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National
· People spent more this holiday than last year, especially accessories [LA Times]
· And stores expect growth in 2010, since spring clothes are pretty [Stylelist]
· Sigourney Weaver dragged into Minuto vs Longo legal battle [NY Post]
· Slashing Jon Gosselin's clothes less of a crime than wearing them [US]
· Claire's moves from tweens to teens [StyleSectionLA]
International
· Beauty entrepreneur Yves Rocher dies in Paris [Reuters]