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May 14, 2008

Eco-fashion: Transforming trash into treasures

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CNN reports here: MIAMI, Florida - Fashion designers are giving new life to worthless candy wrappers, newspapers and plastic bags; turning trash into trendy tote bags, purses and jewelry.

May 11, 2008

Mother’s Day celebration reaches 100th anniversary

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AP reports here at Yahoo News: GRAFTON, W.Va. - On this 100th anniversary of Mother’s Day, the woman credited with creating one of the world’s most celebrated holidays probably wouldn’t be pleased with all the flowers, candy or gifts.

Thurman backlash in cosmetics row

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BBC News reports here: US actress Uma Thurman is countersuing French cosmetics firm Lancome for $15m (£8m) over the use of her name and face in advertising campaigns.

May 10, 2008

MySpace’s fashionable child launches new designers

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Reuters reports here at Yahoo News: LONDON - Young designers competing to get noticed by fashion labels can now launch their careers online through the fashion world’s answer to the social networking Web site MySpace.com.

May 6, 2008

“Runway” stops here for Bravo show’s producers

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Reuters reports here at Yahoo News: LOS ANGELES - Dueling fashion divas have nothing on the ongoing tug-of-war drama between NBC Universal and the Weinstein Co. over the cable hit “Project Runway.”

May 3, 2008

Fit for a Forest, Carlos Miele Creates Tees for Trees

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Fashion Wire Daily reports here at Yahoo News: New York - Ecologically-conscious modes of activism have been getting a steady boost from the fashion set. Now Brazilian designer Carlos Miele has stepped in with his effort, a series of t-shirts featuring unique designs by some high profile fashion and entertainment figures being sold at his stores to benefit the Rainforest Foundation-US.

May 1, 2008

Gisele Bundchen is top earning model: Forbes.com

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 AFP reports here at Yahoo News: LOS ANGELES - Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen remains the highest-earning catwalk queen after raking in more than 35 million dollars last year, Forbes.com revealed on Wednesday.

CDC: 3 out of 4 new moms in US now breast-feed their infants

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AP reports here at Yahoo News: ATLANTA - More than 3 out of 4 new moms now breast-feed their infants, the highest rate in the U.S. in at least 20 years, according to a a government report released Wednesday. About 77 percent of new mothers breast-feed, at least briefly, up from 60 percent in 1993-1994, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.

April 30, 2008

City girls seek rural romance in dating show

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Reuters reports here at Yahoo News: LOS ANGELES - Picture “The Bachelor” set among chickens and cow chips, and you’ve got a pretty good idea of the CW’s “Farmer Wants a Wife.”

April 29, 2008

Sydney sets sights on being fifth fashion capital

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Reuters reports here at Yahoo News: SYDNEY - Holding a fashion week in the land of speedos and thong sandals was an idea greeted with laughter when Australian Fashion Week was proposed in the 1990s but now Sydney is set on becoming the world’s fifth fashion capital.

April 28, 2008

Chocolate ‘may cut diabetes risk’

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The key ingredient is flavonoids, BBC News reports here: Scientists are to investigate whether eating chocolate can reduce the risk of heart disease in women with diabetes.

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