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Supreme Court to look into the curious case of ‘planted’ earrings

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A view of the Supreme Court of India in New Delhi. Files | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The Supreme Court has decided to examine the bail plea of ​​a 22-year-old man who claims the Maharashtra Police planted a pair of gold earrings on him to frame him in a theft-and-murder case. In fact, the man said the trinket was recovered months ago from another man whom the police said was his co-accused. A Bench headed by Justice Hrishikesh Roy has issued notice to the State of Maharashtra. The petitioner, Monu Kisanlal Kumar, is one of the two accused in…
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Police investigate Tecumseh Mall jewelry store break-in

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Windsor police are investigating a break-in at a jewelry store at Tecumseh Mall where a vehicle was used “as a battering ram” to smash into the mall doors, according to officers. Police responded to a security alarm at the mall Tuesday shortly before 4 am They discovered significant damage to the front of the building. Through investigation, officers say they learned the suspects drove through the entrance of the mall to access the jewelry store. The suspects allegedly stole a “substantial amount” of jewelry before fleeing the scene. No injuries were reported as a result of this incident. Shortly thereafter,…
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Adam Neeley’s Jewelry Designs Often Come in a Kind of Dream

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A singed eyebrow or two did nothing to extinguish Mr. Neeley’s enthusiasm for jewelry. By age 14, he was participating in art shows across Colorado, including one in Telluride, where the actress Daryl Hannah bought a piece from his first collection. It was around this time, in the late 1990s, when Mr. Neeley paid his first visit to the Tucson gem shows and met Mr. Avery, the lapidary, a fellow Coloradan. In Tucson earlier this year, Mr. Avery reminisces with Mr. Neeley about that first encounter, when the young rock hound purchased an aquamarine. “I remember your father was with…
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Tooth fairy gifts children $100 bills and designer jewelery | Offbeat News

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Some children receive $100 bills and designer jewelery under their pillows as the tooth fairy has become more generous worldwide. The US national average for a tooth fairy gift has risen from under $2 in 2001 to more than $6 in 2023, according to polling by Delta Dental, but some parents have revealed to The Wall Street Journal that they give even more extravagant gifts to their children . Mark Burhenne, a former dentist who runs the AsktheDentist.com website, said that some children receive “cash, a video game, sometimes an iPhone” which he puts down to parents competing with each…
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$12M Yellow-Diamond Earrings to Hit Christie’s Auction Block

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A pair of fancy-vivid-orange-yellow diamond earrings is set to lead the upcoming Christie’s sale in New York, with a price tag of up to $12 million. The set, called the California Sunset Diamonds, contains oval mixed-cut diamonds weighing 12.20 and 11.96 carats, along with oval brilliant-cut white diamonds of 3.03 and 3.02 carats and marquise diamonds. They will lead the December 6 Magnificent Jewels sale, Christie’s said Tuesday. A number of other colored stones will be on offer, as will jewelry from well-known designers such as Bulgari, Cartier, Harry Winston, Graff, Jean Schlumberger, and Van Cleef & Arpels. The sale…
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Thieves may have been targeting safe at Aventura jewelry store

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AVENTURA, Fla. – Thieves smashed a vehicle through a jewelry store in Aventura early Thursday morning but detectives believe they didn’t get away with any merchandise. The head of security at the store, however, thinks he knows exactly what they were after — a safe. Aventura Police said that a call came in around 6:14 am about a burglary in progress and they responded quickly to the International Jewelers Exchange at 19275 Biscayne Blvd. Detectives say they believe the robbery was threatened because of the swift arrival of police although they are still assessing the damage and collecting information. “Alarms…
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York jewelery maker ‘devastated’ by fakes on Shein and AliExpress

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In comparison, he said, the imitations were mass-produced in molds using cheap metal and gems. She said: “The sterling silver ear wires I use are more expensive than the entirety of the fake designs they are selling. “My real hedgehogs look alive, whereas theirs look dull and also somewhat menacing.” Both sites have removed the items from sale. Shein said as soon as it was alerted to the copyright infringement, it removed the product and had apologized to Ms Farley. The firm said it had significantly reduced the number of infringement claims through controls such as image recognition and manual…
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UW researchers develop ‘smart earrings’ to measure body temp

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SEATTLE — Fashion accessories are increasingly entering the realm of health monitoring. Smartwatches have been on the market for years now. But what about a smart earring? Engineering researchers at the University of Washington are using Bluetooth and other computer technology to measure the subtle but important changes in our body through earrings. Qiuyue (Shirley) Xue likes earrings and wears them almost every day. She also likes the usefulness of her smartwatch. “I use it to monitor my health status, my heart rate, my activities,” Xue said. So the UW Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering doctoral…