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Celtics’ Marcus Smart Teases Twitterverse Before Revealing Engagement News

Celtics’ Marcus Smart Teases Twitterverse Before Revealing Engagement News

Boston Celtics point guard Marcus Smart sent the Twitterverse into a tizzy on Sunday, just hours after the team’s convincing win over the Milwaukee Bucks.In ...

3 Million Swarovski Crystals Sparkle Atop the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree

3 Million Swarovski Crystals Sparkle Atop the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree

More than 2.5 million people from every corner of the Earth journey to Rockefeller Center in New York City each year to see a spectacular ...

Music Friday: 5 Golden Rings Shine in Viral Mashup of ‘The 12 Days of Christmas’

Music Friday: 5 Golden Rings Shine in Viral Mashup of ‘The 12 Days of Christmas’

It’s Music Friday, and with Christmas only two days away, we’re excited to bring you one of YouTube’s most popular holiday-season songs of all time ...

Eyeglass Wearers Rejoice: Swiss Researchers Use Gold to Prevent Fogging

Eyeglass Wearers Rejoice: Swiss Researchers Use Gold to Prevent Fogging

Eyeglass wearers rejoice. Swiss researchers say they’ve solved the ever-vexing issue of fogged spectacles with a neat solution: a thinner-than-thin coating of gold.Researchers from ETH ...

45-Carat Sapphire Atop Miss Universe Crown Symbolizes Brighter Future

45-Carat Sapphire Atop Miss Universe Crown Symbolizes Brighter Future

The 45-carat, pear-shaped, royal blue sapphire atop the brand new Miss Universe “Force for Good” crown symbolizes female empowerment, positive change and the hope for ...

Super Saturday Was Likely a Record-Breaking Shopping Day: NRF Survey

Super Saturday Was Likely a Record-Breaking Shopping Day: NRF Survey

If National Retail Federation projections proved accurate, more than 158 million consumers rushed to buy holiday gifts on “Super Saturday,” the last Saturday before Christmas ...

Ancient Mummies With Solid Gold Tongues Discovered in Egyptian Necropolis

Ancient Mummies With Solid Gold Tongues Discovered in Egyptian Necropolis

Egypt’s Supreme Council for Archaeology recently unearthed ancient mummies with solid gold tongues in their mouths at a site 40 miles north of Cairo on ...

Music Friday: Engagement Rings Top the Crofts Sisters’ Christmas Wish Lists

Music Friday: Engagement Rings Top the Crofts Sisters’ Christmas Wish Lists

Welcome to a special holiday edition of Music Friday when we bring you fun and festive songs with jewelry, gemstones or precious metals in the ...

Drake Unveils 42-Stone, 351.38-Carat ‘Previous Engagements’ Necklace

Drake Unveils 42-Stone, 351.38-Carat ‘Previous Engagements’ Necklace

Hardly a stranger to over-the-top jewelry, Canadian recording artist Drake shook up the Internet Tuesday by revealing “Previous Engagements,” a necklace made from 42 eye-popping ...

Bridal Jewelry Picked From 20 Tons of Trash With Help of Surveillance Video

Bridal Jewelry Picked From 20 Tons of Trash With Help of Surveillance Video

By reviewing surveillance video, the general services director of a transfer station in Windham, NH, was able to narrow down the location of a garbage ...

Gamma-Ray Burst From Rare Kilonova Signals the Birth of Platinum and Gold

Gamma-Ray Burst From Rare Kilonova Signals the Birth of Platinum and Gold

A gamma-ray burst generated by a rare kilonova signaled the birth of platinum, gold and other heavy elements equal to 1,000 times the mass of ...

Auction of Mitzi Perdue’s ‘Atocha’ Emerald Yields $1.2MM to Benefit Ukraine

Auction of Mitzi Perdue’s ‘Atocha’ Emerald Yields $1.2MM to Benefit Ukraine

Philanthropist and humanitarian Mitzi Perdue’s 400-year-old historic emerald hit the auction block at Sotheby’s Magnificent Jewels Sale in New York last week and the results ...