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Silver coffee pot could set $6 million record at auction

LONDON - An 18th century silver Rococo coffee pot is expected to become the most valuable piece of English silver ever sold at auction when it goes up for sale in July, auction house Christie's said.

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In the Hamptons, catering to the rich (and their dogs) is good business

EAST HAMPTON, New York - Judging by early demand for everything from doggie daycare to Ferrari rentals and fine art, rich Americans are going to make this a strong summer in one of their favorite playgrounds - the beach towns on the eastern end of Long Island collectively known as the Hamptons.

Life, Tennis 21 May 2013

Travel Postcard: 48 hours in Bucharest

BUCHAREST - Got 48 hours to explore Romania's capital and its eclectic mix of western architectural ideas, eastern imagery, 20th century totalitarian megalomania and buzzing nightlife?

17 May 2013

Modern Etiquette: When a colleague is abusing alcohol

SEATTLE - The lovely dinner meeting with my colleague turned out to be a bad dream. Sure, we had wine with the meal. I loved every moment, morsel, and drop of it.

13 May 2013

Travel Postcard: 48 hours in the Scottish Highlands

FORT WILLIAM, Scotland - Often voted the world's greatest train journey, the voyage from Glasgow to Fort William and Mallaig in the Scottish highlands defies superlatives thanks to its stunning views and wild landscapes.

10 May 2013

Spanish eatery hopes world best restaurant award boosts tourism

MADRID - An avante-garde restaurant run by three brothers in north-east Spain hopes that being crowned the world's best restaurant will boost food tourism in recession-bound Spain. | Video

30 Apr 2013

French president's ready-to-drink wine cellar up for auction

PARIS - It's the most refined and thirst-quenching of diplomatic devices that has helped cement ties between France and its international allies.

30 Apr 2013

Kentucky woman ordained as priest in defiance of Roman Catholic Church

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky - In an emotional ceremony filled with tears and applause, a 70-year-old Kentucky woman was ordained a priest on Saturday as part of a dissident group operating outside of official Roman Catholic Church authority.

29 Apr 2013

Kentucky woman ordained as priest in defiance of Roman Catholic Church

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky - In an emotional ceremony filled with tears and applause, a 70-year-old Kentucky woman was ordained a priest on Saturday as part of a dissident group operating outside of official Roman Catholic Church authority.

28 Apr 2013

Wines from elBulli, Adria dinner fetch nearly $1 million at N.Y. auction

NEW YORK - Food lovers dug deep on Friday night and spent a total of more than $900,000 at an auction on pieces of Catalonia's famed elBulli restaurant, from wines to cutlery to dinner with its head chef, Ferran Adria.

27 Apr 2013

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