A zipper is a slide fastener with two edges of teeth attached to a fabric tape. The teeth lock into a snug fit when they are drawn together by a slide. When the slide is pulled back, the teeth separate. The zipper was invented by Whitcomb L. Judson, a...

A zipper (British English: zip fastener or zip) is a popular device for temporarily joining two edges of fabric. It is used in clothing, luggage and other bags, sporting goods, camping gear (e.g., tents and sleeping bags), and other...

Military-inspired collections that looked back and to the future opened L.A. Fashion Week, with Collection bebe offering edgy space-age designs and Dina Bar-El showing clothes that dripped 1940s glamour.Their runway presentations Sunday helped launch the first of five days of fall fashion shows.Collection bebe's ultramodern...

A thrift store worker checking donated items found nearly $7,000 in a coat pocket and money belt, police say. "I guess I was shocked," said Shirley Meagher, who works at the Home Place Thrift Store in Grand Forks.Meagher, who has worked part time at the...

A group seeking clues to the fate of famed aviator Amelia Earhart is ending its latest search of a remote South Pacific island with some new evidence but without a conclusive "smoking gun," its leader said Thursday.Scant as they might seem, the 100 or so...

This is the third one of these things I've gone too, and I'm continually amazed at how each season gets more and more crowded. At 9 a.m., the supposed start time of the show, there were bitches fighting their way in, the standing room only...