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Chinese tradition holds 2006 will be a year of bad luck for people born under the sign of the dog, but misfortune has come early for some looking for jobs, state media said on Wednesday. ADVERTISEMENT Chinese companies looking for new recruits had deliberately passed over candidates born as dogs in China's ancient 12-animal astrological cycle to ward off the bad luck expected for people in years of their same sign, the China Youth Daily said. The rooster will make way for the dog at Chinese Lunar New Year in late January. The dog denials were just one example of...

Remember the storefront mall displays for Frederick's of Hollywood -- not exactly granny's lingerie? I do, so the "No Kidding" sidebar on the front page of Monday's Press that said engineers from the Army Corps once designed "apparel" for Frederick's was bound to catch my attention. I had to look it up. What connection could the military have with a teddy, and I don't mean bear? I didn't find a full explanation, but what surfaced from a little research is that the founder of Frederick's was himself a former soldier. Frederick Mellinger, son of a Hungarian immigrant tailor, once suggested...