For a group of Hollywood-obsessed teens, entertainment news on the Internet offered more than a glimpse into the lives of stars. It helped them break into celebrities' homes. ...more

November 2, 2009

Designer trends for moms to be for less. ...more

May 11, 2009

BEIJING - Beijing lawyer Ying Guohua is heading to the United States on a shopping trip, looking not for designer clothes or jewelry, but for a $1 million home in New York City or Los Angeles. ...more

February 12, 2009

The face of the neighborhood pawnshop is changing. Traditionally, they squatted on the poor sides of town, catering to the desperate and down-and-out, people who slink in with a piece of jewelry or a cheap stereo for needed cash. ...more

February 7, 2009

Some pawnshops around town are noticing a different clientele. They still are desperate, but they come in wearing designer clothes or toting Rolexes or multicarat diamond cufflinks, or even, at one North Tampa pawn shop, a Tiffany ring signifying that the wearer won a recent Super Bowl. Secrets between a guy and his pawnbroker sometimes stay secret, and Capital Pawn owner Joe Cacciatore won't say which player pawned the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Super Bowl ring from 2002-03, but he did say the eventual buyer traded it for a "suitcase full of money." ...more

February 6, 2009

Haute couture can be intimidating — not to mention, inaccessible. Unless you're among the elite, or a Hollywood celeb, access to those exclusive white tents in New York is off-limits. ...more

January 25, 2009

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin called her critics cowards and jerks Friday for deriding her anonymously and insisted she never asked for the expensive wardrobe purchased for her use on the presidential campaign. ...more

November 7, 2008

Designer clothes for kids and extra baggy pants were not the fashion a number of years ago when Jayma Hitt was a student at Woodlawn Elementary School. ...more

September 24, 2008

A man was charged with disorderly conduct and public intoxication Wednesday after he repeatedly harassed Cher at the famed Nashville honky-tonk Tootsies Orchid Lounge, police said. ...more

June 26, 2008

As gasoline heads toward $5, $6 or $7 a gallon (will it ever end?), there is something a little obscene about the good life as consumed by the four lucky ladies in the big-screen version of "Sex and the City." ...more

May 28, 2008