dolls

Entries have been invited for this year's Turnip Prize for bad art. The award, an alternative to the Turner Prize, is presented by the residents of a Somerset village. In what the organisers have described as "an insignificant development" pieces entitled Wallace and Vomit and Knickerless cage have been submitted.  

11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 21, St. Sylvester Catholic Church, 6464 Gulf Breeze Parkway, Gulf Breeze. The Emerald Coast Regional Mustang Club and St. Sylvester Catholic Church Columbiettes are hosting the events. A car show is scheduled from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Admission to the car show is five cans of food for Interfaith Ministries.  

BARBIE dolls dressed in burkhas are among 500 to be auctioned to help raise money for Save the Children as part of the worldwide celebration of the toy's 50th anniversary. The UK's biggest Barbie fan, company director Angela Ellis, 35, who has a collection of more than 250 dolls, said: "I think this is a great idea. This is really important for girls. Wherever they are from, they should have the opportunity to play with a Barbie that they feel represents them. "I know Barbie was seen as bad before as an  

Sophie and Ben are getting married. The nuptials will be a shock for some, as the couple have only met once before - at Sophie's eight-year-old guardian's birthday party. Meet Build-A-Bears, the designer teddy bears taking over households across Australia.  

One of the world's most famous children's toys, Barbie, has been given a makeover - wearing a burka. Wearing the traditional Islamic dress, the iconic doll is going undercover for a charity auction in connection with Sotheby's for Save The Children. More than 500 Barbies went on show yesterday at the Salone dei Cinquecento, in Florence, Italy.  

You don't usually hear building management committee and construction businesses mentioned in a ghost story. But recently, two human-sized paper dolls and a paper coffin used as sacrifice offering were set behind the display window in an empty lodging in Taipei County, scaring many children and adults passing by. Concerned for the students of an elementary school across the street, the village chief and the police forced into the lodging and removed the scary objects yesterday, according to the Web site  

Ball. What kid doesn't love a ball? This versatile, yet fun, toy should be a staple in every child's toy box.  

The angel atop this year's 25-foot community Christmas tree arrived in town several weeks ago dressed in purple and without her wings. For the third consecutive year, professional costumer Bette Bradley is transforming a doll into an angel that will overlook downtown. "It's got to be that size," Bradley said.  

Detroit --A huge poster of a smiling, cheeky Jamar Pinkney Jr. wearing a blue and white polo-style shirt greeted people who showed up at Bert's Marketplace nightclub Friday for a fundraiser to help pay for his funeral. The 15-year-old worked at Bert's doing everything from shucking corn to helping cook hot dogs during the summers. On Wednesday, Jamar Jr.'s father, Jamar Pinkney Sr., was charged in the boy's murder.