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	Nanny charged with jewelry theft February 10, 2009 - STRATFORD, CT -- A Trumbull college student has been charged with stealing nearly $15,000 in jewelry from the home of a local couple where she worked as a nanny. Megan Marino, 20, of Kingsbury Drive, Trumbull, surrendered to police Saturday after being told there was a warrant for her arrest. A student at Mitchell College New London, Marino was charged with first-degree larceny and was released after posting $5,000 bond, pending her arraignment March 4 in Bridgeport Superior Court. Click here to read the rest of the story...
	Nanny agency owner defends octuplet mother February 9, 2009 - COVINA - The owner of a nanny agency has come to the defense of the Whittier mother of octuplets, claiming that Nadya Suleman is "a great client, a great mom." Jacqueline Chatfield of Merry Poppins To Order, a nanny referral service in Covina, has provided child care to Suleman's six older children for two years, she said. She talked to Suleman almost daily to coordinate child care and said her nannies liked working for the Sulemans. Click here to read the rest of the story...
	Pay your nanny tax — nominated or not February 4, 2009 - Nancy Killefer's decision Tuesday to withdraw her candidacy to join the Obama administration over her failure to pay taxes for household help puts the spotlight on a dirty little open secret in the home-help industry—nearly everybody does it. Or, in this case, doesn't do it. Click here to read the rest of the story...
	Doing the Right Thing by Paying the Nanny Tax January 2009 - Ever since Zoë Baird, President Bill Clinton’s first nominee for attorney general, withdrew her name from consideration because she had broken rules relating to household employees, the issue has tripped up public figures every couple of years. This week, it became part of the chatter around Caroline Kennedy’s decision to pull out of contention for New York’s vacant United States Senate seat. This month, Timothy F. Geithner’s nomination for Treasury secretary hit a snag over, among other mistakes, an issue relating to a housekeeper. Click here to read the rest of the story...
	Ex-deputy, wife admit nanny servitude in Ga. home January 2009 - ATLANTA - A former Forsyth County deputy and his wife have admitted keeping an illegal immigrant as an unpaid nanny in their home. Russell and Malika Garrett of Woodstock pleaded guilty Friday to harboring an alien for private financial gain. She also admitted lying to FBI and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents investigating the claims. Click here to read the rest of the story...
	Round-the-clock helper January 2009 - From renting apartments to singing birthday songs, the concierge has to deliver, with a smile. IF you think all a concierge does is queue up at the post office to settle utility bills and walk the dog when the owner is at work, think again. “In Malaysia, some people refer to us as ‘runners’. However, we enjoy a much better reputation in other parts of the world, like Europe and America, where a concierge is also known as a lifestyle manager,” says corporate concierge Wayne Woo. Click here to read the rest of the story...
	Who Will Bail Out the Yolandas and Yvettes of the World? December 18, 2008 - Are you ready for MASS NANNY/MAID LAYOFFS? We're sure that Manhattan nanny Yvette is touched that her former employers are reaching out to the good people of Craigslist to help her find a new job. In a Craigslist posting listed under "ETC," comes Please hire our Nanny, she is a Wonderful Person...Click here to read the rest of the story...
	`Nanny' state? Drescher eyes Clinton's Senate seat December 2008 - ALBANY, N.Y. – The star of "The Nanny" wants to go from playing nasally New Yawkers to succeeding Hillary Rodham Clinton in the U.S. Senate. Publicist Jordan Brown delivered the straight line that Fran Drescher is serious about becoming the next junior senator from New York. Brown cited Drescher's experience as an actress, advocate for women's health and public diplomacy envoy for the U.S. State Department. Click here to read the rest of the story...
	Concierge service helps others "tough it out" November 30, 2008 - HONOLULU - A local company that hires out personal assistants is doing well, despite the economy. Now, the owner of Isle Concierge shares the secrets of her success. It's something that might help other companies tough it out. Click here to read the rest of the story...
	Woman indicted for allegedly exploiting nanny November 19, 2008 - WALNUT CREEK -- A Walnut Creek real-estate agent will appear in federal court today on charges that she lured a Peruvian nanny to the East Bay with promises of a better life but instead kept her as an indentured servant for nearly two years. Mabelle de la Rosa Dann, 45, also known as Mabelle Crabbe, was indicted by a federal grand jury in June. She has pleaded not guilty to a charge of harboring an illegal alien for the purpose of private financial gain. Click here to read the rest of the story...
	Regulations issued to chasten household maids October 28, 2008 - CHINA - Household maids and nannies in Shaanxi province have been forbidden from wearing tight clothes and heavy makeup after the Association of Household Services issued regulations on industry workers recently. Click here to read the rest of the story...
	Woman accuses newly-hired maid of stealing P200,000 in cash, valuables October 28, 2008 - MANILA, Philippines – You can't be too careful in hiring household help, as a 77-year-old woman learned on Tuesday when she found her 18-year-old maid, whom she got through an agency four days earlier, gone – along with P200,000 in cash and valuables. Click here to read the rest of the story...
	Randolph cops: 10-year-old tried to stab nanny September 25, 2008 - RANDOLPH, NJ — A 10-year-old was charged with aggravated assault Tuesday after the nanny responsible for the juvenile's care said the youngster tried to attack her with a knife, police said Wednesday. Randolph police Lt. Don Smith wouldn't say what type of knife was used in the attack, but said the nanny was unharmed. More...
	Nanny sent to work as underpaid servant Part 1: Canada's 'slave trade'  Part 2: Big promises, broken dreams September 22, 2008 - Catherine Manuel came to Canada as a live-in nanny to care for 8-year-old Brent of Toronto. She ended up changing beds, cleaning toilets and painting the decks at the Whispering Pines bed and breakfast in Jackson's Point, on the shores of Lake Simcoe. More...
	Credit crunch sends shivers across nanny market  September 19, 2008 - LONDON - Watch out Mary Poppins, the hurricane howling through the world's financial markets is starting to be felt in the rarefied world of the British nanny. As bankers and money dealers fall like flies to a credit crunch that has seen three major U.S. investment banks disappear in a puff of smoke, so the nannies they have employed on salaries of up to 40,000 pounds ($73,000) have suddenly become expensive luxuries. More...
	Florida woman victim of nanny scam September 11, 2008 - BONITA SPRINGS, FL — A South Fort Myers woman who wanted a job as a nanny instead got scammed out of $491, Lee County Sheriff’s Office records show. The woman posted an advertisement on a nanny-for-hire Web site. A man from England hired her as his children’s nanny. The man told the victim, Geraldine Walker, 47, he needed an apartment in Brandt Apartments on Plantation Road in Fort Myers and he would be in Fort Myers on Sept. 2. More...
	Accused nanny lied on her CV July 23, 2008 - UK - A nanny accused of killing a baby boy lied she had a degree on her CV, a court has heard. Linda Wise, 47, is accused of shaking Isaac Rowlinson causing fatal brain injuries. She denies manslaughter. More...
	Nanny denies fatal baby shake July 21, 2008 - Wales - A nanny today denied shaking a baby with such force he suffered brain damage and later died. Linda Wise, 47, is accused of the manslaughter of Isaac Rowlinson, the newborn son of Lancashire Police detectives Paul and Lisa Rowlinson. More...
	Nanny can stay in Canada to battle cancer July 18, 2008 - Juana Tejada, a Filipina nanny, who is dying of cancer, has won her fight to stay in Canada. The Department of Citizenship and Immigration has granted Juana Tejada permanent residency so she can remain in the country and receive treatment for her illness. More...
	Nanny hired for London Fashion Week 'made baby's brain bleed by shaking him'  July 14, 2008 - London - Jasmin Schmidt, 32, is accused of shaking a baby, leaving him with a brain injury and a broken arm. A nanny assaulted a baby, leaving him with a brain injury and a broken arm, after being hired to look after him during London Fashion Week, a court heard today. More...
	Nanny has choice: Jail or return $25,000 June 25, 2008 - STAMFORD, CT - A former Westport nanny who stole almost $25,000 from the couple who employed her faces up to two years in jail if she does not repay the money. At state Superior Court in Stamford on Monday, the nanny pleaded guilty to first-degree larceny after stealing seven checks worth $24,600 from her Westport employer, her arrest affidavit said. More...
	Westhampton Estate Caretaker kills himself, wife in critical condition June 22, 2008 - New York - The caretaker of a Westhampton Beach estate hanged and killed himself early yesterday, according to authorities, who are investigating whether he also tried to kill his wife before ending his life. The body of Ryszard Pawlak, 58, was discovered in a garage building inside the Seafield Lane estate where he and his wife worked, Suffolk County Homicide Det. Sgt. Thomas Groneman said. More...
	Housewife orders dog to bite Indonesian maid  June 21, 2008 - Singapore - A housewife was convicted of ordering her dog to attack her Indonesian maid during a fit of rage, news reports said on Saturday. Tay Siew Hoon was found guilty after a 25-day-long trial in which the prosecutor described a night of abuse imposed on the 22-year-old maid nearly three years ago. More...
	First picture of Spelman nanny "She's no idea about being a secretary. It's a stich-up" June 200 8 - WHEELING a baby in a pram, this is the first picture of the nanny who landed Tory party chairman Caroline Spelman in a political storm. We tracked down Tina Haynes, 36, to a secret address where she has been HIDING from the storm over claims her ex-boss paid for her childcare with public money. The MP insists the live-in nanny also helped with constituency secretarial work. But Mrs Haynes' father-in-law yesterday laughed off the idea. More...
	3 Charged with Human Trafficking in Nanny Case  June 18, 2008 - ATLANTA - Officials say a former Fulton County magistrate, his deputy sheriff son and daughter-in-law are accused of luring a nanny from India and forcing her to work in their home without pay. Officials say 72-year-old William D. Garrett Jr. of Alpharetta, Forsyth County Deputy Russell Garrett and Malika Garrett of Woodstock were indicted by a federal grand jury on charges including human trafficking, alien harboring and witness tampering. More...
	Tory chairman to face sleaze probe over nanny expenses June 18, 2008 - LONDON - Conservative party chairman Caroline Spelman is to face a parliamentary probe into her decision to use taxpayers' money to pay for her nanny. Parliamentary Standards Commissioner John Lyon said on Tuesday he had "carefully considered" the matter and decided that given the "exceptional" circumstances, an inquiry would be conducted. More...
	Watchdog 'considering' nanny case  June 9, 2008 - BBC News - The parliamentary standards watchdog is "considering carefully" Tory chairman Caroline Spelman's employment of her former nanny and secretary. The statement from John Lyon's office followed talks with Mrs Spelman, who is facing questions about paying a nanny out of her MP's staffing allowance. More...
	Nude maid accused of really cleaning up May 29, 2008 - TAMPA, Fla. -- A nude maid is accused of really cleaning up at a Florida man's home. The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said a 50-year-old man hired the maid from the Internet on Friday to clean his Tampa home. More...
	Denver butler-school founder arrested again May 15, 2008 - Denver, CO - A woman who established an international school for butlers and chefs was arrested Tuesday by Denver police. Mary Louise Starkey, 58, founder of the Starkey International Institute for Household Management, was arrested on suspicion of misdemeanor assault and disturbing the peace, according to Denver court records.  It is the second arrest for Starkey in the past six months. More...
	Caretaker charged with stealing drugs May 15, 2008 - SILVERTON - An 85-year-old woman's sharp-eyed daughter may have saved her life, police said Wednesday. The daughter realized her mother's cancer medication was replaced by some other unknown drug and alerted police before her mother took any, said Silverton police Lt. Bruce Plummer. More...
	Singapore woman charged with pinching maid  May 8, 2008 - Singapore - A Singapore woman was charged on Thursday with three counts of pinching her Indonesian maid. Ting Yeng Keow, 58, a housewife, is said to have pinched Sriyani on her left upper arm at her Robey Crescent home in the city-state’s Upper Serangoon in October. More...
	Nanny Allegedly Catches Father On Tape Abusing Children  May 07, 2008 - ORLANDO, FL -- An Orlando man was locked up after a nanny allegedly caught him on tape abusing his adopted children. Brian Kloosterman was arrested this week after a nanny came forward with the tape allegedly showing him using all of his body weight on the child at his Delaney Park home. More...
	Nanny Saves Child Attacked By Coyote May 2, 2008 - LOS ANGELES - A nanny pulled a 2-year-old girl from the jaws of a coyote Friday after the animal attacked the toddler and tried to carry her away in its mouth, officials said. The girl was playing in a sandbox at Altura Park in Chino Hills in San Bernardino County. Around 10:30 a.m., the caretaker heard screaming and saw a coyote trying to carry the child off in its mouth, officials said. More...
	Wanted: tanning butler who rubs guests right way Apr. 21, 2008 - Miami, FL - The Ritz-Carlton on South Beach was without a tanning butler. The last one, Malcolm, was a part-time male model who'd held the position for a year, about as long as each of the previous three tanning butlers, who were, coincidentally, also part-time male models. More...
	Police: Caretaker forged elderly couple's checks March 31, 2008 - Van Buren, New York - A caretaker is in jail after police say she forged $2,800 in checks from an elderly couple’s account. More...
	Former caretaker accused in auto theft case March 18, 2008 - Naples, FL - Collier County sheriff’s deputies recovered a stolen car early Tuesday and charged the owner’s former caretaker with the theft. Winnifred Mary Jackson-Lester, 43, 105 Wading Bird Circle, Apt. 104, North Naples was charged with grand theft auto. More...
	Murrells Inlet nanny released from jail March 09, 2008 - Myrtle Beach, SC - NewsChannel 15 has learned that a Murrells Inlet nanny accused of assaulting a five-month old baby, has been released from jail. 60-year-old Cheryl Ann White turned herself in Thursday. More... Nanny's bail set at $12,000 March 8, 2008 - South Carolina - A Murrells Inlet woman pleaded not guilty Friday in an Horry County magistrate courtroom to charges she abused a 5-month-old Garden City Beach girl. Cheryl Ann White, 60, is charged with one count each of unlawful neglect of a child or helpless person and assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature. Judge Aaron Butler set White's bail at $12,000 and placed her on home detention. More...
	Dallas Maid Service suit set for trial in November February 18, 2008 - TEXAS - A date has been set for a civil lawsuit against a Dallas maid service in connection with the death of a 14-month-old boy who died in 2005 at the hands of his nanny. The 192nd District Court of Dallas County will conduct a civil trial in the suit filed by Mike and Rene Lazarchik of McKinney against Eva’s Maid Service and its owners, Sergio and Eva Betancourt. The suit claims gross negligence for recommending an allegedly unqualified person to watch their children, one of whom died under her care. Dallas County court officials said the civil trial has been scheduled for Nov. 8. More...
	Couple sentenced in maid abuse case January 29, 2008 - LOS ANGELES - A former Hollywood studio attorney and his wife have been sentenced for abusive treatment of their Filipino maid in a case federal prosecutors said "amounts to modern-day slavery."  James Jackson, former vice president of legal affairs at Sony Pictures, was ordered to perform 200 hours of community service and was fined $5,000. His wife, Elizabeth, who pleaded guilty last August to a charge of forced labor, was sentenced to three years in prison. More...
	Charges re-filed for nanny in Roseville baby's death December 11, 2007 - AUBURN, CA – The Placer County District Attorney's Office has refiled charges against the nanny accused of shaking a 15-month-old Roseville baby and causing fatal brain injuries. More...
	Mary Starkey Got Served November 22, 2007 - Denver, CO - Police arrest Mary Louise Starkey, head of Denver's famous butler school, as the case against her proceeds. As the head of the prominent Denver-based Starkey International Institute of Household Management, Mary Louise Starkey has long been recognized for bringing professionalism to the butler industry. But the city's "First Lady of Service" has also become known among former students, staff and industry colleagues for alleged mismanagement, turmoil and physical altercations at her school...Now Starkey, 58, has another blemish on her record: She was arrested at the Starkey mansion on November 13 under suspicion of felony second-degree assault....more...(listen to excerpts of the February 7 meeting)
	Maid jailed for tossing boss nine floors November 27, 2007 - Singapore - An Indonesian maid was jailed for life in Singapore for killing her 75-year-old employer by throwing her out of a ninth-floor window. Barokah, 27, who uses only one name, admitted in the Supreme Court yesterday to killing her female boss in October 2005 following a heated argument when she was caught sneaking back into the house after a tryst with her boyfriend. More...
	Nanny Struck, Killed By Car In N.J. November 13, 2007 - CLIFFSIDE PARK, N.J. -- A mourning nanny was killed when she was struck by a car as she crossed the street, heading home after buying lottery tickets at a convenience store. More...
	Union outraged at plans for mayor's personal chef  November 7, 2007 - Johannesburg - The South African Municipal Workers' Union (Samwu) in the Moses Kotane municipality in the North West Province said it was shocked to learn that the mayor intends to use public money to hire a personal chef. More...
	Illegals increasingly take maid, nanny jobs  Household help have burdens aplenty; work force 'invisible' November 4, 2007 - HOUSTON — In the debate over immigration, they are virtually unheard, unseen: the hundreds of thousands of foreign-born women, many of them in the U.S. illegally, who toil in America's homes as nannies, cooks and housekeepers, changing diapers and scrubbing floors.  They are jobs of last resort for people whose other options are few. More...
	Charges: Nanny shot in the back; blood, gun found in suspect's home October 30, 2007 - Minnesota - The 19-year-old suspect in the killing of a woman who was answering an ad for a nanny on craigslist.org shot his victim in the back and blood stains were found in his family's Savage home, authorities alleged in second-degree murder charges filed today in Scott County. More...
	At Your Disservice These student butlers got served. August 9, 2007 - Denver, CO - The students at the Starkey International Institute for Household Management knew something was wrong that day in February: Mary Louise Starkey, founder and president of the Denver-based school, the 57-year-old "First Lady of Service" who'd transformed the lowly world of butlers into the booming and respectable "household management" industry, was coming downstairs to speak formally to the class, something she'd done only a handful of times before. More...
	Revealed: The nanny who could help clear the McCanns' name October 14, 2007 - For five months the identity of the Mark Warner employee who was looking after Madeleine in Praia da Luz's Kids Club in the hours before her disappearance has been a closely held secret. More...
	The return of the butler  If you thought the traditional English butler had bowed out and retired to the scullery, think again. The gentleman's gentleman is rapidly becoming a must-have for the world's super-rich – and there simply aren't enough recruits to go round. Eager to fill the breech, John Walsh tilts his head, balances his tray, and steps softly forward...  October 15, 2007 - It's enough to make Mr Hudson, of Upstairs Downstairs, clutch his newspaper and furrow his brow in the servant's pantry in Eaton Square. Crichton, the omnicompetent manservant of JM Barrie's The Admirable Crichton, would greet the news with a supercilious smirk. One shudders to imagine the rain of contempt that would issue from Edmund Blackadder, whose third TV incarnation was as butler to the Prince of Wales during the Regency. Mrs Thatcher, on the other hand, would be delighted: she used to assure unemployed people of "the dignity of service", when urging them to take jobs once considered beneath them. More...
	Nanny accused of slipping a mickey to toddlers in her care  August 30, 2007 - Westwood, NJ - A nanny is being charged with two counts of child endangerment after allegedly slipping a mickey to two toddlers in her care in the Westwood section of New Jersey. Authorities believe the nanny, 23-year-old Jennifer Wolff laced the children's juice with an anti-allergy sedative. More...
	South Bay Nanny Arrested After Toddler Rescued From Hot Car August 30, 2007 - MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- A Mountain View nanny was arrested Wednesday after police rescued a sweaty and crying baby from a car in Mountain View. Police arrested 24-year-old Juhee Hong after she returned to the car where the child had been rescued 30 minutes earlier, according to police. A passer-by saw the baby locked inside an SUV that had a window cracked about 2-inches for ventilation. The passerby reported the incident to police at around 12:51 p.m. More...
	Nanny arrested for leaving child in car to go tanning  August 4, 2007 - PERINTON, NY - A 19-year-old nanny is under arrest for endangering the welfare of a child she was babysitting after she left the 2-year-old in a car while she went tanning. According to Monroe County Sheriffs Jaime Rosman, of Victor, left the child in a car seat while she went tanning at Island Tan on Moseley Road around 2:45 Friday afternoon. More...
	Pregnant nanny sacked from her job wins payout of £1700 July 21, 2007 - Scotland - A NANNY who lost her job weeks after she revealed she was pregnant, has won her fight for compensation on the grounds that she was discriminated against and unfairly dismissed. More...
	Bail Hearing in Villanova Heiress' Nanny Assault Case  July 3, 2007 - PA - The Villanova heiress charged with beating her nanny has a bail hearing today. Susan Tabas Tepper is accused of attacking her housekeeper and nanny, and knocking down the woman's nine-year-old daughter. More...
	Former Boise Nanny Will Spend Years in Jail June 21, 2007 - Boise, Idaho -- A former Boise nanny will spend 10 years in prison -- three of them fixed -- for violating her parole. Kristi Hackworth was convicted seven years ago of shaking a 7-month old in her care -- causing permanent brain damage. More...
	Woman accused of attacking nanny waives preliminary hearing June 14, 2007 - NARBETH, Pa. --A suburban Philadelphia millionaire accused of attacking her nanny and the nanny's daughter has waived her right to a preliminary hearing. Susan Tabas Tepper, 44, of Villanova is scheduled to face trial on simple assault and harassment charges Aug. 8 in Montgomery County Court. Assistant District Attorney John Gradel said Wednesday that two counts of disorderly conduct had been dropped. More...
	Heiress again accused of assaulting a nanny May 25, 2007 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Susan Tabas Tepper in police custody. The Villanova heiress was charged with simple assault and harassment after allegedly scratching her nanny and pushing the woman and her daughter. Susan Tabas Tepper may have struck again. The Villanova heiress, who smacked her children's nanny with a bag of carrots last May, was charged yesterday with roughing up another one, along with the woman's 9-year-old daughter. More...
	Lawyer evicts family as son runs off with nanny May 18, 2007 - UK - A wealthy lawyer has served an eviction notice on her daughter-in-law and three grandchildren after her son began a relationship with their 19-year-old nanny. Claire Hastings claims her mother-in-law Louise Hastings, 73, acted after her husband Robert got together with teenager Amy Hillier. After a failed business in Australia that had seen their home repossessed, the family returned to Britain and were living in a cottage owned by Robert Hastings's parents while they got back on their feet. More...
	Ex-Nanny Can Take Supermarket Magnate To Trial April 25, 2007 - LOS ANGELES A former nanny who alleges a billionaire falsely accused her of $17,000 in unauthorized credit card expenses can take her lawsuit against him to trial, a judge ruled, court papers obtained Wednesday show. Chelsea Fesenmaier sued Ron Burkle and a law firm he uses Dec. 20 in Los Angeles Superior Court, alleging malicious prosecution of a civil action and seeking unspecified general, special and punitive damages. More...
	Police: Nanny made up story April 21, 2007 - LOS ANGELES - A nanny who caused public panic by claiming a man approached nannies at a park and asked to purchase babies in their care has confessed made up the story, police said. The nanny told authorities she concocted the tale because she didn't want to go to the park, where she feared the child in her care would get hurt on the jungle gym. More...
	Upper Saddle River nanny sentenced to 5-years in abuse case  April 13, 2007 - HACKENSACK, NJ — An Upper Saddle River nanny who was caught on tape beating an infant in her care was sentenced Friday to five years in prison. Manjula Patel pleaded guilty in February to slapping and punching the 6-month-old girl, then dropping her on the floor and kicking her. She also admitted that she covered the infant's mouth with a pillow to make her stop crying. More...
	Nanny charged in July death of baby boy March 22, 2007 - Michigan - Eight months after an infant boy was found unresponsive in his Rochester home, a nanny has been charged in the child's death. On March 13, 30-year-old Kelly Marie Waller of Madison Heights was charged with homicide, manslaughter and first-degree child abuse in the death of 9-week-old Ajay Bose. More...
	Nanny Charged with Murder Rejects Plea Deal March 22, 2007 - CA - A former nanny charged with killing a Roseville toddler has again rejected a plea deal. Veronica Martinez Salcedo made a brief court appearance this morning with her new attorney. More...
	A happy maid makes a happy home March 11, 2007 - Malaysia - I was initially horrified to read in last Sunday’s Heart & Soul page, The Gem in My Home, by Fenny who retained her maid after the latter’s thieving and dalliance with a construction worker.  These are precisely the kinds of acts that beget the axe in most other households. But who is to know that by forgiving her and giving her a second – and third – chance will eventually lead to a win-win situation for both employer and employee over five long years? More...
	Nanny gets probation for disrobing March 3, 2007 - Tampa, FL - A nanny who removed her clothes for a 4-year-old boy she was babysitting was sentenced this week to probation. Sarah Slicker, 25, was charged with lewd and lascivious exhibition after the boy's mother caught her disrobed in front of the child. Slicker claimed the boy demanded she take off her clothes and she complied because she was emotionally and physically exhausted. More...
	Banned chauffeur must stay banned February 5, 2007 - Cambridge, UK - A disabled chauffeur caught speeding five times has failed to get her driving licence back. Lynne Taylor, 48, was given a sixmonth ban by magistrates in December. But the single mother of three, who worked part-time, claims she is now behind with her rent, has built up other debts and had her phone cut off within a month of losing her licence. More...
	Cops say nanny hid shampoo in stroller, tried to leave store  Tuesday, January 30, 2007 - HOBOKEN - A nanny was arrested on shoplifting charges after slipping a bottle of shampoo into the stroller of the toddler in her care, police said. More...
	Canadian Maid Cafe iMaid Café in Toronto Features French Maids and Bubble Tea December 12, 2006 - A japanese style maid-cafe has opened in Scarborough Ontario. iMaid Café was launched by Aaron Wang, a 24-year-old student of Economics at York University. Like any maid cafe, iMaid Café features waitresses cosplaying as maid, and treating their clientèle "as if they were in their own home." More...
	Man cared for former housekeeper like family December 3, 2006 - Birmingham, AL - Thomas Little pledged to care for his 94-year-old former housekeeper. He wanted to keep her from having to go into a nursing home.  Little, a 72-year-old white man, drove to the black woman's Smithfield apartment every day, returning to his Glen Iris home in the morning. He gave her insulin. He took her to the doctor. He paid her medical bills. More...
	Housekeeper Stole $2,200 In Jewelry December 1, 2006 - Florida - A Sanford housekeeper and her husband were arrested Friday for allegedly stealing more than $2,000 in jewelry and then selling the items to a pawn shop, according to the Seminole County Sheriff's Office. More...
	The Price Of Privilege Rising mortgage rates got you down? Concerned about renovation overruns? Tired of tipping the kid who mows the lawn? Please. Try living in a mega-mansion.  These days, it's not unheard of for well-heeled buyers to purchase homes totaling several thousand square feet, with half a dozen bedrooms, twice that many marble bathrooms, acres of kitchen counter, indoor swimming pools, and manicured grounds as far as the eye can see. They may spend upward of $10 million, $20 million or even $30 million for such properties--and that's just for starters. More...
	Mom's kin: Nanny was hubby pick  November 1, 2006 - New Jersey - The mother of braindamaged baby Sarah Jane Donohue objected to hiring the "monster" nanny who later manhandled her child but was overruled by her husband, her stepfather said yesterday. "She wanted somebody else," Donald Cordes told the Daily News outside his New Jersey home. Cordes said stepdaughter Vanessa Donohue favored hiring another caregiver after the baby and mom arrived home from the hospital on June 7, 2005. More...
	Caretaker must repay $25,000 to elderly man as part of her sentence  August 2006 - CHARLESTON, IL -- A woman who admitted stealing money from a disabled man she cared for was ordered to repay nearly $25,000 of the money Friday. The restitution was one of the terms of the probation sentence that Janet J. Ferguson, 50, 1631 Marion Ave. Apt. 6C, Charleston, received for her conviction for financial exploitation of a disabled person, unlawful use of a credit card and theft. More...
	Nanny testifies about Janet March August 10, 2006 - Nashville, TN - The first testimony heard by jurors on the second day of the Perry March trial was that of Ella Goldshmidt, a Russian immigrant who was nanny to the March children, Sammy and Tzippy. Goldshmidt gave her testimony in Russian with a translator relating her statements to the court. She talked about Janet March as a mother. More...
	Video trap laid for maid, ‘boyfriend’ August 8, 2006 - Doha, Qatar - THE sponsor of an Asian housemaid said he caught the woman "red handed" in his house with a Pakistani "boyfriend" on November 15 last year. "I suspected that the maid had been allowing a man inside the house when we were away and decided to trap her using a video camera," he told Gulf Times. More...
	Main Line Socialite to Face Trial for Abusing Nanny July 24, 2006 - Pennsylvania - A woman from a prominent Main Line family has been ordered to stand trial in Montgomery County Court on charges that she smacked around her nanny. In exchange for dropping a felony robbery charge, Susan Tabas Tepper (above) has waived her preliminary hearing and will head to trial on charges that include assault, harassment, and theft. More...
	Helpful maid may have taken $13K tip July 11, 2006 - CEDAR CITY - A Cedar City maid on Sunday apparently cleaned her client out of $13,000. Police Sgt. Jerry Womack said the victim was in the Iron County jail for drunken driving and called her cleaning lady Sunday to ask her to open a wall safe and remove enough cash to bail her out. More...
	Trial of East Palo Alto nanny wrapping up July 10, 2006 - Palo Alto - Closing arguments are scheduled for today in San Mateo County Superior Court in the trial of an East Palo Alto nanny accused of violently shaking a newborn Redwood Shores boy in her care. Minerva Rojas, 28, pleaded not guilty March 22 to child abuse, felony inflicting corporal injury upon a child and assault with a deadly weapon in connection with the alleged March 16 shaking incident, the San Mateo County district attorney's office reported. More...
	Butlers in the Buff June 6, 2006 - LONDON - Forget the quintessential image of the British butler as the epitome of discreet decorum. "Butlers in the Buff" has proved such a business success as half-naked waiters in Britain that the firm is now off round the world to market the ultimate "male order" service. More...
	Former Nanny Accused of Theft Appears in Court June 6, 2006 - Oregon - The nanny who police say stole from families she was supposed to be helping was in a Clackamas County courtroom on Monday to face theft charges. Police say Nicole Eldridge stole jewelry and other items from five families in the Portland area before disappearing to Seattle. More...
	Couple who lost kids to drug-addicted nanny welcome new baby May 2006 - WALNUT CREEK, Calif. Their children were killed by a drug-abusing driver three years ago. Today, a California couple is celebrating the birth of another child. Robert and Carmen Pack saw tragedy in 2003 when a neighborhood nanny ran over their ten-year-old son and seven-year-old daughter on a sidewalk near their home in Danville and fled the scene. The nanny was convicted of second-degree murder last year and is serving a prison sentence of 30 years to life. Carmen Pack was pregnant with twins during the trial but later suffered a miscarriage. Today, she gave birth to a daughter. Robert Pack has lobbied the California Legislature for laws to make it easier to monitor prescription drug abuse.
	Main Line woman is charged in assault on nanny May 26, 2006 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ~ A Main Line woman has been charged with robbery, theft and assault after her nanny and housekeeper complained to police she had been physically abused on her employer's multimillion-dollar estate in Villanova. More...
	Wealthy couple guilty of enslaving maid Woman earned just $18,000 over 19 years May 26, 2006 ~ MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin -- A federal jury found a wealthy suburban couple guilty Friday of harboring an illegal immigrant and forcing her to work as their maid for 19 years. The Filipino national testified during the eight-day trial that she felt like a prisoner in Jefferson and Elnora Calimlim's home. More...
	Maid charged with embezzlement May 7, 2006 - GREAT NECK, N.Y. -- Police in New York say a live-in maid from Indonesia, charged with embezzling $100,000, claimed she was simply taking the raise her employer denied her. Nassau County Police Sgt. Thomas Reilly told the New York Post that the maid, named Suharni, had been living with a family in Great Neck for two years. "Her claim is she asked for a raise and never got one," said Reilly. "She apparently just stole the checkbook from the home and hid it in the children's room, and she just started writing checks to herself. She said she works very hard, seven days a week, and needed the money." Suharni allegedly wrote at least five checks. She was arrested after the bank decided that one check -- for $30,000 -- did not look right, and notified her employers.
	Personal Assistant Questioned In Kissel Slaying April 19 2006 - Greenwich, CT - Andrew Kissel was last seen alive at his Greenwich home by his family's personal assistant about 12 hours before movers discovered the real estate developer's body stabbed multiple times and bound with handcuffs in the basement...Sources said police have focused on Carlos Trujillo, described as the family's personal assistant, because he was the last person to see Kissel alive and had access to the home. More...
	Nanny and choking child hit by truck (New York-WABC, March 28, 2006) - A nanny clutching a choking baby in her arms was struck by a pickup truck as she rushed across an Upper East Side street this morning. Both nanny and baby boy were hit, but were both saved by a nearby quick-thinking police officer on foot patrol. More...
	Nanny set Free After Serving Two ½ Years in Jail March 17, 2006 - Florida - After nearly 2 ½ years in jail, the Peruvian nanny who made national headlines when she was accused of violently shaking an infant has been freed from a federal immigration facility in Key West. Claudia Muro, who was exonerated March 6, appeared in public for the first time tonight, waving from the window of her Hollywood home as her husband and lawyer greeted reporters. More...
	Battered maid 'for sale' probe March 16, 2006 - A BAHRAINI couple is being investigated for allegedly trying to sell their maid, to avoid possible prosecution for beating her. Filipina Editha Ramos, 39, claims her employers of barely two months often beat her and encouraged their four children to hit, kick and bite her and call her cruel names. More...
	Users to choose how Ask's Jeeves Butler is put out to grass February 13, 2006 - The public is being asked to choose the retirement options for Jeeves, the iconic butler behind the Ask search brand, in a new campaign starting today. The butler has served Ask users since 1996, but his retirement was announced last August by Barry Diller, chairman and CEO of InterActive Corporation (IAC), which had bought the site for $1.85bn (£1bn) a month before. Jeeves, who originally provided a helpful human face to Ask's search tool, has already had his image overhauled. More...
	Maid to order February 13, 2006 - Tokyo - "WELCOME home, Master,” says the maid as she bows deeply, hands clasped in front of a starched pinafore worn over a short pink dress. This maid serves not some aristocrat but a string of pop-culture-mad customers at a “Maid Cafe” in Tokyo’s Akihabara district, long known as a Mecca for electronics buffs but now also the centre of the capital’s “nerd culture”. “When they address you as ‘Master’, the feeling you get is like a high,” says Koji Abei, a 20-year-old student having coffee with a friend at the Royal Milk Cafe and Aromacare. More...
	87-year-old charged in shooting of caretaker, 80 February 11, 2005 - LEAGUE CITY, TX - An 87-year-old woman was charged Friday with shooting her 80-year-old caretaker. League City police Sgt. Dan Krieger said police were called to a home in the 200 block of Englewood about 11 a.m. after a report of a gunshot being fired. More...
	Couple's trial set on maid's charges Filipino says she was imprisoned February 10, 2006 - FORT THOMAS, OH - A couple accused of trying to forcibly deport their live-in Filipino housekeeper will face a jury in Campbell County District Court in March. Paula Steltenkamp, 51, and Gregory Coburn, 46, have been charged with second-degree unlawful imprisonment and harassment, both misdemeanors. Steltenkamp and Coburn appeared Thursday in District Court before Judge Karen Thomas, who set the trial date for March 10. Thomas also ordered the couple not to have any contact with their former housekeeper, Emily Corre. More...
	The new butler: a man for all details, at your service January 30, '06 - SAN ANTONIO - For someone who has dedicated his life to personal service, Leland D. Stone looks like quite the successful self-made man. He may be the only trained butler in Texas who tools around town in a vintage Mercedes, driven by his own chauffeur. But then, butlering was only a diversion for Stone, who is channeling his will-do spirit these days into a profession so new it does not yet have a name. Think of it as equal parts decorator, handyman, fixer and finder, and throw in mediator and fast friend. More...
	Housekeeper Charged With Stealing Jewelry January 4, '06 - PEMBROKE, N.H. -- Pembroke police arrested a local housekeeper accused of stealing hundreds of pieces of jewelry. Police said Donna Heavey, 50, of Allenstown, N.H., was arrested after police found about 250 pieces of jewelry in her home. More...
	Best gift for service is always cash Sunday, December 18, 2005 - Source: American-Statesman Q: Can you give me guidelines for the monetary amount to give my hairdresser, mailman, newspaper delivery person, maid, etc. at holiday time? — UJ A: You said the magic word: money. Cash is the best and safest tip. No worries about the recipient's nut allergies or an aversion to alcohol. If this is the first year you are tipping a service provider, start a little low. You can increase the amount next year if service stays high. Keep the list with your holiday decorations so you can remember who received tips and how much. Put the cash in an envelope and include a note of appreciation. Basic amount guideline? The cost of one visit or one week's service (manicurist, household help, lawn maintenance). Civil servants (mail carriers) are not permitted to receive cash gifts or gifts valued at $20 or more. The City of Austin instructs employees to return graciously all gifts or donate them to charity. That does not mean you cannot make some cookies for an employee or write a note of praise to someone's supervisor. A customer's view is always welcome. When you say Merry Christmas with a tip, you are also saying thank you for a job well done — all year long.
	I ONLY WANTED AN £80 VALET ..I GOT A £32,500 WRITE-OFF! Dream Sports Car Wrecked... November 30, 2005 - UK - A company boss sent his dream Lotus car off for a luxury valet - but the cleaners took it for a spin and wrecked it. The firm's owner crashed Dan Gould's £32,500 Lotus Exige into two parked cars only yards from his premises. Dan was horrified when the foreman rang to tell him the bad news less than half an hour after he had dropped the sports car off for an £80 clean. More...
	Housekeeper Discovers Burglars November 30, 2005 - OLD WESTBURY, N.Y. - Nassau County police are investigating a residential burglary in Old Westbury that led to the brief entrapment of a housekeeper who stumbled on the invaders. The woman, who had been alone in the home, headed to the master bedroom after hearing strange noises around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday. There she found two men who wore ski masks. More...
	Caretaker to Return $60,000 Bequest The 'gesture of sincerity' comes amid heightened scrutiny of conservators after a Times series. November 19, 2005 - Los Angeles - A caretaker who wrote a will for a nearly blind veteran under conservatorship and inherited his estate worth more than $60,000 has agreed to return the inheritance as a "gesture of sincerity," her lawyer said Thursday. The caretaker, Verlene Cameron, abandoned the crude, one-page will she had typed for Louis Williams, 80, a World War II veteran, after The Times questioned its validity in a series of articles that highlighted abuse and neglect by professional conservators. More...
	Caretaker finds odd scene near Holy Hill November 19, 2005 - Wisconsin - An aspiring photographer with a taste for the exotic apparently stretched the boundaries of good taste when he was caught taking photos of partially unclothed women on property belonging to the Holy Hill National Shrine this past weekend. According to a Washington County Sheriff's Department report, a caretaker of the Roman Catholic Church property called the department Saturday afternoon after he found an unoccupied, late model, maroon Oldsmobile parked in a wooded area on Station Way Road on the property, which is located in the town of Erin. More...
	English butler leads China's latest cultural revolution October 6, 2005 - China - Chinese tourist chiefs and luxury hotel managers are reinterpreting the old communist dictum, Serve the People, with help from an unusual source: an English butler. When Robert Watson entered service in 1974, China was in the midst of the cultural revolution. If he had ventured to Beijing at that time, his profession would have condemned him as a class traitor. More...
	At your service: Butlers catching on as top amenity October 12, 2005 - Atlanta - Never thought you'd have a butler to do your bidding? Most Americans haven't, but this amenity is beginning to catch on as hotels vie to capture tourist dollars with more personalized service. According to Steven Ferry, chairman of the International Institute of Modern Butlers, up to 70 hotels across America now offer some level of butlering. More...
	State parole board set to grant posthumous pardon to black maid August '05 - ATLANTA - On trial for killing a white man in the Jim Crow South, Lena Baker told jurors, "What I done, I done in self-defense. Now I am ready to meet my maker." Though the 44-year-old black maid was executed 60 years ago, when Baker is granted clemency for her crime Tuesday, her grandnephew says she will finally rest in peace. More...
	Time For Jeeves to Sleep With the Fishes August 16, 2005 - Expect Jeeves to disappear from Ask Jeeves in the next couple of months as more signs are coming that Barry Diller’s IAC is planning on a way to off the butler mascot of Ask Jeeves, Inc and rebrand into Ask.com. Barry gave the first clue when IAC purchased the Ask Jeeves network earlier in the year when speaking with Wall Street Journal columnist Kara Swisher. Diller stated “We’re thinking about renaming it,…It probably won’t be called Ask Jeeves.” “What will it be called?” asked Kara Swisher. “Might be one of those words without the other,” Diller answered, adding that the final decision on Ask Jeeves’ new name isn’t “finalized.” More...
	Nanny recovering after building collapses July 16, '05 - New York - The family of miracle baby Abigail Lurensky, who was rescued from the rubble of a building collapse with just a few scratches, praised her injured nanny yesterday. "Our nanny, Brunilda Tirado, is our hero, and we look forward to her full recovery," relieved parents Steven and Heidi Lurensky said in a written statement. More...
	Siblings, nanny stop attempted kidnapping  July 15, '05 - Fair Lawn, NJ - An attempt to kidnap a 3-year-old boy Thursday was foiled by his quick-thinking 12-year-old sister, 9-year-old brother and nanny, police said. All three children were playing in front of their Lindsay Road home when a man approached on foot and asked the 3-year-old if he knew the location of a candy store, Lt. Bob Kneer said. More...
	Jeeves Butler May Soon Work For Diller March 21, "05 - Why pay $1.85 billion for an online search engine known for a friendly cartoon butler? Ask Barry Diller, chief executive of AC/InterActiveCorp. That's what the ex-Hollywood studio honcho is paying for Web-search service Ask Jeeves in an acquisition announced Monday. "This gives us tremendous reach," Diller said in a conference call. "It's going to give (IAC's) brands a lot more traffic. It's going to give Ask Jeeves a lot more traffic." More...
	Speeding fine for Police Chauffeur February 15, '04 - UK - The chauffeur of a police chief has been convicted of speeding along the M1 at 97 mph. Kenneth Campbell, 57, was driving Derbys Chief Constable David Coleman when he was stopped by police in Herts. He was given four points on his licence and fined £300 after admitting the charge in a letter to Hemel Hempstead Magistrates' Court on Tuesday. Mr Coleman has been criticised by motoring organisations for not telling his driver to slow down. More...
	A 'nanny problem' is not uncommon December '04 - WASHINGTON - Immigrants seeking a nanny job often call Loving Care Providers, a northern Virginia nanny placement agency. But the company, a 10-minute drive from the White House, rejects about four out of every 10 callers. The reason? They're not legal residents of the United States. "It breaks my heart to tell these women 'no' - I just want to help them out," says Sroda Aba, a placement specialist at the company and a native of Ghana who understands the immigrant struggle. "I'll tell you, they came here with a dream. But I know if I hire one of these women, it can harm my business. If we hire an illegal person and send them to someone who works with Homeland Security, that's a problem." More...
	Nanny goes shopping in family Mercedes, leaving baby home alone December 20, '04 - Eastchester, N.Y. - A nanny left a year-old toddler home alone while she went Christmas shopping in the family Mercedes, not expecting the little girl's mother to pop into the house while she was out, police said Thursday. More...
	Nanny's file marked 'top secret' December 20, '04 - UK - The nanny whose fast-tracked visa led to David Blunkett's downfall had her case given top-secret status, it is claimed tonight. The Government faced fresh claims that there was a cover-up of the "nannygate" affair after a senior immigration source said the woman's case file was marked "restricted". More...
	Rectory Maid Charged With $173G Theft  December '04 - Pittsburgh, PA - The housekeeper at a Catholic parish's rectory stole more than $173,000 from collections by rifling through the envelopes early each Monday and then making computer entries to cover up the thefts, authorities said. More...
	Nanny Problem Forces Kerik to Withdraw  December 11, '04 - WASHINGTON - Bernard Kerik apologized to President Bush on Saturday after questions about the immigration status of a housekeeper-nanny he employed led the former New York City police commissioner to withdraw his nomination as homeland security chief.  "I owe the president an enormous amount of gratitude for this consideration. I owe him a great apology that this may have caused him and his administration a big distraction," Kerik said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press from his home in Franklin Lakes, N.J. More...
	Nanny of Marcos aide-de-camp allowed to stay in the US December 8, '04 - ABS-CBNNEWS - A Filipino nanny who served the family of dictator Ferdinand Marcos' aide-de-camp was allowed by US court to stay in the country while battling her deportation case, the ABS-CBN North American bureau reported Wednesday.  A US District Court in San Francisco has allowed Teresita “Tess” Huppanda to "remain at large" pending a case hearing, the report said.  Huppanda, who was nanny to the family of former Armed Forces of the Philippines chief of staff Fabian Ver, was part of the Marcos entourage when the late president, his family, and cronies fled the country in 1986.  Huppanda will have her day in court in June next year. She and the other members of the Marcos party were ordered to leave the US in 1992 after the Marcos family returned home to the Philippines.  In an interview, Ver's son, Irwin, said a US immigration office also gave him and his family the notice but they were allowed to stay by virtue of a request for political asylum.  Huppanda said she was jailed in October for two days.
	Say 'thanks' to the baby-sitter, letter carrier, manicurist... November 29, '04 - Once a year, a quandary arises over what to give to the people who make your life livable - your housekeeper, baby-sitter, doorman, manicurist, secretary, piano instructor. Some believe it's important to buy a gift that has nothing to do with the service that person provides as an acknowledgement that she's more than her work. According to this philosophy, a good gift for one's hair stylist might be, oh, a halogen flashlight. Others think the holidays are a chance to enhance job performance with special accouterments. These are the people who buy their hair stylists gilded scissors. More...
	Judge halts the trial of bin Laden's chauffeur November 9, '04 - Guantanamo Bay - A federal judge halted the Guantánamo war crimes trial of a Yemeni who worked as Osama bin Laden's driver, casting a cloud over the future of the Bush administration's trials for war-on-terror captives called enemy combatants. More...
	Botswana's Miss HIV fights stigma and ignorance October 27, '04 - GABORONE - Meet Kgalalelo Ntsepe, a soft-spoken former nanny with a flashy smile and short-cropped hair who last year beat 13 other women to be crowned Miss HIV Stigma Free in Botswana.  Now only months away from ending her reign, 33-year-old Ntsepe says she has done her best to challenge misconceptions about people living with HIV and AIDS (news - web sites), which is afflicting close to 38 percent of adults in Botswana, one of the highest rates in the world.  "I can say that I am one person who would like to see my country free of HIV and AIDS one day," says Ntsepe from her modest counseling center in Gaborone where she offers advice on testing and other issues. More...
	Chef tried to cash royal's cheque  October 28, '04 - Associated News Media - A chef is due to be sentenced for trying to cash a £25,000 cheque stolen from Princess Michael of Kent. Mustapha Boukalfa, 38, of Dawes Road, Fulham, west London, had hoped to pocket half after teaming up with an Oddbins delivery driver-turned-thief. London's Middlesex Guildhall Crown Court heard his partner-in-crime Kamel Haddouche, 40, stole three signed blank cheques in July last year after dropping off drinks at Kensington Palace. Boukalfa was convicted of handling stolen goods, attempting to obtain a money transfer by deception and using a false instrument with intent. Haddouche was jailed for 33 months at an earlier hearing.
	October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month Cass & Company is challenging and urging any and all Domestic placement Firms and Nanny agencies to get involved either by walking/running in the Susan B. Komen race or making a donation to the research for the cure. The walks take place all over the US and the world from June to December. October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, however, involvement is year round. Cass & Co makes a pledge each year to the cause and to get involved by walking and by donating a portion of it profits to the Susan B. Komen Foundation. Elaine Mullen Cassinelli, president, and all the staff of Cass & Co urged all of those who serve the clients of the domestic industry, friends and colleagues to make a pledge or walk/run for the cure in a city near you.  Elaine and her group of Nursing school classmates (1966) raised awareness and funds and will be walking in a city, that the 12 classmates live (with 2 of them survivors), in as many cities that they live in : Denver, Chicago , Los Angeles, Maui, Portland, Annapolis, Boston, Providence, Colorado Springs, Cape Neddick ( Me.), Ft Myers (Florida) and more until they cannot anymore. We are now a team that supports this effort to get out the word that too many women and some men are affected by this disease and way to many need the support of the Domestic industry that serves them.  The following article first appeared in the Chicago Herald on October 1st: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Former classmates team up to walk, fight breast cancer  October '04 - Daily Herald - A group of nursing school classmates are part of a growing contingent in Saturday's Race for the Cure, to benefit the Susan B. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. Namely, they are participating as a team.  They call themselves the MAH66, named for the Mount Auburn Hospital School of Nursing in Cambridge, Mass., which they all graduated from in 1966.  "I am just so moved by their commitment," said Janet Nelson of Arlington Heights, a 10-year breast cancer survivor and team captain.  Nelson met her classmates at O'Hare International Airport Thursday. They had come in from Massachusetts, Colorado, California, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Maryland to do the 5K walk Saturday at Grant Park in Chicago.  This will be the second Race for the Cure the team has done. Last year they all met in Denver and participated there.  "To have all of my friends there, walking with my name on the back of their shirt, was one of the most touching experiences I've ever had," Mary Ann Maloney of Cambridge, Mass., a six-year survivor, said of their first walk together.  Two years ago, at their 35-year reunion, the nurses discovered two of their classmates had died of breast cancer and several others were survivors.  "We have made a commitment to travel to different states, where different classmates live, each year to do the walk," Nelson said.  When they gather Saturday at Grant Park, they will be among 8,000 participants who will be running or walking the 5K lakefront route, or the one-mile fun walk. This is the eighth year the Race for the Cure has taken place in Chicago.  Registration takes place from 6:30 to 8 a.m. Saturday at the northwest corner of Balbo Street and Columbus Drive. The event starts at 8:30 a.m. Participation runs $35 the day of the event, and $30 for those over 65 and under 18.  Since its inception, the Susan B. Komen Foundation has raised more than $600 million in the fight against cancer, while its Race for the Cure has become one of the largest series of 5K runs and fitness walks in the world.  Many of the walkers will be wearing pink T-shirts designating them as survivors. On Saturday, they will start their day at a complimentary breakfast, before receiving gifts, including a signature pink hat, goody bag and a "salute to the survivors" photo.  "It's just so emotional to see this sea of pink shirts, and all these people supporting you," said Nelson, a former home health nurse and now American Cancer Society volunteer in Palatine.  The race's tagline is "working to eradicate breast cancer, every day, every step." Specifically, Susan B. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation supporters raise funds to advance research, education, screening and treatment.  "It's a real sisterhood," Nelson said. "Once you've been through (breast cancer) you walk a different side of life."
	UK's first limousine and chauffeur show announced October 2004 - Plans to host the UK’s first show dedicated to displaying stretched limousines and prestigious cars have been revealed. The Limousine and Chauffeur Show will open to the public and chauffeuring industry in September 2005. It is planned to bring together the biggest American limousine manufacturers to display their newest innovations and vehicles. More...
	Maid Wins Suit Against Sony Exec, Decries Slavery  September 2, '04 - LOS ANGELES - A Filipino woman who won an $825,000 lawsuit claiming a Hollywood executive and his wife enslaved her called Thursday for an end to human trafficking. "Slavery still exists, and I want to tell victims they should not tolerate it and should not be afraid to seek help," Nena Ruiz said at a news conference. Last week a jury awarded Ruiz, 60, back wages and punitive damages, finding James and Elizabeth Jackson liable for involuntary servitude, false imprisonment, invasion of privacy, negligence and fraud. Elizabeth Jackson also was held liable for assault and battery. More...
	Changed your maid five times this year?  MOM may want to have a chat with you  September '04 - Singapore - TOO slow. Too smart. Too stupid. Too sexy. Too smelly. There are so many reasons Singaporean employers give for changing domestic workers frequently. MOM wants to reduce employer-maid problems. And this is one area where it is taking action. It will monitor more closely those who, in one employment agent's words, 'change maids like changing clothes'. More...
	Bin Laden's Chauffeur Arraigned at Guantanamo  August 24, '04 - GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba - Osama bin Laden's chauffeur was arraigned Tuesday at the first U.S. military tribunal since World War II, appearing at a pretrial session as defense lawyers sought to challenge the process. Salim Ahmed Hamdan, a 34-year-old Yemeni, smiled as he appeared without handcuffs or shackles. He wore a flowing white robe and a tan suit jacket with a long shawl over his shoulders. More...
	Lawmaker Loses Custody Fight Against Maid August 24, '04 - Houston - A state lawmaker and his wife lost a custody battle with their former maid over the woman's baby, Local 2 reported Monday. State Rep. Talmadge Heflin and his wife, Janice, had temporary custody of the 20-month-old boy after they filed a temporary restraining order against the baby's parents --Mariam Katamba and Fidel Odimara -- last month. More...
	Former Maid Fights State Rep For Custody Of Baby August 19, '04 - Houston - A state representative went to court Wednesday in a custody fight with his former maid, Local 2 reported. State Rep. Talmadge Heflin and his wife, Janice, have temporary custody of the 20-month old boy after they filed a temporary restraining order against the baby's parents last month. More...
	'God's' text message persuaded nanny to kill  July 30, '04 - A Swedish pastor was jailed for life today for manipulating his former nanny into murdering his wife, using mobile phone text messages he said were from God to convince her to commit the crime. More...
	Housekeeper is $294M Mega lottery winner  July 9, '04 - Lowell, Mass. — A house-cleaning retiree no longer has to mop her own floors or dust her own furniture. By winning a $294 million Mega Millions jackpot, Geraldine Williams can hire all the personal housekeepers she likes. More...
	Singapore woman jailed for abusing maid July 4, '04 - SINGAPORE -- A 30-year-old mother of two was jailed for 14 weeks for kicking her maid and putting ice cubes down her underwear in the latest case of maid abuse in Singapore, a local newspaper reported Wednesday. High Court chief justice Yong Pung How dismissed Ong Ting Ting's appeal to reduce her sentence for abusing Filipina Jean Ganzon in July 2002, the Straits Times said. More..
	Nanny sparked firestorm that engulfed OSU coach June 20, '04 - Columbus, OH - A 47-year-old nanny who has sent shock waves through one of Ohio's most powerful institutions - the Ohio State University athletic department - said it all began fairly innocuously, with a simple telephone call. On the other end of the line, Kathleen Salyers contends, was Dan Roslovic, a Columbus-area businessman whom she knew after working for him and his wife, Kim, as a housekeeper and nanny. More...
	Nanny alleges she was captive to Brookline couple April 24, '04 - BOSTON - A nanny from India claims that she was held prisoner by a Brookline couple for more than a year while the couple forced her to care for four children and endure beatings from the oldest son. Naseem Mohamed Siraj, 35, alleged in the lawsuit that Tahira Juma and Saleem Alkhaburi held her passport and forced her to work for six months straight for less than $3 per day before she got a single day off. More...
	Ask Jeeves: Has the butler had it?  April '04 - Ask Jeeves UK has for the first time dropped Jeeves - the butler character over which it had to fight PG Wodehouse's estate - from its advertising. Jeeves will not appear in a new print and outdoor campaign, which will instead be focusing on the ability of the company's search technology to find the results users are looking for. The campaign will go under the strapline 'Ask Jeeves - The Find Engine'. More...
	Woman defends topless maid service, alleges religious bias March '04 - West Point, Utah - A woman has accused a northern Utah city of trying to sweep her topless maid business out of town.  The West Point City Council has revoked the home business license of Dee Dee Derian, saying she misused it by sometimes running the business from a cell phone outside her home. More...
	Nanny Scam Suspect Arrested  March '04 - California - A woman suspected of posing as a nanny and ripping-off Bay Area parents was taken into custody on Wednesday in Walnut Creek. Mariana Monticalvo was wanted on six outstanding warrants from Contra Costa, Alameda, San Francisco, and Solano counties. Investigators say Monticalvo would convince parents to pay her thousands of dollars up front, then rob them of credit cards and other items before disappearing. More...
	Osama bin Laden's chauffeur in US hands  February 2004 - Washington, DC - Osama bin Laden former chauffeur is a prisoner at the US naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the driver's US military lawyer said. Salim Ahmed Hamdan, a 34-year-old Yemeni, worked in Afghanistan for the head of the al-Qaeda terror network from 1997 until the US-led invasion of the country in October 2001, his military attorney, Navy Lieutenant Commander Charles Swift, told AFP. More...
	Hackers Break Into Calif. State Server  February 2004 - Sacramento, CA - Hackers broke into a state agency's server containing the sensitive personal information of tens of thousands of people who work as nannies, butlers, and gardeners, and those who employ them. Evidence of a computer break-in at the Employment Development Department was discovered Jan. 20 during a routine check and immediately shut down the server that holds information on household workers and their employers, spokesman Kevin Callori said Friday. More...
	Supreme Court rejects appeal of former Ramsey family housekeeper January '04 - WASHINGTON - The former housekeeper for JonBenet Ramsey's family lost a U.S. Supreme Court case today over plans to tell about her grand jury testimony in a book. More...
Class Acts: How Good Manners Create Good Relationships and Good Relationships Create Good Business	'Tis the Season to be Tipping! The holiday tipping season is here. Whether you give with a song in your heart, or a feeling that the practice is just one step shy of extortion, one thing is certain: figuring out how much to tip is a headache.  Here are some suggestions from Mary Mitchell, the author of "Class Acts" and "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Etiquette:"  Babysitter/Daycare: One week's pay, plus a small gift  Housekeeper: One week's pay, plus small gift  Trash Collector: $15-$20 for good service  Mail Carrier: Gift under $20  Paper Carrier: $15-$25  NOTE: Officially, postal workers are not allowed to receive cash tips. But the U.S. Postal Service does allow carriers to receive gifts with a cash value less than $20.  The Complete Idiot's Guide to Etiquette, Second Edition The Complete Idiot's Guide to Business Etiquette
	New $300,000 Car Mercedes Maybach November 2003 - The Maybach (pronounced MY-bach) is a new upscale line from Mercedes-Benz. Four of the vehicles were brought to Cincinnati this week for potential buyers to preview. Only those with a significant amount of disposable income need apply. The sticker price on the car Dykes drove: $308,000. More...
Nanny Charged Nanny Wants Baby Rapsheets Ask Jeeves JonBenet Book Dog Ate Ticket Hewitt Letters Men Train Hskpr Defrauds Dr. Prince's Income Dashboard Butler Nanny Swindler Nanny Custody	Shaken Baby Incident Could Cause Surge In Hidden-Camera Sales October '03- A couple's worst fear came to life when a hidden videocamera recorded their nanny violently shaking their baby. Nanny Cam caught Claudia Muro lifting Jennifer Schwartz's 5-month-old baby over her head and slamming her on the kitchen floor last month. Two weeks later, Muro was caught on video again in the family's living room, shaking the baby so hard that you can see her head whip violently back and forth. More...
CT Nanny Trial Nanny Rights Music Preferences Air France Concorde Diana Trial Items White Herd Boy NY Nanny Bill Doctor Accused Working Estate	Handyman Leaves $1.4M To City 10/10/03 - Come spring, plans for new ball fields will be under way and thousands more daffodils will bloom in city parks and street medians, thanks to a Minnesota handyman who left $1.4 million in life savings to the city after the Sept. ll, 2001, terrorist attacks. More...
Chef Art Thief Real Nanny Diaries Rep Tarnished Driver - CT Nanny Stole Checks Nanny Entrepreneur Nanny Trial Erbland Nanny DaimlerChrysler PA MGM Grand Butler White House	Nanny Charged With Abusing Baby 09/25/03 - A Webster, Massachusetts, nanny escaped a prison sentence Thursday after pleading guilty to assaulting a 9-month-old boy in her care. It was reported that although Sara Cosby was sentenced to supervised probation, the charge will remain on her record for the rest of her life. Authorities said that Cosby at first denied the accusation, not knowing the incident had been recorded by a video camera. More...
Royal Scandal Payrolls Plunge Queen's Designer Nanny Trial Reuters' Exec Jobless Claims Joe Millionaire Nanny's Plea Deal	Convicted British nanny wants her own baby 09/09/03 - LONDON (AFP) - A British former nanny convicted in 1997 over the death of a baby under her care in the United States, wants to have children of her own, she said in a magazine interview. Louise Woodward, 24, from Elton in northwest England, said she hoped to marry and start a family in the future, adding that she would be prepared to leave her children with a nanny. More...
Back to Top	IBM Systems to Help Leading Criminal Records Compiler Safeguard Communities and Businesses Rapsheets Uses IBM Server and Storage Systems to Track Criminal Records  August 2003 - ARMONK, N.Y. - IBM today announced that Rapsheets, a leading compiler of publicly available criminal records, will use IBM eServer and Total Storage systems to help track more than 150 million criminal records. Under the guidelines established by the Fair Credit Reporting Act, companies can search these records for employment screening, tenant screening and other business related criminal records checks. Individuals can also perform checks on potential household workers, nannies, baby-sitters and employees of small businesses. More...
Back to Top	Ask Jeeves Drops Butler in New Ad Campaign  08/11/01 - SAN FRANCISCO - It cost online search engine maker Ask Jeeves Inc. more than $100 million to create a well-known brand built around a drawing of a dainty butler. Now Emeryville, CA-based Ask Jeeves is spending a little more money to let people know there's more to its search engine than a cartoon. In its first major marketing push in two years, Ask Jeeves is touting its search prowess in a $6 million campaign consisting of billboard and magazine ads that exclude the butler that serves as the company's mascot. More...
Back to Top	Housekeeper to publish book on JonBenet 08/07/03 - DENVER - A former housekeeper for JonBenet Ramsey's parents still plans to publish a book about the 6-year-old's slaying - but with a blank chapter where her grand jury testimony would have appeared, her attorney said Thursday. More...
Back to Top	Dog Ate Traffic Ticket? 08/05/03 - Bristol/UK - 'THE dog ate it' is a favourite excuse for schoolchildren with no homework to hand in - now a Bristol chauffeur and handyman has told a judge it was why he did not pay a speeding ticket. More...
Back to Top	Hewitt Willing to Give Letters to Charles  07/19/03 - LONDON - Princess Diana's one-time lover is willing to give love letters from her to Prince Charles if the heir to the throne asks for them in a "civilized and respectful way," a newspaper reported. Vilified in Britain for once trying to sell the letters for a reported $16 million, James Hewitt now is offering to hand the letters over to the prince for free, the Sunday Telegraph reported. More...
Back to Top	More men train to be midwives, nannies, secretaries, etc. 7/11/03 - There is a growing trend by men to move into professions long dominated by women. More men are finding careers as librarians, secretaries, nannies, preschool teachers, nurses, paralegals, typists, dressmakers -- even lactation consultants or midwives...The transition is driven in part by mounting unemployment. The flimsy economic recovery makes more employees willing to consider new careers, even in fields that have long been considered women's work. And layoffs also make workers eager to move into female-dominated industries, such as child care and nursing, where labor shortages offer more job security. More...
Back to Top	Housekeeper Sentenced For Defrauding Doctor 07/01/03 - Kansas City - A Lee's Summit woman was sentenced in federal court Tuesday for defrauding her former employer. Rhonda D. Brewer, 47, of Lee's Summit, Mo., was sentenced to more than two years in prison and was ordered to pay restitution of $354,122. More...
Back to Top	Prince Charles' Income Is Nearly $17M  06/29/03 - LONDON - Prince Charles' income from investments and property rose by 27 percent last year to nearly 10 million pounds ($17 million), according to official figures released Monday...He has about 90 full-time official employees and a private staff of 17, including a chef, valets, gardeners and grooms whose salaries are paid out of his own pocket. More...
Back to Top	Butler in the Dashboard 06/25/03 - HAWTHORNE, N.Y. - A driver of the future — the near future, IBM says — will be able to dictate and send e-mails, get spoken directions to a restaurant, even play a game of "Name That Tune" with his onboard computer. If the children in the back seat are being too noisy and the computer can't hear him well enough, it'll just read his lips. And if he's getting drowsy, approaching a sharp curve or driving too fast in the rain, the car might cut off his interactive privileges so he can pay more attention to his driving. More...
Back to Top	SFPD looks for alleged swindler 06/21/03 - San Francisco police are looking for a Walnut Creek woman they say targeted pregnant women and new parents by posing as a nanny, getting advance payments and then disappearing. Mariana Monticalvo, 44, goes under several aliases, police say. She is a suspect in several crimes in the Bay Area, including one in Orinda where a warrant has been issued for her arrest. San Francisco police are investigating her in connection with five cases that began in November, Inspector Julie Ford said. Police say she pretended to be a baby nurse and asked her clients to sign a contract agreeing to pay as much as $5,000. More...
Back to Top	Nanny Could Gain Custody 06/03/03 - A BRITISH nanny could become legal guardian to the children of Ted Ammon, a murdered financier who left a £215 million inheritance. Kathryn Mayne, 57, is likely to be granted custody of the 13-year-old twins in the event of the death of their mother, Generosa Ammon Pelosi, who is suffering from cancer. More...
Back to Top	Trial begins for Greenwich nanny STAMFORD, CT -- Flora Canales walked into a domestic help agency, told the manager she had ruined her life and took out a gun, a witness told jurors as Canales' murder trial got underway. "She said, 'Alicia, I gave you a chance. You ruined my life,"' Misty Fullmer of New Canaan. Canales, 52, of Stamford, has pleaded innocent to charges that she shot Alicia Mota Kirkel, 41, of Rye, N.Y., in December 2001. More...
Back to Top	Cost of living: the nanny's rights  As the millions of fans of the best-selling book "The Nanny Diaries" can attest, a slavishly devoted household staff is a prerequisite to an upscale urban lifestyle. For some, though, that lifestyle just became more expensive to maintain: The New York City Council has unanimously approved a bill that increases protections for nannies and housekeepers by seeking to make sure that families who hire them know these workers' rights on overtime and other matters. More...
Back to Top	Music Preferences Linked to Personality: Study 06/06/03 - The music you listen to may say more about you than you think, according to new research findings that suggest that our choice in music reflects our personalities. Do you enjoy blues, jazz, classical and folk music? You may be intelligent, tolerant and politically liberal, researchers report. More...
Back to Top	Air France Concorde Makes Final Flight  05/30/03 - ROISSY, France - Passengers dined on caviar and foie gras Friday as the Concorde, the world's fastest and most luxurious passenger jet, flew from Paris to New York for the last time. More... Tears for Concorde's Paris-New York farewell Concorde made its last commercial flight from Paris to New York, bringing tearful tributes from passengers and fanatics of the sleek supersonic jet. More...
Back to Top	Diana Trial Items Returned to Family 05/22/03 - LONDON - Princess Diana's possessions have been returned to her family by police six months after the collapse of the theft trial of her ex-butler, royal sources said on Thursday. The items were among more than 300 of her belongings -- including nightwear, letters and photographs -- which Diana's butler Paul Burrell was cleared of stealing at the trial last November. More...
Back to Top	Police Probe Tale of 'White Herd Boy' 05/22/03 - JOHANNESBURG - A white South African teen-ager who says he was kidnapped by a maid and raised as a herd boy in a rural black township was being kept in seclusion Wednesday as police probed his tale of abduction and abuse. More...
Back to Top	New York's Nanny Bill Gains Political Ground 05/06/03 - "I've been hearing about this for a long time," said Eunice, her gaze locked on a two-year-old playing with friends nearby. Around her in sunny Washington Market Park in Tribeca last Tuesday morning were some 20 other nannies, chasing after, soothing, or feeding their tiny charges. Eunice's eyes widened when the representative from Domestic Workers United (DWU), a grassroots group of nannies, housekeepers, and elder-care givers, told her that some of the labor protections long talked about in their circles were on the brink of becoming city law. A measure DWU had been seeking for over a year was nearing a final vote in the City Council. More...
Back to Top	Doctor Accused Of Physically Abusing Nanny 05/05/03 - Cleveland, OH - A doctor from Lutheran Medical Center who is accused of luring a nanny to his home and abusing her is denying the allegations. NewsChannel5 reported the doctor faces charges of domestic violence, and police believe there could be many more victims. A nanny told a judge she needed protection from Dr. Emad Atalla, 38, who hired her to look after his daughter. She moved into his Sagamore Hills, Ohio, home and claimed that over the course of eight months, he would often turn violent for no apparent reason. More...
Back to Top	A Working Estate: Gardens, Farm, Winery 04/25/03 - Charlottesville,VA - Patricia Kluge lives on a 1,300-acre estate a few miles south of here. Her neighbor over the hill is Thomas Jefferson, who lives in a house called Monticello. Kluge's home has a name, too: Albemarle House. It's grand, has its own chapel, and sits on a hillside looking out over lakes and forests and rolling countryside reminiscent of her native England. More...
Back to Top	Celeb Chef Facing Charges in Ireland  04/19/03 - NEW YORK - Celebrity chef Conrad Gallagher is going home to his native Ireland in handcuffs. Gallagher waived extradition to face art theft charges, federal prosecutors said Friday. U.S. marshals had arrested Gallagher, 32, on an Irish warrant in Manhattan, where he was running a pub called Traffic.  In Ireland, Gallagher cooked on television, wrote gourmet cookbooks and held court with pop stars at his fancy restaurants in Dublin and elsewhere. Amid financial troubles, Gallagher was charged in 2001 with stealing three paintings — worth up to $50,000 — from a hotel that was home to one of his restaurants. He failed to show up for trial in October.  Gallagher allegedly fled to New York, where he opened his bar and landed a deal for another cookbook. He insisted he was the rightful owner of the paintings. Authorities said the chef could be back in Ireland within a week.
Back to Top	The Real Nanny Diaries Nobody asks about the circles under Rosa's eyes, and no one will. Her bosses think she disappears the second she leaves their home...At 8 o'clock on a Monday morning in June, Rosa Coronado arrives for work at a two-story mansion in Beverly Hills. All over L.A., it's the hour of exchange, when those who inhabit middle- and upper-class homes turn them over — along with the children they shelter — to those who make them run. Steady streams of luxury cars with white drivers race down the canyon roads as brown men in battered trucks full of mowers and rakes drive up...more...
Back to Top	HOUSEKEEPER'S REPUTATION TARNISHED BY GOSSIP 04/09/03 - DEAR ABBY: We have a summer house on an island. For a number of years, we have employed a local woman, "Trudy," as our housekeeper. She does a fantastic job and has always been friendly, reliable and trustworthy. More...
Back to Top	Driver Wanted For Big Wheels 03/20/03 - Hartford, CT - Wanted: Executive chauffeur to protect The Phoenix Cos. chief executive Dona Young, fetch her newspapers and refreshments, do it with a smile and discretion. And be there at the drop of a hat. No, not the steel-rimmed bowler that Goldfinger's chauffeur tossed to decapitate a foe in the James Bond movie. Phoenix is, however, seeking someone who has taken courses in executive protection and defensive driving, and a law enforcement background is "preferred but not required." More...
Back to Top	Police say nanny stole checks to buy diamonds 03/25/03 - A 28-year-old Buffalo Grove woman is free on bond after being charged with stealing the financial information of another woman to buy $43,000 worth of diamonds. More...
Back to Top	College kid grew nanny job into a business March '03 - Joe Keeley was a college hockey player studying business at the University of St. Thomas when he became a nanny. Before long, he became a nanny company. His life took the unexpected turn one day when he spotted an ad in a student newspaper: An Edina professional couple was seeking someone to take care of their two active sons, ages 7 and 9. More...
Back to Top	TEARS OF MURDER CHARGE NANNY 03/01/03 - UK - A childminder accused of murdering a baby boy repeatedly broke down yesterday as she emphatically denied ever shaking the tot. Tina McLeod, 40, said she had been left "devastated" by little Alexander Graham's death and had replayed the tragic events hundreds of times in her mind searching for an answer. More...
Back to Top	Ex-nanny says Erbland was unraveling  03/01/03 - Missouri - An unexpected telephone message from an increasingly troubled friend made Ronda Burgmann uneasy. The tension in his home in Twin Oaks had become unbearable, Thomas Erbland Jr., told his son's former nanny three weeks ago. He wanted to stay with her. More...
Back to Top	DaimlerChrysler: PA Tracinda Destroyed Files  03/18/03 - DETROIT - DaimlerChrysler says billionaire Kirk Kerkorian's personal assistant destroyed crucial evidence in his multibillion-dollar lawsuit against the German-American automaker, according to a new filing in the suit over the 1998 Daimler-Benz/Chrysler merger. More...
Back to Top	MGM Grand Butler 03/17/03 - The MGM Grand, a Las Vegas casino hotel, is asking the high court to reverse a decision of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that said Medina Rene, an openly gay butler at the hotel, could pursue a sex discrimination claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. More...
Back to Top	White House Needs Small Army to Run Smoothly  03/09/03 - WASHINGTON - Out of public sight, in times of calm or crisis, a small army of workers keeps the White House humming. More...
Back to Top	UK Royals Brace for Report on Servant Scandal 03/07/03 - LONDON - A potentially damning report into allegations of misconduct by servants of Britain's Prince Charles, including a gay rape and the sale of royal gifts, will finally be made public next week. Charles' private secretary Sir Michael Peat will issue his lengthy report on Thursday after a four-month investigation -- including interviews with his boss -- into the alleged shenanigans at St. James' Palace, royal staff confirmed. More...
Back to Top	Payrolls plunge 308,000 in February 03/07/03 - WASHINGTON — The number of workers on U.S. payrolls plunged in February at the sharpest rate since November 2001 and the jobless rate rose to 5.8%, the government said Friday in a shockingly gloomy economic report. More...
Back to Top	Queen Elizabeth's Dress Designer Dies at 93 3/05/03 - LONDON - Veteran British fashion designer Hardy Amies, who dressed Queen Elizabeth for half a century, has died at the age of 93...The Amies empire spanned the globe, from Australians sporting his ties to South Koreans taking refuge under his umbrellas and Canadians holding up their trousers with his belts...But it was for dressing the British monarch that he will be remembered -- and he never stopped enthusing about his most famous customer. More...
Back to Top	TRIAL NANNY: I SHOOK TOT TO SAVE HIM  02/25/03 - UK - A CHILDMINDER accused of murdering a baby confessed to shaking the tot in a bid to revive him, a court heard yesterday. Tina McLeod told hospital staff fighting to save one-year-old Alexander Graham that he must have fallen off a sofa and banged his head. But a nurse told the High Court in Edinburgh she had never seen such a major injury from that kind of minor fall. More...
Back to Top	Reuters' Exec Nanny & Driver 02/21/03 - SAO PAULO, Brazil - Kidnappers released three daughters of the top executive for the Reuters news agency in South and Central America after holding them for nine days, authorities said Friday. The girls were unharmed....Men armed with handguns got out of one car and took the children away...Others got into Diniz' car and drove the nanny and driver around the city for an hour, eventually dropping them off at a subway station. Full story...
Back to Top	Jobless Claims Jump 02/20/03 - WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The number of claims for first-time unemployment benefits rose 21,000 last week, the government said Thursday in a report that painted an unexpectedly downbeat picture of the labor market...Few economists expect to see a real pick-up in the labor market until uncertainties over a possible war with Iraq have been cleared up. Full article...
Back to Top	'Joe Millionaire' Picks Zora, Share $1M  02/18/03 - NEW YORK - "Joe Millionaire" concluded with Evan Marriott asking Zora, not Sarah, to go steady. She said yes, and they toasted their future with a glass of champagne...Then Paul Hogan, the show's resident butler, surprised them both with a million-dollar check delivered on a silver tray, declaring "all good fairy tales must have a bit of magic." More...
Back to Top	Nanny's plea deal OK; she's being deported  02/08/03 - New Jersey - A live-in nanny who was caught by a hidden camera holding 2-year-old Jersey City twins upside down in their highchairs avoided jail time yesterday, and instead was immediately turned over to immigration officials to be deported to her native Jamaica. More...

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