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To ensure that empty beauty product containers get recycled properly (and don?t end up in landfills), Origins is urging all customers to join its Return to Origins Recycling Program. The process is simple: Bring in all empty cosmetic products, regardless of the manufacturer, and you?ll get a free sample of your choice. (One per visit.) If you?re a loyal Kiehl?s customer, check out their Recycle and Be Rewarded! program: you return your empty Kiehl?s bottles and tubes to stores and receive a stamp for each container recycled. For three stamps, you?ll receive a free lip balm; five stamps equals a travel collection product; and ten gets you a full-sized product of up to $25 in value.Read more Beauty articles.
I?m drawn to spicy, slightly masculine scents, so I was excited to try the Pattern Black Pepper Body Wash ($20). As I had hoped, the scent was refreshingly crisp. And just as black pepper can give a salad or fish an extra kick, the wash filled my shower with a clean and zesty aroma. Also available in tangy Citrus, fresh Cucumber, and herbal Eucalyptus, the wash comes in easily recyclable and shower-friendly plastic bottles, and the ph-balanced, moisturizing formulas are gentle enough to use on your face and hair. And if you order all four, you get free shipping anywhere in the U.S.Read more Beauty articles.
The Los Angeles Lakers 15th NBA title not only rid them of the bitter after taste of last year's loss to Boston but allowed Phil Jackson and Kobe Bryant to escape from under some colossal shadows.
Thousands of basketball fans began converging on downtown Los Angeles early Wednesday as the city prepared to salute its NBA Championship-winning Lakers.
When Fritz Reese tells people heÕs a certified sommelier, the reaction often is raised eyebrows.
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Housing authority to build apartments for seniors
When Station Casinos last year reported that top executives exercised more than $200 million in stock options triggered by a $9 billion management-led buyout by a private investment company in late 2007, critics attacked the lavish rewards, which made Station bosses the highest paid local executives in 2008.
GORDIE BROWNÕs act seems aimed at those who havenÕt kept up. IF YOU GO
Marathoner describes Olympics terror attack, remembers Prefontaine. It is hard to believe that it has been 37 years since the Munich Olympics, the so-called Serene Olympics that turned out to be anything but.
RTC transit ambassador program for the Deuce a great way to help tourists. Among the neat things about traveling are the encounters with friendly local people. They are commonly found in such places as hotel lobbies, restaurants and museums, but they can also pop up in unexpected circumstances.
Analysis finds that Bush policies, economic recessions are largely to blame. With bailouts of banks and automakers, an economic stimulus package and ambitious programs to address health care, energy and education, President Barack Obama is absorbing a lot of heat from critics who say he is chiefly responsible for driving up the nationÕs budget deficit.
Country needs to take a strong stand against those who prostitute children. One night in 2006 a 48-year-old man was pulled over by Metro Police in downtown Las Vegas. With him was a 12-year-old girl. According to the police report, the girl told officers the man was going to pay her $40 to perform a sex act on him.
Retired colonel expects film to give short shrift to militaryÕs exploration of the paranormal. George Clooney portrays a character loosely based on Las Vegas resident John Alexander in a movie coming out this year. But being played by a Hollywood heartthrob isnÕt enough to make the retired Army colonel happy with the film.
Little agreement on how fedsÕ multimillion-dollar seizure will shake out. The federal governmentÕs recent seizure of millions of dollars from bank accounts used to process online poker transactions is sending shock waves through the Internet gambling community.
Defendant in previous trial wants referendum on legal tactics. The recording industry, which has been suing hundreds of consumers for copyright infringement, is getting a sample of the flip side. A New Jersey woman has countersued the big record labels, charging them with extortion and violations of the federal antiracketeering act.
As competing states dawdle, Nevada adds incentives for construction. Charged with reworking the stateÕs renewable energy policy, Assemblywoman Marilyn Kirkpatrick had one major objective as she entered the legislative session: DonÕt give away the farm, er, the desert.
Company charged with selling listings in fake business, travel directories. At least one Canadian schemer selling unauthorized listings and advertisements in non-existent business and travel directories to U.S. businesses has been brought to justice.
Louisiana court to hear multidistrict proceeding . A number of lawsuits regarding defective Chinese-manufactured drywall have been consolidated and will be heard by a federal judge in New Orleans, the city whose post-Katrina construction boom is partly to blame for the issue.
High school dropout rates are tied to a communityÕs economic outlook. The bleaker the forecast, the more likely that students quit school to help their families pay the bills.
Restaurant industry endorses plan to list calorie counts. The restaurant industry is now on board along with health groups in supporting legislation that would require calories on chain restaurant menus and menu boards.
Research shows prescription costs differ from store to store. Part of the rising cost of health care is the price of prescription medicine, which can be just pennies a pill for a generic drug to hundreds of dollars per pill for some of the most expensive medications.
Agency claims study doesn't change overall need to prescribe meds. There may be an association between the use of stimulant medications for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, known as ADHD, and sudden cardiac death in healthy children, according to a study published in theAmerican Journal of Psychiatry.
Oil prices slide below $70 even as nationwide average rises. Gasoline prices have been an up and down story over the last 12 months and these days, the story is all about "up." After bottoming in December, the retail price of gas has now risen past the $3 a gallon threshold in one state ? California.
Many suspect agency investigating NUTRO as well. Pet owners who were informed of the Food & Drug Administration's (FDA) suspension of Evanger's ability to sell pet food across state lines were relieved ? and unsurprised ? by the news.
Young American journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee have now been sentenced by a North Korean court to 12 years in a prison labor camp. Hopefully, though, these young ladies will soon be released so that they can return to their families in the United States. However, there is no guarantee of such a positive development. There is a chance they could be doing hard time in North Korea indefinitely.At any rate, they should never have put themselves in a situation in which they could be captured by that isolated Communist country and accused of crossing its border illegally. They should have been more careful and not gotten anywhere close to it. It?s not like they were on any kind of official business in that area.They are not soldiers, members of the CIA, diplomats, and any of the like. Yes, they were working for a news organization, but their employer should have understood that freedom of the press is not held in such high esteem in that part of the world. People should not put themselve
Britain's Andy Murray may have beefed up his physique but he insists it is his new-found mental strength which makes him a definite Wimbledon title contender.
President Barack Obama said Monday Italy had agreed to accept three detainees from the Guantanamo Bay "war on terror" camp in Cuba, after talks with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
Colombia, one of the world's most biologically diverse countries, has begun to cash in on this natural resource by selling rare species of animals to other countries, a "biocommerce" viewed with unease by environmentalists.
A protester was reportedly shot dead and several people were wounded during clashes in Tehran on Monday as massive crowds defied a ban to stage a rally against the disputed re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
A leading architect whose plans for a modern building in central London were scrapped following criticism from Prince Charles slammed the royal's intervention Tuesday as "totally unconstitutional".
US President Barack Obama on Monday praised what he said was "positive movement" in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech setting conditions for a Palestinian state.
Former vice president Dick Cheney said Monday he hoped CIA chief Leon Panetta was "misquoted" in comments that Cheney appeared to be "wishing" for another attack on the United States, reports said.
President Barack Obama said Monday Italy had agreed to accept three detainees from the Guantanamo Bay "war on terror" camp in Cuba, after talks with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
US President Barack Obama said Monday that he was "deeply troubled" by violence in Iran, but warned he did not want the United States to become a "political football" in the post-election crisis.
US President Barack Obama said Monday that he was "deeply troubled" by violence in Iran, but warned he did not want the United States to become a "political football" in the post-election crisis.
US talkshow host David Letterman sought to draw a line under his feud with Sarah Palin on Monday, apologizing for making a raunchy joke about the Republican politican's 14-year-old daughter.
The global economy is seeing signs of stability but is unlikely to return to a system that created an "illusion" of profits, Citigroup chief executive Vikram Pandit said Monday.
The succulent braised rabbit served up at Raincity Grill comes garnished with a mound of curled wild lettuce, harvested from the mountains surrounding Vancouver.
Sweden's Ericsson 4 on Monday won the 2009-2010 edition of the Volvo around-the-world yacht race, a nine-month competition that is one the most grueling events in sport.
Russia Monday vetoed an extension of the mandate of the UN mission in Georgia, effectively ending its activities, citing opposition to Georgian sovereignty over the rebel enclave of Abkhazia.
YouTube began testing Monday an option allowing users to choose between watching lengthy ads before uninterrupted videos or having brief ads mixed with viewing experiences.
A 30-year-old French burn victim who received the world's first face and double-hand transplant died of cardiac arrest during a follow-up operation, hospital officials said Monday.
World Health Organization (WHO) chief Margaret Chan warned Monday that the current swine flu pandemic could cripple fragile health services in poor countries.
Health research agencies from six nations -- including from the United States, China and India -- announced Monday they were joining forces to battle chronic diseases that increasingly affect developing nations.
The poor are disproportionately victims of road crashes, with the number of deaths set to nearly double in two decades, according to the first global assessment of road safety released on Monday.
Atletico Madrid's president said Monday he has received no offers for Argentine star Sergio "Kun" Aguero, a reported target of Chelsea, or Uruguayan striker Diego Forlan.
The dollar jumped Monday against the euro to its highest level since March on European financial sector concerns and after receiving rare Russian backing.
Aviation manufacturers sought Monday to lift the gloom hanging over the recession-hit airline industry, foreseeing better days ahead and announcing new orders at the Paris Air Show.
Armed militants in Nigeria's Niger Delta Monday claimed attacks against facilities run by US oil giant Chevron and warned FIFA against letting the country host the under-17 World Cup tournament.
