The company became a fashion empire, and soon Choo had stores in New York, Las Vegas and Beverly Hills. His exquisite, high end creations added the red carpet glitz high profile celebrities Julia Roberts, Renee Zellwegger, Madonna and Victoria Beckham were seen wearing his famous footwear. Soon Jimmy Choo rose to become a global brand..

Perhaps there's an upside to the last minute logjam Congress faces. We all work better under pressure, and the threat of a deadline could push the two sides to negotiate a little more. Whatever you may think of the tax cut deal and it's hard for anyone concerned about the deficit not to see the extensions as troubling the expiring cuts did at least force the two sides to come to some version of a compromise..

No, Mas: Tanaka whiffs 10 in home debut, but Yanks fall to O's Masahiro Tanaka did his job Wednesday night. Shawn Kelley did not. The Yankees' fill in closer stumbled in the ninth after being called into a tie game, giving up a pair of ru