China bans toddler palm-reading assessments (Reuters)
Reuters – China has banned kindergartens in a northern province from offering palm-reading tests that the schools had claimed could predict toddlers’ intelligence level and potential, state news agency Xinhua reported on Wednesday.
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Italian shoemaker pays record rent at London store (Reuters)
Reuters – Italian luxury shoemaker Salvatore Ferragamo is close to agreeing a deal to pay a record UK rent at its Bond Street store that will break the 1,000 pounds ($1,576) per square foot mark for the first time, a source familiar with the deal told Reuters.
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Vatican takes legal action over Benetton pope kiss ad (Reuters)
Reuters – The Vatican said on Thursday it would take legal action to stop the distribution of a photo montage in an advertisement by the Italian fashion firm Benetton showing Pope Benedict kissing an imam on the mouth.
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Mont. ships `instant ranch’ to Russian grasslands (AP)
AP – Cowboys, quarter-horses and 1,434 purebred beef cattle — just add grasslands, and you’ve got a transplanted Montana ranch.
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Smell it like Beckham: celebrity scents lure UK men (Reuters)
Reuters – British and Italian men will be hoping to catch a whiff of celebrity this Christmas, according to a survey released on Friday.
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After Beckham, Nadal to model Armani undies (Reuters)
Reuters – Tennis world number one Rafael Nadal is following in the footsteps of soccer players David Beckham and Cristiano Ronaldo to model men’s underwear for Italian designer Giorgio Armani.
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Pa. man accused of wearing high heels out of store (AP)
AP – A central Pennsylvania man faces shoplifting charges after police said he tried to steal a pair of women’s high-heel shoes by wearing them out of a department store. Lancaster police said 22-year-old Kyle James Eckman went into a store dressing room and put on a pair of size-10 heels then walked out without paying. He was stopped outside the store with his own shoes inside the shoebox in a shopping bag.
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Berlusconi in plea to rivals amid scandal over teen (Reuters)
Reuters – Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi offered his estranged former ally Gianfranco Fini an olive branch on Wednesday as he sought to quell a scandal over a teenaged nightclub dancer which has threatened his government.
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Police: Conn. brothers use BB gun, chair in fight (AP)
AP – Police said a brotherly argument turned violent when a West Haven man shot his younger brother with a BB gun and swung a sword at him, and his brother responded by hitting him with a chair. Authorities said 54-year-old John Lassiter and 53-year-old Irving Lassiter are facing assault and other charges. John is scheduled to appear in court later this month, Irving next month.
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Berlusconi says liking girls "better than being gay" (Reuters)
Reuters – Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi dismissed calls to resign on Tuesday over reports he helped a 17-year-old girl who attended parties at his house, saying it was “better to like beautiful girls than to be gay.”
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