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BEAUTY SHOP: Nars FranA ois Nars, the makeup artist bold enough to name his bestselling color Orgasm, is now titillating SF with his Fillmore Street Nars store.

In a special meeting Tuesday, members of the Vermilion County Board's nursing home committee will get their first look at the offers two companies have made to buy Vermilion Manor Nursing Home.

Northstar Lottery Group, the private manager of the Illinois Lottery, unveiled its newest After School Advantage learning lab today in Paris Cooperative High School located in Paris, Illinois.

Where do all those Parisians vanish to every August? What is it about Dyrehaven that lures residents of Copenhagen? And just why do the Romans love Ponza so much? Aoife O'Riordain shares the holiday secrets of 10 locals in the know "The one place in Greece that always feeds my soul and suits all my moods is the island of Samos.

Today, for the first time, more people worldwide live in cities than in the countryside.

Beijing's salvo this week at European wine exports has brought into focus simmering French unease about the growing power the Chinese wield over their cherished vines, as consumers, investors and even chateaux owners.

Amundi agreed to acquire Smith Breeden Associates , a fixed-income specialist with about $6.3 billion in mostly institutional assets under management, according to Michael J. Giarla, Smith Breeden's chairman and CEO.

A 10-year employee of the Champaign County public defender's office has been chosen as the next public defender for Coles County.

LAC Committee: Coventry's Local Advisory Committee on Special Education will be meeting from 6:30-8:30 p.m. tonight in the conference room at the School Administration Offices .

Bandai's S.H.Figuarts wlii release action figures of Daft Punk's Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter this December.

Stravinsky's work caused a scandal in 1913 but has since been recognised as one of the 20th century's most important pieces Rite of Spring dancers dressed as pagans scandalised Parisian theatregoers with their stomping steps and the brutal plot based on primitive sacrificial rituals Photograph: Bettmann/Corbis As the first few bars of the ... (more)

A hundred years ago this week, the premiere of Russian emigre composer Igor Stravinsky's pounding, pagan, pulsating "The Rite of Spring" caused a near riot in Paris and changed the face of modern music.

A painting that was initially valued at just 50 pounds sold for HK$3.03 million , setting a new record for a Vietnamese artist's work at Christie's in Hong Kong today.

Country music singer Brett Eldredge was born in Paris, IL and grew up listening to singers Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra, and Bobby Darin.

The use of copper in functional industrial design has been on the rise for some time now, especially since seeing it all over London Design Festival last September.