Stella McCartney: Fashion with a conscience

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FASHION FORWARD is a phrase synonymous with “cutting edge” — and it’s a term that definitely describes the celebrity designer Alina Cho has been watching:  Buckingham Palace, 2013: Stella McCartney, the daughter of music royalty (yes, her father is Sir Paul) was recognized as fashion royalty, when Queen Elizabeth II […]

Noel Gallagher: For The Record

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“Wonderwall” was a 1995 hit for the rock band Oasis, and for lead singer Liam Gallagher and his song-writing brother Noel. Long out of the band — and estranged from his brother — Noel Gallagher is talking this morning with Anthony Mason, For The Record:  Two-and-a-half years — that’s all […]

Navy names sailors missing after Pacific plane crash

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The U.S. Navy on Saturday identified three airmen still missing three days after a transport plane carrying them to an aircraft carrier went down in the Pacific Ocean. On Thursday the Navy ended the search for three men, now identified as Lt. Steven Combs of Florida, Airman Matthew Chialastri of […]

Clearing the air about COPD

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Just how common is COPD? And just how disheartening and confusing can a diagnosis be? These are questions our Senior Contributor Ted Koppel has been grappling with for very many years, and very close to home, as he’ll be telling us in our Cover Story:  Everything I tell you this […]

Retailers have high hopes for holiday sales

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NEW YORK —  On this Black Friday, retailers have high hopes for the holiday shopping season. One hundred and sixty-four million Americans are expected to shop online or in stores this weekend, up from 154 million last year. There was the usual frenzy, but in some places, Black Friday was relatively […]