News A look toward the future
The Paris News Sun, 08 Feb 2009 02:05 AM PST
Paris and Lamar County should prepare for major new growth during the next 50 years as Texas continues to attract new residents. Alcohol elections on commissioners’ slate Lamar County Commissioners likely will act Monday on orders of special election for the City of Reno and the City of Paris. |
Sharon Waxman's book Loot is a tale of ancient artifacts, smugglers, intrigue and Imperialism
Toronto Star Sun, 08 Feb 2009 01:49 AM PST
If you've ever stood there awestruck in front of Nefertiti in the Egyptian Museum of Berlin, the Elgin Marbles in the British Museum (London), or the Denderah Zodiac ceiling in the Louvre (Paris), you may get a sinking feeling to imagine them gone, vanished or replaced with replicas. That goal of some powerful people is the subject of Loot: The Battle of the Stolen Treasures of the Art World by ... |
Sisters of Mother Teresa to celebrate anniversary
Times of Malta Sun, 08 Feb 2009 00:53 AM PST
Mother Teresa with Maltese co-workers members during the 1988 General Chapter meeting in Paris. The Missionaries of Charity, better known as the Sisters of Mother Teresa, celebrate the 20th anniversary of their establishment in Malta on Tuesday. |
Expect the unexpected at Sabina Danenberg Antiques
Miami Herald Sun, 08 Feb 2009 00:24 AM PST
Sabina Danenberg began collecting when she was 7, likely an inevitable occurrence since her mother is a noted expert in the decorative arts in Paris and her father, an art dealer, staged the first exhibition of Norman Rockwell's work. Lucky for Miami that she did, as her shop, Sabina Danenberg Antiques & Interior Design, is chock full of tasteful furnishings from the 18th century to the 1970s ... |
Baby business: Octuplets row boosts demands for controls
AFP via Yahoo! Canada News Sun, 08 Feb 2009 00:16 AM PST
PARIS (AFP) - Controversy over the birth of octuplets to a 33-year-old woman in California who underwent in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) has amplified calls for tougher regulations on assisted reproduction. |
1937 Bugatti clocks in at $4.4 million
Denver Post Sun, 08 Feb 2009 00:12 AM PST
A car abandoned in a garage in Britain for half a century sold at an auction in Paris for about $4.4 million Friday. |
Lavender lends Valentine's Day wreath project a European feel
The Montana Standard Sat, 07 Feb 2009 23:56 PM PST
THE INSPIRATION Claire Heymann, owner of Hotel St. Germain in Dallas, told me once that in Europe, red and white for Valentine's Day is not as popular as it is in the United States. She said that in Paris, we can find shades of lavender with a touch of black and other romantic combinations. Using one of Heymann's favorite color schemes as an inspiration for a Valentine's Day wreath project, I ... |
Long-hidden Bugatti sells for $4.5 million
Moldova.org Sat, 07 Feb 2009 23:42 PM PST
A 1937 Bugatti that sat in an English doctor's garage for almost half a century without being driven has sold at auction in Paris for almost $4.5 million.The 1937 Type 57S was one of 17 built. Dr. Harold Carr of Newcastle bought it in 1955 and drove it for a few years before moving it into his garage in 1960.Carr's heirs did not realize he owned the car and other vintage automobiles until after ... |
IU ballet Professor to receive France's Legion of Honor
The Indianapolis Star Sat, 07 Feb 2009 23:16 PM PST
For once in her life, Violette Verdy was unsteady on her feet. It was early January, and Verdy was waiting at home in Bloomington for a ride to the airport. The famed ballet dancer and distinguished professor at Indiana University was expecting her limousine when she received a call from Paris, informing her that she had been named a Chevalier (Knight) of the National Order of the Legion of ... |
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