakers to protect, instead of prosecute, children who become victims of sex trafficking.
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Hugh Hefner: Rebel with a cause
Friday, July 30, 2010 8:55:14 AM CST
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - At 84 years-old, Playboy founder Hugh Hefner embodies the lifestyle of sexual freedom that his men's magazine has espoused since it was founded in 1953, featuring a nude centerfold of Marilyn Monroe.
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New 3D film recreates Warsaw after 1944 uprising
Friday, July 30, 2010 11:30:08 AM CST
WARSAW (Reuters Life!) - Visitors to the Museum of the Warsaw Uprising will now be able to grasp the scale of devastation inflicted on the Polish capital by Nazi German forces in World War Two with the help of a 3D film.
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Sarajevo becomes biggest regional film market
Friday, July 30, 2010 12:27:21 PM CST
SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Romanian film director Florin Serban was overwhelmed after showing his debut film this week to 2,000 spectators at the Sarajevo film festival, where he had shopped around his script as an unknown three years before.