| Mental Illness Did Not Stop Va. Gun Sales
Virginia Tech shooter Cho Seung-hui purchased a gun from a store despite a history of mental illness and bought his second firearm online. ABC News reported Cho was found during a court-ordered mental health evaluation in December 2005 to be "mentally ill and in need of hospitalization" and "an imminent danger to self and others," but that information did not appear in court records when he bought his Glock 19 handgun from Roanoke Firearms. "We ran a state police background check," Roanoke Firearms store owner John Markell said. "It came back clean." .
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Opening Ceremony
Elizabeth Beer and Brian Janusiak's new Chinatown venture, Project No. 8, yields a new breed of concept boutique. The eighth of the pair's collaborative endeavors, the store's initial offering includes a wide range of international and local designers, including Boudicca, Tucker, Anuschka Hoevener, RO-BERT, and A Dètacher. Found objects like the "perfect weight pen" from Kaweco, a German pen manufacturer, add an element of... .
Work wear gets back to business; casual days go way of dot-com bust
DETROIT - Soon after becoming a manager of Point A Luggage at Detroit's Twelve Oaks Mall, Joshua Lay instituted a formal dress code for his employees. Khaki pants and polo shirts were replaced with button-down shirts, ties and jackets. "It's helped with how we are portrayed," said Lay, 27, adding that some employees grumbled about having to buy new clothing. "It's much easier to sell a high-end item if we are dressed like the clientele we appeal to." More companies are going that route, reversing the relaxed dress codes of the 1990s, when khakis overtook suits in the workplace. In 2005, 41 percent of U.S. companies allowed casual dress, down from 51 percent in 2001, according to a survey by the Society for Human Resource Management. This is good news for those who felt dress codes had gotten too lax - and bad news for the people who dislike dealing with ties and nylons.
AROUND TOWN
WEST LAFAYETTE - Ridgewood High School Class of 1992 is searching for classmates for its 15-year reunion this summer. Contact Brooke Simmons Smith at 740-450-7189 or by e-mail at bksim22@hotmail.com, to have information about the reunion sent to you. River View High School .
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