Curated Cosmetics: ABC Carpet’s Beauty Bar

Send to KindleTweet If ever there were such a thing as curated cosmetics, ABC Carpet & Home has defined it. Their recent first-floor expansion focused on building a new section devoted entirely to beauty, to usher in fall with a well-planned beauty bar of sorts. From 10 to 15 brands, they selected six to be sold on the ground floor of [...]

Ida Disrupts Gulf Energy Output Despite Slowing

Send to KindleTweet The U.S. Minerals Management Service said that Tropical Storm Ida shut down 27.5% of gas output and 29.6% of Gulf oil production, according to Reuters. A quarter of U.S. oil and 15% of its natural gas are produced from fields in the Gulf, and 40% of the nation’s refining capacity is in [...]

American Headlines September 29

Send to KindleTweet Congressional leaders and the Bush administration announced Sunday they had reached a draft deal to commit up to $700 billion to bail out struggling Wall Street firms plagued with assets-backed securities, The Washington Post reports. House and Senate negotiators reached an agreement that will allow Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson Jr. to stage [...]

Drugs, Arms & Human Trafficking September 8

Send to KindleTweet Organizers of the Venice International Film Festival showed one of Vietnam’s banned movies, reports Intellasia.net. Vietnamese censors banned Phan Dang Di’s 20-minute film entitled Khi Toi 20, claiming that it portrayed Vietnam negatively. The film follows the relationship between two teenagers, one of which is a sex worker forced into the profession [...]

Drugs, Arms & Human Trafficking August 18

Send to KindleTweet U.S. law enforcement officials at the federal, state and local levels arrested 80 people involved in street gangs across Massachusetts, according to The Conservative Voice. Those arrested represent 24 violent gangs that all include members of foreign descent. All possess criminal records and most of the members risk deportation from the United [...]