| Chester wedding photo studio sued over fraud
Aiming to help hundreds of newlyweds get their wedding albums, the state Attorney General's Office has filed a lawsuit against a photography company with an office in Chester, alleging numerous violations of the state's Consumer Fraud Act. An initial hearing on the lawsuit, filed last Friday in state Superior Court, Morristown, is set for this Friday before Judge Catherine Langlois. But attorney Jeffrey Hermann said the hearing would be canceled if his client, Celebration Studios files for bankruptcy in federal court by then, as anticipated. The state Division of Consumer Affairs, which is overseen by the attorney general's office, has been inundated since Jan. 2 with 579 complaints from clients of the once-prestigious Celebration Studios who claim they have not received their wedding photographs or videos or been reimbursed for deposits or other funds.
Local touches for Giffords' vows
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2007: LGBT activism goes global
Gay, lesbian and transgender activists around the world risked a great deal to win major civil rights advances in 2007. We've been covering their victories and struggles all year, along with our sister publication The Advocate. Join us in taking a look back at the year in LGBT advocacy. You can read .
Wired Gallery artists poke and prod the seven deadly sins
Wired Gallery's first regional juried show embraces the seven deadly sins, those totem poles of biblical judgments. Wicked and winking, ''The Seven Deadly Sins'' turns those totems into the poles of an existential circus tent.
Bethlehem resident Sarah Schimeneck cleverly minimizes anger as two long, lean, steel goats that lock tongues instead of horns. Dig the sharp-edged, stilted bodies and the tongues as thin and wiry as a skipping rope.
Easton resident Will Hubscher cleverly maximizes gluttony in a photo collage of five cheery obese people in garish carnival colors. Using overlapping squares to divide and microscope, he manages to tiptoe between cruelty and curiosity.
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Jamie Lynn dumped by doubting baby daddy
With her life looking more and more like an “ABC Afterschool Special," Jamie Lynn Spears is now facing teenage pregnancy without boyfriend Casey Aldridge. In Touch Weekly reports that Jamie Lynn's alleged baby daddy wants nothing to do with her until she gets a paternity test. According to the magazine, big sis Britney recently told a Spears family friend, “Casey doesn't want to be with her until he's sure that he's the father." Tabloid rumors aside, Casey apparently has reason to doubt his contribution to Jamie Lynn's conundrum. “Let's put it this way," the friend said. “They've both strayed a bit from their relationship. They're both teenagers, after all." .
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