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He drove his red Camaro the wrong way down several streets, jumped a curb while doing a U-turn, narrowly missed several pedestrians as he drove down a sidewalk, struck an occupied car, and then plowed into the DIOR store’s 3,000-pound reinforced display window, prosecutors said. After causing $250,000 to $300,000 worth of damage to the boutique, he ran into the store and pulled the fire alarm before he tried to disarm one of the Chicago police officers who rushed in to arrest him, according to the allegations.

Christian Dior, the French fashion brand, has become the latest global company to learn a hard lesson about the danger of offending Chinese sensitivities. Facing the possibility of a boycott of its products, the luxury company said Thursday that it had dropped the American actress Sharon Stone from its advertising in China after she suggested last week that the recent earthquakes in Sichuan Province were karmic retribution for Beijing’s treatment of Tibet.

Good news for luxury mobile phone lovers. Following Prada and Giorgio Armani’s example, Christian Dior is making their Diorphone available in their boutiques. For only €3,500, you can score yourself two phones for the price of one. Yes, the special thing about this phone, is you receive a mini phone with it.