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Honolulu cranks up appeal to the City of Angels

Source: Star-Bulletin

Tōkyō :: Japan | updated Sat Dec 05 03:32:55 -0800 2009 | business-news

Even though the economic slump in Hawaii will push into 2010, the Oahu Visitors Bureau plans to nearly double its marketing stops with Los Angeles, the state's single largest source city for visitors, playing prominently in the lineup.

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Pretty and practical buys for the home

Source: The Herald

Tōkyō :: Japan | updated Sat Dec 05 01:59:36 -0800 2009 | allnews

Here are our picks for some of the best gift ideas. · Vintage tea towel. Give one of these towels by itself or with a favorite soap, flavored tea or baked good. It's a one-of-a-kind gift any way it's packaged....

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Chevron Deal Shows North Asia's Energy Thirst

Source: Asian Wall Street Journal

Tōkyō :: Japan | updated Sat Dec 05 05:35:26 -0800 2009 | political-news

This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only...Chevron Corp. said Saturday it has a preliminary agreement to sell liquefied natural gas from its Wheatstone project offshore Australia to Japan, the latest in a string of energy supply deals between...

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Japan hails Pinay researcher's work on agriculture

Source: GMA News

Tōkyō :: Japan | updated Sat Dec 05 01:32:00 -0800 2009 | green-news

Dr. Maria Junemie Hazel Leonida Lebata-Ramos won the Japan International Award 2009 for Young Agricultural Researchers from the Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research Council. DFA said, citing a report from the Philippine Embassy in Tokyo.

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An autumn festival

Source: Napa Valley Register

Tōkyō :: Japan | updated Sat Dec 05 00:46:04 -0800 2009 | allnews

I hope you have been enjoying the festival of color put on by the trees this fall. If memory serves me well, it is the best we have seen in recent years...Aside from the havoc it wreaked, blowing down whole...

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Orioles bring back Moeller

Source: Baltimore Sun

Tōkyō :: Japan | updated Sat Dec 05 00:44:37 -0800 2009 | sports-news

A little more than a month after declining Chad Moeller 's 2010 option, the Orioles reached an agreement with the veteran catcher on a minor league deal that includes an invitation to major league spring training . Moeller, 34, whose...

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Founder looks back on Steamboat Springs Orchestra's early days

Source: The Steamboat Pilot

Tōkyō :: Japan | updated Fri Dec 04 23:17:41 -0800 2009 | entertainment-news

Steamboat Springs Orchestra holiday concert When: 8 p.m. today and 3 p.m. Sunday Where: Steamboat Christian Center, 821 Dougherty Road Cost: Advance tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for youths ages 10 to 15 and are available at All...

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The Joy of Eating

Source: China Post

Tōkyō :: Japan | updated Fri Dec 04 22:47:56 -0800 2009 | entertainment-news

With excerpts of works by Jane Austen, Jhumpa Lahiri, Emily Dickenson, Anne Frank, Beatrix Potter, Amy Tan, Sylvia Plath and Frida Kahlo to name a few, it might take a molecular gastronomist to figure out how this motley of distinguished...

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Holiday Books: Gardening

Source: The New York Times

Tōkyō :: Japan | updated Fri Dec 04 22:27:17 -0800 2009 | entertainment-news

Winter is setting in, our gardens are full of dried stalks of whatnot and our backs are just beginning to recover from the miles of rows we hoed, right? Be honest now: how many of you actually put in those...

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Dillard basketball teams outfitted in Kobe Bryant sneakers

Source: Miami Herald

Kōbe :: Japan | updated Fri Dec 04 21:45:54 -0800 2009 | sports-news

Florida basketball powerhouse Fort Lauderdale Dillard has given two thumbs up to the Zoom Kobe V ``Chaos'' sneaker they will be wearing later this season. The Panthers boys' team got a sneak peak at the fifth Kobe Bryant signature shoe...

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