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Taylor Usry’s routine work trip in July began like any other. She chose a comfy dress and sandals to ease her travel anxiety, and arrived early at the airport, where she passed through security - her body scanned, searched, and patted, her belongings swabbed and sent through an X-ray machine. Usry, a 39-year-old social media manager for an arts-and-crafts company, recalls buying a chicken biscuit and a Diet Dr Pepper while she waited in the terminal for her flight to Florida for a meeting at the Home Shopping Network. She had no idea she was being watched during her humble meal - watched the entire time, in fact. A team of armed federal air marshals was shadowing her every move - recording whether

Supermodel Lais Ribeiro strutted her lithesome 6-foot frame across the stage last November at the annual Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, her 31-23-33 figure barely contained in the company’s Fantasy Bra. The crowd went crazy, and it was difficult to know if they were cheering the $2 million bejeweled bra Ribeiro was wearing or the Brazilian beauty herself. By most measures, the Nov. 20 extravaganza in Shanghai, China, was a success. Ribeiro and a dozen of her supermodel pals were at their sexy best in an estimated $12 million production that company executives arranged to have telecast around the world. But the world yawned. KATE SPADE SALES INCREASE 31 PERCENT AFTER FOUNDER'S DEATH Viewership