Necklace

A diamond tennis bracelet, worth $6,000, and a gold necklace, valued at $696, were stolen from a Northampton home, allegedly by an employee of a professional cleaning service hired to clean the house on Sept. 20, police said. The owner of the Drew Drive home called the cleaning service Oct. 1 after she noticed that the jewelry was missing. The cleaning service immediately contacted the employee, who was undergoing treatment at a drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility in central Pennsylvania.

TATTLE HAS GONE so long without a Lindsay Lohan item, we were beginning to miss her. But she's back - in the case of the purloined necklace. L.A. police got a search warrant Tuesday to look for a $2,500 stolen necklace at Lindsay's home near Venice Beach, but before detectives could execute the warrant, someone - police wouldn't say who - turned in the necklace. Lindsay says it was her stylist - who had forgotten to return the necklace earlier. Now Lohan, who is still on probation for a 2007 drunken-driving case, is being investigated for possible grand theft, Officer Bruce Borihanh said yesterday.

Urban Outfitters has strongly denied allegations, fueled by a Twitter frenzy, that it stole a necklace design from a jewelry artist in Chicago. In a statement issued Saturday, the Philadelphia-based fashion-and-accessories company said it "unequivocally" did not copy the work of jewelry designer Stevie Koerner. Koerner took to her Twitter account midweek to accuse the chain of illegally copying her work. The jewelry designer, who makes silver necklaces in the shape of American states with hearts punched through them, posted pictures of her necklaces alongside photos of strikingly similar ones sold by Urban Outfitters.

PROSECUTORS said yesterday that they plan to charge Lindsay Lohan with felony grand theft of a $2,500 necklace reported stolen from a jewelry store last month - the most serious count the actress has faced in more than three years of trouble with the law. District Attorney's spokeswoman Jane Robison said the charge will be filed today. Lohan, 24, is due in court for an arraignment this afternoon. Last Wednesday Los Angeles police said that Lohan was under investigation for taking a necklace from a Venice store later identified as Kamofie and Co. Detectives obtained a search warrant to try to retrieve the item from Lohan's home, but it was turned in to a police station before any search was made.

The movie, which opened yesterday on 4,000 screens in 3,000 theaters, has sown a national conversation about faith and salvation. Now, retailers of jewelry, books, music and mugs are poised to reap earthly rewards from The Passion of the Christ. Stores both religious and secular are stocking goodies officially licensed by Mel Gibson's Icon Productions, and say they're running out of the movie's signature piece of jewelry - a pewter nail on a leather strap. And a spinoff effect is being felt in brisk sales of DVDs, CDs and books related to Christ's Passion, if not Gibson's.

The man convicted of killing Derrick Thomas, 19, for his gold necklace was sentenced to life imprisonment yesterday. On Friday, a Common Pleas Court jury deliberated just over an hour before convicting Rodney Williams, 22, of first-degree murder, robbery and weapons charges. Thomas, a freshman at Hampton University in Virginia, was shot on Aug. 3, 1991, after his car ran out of gas in Germantown. As he and two friends were walking on the 6500 block of Wister Street, they were approached by a man later identified as Williams.

WASHINGTON - A massage machine has resulted in at least one death, according to the FDA, which is advising owners of the device to junk it immediately. The Food and Drug Administration yesterday said one death and one near-strangulation have been reported with the ShoulderFlex Massager after a necklace and piece of clothing became caught in a rotating component of the device. -ASSOCIATED PRESS

What do you do when you don't have time to schlep home after work and change before the holiday party? Or if your early-morning kid drop-offs, workouts, mid-afternoon power meetings, and late-day deadlines mean you have little time to think about chic holiday outfits? Not to worry. "Mirror Mirror" is here to help maximize holiday sparkle. We picked three of this fall's core looks and gave them a fierce, celebratory twist that you can wear to work and then out on the town.

Lawyers for the NFL and the players association spent yesterday sorting out contract language and details that could speed the process in reaching a new collective bargaining agreement. A source told the Associated Press that attorneys met for a second straight day at a Manhattan law firm's headquarters. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and NFLPA chief DeMaurice Smith are expected to return to the court-ordered mediated negotiations today, along with several owners and players.

The 94-year-old grandmother heard a knock at her front door a little before 10 on Sunday morning. Living alone in a house in the city's Mayfair section, she peeked out a window and saw a man in a brown jacket with fur-trimmed hood. She thought it was her grandson and unlocked the door. The young man burst into her home, demanding money and jewelry. She resisted. He pushed her, slapped her face, and punched her in an eye. After the woman fell back on the sofa, the intruder put duct tape on her mouth and around her wrists.

STEVEN KOCHER, the Port Richmond man who accused former high-profile cop Richard DeCoatsworth of threatening and assaulting him, left the city courthouse yesterday afraid for his safety. "Definitely, I'm still concerned for the safety of my life and my mother's life," Kocher, 26, said after testifying against his former friend and neighbor during a private criminal-complaint hearing. "I haven't been out of my house in two weeks. I don't plan on going out when I leave here.

What do you do when you don't have time to schlep home after work and change before the holiday party? Or if your early-morning kid drop-offs, workouts, mid-afternoon power meetings, and late-day deadlines mean you have little time to think about chic holiday outfits? Not to worry. "Mirror Mirror" is here to help maximize holiday sparkle. We picked three of this fall's core looks and gave them a fierce, celebratory twist that you can wear to work and then out on the town.

When jeweler Steven Lagos was a teen, he worked as a runner for Wayne Jewelers and Silversmiths in the King of Prussia mall. Lagos, who grew up in Broomall, knew back then that he wanted to fashion fine accessories. But his own mall store? His own fiefdom in Bloomingdale's? That was a lofty dream. It's all happening now for the 54-year-old jeweler. Last week, the man behind the "Heart of Philadelphia" necklace opened a gleaming six-counter, 400-square-foot shop-in-shop boutique inside the King of Prussia Bloomingdale's.

NEW YORK - Elizabeth Taylor dazzled the world with her luminous beauty, lavish lifestyle - and unquenchable passion for diamonds and jewels that was fueled by the great loves of her life. Taylor, who died in March at age 79, amassed one of the foremost jewelry collections in the world, including a 33.19-carat diamond ring and a 16th-century pear-shaped pearl from one of her seven husbands, Richard Burton. Christie's auction house is selling her complete jewelry collection, valued at $30 million, Dec. 13-14 in New York.

WASHINGTON - A massage machine has resulted in at least one death, according to the FDA, which is advising owners of the device to junk it immediately. The Food and Drug Administration yesterday said one death and one near-strangulation have been reported with the ShoulderFlex Massager after a necklace and piece of clothing became caught in a rotating component of the device. -ASSOCIATED PRESS

A year after Capt. Jeffrey P. Toczylowski died in a 2003 helicopter accident in Iraq, his family and friends fulfilled his last wish - to use his $100,000 combat death benefit to throw a big party. His mother, Peggy, said that despite early reservations about his request (left in writing in case he was killed), she came to see the gift of joy he had given her amid her grief. The party, at the Palms casino in Las Vegas, was a blast to be long remembered. And Toz, as everyone called the charismatic, 6-foot-2 soldier, was the star, appearing as a cardboard cutout of himself.

Lawyers for the NFL and the players association spent yesterday sorting out contract language and details that could speed the process in reaching a new collective bargaining agreement. A source told the Associated Press that attorneys met for a second straight day at a Manhattan law firm's headquarters. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and NFLPA chief DeMaurice Smith are expected to return to the court-ordered mediated negotiations today, along with several owners and players.

Urban Outfitters has strongly denied allegations, fueled by a Twitter frenzy, that it stole a necklace design from a jewelry artist in Chicago. In a statement Saturday, the Philadelphia fashion-and-accessories company said it "unequivocally" had not copied the work of Stevie Koerner. Koerner, who makes silver necklaces in the shape of American states with hearts punched through them, took to her Twitter account Wednesday to accuse the chain of illegally copying her work. She posted pictures of her necklaces alongside photos of strikingly similar ones sold by Urban Outfitters.