Reuters - Thieves stole four diamonds worth several million dollars from a trader’s stand at the world’s biggest watch and jewelry fair in Basel on Wednesday, prosecutors said.
Reuters - Men have gone to sea in search of adventure since history began but few have searched for toy ducks and then written a book on the environment, the commercialization of childhood and consumer society.
Reuters - An airline stewardess struggling to lift her bag at a German airport led to the discovery of a 6-million euro ($8.4 million) coin fraud.
Reuters - Armed with a sleeping bag, whistle, flashlight and journal Joseph McGill is ready to spend another night in a strange place — a building that once housed slaves.
Reuters - The FBI is investigating what might be a bullet hole, discovered in the side of a US Airways Group Inc plane this week, the airline said Wednesday.
Reuters - Three inmates and their loved ones were charged with attempting to smuggle drugs into a New Jersey jail on the pages of a children’s coloring book, authorities said on Tuesday.
Reuters - Auction house Christie’s will put one of the world’s largest pearls on the block at its Dubai spring jewelry sale on April 20 in a nostalgic reminder of the Emirate’s pearl diving past.
Reuters - A New York advertising agency apologized on Monday to a local firefighter for creating an ad saying he had been at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, when in fact he was not.
Reuters - If you’ve ever wanted to eat sweets disgorged from the chests of royalty, your time has come.
Reuters - More than half of British women pay for themselves on a first date, even though men still want to pay, according to a survey on Monday.