Scout Deidre

Writer, omnivorous reader, gadabout, spendy, brainy and rarely bored. I am the Scout for the real estate channel and am totally obsessed with the fluctuations of the housing market and love reading the stories from around the world that people submit. My personal blog is http://deidrew.tumblr.com

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This story has mostly positive ratings. 13 votes / No sinks

Prim and proper for fall fashion

Women – One glance at the autumn catwalks and the message is clear - the cleavage is dead. Clare Coulson looks for the inspiration behind the high neckline's renaissance

View Story Discuss (1) (lifeandhealth.guardian.co.uk) 1 day ago by Deidre

Voted for on July 18, 2008 02:42pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 10 votes / No sinks

Ron Riccio of Russ & Daughters Is Immune to Fish Stink

Food – As we reported earlier, Russ & Daughters, Marco Pierre White's favorite place for smoked salmon is finally entering the blogosphere. Ron Riccio has worked the counter there for thirteen years. We asked him how tastes have evolved over the years and how, exactly, he smells after a day of cutting lox.

View Story Discuss (0) (nymag.com) 2 days ago by Deidre

Voted for on July 17, 2008 03:29pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 13 votes / No sinks

eBay sees difficult times ahead

Money – Online auction site eBay has warned that sales will be lower than expected in the current quarter as it struggles against a weakening global economy.

View Story Discuss (0) (news.bbc.co.uk) 2 days ago by Deidre

Voted for on July 17, 2008 03:20pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 21 votes / No sinks

The Age of the Silver Fox

Men – I first spotted the gray a couple of months before my 30th birthday three or four strands glistening on my left temple. I leaned into the mirror for a closer look and confirmed my worst nightmare: I was officially old.

View Story Discuss (0) (advocate.com) 3 days ago by TimALoftis

Voted for on July 17, 2008 03:19pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 11 votes / No sinks

Will smoke taint wines?

Food – Now that the smoke has begun to clear from North Coast vineyards, questions are swirling about whether it will linger in the 2008 vintage.

View Story Discuss (0) (pressdemocrat.com) 2 days ago by Deidre

Voted for on July 17, 2008 02:53pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 13 votes / No sinks

Washington State Grapples With Water

Food – A recent transfer of water rights from 80 acres in Okanogan County to Benton County on Washington's southern border with Oregon highlights the lengths to which some growers are willing to go to secure the ever-more-scarce commodity.

View Story Discuss (0) (winesandvines.com) 2 days ago by Deidre

Voted for on July 17, 2008 02:35pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 12 votes / No sinks

Akris outsells Chanel by selling to power women

Women – Akris designer Albert Kriemler last fall spent three days searching for crepe fabric at a Paris textile-industry trade show, with his cellphone shut down -- incommunicado.

View Story Discuss (0) (online.wsj.com) 2 days ago by Deidre

Voted for on July 17, 2008 01:52pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 14 votes / No sinks

Poehler to join post-'Office' show

Television – "Saturday Night Live" star Amy Poehler is in final negotiations to join the cast of the new post-"Office" laffer from Greg Daniels and Mike Schur. Series, despite initially being called an "Office" spinoff, isn't expected to be one after all

View Story Discuss (0) (variety.com) 3 days ago by corey.spring

Voted for on July 16, 2008 08:48pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 5 votes / No sinks

Flood of Fans Crashes Dr. Horrible Website

Television – Fans eager to watch the first installment of Joss Whedon's direct-to-web musical Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog flooded the site Tuesday, causing it to crash.

View Story Discuss (0) (blog.wired.com) 3 days ago by caesarv

Voted for on July 16, 2008 08:48pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 12 votes / No sinks

Paramount Remaking 'The Monster Squad'?!

Movies – Yes, the horrifying idea is true. Spooky Dan over at Bloody-Disgusting.net sat down with Rob Cohen, ostensibly to chat about The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor and a startling bombshell was dropped. Cohen revealed that Paramount has snagged the rights to the 1987 cult classic The Monster Squad, and plans on remaking it in fairly short order. Coh

View Story Discuss (0) (cinematical.com) 3 days ago by brendoman

Voted for on July 16, 2008 08:15pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 10 votes / No sinks

Flowers to decorate streets, hotels in Beijing for Olympics

Travel – More than 2.56 million flowers will decorate the streets and areas around Olympic venues in Dongcheng District, Beijing's central business area, according to its Bureau of Parks and Woods.

View Story Discuss (0) (news.xinhuanet.com) 3 days ago by Deidre

Voted for on July 16, 2008 06:41pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 14 votes / No sinks

Billionaire's superyacht becomes floating gallery

Art & Design – A Ã;£200 million superyacht became the world's most expensive courier when she sailed to Norway to collect three Monet paintings.

View Story Discuss (0) (timesonline.co.uk) 3 days ago by Deidre

Voted for on July 16, 2008 05:26pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 36 votes / No sinks

FBI investigating Indymac for fraud

News – The FBI is investigating Indymac Bancorp for fraud, a source tells CNN. The California-based bank was taken over by federal regulators last week.

View Story Discuss (2) (cnn.com) 3 days ago by corey.spring

Voted for on July 16, 2008 04:05pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 6 votes / No sinks

House votes to punish ruling junta in Myanmar

News – The House voted Tuesday to punish Myanmar's brutal ruling regime "where it hurts in the wallet," by freezing assets of political and military leaders there and banning the importation of rubies from that country into the U.S.

View Story Discuss (0) (ap.google.com) 3 days ago by Deidre

Voted for on July 16, 2008 02:35pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 8 votes / No sinks

Expensive being poor, charity warns

Money – Poorer families are forced to pay Ã;£1,000 more a year for energy bills and financial services because they cannot access the deals available to those on higher incomes, a charity said.

View Story Discuss (0) (ukpress.google.com) 3 days ago by Deidre

Voted for on July 16, 2008 02:30pm

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