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Francois-Marie Banier Accused Of Conning French L'Oreal Heiress Liliane Bettencourt Out Of $1.5 Billion

Posted 12.11.2009 | World

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PARIS (AP) -- A French court on Friday ordered a photographer accused of bilking France's richest woman out of cash and art worth euro1 billion ($1.5 ...

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El Museo del Barrio: Fifth Avenue on Fire

Jim Luce | Posted 11.12.2009 | New York

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Jim Luce

Forty years ago, El Museo del Barrio was a dream contained in a single classroom so far north that “sophisticated” Manhattanites would not...

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The Runways of Yesterday: 9 Designers Worth Revisiting

Lesley M. M. Blume | Posted 11.14.2009 | Style

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Lesley M. M. Blume

Fashion often looks to the past for inspiration. This fall, history is in great evidence: surrealist flourishes from the 1940s abound; shoulder pads and neons from 1980s saturate clothing lines at all levels.

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Dutch Museum Has Paintings Stolen By Armed Robbers

AP | Posted 06.01.2009 | World

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THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Masked gunmen stole two paintings from a Dutch museum Friday, including a work by surrealist Salvador Dali, officials s...

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A New "Green" Economy

Michael DeJong | Posted 03.14.2009 | Business

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Michael DeJong

In an economy quickly going down the toilet faster than a nickel bag government-sanctioned "ganja" could 'pot'-entially create more and literally 'green' jobs and add much needed tax revenues.

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