Fashion, fame, glamour - and the chance to make your own hours.

Sound like a dream job? For five Ohio State students, this is reality.

Jessica Storm, sisters Nadia and Samina Piracha, Kristiauna Mangum and Molly McDowell are campus sales managers for Mark, a beauty brand of Avon Products that sells makeup and skin-care products, clothes and accessories.

"Not only are we responsible for getting our schoolwork done well, because we want to be successful, we also have to make sure that we're delegating responsibilities, keeping in touch with our team, staying up-to-date with the newest lines of product that are coming out, throwing parties and also being responsible with money," said Storm, a junior in dietetics.

Launched in 2003, the brand targets young women and sells its products on the Internet, in catalogues and in person through sales representatives, like the five women at OSU.

Livonia woman's skin care business is the 'candy store of girl life'

Marie Spaccarotella played soccer for Churchill, went to college at the University of Michigan, learned the law in Missouri and headed out to seek her fortune. Years later, she's back in Michigan, she's not doing the law anymore and she's selling a line of skin care products.

The CEO of Ziello Labs, Spaccarotella is selling a product she can get behind. She's so behind it that she was nominated in 2007 for the prestigious "Exporter Award of the year" by the United States Small Business Administration and will be honored at Dodgers Stadium on June 4, 2008, at a baseball game.

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The 15th Annual Best of Milpitas

Jeff's Appliance for the fourth year rose to the head of the pack in the appliance arena, for emphasizing customer service at reasonable rates. A newcomer to the balloting was also mentioned: Sears Appliance Outlet.

Jeff's Appliance: 946-8150. Sears Appliance Outlet, in GreatMall: 586-9763.

49. Best Place To Buy Cars

When Billings Chevrolet closed, the category became wide open. There are no new car dealers in Milpitas, though three are planned near Elmwood. Readers instead voted for used-car dealers, and named Enterprise as their favorite. The chain sells its fleet of cars once they hit a maximum mileage.

Enterprise Rent-A-Car on South Main Street: 1 (800) 736-8222.

50. Best For Auto Repairs

Liberti's Auto Electric claimed top billing for this year. Readers said they love Gary Liberti's personal service and honest quotes.

Look Great Before the Beach

Candela Corporation (NASDAQ:CLZR), a global leader in aesthetic laser solutions, announced today that Candela lasers will be featured on The View this Friday morning, April 18. "The Body and the Beach" segment will feature Eric Bernstein, MD, from the Centers for Laser Surgery in Bryn Mawr, PA performing treatments combining the Serenity(TM) Pro Pneumatic Skin Flattening Technology for increased patient comfort during GentleYAG(R) hair removal, and also demonstrating the use of the Vbeam(R) Perfecta pulsed dye laser for removal of spider veins on the legs.

Helix BioMedix Reports 2007 Financial Results

Helix BioMedix, Inc. (OTCBB: HXBM), a developer of bioactive peptides, today announced financial results for the year ended December 31, 2007.

"During 2007, we made significant progress towards leveraging our past efforts in science and development, which resulted in our successful transition from a development stage company to the recording of the company's first meaningful revenue as a commercial stage company," stated R.

Study Finds Mice Can Sense Oxygen Through Skin

Biologists at the University of California, San Diego have discovered that the skin of mice can sense low levels of oxygen and regulate the production of erythropoietin, or EPO, the hormone that stimulates our bodies to produce red blood cells and allows us to adapt to high-altitude, low-oxygen environments.

Their surprising finding, published in the April 18th issue of the journal Cell, contradicts the notion of mammalian skin as an envelope around our bodies with little connection to the respiratory system.

If found to apply to humans, the discovery could radically change the way physicians treat anemia and other diseases that require boosting our bodies' ability to produce red blood cells. It also could be used to improve the performance of endurance athletes competing in this summer's Olympic Games.

New fuel for 21st century?

Chicago - Pellets made out of aluminium and gallium can produce pure hydrogen when water is poured on them, offering a possible alternative to gasoline-powered engines, US scientists say. Hydrogen is seen as the ultimate in clean fuels, especially for powering cars, because it emits only water when burned. US President George W Bush has proclaimed hydrogen to be the fuel of the future, but researchers have not yet found the most efficient way to produce and store hydrogen. The metal compound pellets may offer a way, said Jerry Woodall, an engineering professor at Purdue University in Indiana who invented the system. "The hydrogen is generated on demand, so you only produce as much as you need when you need it," Woodall said in a statement. He said the hydrogen would not have to be stored or transported, taking care of two stumbling blocks to generating hydrogen.

India's bias for boys worse in modern age

SINGHPURA, India - Standing in front of his small brick home, in a courtyard where the dirt has been packed down by generations of barefoot children, the mustard farmer does not bother to hide his exhaustion. "Only someone who has been through something like this can understand the size of my catastrophe," Sukhpal Singh Tomar said. For years, he has struggled to find some reason for his suffering but has come up with little. "It must be my karma," he said. The catastrophe? His daughters - all eight - so many that he sometimes stumbles over their names. But his wife, Shanti, never forgets, and the words spill from her like a breathless prayer: "Anu-Jyoti-Poonam-Roshni-Sheetal-Bindu-Chandni-Shezal." They have been born in a country leaping headfirst into the globalized world but still holding tight to a preference for boys, enlarging an ever-widening gender imbalance in the world's second-most-populous nation.