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General Mills Inc. announced Tuesday it would spend $36 million in building the new center in Fort Wayne and potentially add 65 jobs by the end of 2012... Read the Full Article.

With a string of hits like "Only in My Dreams," "Shake Your Love," "Foolish Beat," and "Lost in Your Eyes," Debbie Gibson is definitely revered as the Original Pop Princess, at least of the '80s. Her first two albums "Out Of The Blue" and "Electric Youth" established her as not just a teen phenom but also an actual music force to be reckoned with ..... Read the Full Article.

Key fashion 'thinkers' came together in London for the Miu Miu Musings discussion on 'The Pace of Fashion'. Photo / Supplied We like it when fashion gets thoughtful, and clearly Miu Miu does too, bringing together some of fashion's top "thinkers" and influencers for their Miu Miu Musings salon events to discuss the state of fashion in an intimate ..... Read the Full Article.

Retired Federal Express pilot Paul Cellecz shows young aviation enthusiast Austin Saul the flight controls of his Beechcraft Bonanza... Read the Full Article.

General Mills on Tuesday formally announced a $36-million expansion of its Fort Wayne distribution operations that will create up to 65 jobs by the end of 2012... Read the Full Article.

When she was a kid growing up in Gloucester, Mass., Lauren "Madame Onca" O'Leary's parents threw a roast-pig-on-a-spit party featuring a belly dancer... Read the Full Article.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. Indiana Secretary of Commerce Mitch Roob joined executives of global food company General Mills and representatives of Allen County today to announce the company's plans to open a new distribution center here, creating up to 65 new jobs by the end of 2012... Read the Full Article.

REDLANDS, Calif., May 31, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Los Angeles County is giving its citizens the opportunity to propose new district boundaries through a comprehensive online redistricting application built on Esri's geographic information system technology... Read the Full Article.

Bill Clements, a brash Republican millionaire who helped break Democrats' century-long hold on Texas politics when he was elected governor in 1978, died Sunday at a Dallas area hospital... Read the Full Article.

The must-have accessory this season? Floppy straw hats. This chic sunny-weather staple is available in an array of shapes, sizes and colors... Read the Full Article.

Wages are surging this year in China and in its main low-wage Asian rivals, benefiting workers across the region... Read the Full Article.

Ah, the Lakeside Mall. The Shops at Canal Place may be ritzier, and the Mall of Louisiana may be bigger, but to me, Lakeside exemplifies everything a mall should be: a single, non-confusing, non-pretentious level, powerful air conditioning and indoor fountains sparkling with enough pennies, nickels and dimes to finance an Auntie Anne's pretzel, if ..... Read the Full Article.

National home prices hit another low. The Standard and Poor's Case Shiller Index shows home prices in major cities are at their lowest level in nine years... Read the Full Article.

Do you like this article? It's hard to go back to work after a long weekend, and perhaps just as hard to break out of your routine and start going to new places to meet singles... Read the Full Article.

Cool Gear International has announced a new line of reusable water bottles, cups and food containers... Read the Full Article.

Gracie, a student in the Park City School District, participated in the Back-to-School Basics program last year... Read the Full Article.

One of the world's largest food companies plans to open a new distribution center next year in northeastern Indiana... Read the Full Article.

The British Journal of Psychiatry 198: 457-463. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.110.086991 2011 The Royal College of Psychiatrists MAOA , abuse exposure and antisocial behaviour: 30-year longitudinal study David M. Fergusson, PhD , Joseph M. Boden, PhD and L. John Horwood, MSc Gene Structure and Function Laboratory, Department of Pathology, University ..... Read the Full Article.

Badgeville, the gamification technology startup, is on track to book as much as $10 million in sales for 2011, its first full year in business, according to CEO Kris Duggan... Read the Full Article.

If you decided to remain in town Friday had most Charlotteans on edge at the thought of a rainy, downcast weekend.A However, thankfully, the skies parted on Saturday morning and the sun did not break for the remainder of the weekend; lending to a glorious 2011 Memorial Day holiday... Read the Full Article.

Reporting about the fashions of Hollywood starlets, musical performers and style icons gets tiresome-but this one must be shared... Read the Full Article.

Southampton's Patricia Watt, Carolyn Kendall Buchter, Bruce Michael, Cassandra Seidenfeld Lyster and Alix Michel were among the notable Hamptonites hosting the 29th Annual Fred & Adele Astaire Awards, the only awards honoring excellence in dance and choreography on Broadway and in film, at the NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts... Read the Full Article.

Welcome to Property Lines, a place to feed your appetite for conversation about real estate in Indianapolis... Read the Full Article.

Allen County government officials are trumpeting investments they made to help land a prized food warehouse and good paying jobs to go with it... Read the Full Article.

I have been following the story on this blog of how Glendale, Arizona has been throwing wads of taxpayer money at the Phoenix Coyotes hockey team and at any rich person who might be willing to buy the team... Read the Full Article.

Microsoft is making really hard for consumers not to pick up its latest console... Read the Full Article.

I have been seeing a close link for the past three years between supply chain management in the electronics industry and online advertising, especially the ad networks serving up content... Read the Full Article.

In mid April, Lands End, the 25-room Colonial Revival manse that was said to have inspired Daisy Buchanan's grand estate in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby was razed to make room for a development of five luxury homes priced at $10M a piece... Read the Full Article.

Nothing lasts forever in retailing; anyone younger than 35 probably has no idea what a "blue light special" is and once-popular retailers like Montgomery Ward and Service Merchandise are long gone... Read the Full Article.

Q. I love the CloroxA Washing Machine Cleaner, but can't find it.A Do you know where it's sold? A. I looked online and according to target.com, it is available at many of their stores.A You could also try well-stocked hardware and grocery stores.A Look in the laundry and home cleaning aisles-it should be near CloroxA Regular-Bleach. Cancel reply ..... Read the Full Article.

The Bafta-winning CBeebies legend is being joined by actor Anne Charleston, best-known as Madge Bishop in the long-running Aussie soap Neighbours... Read the Full Article.

A 64-year-old man is accused of embezzling more than $822,000 from a longtime friend's company in Irvine, where he was responsible for keeping the books... Read the Full Article.

It is an exceptional performance by any standard, and one applauded by shareholders, who have lifted the stock 161% to a near-record 53.69 since January 2009... Read the Full Article.

Badgeville , which helps companies gamify their web sites, is launching version 2.0 of its social loyalty program today... Read the Full Article.

The Southern Tier Brewers traveled to Orchard Park to face the only other unbeaten team in the Southtowns Travel League, the Orchard Park Thunder in AAU Travel Baseball League action... Read the Full Article.

It's a well-known fact that Vogue assistants often move on to become designers: Irini Arakas of Prova, Aimee Cho of Gryphon and Eviana Hartman of Bodkin... Read the Full Article.

Search engine giant Google announced the launch of Google Wallet, a mobile payment service that allows consumers to pay for goods via their smartphones... Read the Full Article.

Transaction Wireless , the leading provider of multi-channel digital gift card and integrated marketing solutions, is powering many retailers' digital gift card programs for foolproof gifts for Dad this year... Read the Full Article.

Cool Gear International, Inc. , the leading global designer and manufacturer of innovative hydration and food storage products, is pleased to announce the nationwide availability of its newest products... Read the Full Article.

Adidas AG, the world's second-largest sporting-goods maker, is on track to narrow the gap with arch rival Nike in the UK market and aims to capture the top spot by 2015 according to company executives... Read the Full Article.

According to National Retail Federation's Consumer Intentions and Actions Father's Day survey, conducted by BIGresearch , Americans will shell out an average of $106.49 on dad, up from $94.32 last year and the most in the survey's eight-year history... Read the Full Article.

America's waistlines are expanding, and that has turned out to be quite a business opportunity... Read the Full Article.

Search engine giant Google announced the launch of Google Wallet, a mobile payment service that allows consumers to pay for goods via their smartphones... Read the Full Article.

Ongoing economic challenges and high gas prices won't put a dent in shoppers spending intentions this Father's Day, according to new research from the National Retail Federation... Read the Full Article.

Yes there is, Virginia, and you do not even have to believe in Santa Claus to find one... Read the Full Article.

With the temperatures high and the sunsets late, you know what time it is: bathing suit time... Read the Full Article.

Upscale jewelry store retailer Tiffany & Co. reported impressive first quarter results last week as sales jumped 20% and profits advanced 26%. At the current valuation , the market expects these growth levels to continue for many years to come, but it may only get half these levels, based on Tiffany's past track record... Read the Full Article.

We all know America's waistlines are expanding and that is turning out to be quite a business opportunity... Read the Full Article.

Why have movies - documentaries aside - been so slow to respond to the credit crunch? A still from David Sington's "The Flaw". Is there anything left for a documentary film to say about the financial crisis after Inside Job , Capitalism: a Love Story and Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room ? David Sington's The Flaw proves that there is... Read the Full Article.

Transaction Wireless , the leading provider of multi-channel digital gift card and integrated marketing solutions, is powering many retailers' digital gift card programs for foolproof gifts for Dad this year... Read the Full Article.