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Elementary and high school students in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and West Virginia use finger scans to pay for lunch - and even to check into class. But in many other states, the parental outcry about privacy has stopped the technology in its tracks. Michigan and Iowa have passed laws essentially barring schools from taking electronic fingerprints of children. Last month, Illinois enacted a law requiring schools to get parental consent before capturing an image of a child's finger...
...dazzling diamond-encrusted watch. At Proenza Schouler, models looked as though they had traveled back through time, swaddled in lush fur collars and cloche hats. On the home front, Baker's furniture line by Laura Kirar echoes the lines of Josef Hoffman. But for more exact period reproductions, check out the design shop at New York City's Neue Galerie...
...YORK CITY Just Cavalli Check out Roberto Cavalli's diffusion line at his new Fifth Avenue flagship, where the Italian designer's sexy fare can be had for a more affordable price...
...year the company plans to begin redesigning its 63 Rive Gauche boutiques, which are deemed too dark. At the same time, she is attempting to raise the company's competitive metabolism by tracking customer reaction. She has experts post-testing YSL advertising campaigns. She frequently calls boutiques herself to check if a YSL spread in the local paper is bringing in shoppers. She also pushes Pilati's latest designs in conversations with fashion journalists...
Frank and Lisa Smoot, a San Jose couple who missed their connecting flight to New Hampshire, thought they'd use the downtime afforded them to scope out the scene for themselves. "We're bored to death of sitting around the airport, so I thought we'd check it out," Frank says shortly after his wife snapped a digital photo of him giving a thumbs-up next to the bathroom sign. "It's just so bizarre to think that I can go stand next to where one of our 100 Senators met his political demise...