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A Cultured Quickie
European travelers who want to spice up their vacations can now turn to DayUse-Hotels.com, a website that lets you book rooms by the hour in France, the U.K., Belgium, Luxembourg and Switzerland. Those seeking a racy rendezvous won't end up at a seedy motel. Instead, the new site features only high-end boutique spots selected for their design, location and amenities. What better way to enjoy some amour abroad?Sylvia Serrado/Getty Images
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Long & Short of It
Get ready to show some leg. After analyzing the skirt and dress lengths from the Fall 2011 and Fall 2012 collections by 25 top New York designers (including Oscar de la Renta, pictured), Business Insider calculated the BI Hemline Index for both seasons. The result? Hemlines are getting higher, which bodes well for the stock market, according to economic theory. Let's hope it's right!Oscar De La Renta Fall 2011 & Fall 2012; Imaxtree
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Truth in Advertising
Following the recent controversy over airbrushed beauty ads, one female politician is set on getting companies to include a disclaimer on digitally enhanced images. According to a Time.com post, Arizona representative Katie Hobbs has proposed a bill similar to the laws in the UK, where the Advertising Standard monitors excessive Photoshopping.Apic/Getty Images









