Barbie

Times Herald-Record, NY - 20 hours ago… rather blue tune. Now if you've never seen a Bratz, let me try to paint a quick mental picture. Visualize a Barbie. Now visualize a …

Unclaimed funds returned to owners
Citizens Voice, PA - 19 hours ago… While most claims involve money, some unique property has been turned over to the department including a vintage Barbie doll and a document signed by Benjamin …

Bits & Pieces
Montreal Gazette (subscription), Canada - 19 hours agoI read this week that Hilary Duff's image is going to be used on a new Barbie doll. Not sure what the big deal is; hasn't Tie Domi's …

Un-Barbie dolls sell an experience
NorthJersey.com, NJ - 16 hours ago… Unlike sexy clothes hounds Barbie and Bratz, the American Girl is obsessed, in various incarnations, with horses, reading and friends — not boys. …

SWEET AND SOUR LARRY SWEENEY TALKS ABOUT HIS CAREER, ROH, BUDDY …
Pro Wrestling Insider – Xtra, NJ - 12 hours agoThis past week on In Your Head with Jack, OneInchBiceps and Barbie Richards were there yet again, this week to interview one of the most charismatic wrestlers …

Charlotte.com – As a little girl, Anya played dress-up with Barbie dolls. She cut their hair and outfitted them, then made her mom sit through coffee-table runway shows. It wasn’t until she was a freshman in high school that she explored modeling. On a lark, mother

New age strapless bras receiving very little support
San Francisco Gate – They instantly create nippleless Barbie-doll breasts, and they do prevent men from gawking. But silicone bras may slow down an already lengthy toilette. Skin must be washed for a silicone bra to properly adhere. And when it is time to remove the

Presents aren’t the only things packed tightly in a box at
Asheville Citizen-Times – This box, my new home in which I’m pinned like a bug by Bratz dolls and Barbie devices, has given me haven for 10 minutes of lovely solitude. Ah, I love the holidays. It’s a giant month, swollen with greed and good deeds and lots of traffic whereby

Chuck Blount: Web engine indicates poker reigns supreme
San Antonio Express News – Poker products also made the top-10 list in the toy department, finishing ahead of the ever-popular Barbie doll and Legos building blocks. “Books, poker tables and chip sets are big interest topics,” O’Reilly said. Poker

Aspen Times – Nevertheless, I recently became 100 percent convinced boys are born liking boy stuff and girls develop a fondness for all things Barbie at the time of conception. Forget socialization and marketing preferring pink if your name is Julia and blue if

World barbecue: Austria
New Zealand Herald – True to barbie culture the world over, Mr Maschke says, a bit of beer is usually poured on to the steaks and meat as they cook to improve the flavour – and the dark beer definitely has a better flavour. Having a barbecue is especially popular in

Where are you going to put all those toys?
Seattle Times – Barbie stuff can go in one, Legos in another. “It does a couple of things,” she said. “It keeps the clutter out of sight, and it categorizes the toys without being too micro-organized. No matter who puts the toys away, the kids can find them.” Vejar

Newark Star-Ledger – The bacon was the size of a dining table in Barbie’s Dream House and the omelets well, we didn’t order omelets. But they didn’t look all that big. Right now on the Texas Big-O-Meter, it’s about a 4.5. But don’t fret, there’s still plenty of time.

Alt Predictions for 2007
Wired – President Bush finally manages to raise his approval ratings by recording a video of himself lip-syncing to “Barbie Girl” in makeup and a halter top with two oranges stuffed into the bust, and releasing the video onto the web. While his handling of

Poker Room Review: Treasure Island (or ‘T.I.’), Las Vegas
Poker News – You know the babes with bodies like a Barbie Doll, which would make them 6′7″ with measurements like 40-14-38. The tables are good for one look and then a royal pain to find colored chips and cards among the exaggerated T&A of the table tops. All in

Cleveland Daily Banner – n Bradley Central teacher Barbie Buckner was selected as the East Tennessee Grand Division winner in Tennessee Teacher of the Year competition. Lujean Bryant of Walker Valley was selected among the top 20 teachers in the nation by USA Today.

Alt Predictions for 2007
Wired – President Bush finally manages to raise his approval ratings by recording a video of himself lip-syncing to “Barbie Girl” in makeup and a halter top with two oranges stuffed into the bust, and releasing the video onto the web. While his handling of

Visual Arts
San Antonio Express News – Artist/curator Henry Rayburn asked nine other San Antonio artist collectors to show their stuff, including Marilyn Lanfear’s measuring devices, Bernice Appelin-Williams’ Barbie dolls and Linda Pace’s monochromatic souvenirs.

New Zealand Herald – tipsy 11pm dash to Liquorland – except maybe the cops waiting in the booze bus. 3) Blow Up: Good parties usually include at least one inflatable item. A roomful of helium balloons if it’s a glamorous soiree, a bouncy castle if it’s a family barbie.

Life on the soggy side
News.com.au – Roddy is a house mouse who spends his day hanging out with his mates Barbie and Ken, who don’t seem to say much but have really neat clothes. But Roddy’s world is turned inside-out, or perhaps that should be upside-down, when he makes the journey

the Year’s Best Champagnes and Sparkling Wines
Austin Chronicle – Just think of all those times you could have been enjoying it with sushi or roast chicken or shrimps on the barbie. That being said, one of the best times to buy champagne or sparkling wines is now. Every store in town has them on sale, with some

Bits & Pieces
Montreal Gazette – I read this week that Hilary Duff’s image is going to be used on a new Barbie doll. Not sure what the big deal is; hasn’t Tie Domi’s likeness been inspiring Cabbage Patch Kids for years? Not much ink From T.J. Simers of the Los Angeles Times: “If

News.com.au – For someone whose heroes include Barbie “she may not do anything, but she always looks great doing it” Hilton has a remarkably long resume. At only 25, her been-there-done-that file includes film and TV star, singer, nightclub owner, model

Elsmere Couple Shot In Robbery Experience Miraculous Recovery
WCPO – Just days after a Northern Kentucky man and his fiancee were shot during a home invasion robbery, the victims believe their recovery is a Christmas miracle. Mike Wagers’ fiancee, Barbie Wolfe was shot at point blank range in the chest on Wednesday

Free child care, $2,000 scavenger hunt among prizes at Misawa event
European and Pacific Stars and Stripes – Last year, teams earned points for things such as a Cyndi Lauper concert ticket stub, a 2000 Holiday Barbie, a Venus fly-trap plant and an Atari game cartridge. Other Customer Appreciation Week events include: A kickoff party Jan. 7 from noon to 3

Farrell wins 7th straight, cops Daytona tourney
Staten Island Advance – Salem’s Richard Barbie scored eight of his game-high 23 points in the opening quarter. Falkenhainer put a clamp on the 6-3 forward in the second stanza, allowing just two Joe Feminella and Rivera scored four apiece in a 14-14 third period

Washington Blade – This amazing news, coupled with the Barbie Dream House my parents were caught red-handed assembling on the living room rug, was almost more than I could stand. The toy I wanted most, and narrowly missing the man himself after years of willing myself

Bits & Pieces
Montreal Gazette – I read this week that Hilary Duff’s image is going to be used on a new Barbie doll. Not sure what the big deal is; hasn’t Tie Domi’s likeness been inspiring Cabbage Patch Kids for years? Not much ink From T.J. Simers of the Los Angeles Times: “If

Varsity athletes and models? Yes and yes
Charlotte.com – As a little girl, Anya played dress-up with Barbie dolls. She cut their hair and outfitted them, then made her mom sit through coffee-table runway shows. It wasn’t until she was a freshman in high school that she explored modeling. On a lark, mother

A Knack for Knitting: Evenings with My Stitch’n Bitch
Cape Cod Today – You remember the TP cozy–it was a crocheted dress over a plastic Barbie-like doll. You shoved her legs and torso in the TP roll and fanned her lovely dress around the top of the commode, graciously and gracefully hiding the offending paper product

NorthJersey.com, NJ - 5 hours ago… Unlike sexy clothes hounds Barbie and Bratz, the American Girl is obsessed, in various incarnations, with horses, reading and friends — not boys. …

Immortal plastic
ABC Online, Australia - 13 hours ago… February. And Hilary's the next face of a new 'Barbie' doll, joining the likes of Reese Witherspoon, Beyonce Knowles and Lucille Ball. …

Bits & Pieces
Montreal Gazette (subscription), Canada - 8 hours agoI read this week that Hilary Duff's image is going to be used on a new Barbie doll. Not sure what the big deal is; hasn't Tie Domi's …

Turkish Daily News – Postman in the early 1980s, in his famous book titled The Disappearance of Childhood, described children as living messages sent to the future, he was not specifically talking about child pornography but was talking about the world of Barbie

A Knack for Knitting: Evenings with My Stitch’n Bitch
Cape Cod Today – You remember the TP cozy–it was a crocheted dress over a plastic Barbie-like doll. You shoved her legs and torso in the TP roll and fanned her lovely dress around the top of the commode, graciously and gracefully hiding the offending paper product

The Scene Articles
Daily Collegian – The average woman is 5′4″ tall, weighing about 145 pounds, and wears a dress size of 11 to 14. So why then, do so many young women aspire to obtain the unrealistic 6′0″ tall, 101 pound, size four body of the widely know Barbie doll? In an attempt to

New Year’s Party at your place
New Zealand Herald – tipsy 11pm dash to Liquorland – except maybe the cops waiting in the booze bus. 3) Blow Up: Good parties usually include at least one inflatable item. A roomful of helium balloons if it’s a glamorous soiree, a bouncy castle if it’s a family barbie.

Labor group slams Bratz doll factory
MSNBC – China Labor Watch and the National Labor Committee details allegations of harsh working conditions, especially during peak delivery months, and of violations of workers’ access to injury and health insurance. The edgy, urban-styled rival to Barbie is