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Will ‘Manly’ Paint Colors Encourage Men to Decorate?
Real men don’t buy paint with enticing names like Fairytale Green or Butterscotch. They prefer colors dubbed Mo Money and Beer Time instead.
Such is the logic at Canada’s CIL Paints, which last week renamed 27 of its paint …
West Hollywood Becomes First City to Ban Fur Sales
In a triumph for animal rights activists but a grand loss for high-end retailers, the West Hollywood city council voted 3 to 1 to pass the nation’s first ban on fur sales.
It was the third time that the council had voted on …
Real-Life ‘Field of Dreams’ to Become Youth Baseball Hub
Quite simply, this is life imitating art.
Pizza Crusade: Domino’s Managers Charged With Burning Down Rival Papa John’s Store
Competition can be piping hot, especially in the cutthroat world of pizza chains.
Obscure Scottish Whisky Named Best in the World
It took whisky expert Jim Murray four months of nonstop tasting to try the 1,200 whiskies for his 2012 Whisky Bible. But hard work pays off.
Bernie Madoff and Wife Ruth Attempted Suicide In ‘Impulsive’ Move
“I don’t know whose idea it was, but we decided to kill ourselves because it was so horrendous what was happening.”
— RUTH MADOFF, telling 60 Minutes‘ Morley Safer that she and her husband, convicted Ponzi schemer Bernie …
Survey: One in Five Women Has Never Had a Mentor
Are American women missing out on mentorship opportunities? According to a new study from LinkedIn, the answer is yes — and it could be affecting their careers.
Q&A: How Can Someone Trademark ‘Occupy Wall Street’?
CNN reports that a couple from Long Island, N.Y. is seeking to trademark “Occupy Wall Street” to sell T-shirts, bags and other items featuring the phrase. Forget the obvious irony in the effort to make money off a leaderless …
PETA Sues SeaWorld Parks for ‘Enslaving’ Orcas
Animal-rights group PETA claims that capturing killer whales, confining them and training them to perform is the same as slavery.
Luxury Carmakers Plan New Features for Obese Drivers
Porsche, Mercedes and BMW are just a few of the carmakers who have begun implementing features in their luxury model cars to account for their, ahem, growing clientele.
Maine Man’s Car Logs One Million Miles, Equivalent to Driving Around Earth 40 Times
Talk about going the distance.