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Every woman should own a strand of pearls, especially now that they're affordable. PurePearls.com is part of a growing crop of Internet-based wholesalers selling Fifth Avenue--quality freshwater and cultured pearls at eBay prices. Run by Amanda Raab, 25, the site also teaches consumers about the different types of pearls and how they're farmed and graded. Prices start at $27 for freshwater-pearl earrings and go up to $16,400 for a South Sea pearl necklace. Every piece comes with a certified GIA appraisal and a 90-day return policy. --By Betsy Kroll
...coffee and some Ethiopian farmer gets 2% of that," he says, "where does the rest of it go?" Saying he is reluctant to be "just a windbag" on fair trade, Firth has also invested in a chain of coffee shops in London that pledges to compensate the crop's farmers fairly. He has worked the counter and participated in coffee tastings. "You swirl, you spit, and someone talks poetry about it," he says...
...entered the final week of his last Tour poised to win a seventh straight title. But inspired by the cancer survivor's drive to overcome any obstacle and dominate the Eurocentric sport of cycling, Lewis and his once wrecked body are part of the most motivated--and talented--crop of riders the U.S. has ever known. At one point in this year's Tour, five Yanks were placed in the top 25, including three in the top six, something no other country could claim. To the U.S. cycling world, which has thrived for years on Armstrong's trophies, Generation Lance...
Rounding out the new crop is Dave Zabriskie, 25, who this year became only the third American ever to lead the Tour--before a crash ended his run. But promising stars like Zabriskie, who looks so young he ought to have a bell on his cycle, probably won't ever compare with the man who inspired millions of fans to wear yellow Livestrong bracelets. "It's a bit frightening," says Ian MacGregor, the reigning under-23 U.S. road-racing champion, of Armstrong's retirement. "Cyclists know there's more to the sport than Lance Armstrong. I don't know...
...DIED. JOHN WALTON, 58, entrepreneurial billionaire son of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton; after the home-built plane he was piloting crashed in Wyoming's Grand Teton National Park. Reluctant to work for the family business, the decorated Vietnam veteran launched successful ventures in sailboat building and crop-dusting, and was a pivotal board member of the Waltons' philanthropic foundation, which notably set up a fund to send underprivileged children to private schools...