Paintings, jewelry and fashions belonging to the late Elizabeth Taylor have sold for more than $183 million.

TUCSON - The grand finale for Tucson's three week celebration of all things buried, bizarre or beautiful kicks off tomorrow. It's held as always on the second full weekend of February. The exhibition runs ten to six each day and charges $10 per ticket.

LONDON (AP) - Paintings, jewelry and fashions belonging to the late Elizabeth Taylor have sold for more than $183 million. Christie's auction house says all of the 1,817 lots offered sold at auctions in New York and London, some at 50 times their pre-sale estimates.

On a chilly winter afternoon, Andrej Pejic settles into a Manhattan cafe with a cup of Earl Grey tea, sitting gracefully, long legs crossed. The blue-eyed fashion model gazes out a window, unaware that almost every man sitting at surrounding tables is transfixed.

We loved the clever homage to "The Beverly Hillbillies." One side of the display showed a "cement pond" surrounded by plantings of spring flowers. The other side was the Clampetts' country shack, complete with animal skins nailed to the porch and a butter churn. We laughed at the antique truck piled high with old furniture and luggage, and a good likeness of Granny sitting atop it all. I just ...

LOWELL -- Winterfest is more than soup, dogsleds and downtown sleigh rides. The city's boutiques, galleries and museums get into the act this weekend, too, with events and exhibits to turn visitors