Diana's wedding dress, gowns in exhibition coming to West Edmonton Mall

EDMONTON - With news of the Duchess of Cambridge's pregnancy causing excitement among fans of British royalty, the late grandmother of that yet-to-born heir to the throne is the focus of an exhibition coming to West Edmonton Mall."Diana, A Celebration," chronicling the life and work of the Princess of Wales who died in a 1997 Paris car crash, has toured widely in the U.S. and has had only one other...

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Dry Cleaning Mix-Up Leaves Woman with Wrong Wedding Dress

Many women love to shop, and there is one particular shopping occasion that they'll never forget -- the day they buy their wedding gown. After the wedding, some brides have their dress cleaned and preserved by a professional dry-cleaning company and put into a preservation box forever, or at least until they are ready to pass the dress to their daughter, granddaughter, or other close relative.Kim...

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Spanx: One Woman Success Story

Spanx, the not-so-secret, must-have under garment for looking slim and trim, began as a simple idea to conceal pantylines and cellulite, and has since evolved into a billion-dollar multi-product shapewear empire.From Hollywood's red carpets to local department stores, women everywhere have shared their obsession for Spanx by word-of-mouth, and it has paid off in a big way. The company is estimated...

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Daughter of Anna Nicole Smith, six, models for Guess

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The six-year-old daughter of dead Playboy model and reality television star Anna Nicole Smith has stepped in front of the camera like her mother to model for U.S. clothing brand Guess, the company said on Monday.Photos of Dannielynn Birkhead, who was five-months-old when her mother died in 2007, were released as part of a campaign for the brand's kids line.Smith - best known...

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London show fetes Italian fashion designer Valentino

LONDON (Reuters) - The Oscar dress worn by Julia Roberts and a frock for Audrey Hepburn are just two tantalizing items out of the dozens of sumptuous pieces gathered for a new show in London celebrating Italian designer Valentino Garavani's 50 years in fashion."Valentino: Master of Couture" at Somerset House on the River Thames in central London features more than 130 pieces from a designer whose...

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Obama on Twitter Confronts Skeptics of Tax Hike for Rich

With talks to resolve the "fiscal cliff" at an impasse, President Obama today used Twitter to  respond directly  to skeptics of his plan to hike income tax rates on the wealthiest 2 percent of Americans at the end of the year.Obama asserted - through a series of 140-character Tweets sent from his Apple MacBook inside the White House - that "high end tax cuts do least for economic growth"...

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Prime minister, Governor General twitter congrats on news of royal pregnancy

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Gov. Gen. David Johnston have both tweeted their congratulations to Prince William and his wife, Kate, on the announcement of her pregnancy.The prime minister passed on his best wishes and those of his wife Laureen, calling it wonderful news.The Governor General, who is travelling in South America, says the news reached him in Peru.He says he and his wife,...

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How to Email Tweets Directly From Twitter's Website

A More button now appears beside the Reply, Retweet, and Favorite options at the bottom of each tweet.Click here to view this gallery.[More from Mashable: Writer Sued for his Twitter Followers Settles Case]Twitter has started rolling out the ability to email tweets from its website.Announced mid-November, the feature allows you to send a tweet directly to someone else, complete with your own personal...

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Obama Is Taking Himself and #My2K to Twitter This Afternoon

What a day for Twitter! First the Pope, then the Royal Baby, and now President Obama will come online to answer questions about the fiscal cliff. A @WhiteHouse tweet with the distincitive "-bo" signature, announced not long ago that the big guy himself will be taking questions online, starting at 2:00 p.m. ET.    Good to see lots of folks on twitter speaking out on extending middle...

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Obama to take Twitter questions on fiscal cliff at 2 p.m. ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama  will take questions via Twitter on Monday on his the looming fiscal cliff and his efforts to extend tax cuts for Americans making less than $250,000 a year, his spokesman said.Spokesman Jay Carney said Obama would take questions at 2 p.m. ET/1900 GMT under the hashtag #my...

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Soccer-Australia maul Taiwan to qualify for 2013 East Asian Cup

Dec 9 (Reuters) - Australia routed Taiwan 8-0 in Hong Kong to leapfrog North Korea and qualify for the 2013 East Asian Cup on Sunday. After the Koreans had blanked hosts Hong Kong 4-0 in Sunday's other match, Australia needed to win by five goals or more. The Socceroos did much more than that to top the qualifying tournament and join Japan, China and hosts South Korea...

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