35 porters at leading auction house Hotel Drouot were convicted in a French court of pilfering thousands of valuable items from the estates of the deceased.

A US judge has ruled against the Whitney Houston estate and Heritage Auctions, blocking their attempted sale of the late singer’s Emmy award.

The chemical engineering student allegedly received an extended overdraft four years ago and went on a luxury shopping spree.

A Portland woman struck by a drunken driver in a crosswalk has filed a lawsuit seeking US$4,600 for the designer clothes she was wearing at the time.