All Stories from August 20, 2011 (Change date)
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Book alleges Coco Chanel was Nazi spyAug 20, 2011 6:07 am - PARIS — A new book alleges that iconic French fashion designer Coco Chanel was an anti-Semite and a Nazi spy. “Sleeping with the Enemy: Coco Chanel’s Secret Wars,” by Am...
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Images: New fashions in IndiaAug 20, 2011 6:07 am - Models were strutting up and down the catwalks in Mumbai during the Lakme Fashion Week Winter 2011 in India. The event, held at the Grand Hyatt this week, is the biggest...
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Google’s Motorola move undermines Samsung-led handset makersAug 20, 2011 6:07 am - HTC Corp., Samsung Electronics Co. and a host of smaller handset makers are at risk of losing their cachet after Google Inc. buys Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. Google ...
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Survey: Cellphones a lifeline, boredom stallerAug 20, 2011 6:07 am - NEW YORK — If you’ve ever used a fake cellphone conversation to avoid real-life interactions, you’re not alone. The Pew Internet & American Life Project says that 13 per...
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Fashion’s Night Out zeroes in on style celebritiesAug 20, 2011 6:07 am - NEW YORK — Fashion’s Night Out, the shopping initiative driven by Vogue Editor-In-Chief Anna Wintour, returns as a bigger event next month, extending to 250 U.S. cities....
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New Noah’s Ark in Kentucky aims to prove truth of BibleAug 20, 2011 6:07 am - HEBRON, Ky. — Tucked away in a nondescript office park in northern Kentucky, Noah’s followers are rebuilding his ark. The biblical wooden ship built to weather a worldwi...
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Four titans in race to dominate tech industryAug 20, 2011 6:07 am - Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of Google, has called them the “gang of four.” They are the four titans of tech: Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon. And they are im...
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Weekend picks: Chicago Air & Water Show takes offAug 20, 2011 6:00 am - Look to the skies The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds and the U.S. Army Parachute Team Golden Knights are just some of the high-flying performers who will take to the s...
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Montana a fly fishing paradiseAug 20, 2011 6:00 am - TWIN BRIDGES, Mont. — Ahead of my fishing trip to Montana in early July, my old fly-casting instructor gave me some troubling advice. “Cancel your trip,” said Dusty Wiss...
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Review: Galaxy Tab in same class as iPad 2Aug 20, 2011 6:00 am - When it comes to consumer electronics, there’s Apple and Samsung — and everyone else. No wonder these two have been at each other’s throats lately. Whether in laptop com...