NEW ORLEANS — Every year during Carnival season, you catch tons of colorful beads and fun throws. Some of them end up on the ground or maybe you don't want all of that in your home. Two organizations ...

A campus entrepreneur and Science Laboratory undergraduate of Akanu Ibiam Federal Polytechnic, Unwana, Ebonyi State, Mercy Caleb Agwu, has turned her beads making hobby into a thriving business.

When Stephán Wanger came to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina to help the city rebuild, he was upset to see people discarding materials during the process of gutting their homes. "They were throwing ...

What Zercher and Schaefer run is a store that might seem more at home in the urban centers of New York or Los Angeles: a high-end bead store called the Lancaster Bead Co., one that not only sells rare ...