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With eyebrows descending and arms crossed behind his head, Hennepin County Judge Charles Porter interrupted Craig's attorney Billy Martin as he tried to make the intricate argument that intentional contact is necessary in order to charge Sen. Larry Craig with disorderly conduct charges. "Disorderly conduct is so innocuous and ambiguous, and there is no factual basis," Martin argued to Porter...
...worked at Boca Grande, a local chain started by a Japanese brother-and-sister duo. When infighting led one sibling to leave Boca Grande, Herrera left with him to be the first cook at Anna’s Taqueria—a branch of which can be found in Porter Square. Herrera left Anna’s five years ago to start his own taqueria with Brush...
CURRENT JOB CHAIRMAN, NET-A-PORTER...
...porter, which launched in June 2000 on an investment of just over $1 million, has doubled its turnover each year since then and is now in its fourth year of profitable trading; this while those with far deeper pockets flamed out in the early years of the Internet gold rush. Massenet puts her against-the-odds survival, then success, down to the vision of "merging a magazine with a store," coupled with user-friendly technology. "Don't show me a shoe rotating 360°," she says. "This is a service business. It's about showing the clothes, not showing...
Astute editing by a buying team directed by Massenet adds offbeat choices such as Brian Atwood heels and Devi Kroell bags to offerings from big guns like Marc Jacobs and Chloé. "Net-a-porter is an environment where a woman can really indulge, browsing through more than 160 brands in our fashion playground," says Massenet. To guide the search, editors' favorites are highlighted, while onscreen Post-it notes offer styling suggestions. Then there's the lush packaging, rapid delivery and, just as crucial, free returns service. Net-a-porter gets more than 1 million visitors a month...