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San Francisco Chronicle, 22.03.10 07:04 UTC

Daniel Sakai - quick learner was a rising star

Oakland Police Dept. / Getty Images Sgt. Daniel Sakai View Larger Image Sgt. Daniel Sakai was a rising star on the Oakland police SWAT team. Sakai, 35, of Castro Valley, was recently named a leader ...

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Times Online Business, 21.03.10 23:34 UTC

Little money in coffers for vote-winning giveaways

Forward planning for the business week; company results, trading reports and the latest economic data

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Forbes, 21.03.10 22:06 UTC

A Fish Too Far

An attempt to ban the trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna puts Japan up in arms against Western culinary imperialism.

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Seattle Times, 21.03.10 14:13 UTC

Report: Russian surveillance ship adrift off Japan

The Interfax news agency says a Russian surveillance ship is drifting in the Sea of Japan after taking on water.

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 21.03.10 06:25 UTC

For Asia, Some Familiar Hallways

ASIA is beginning to look a lot more like America -- at least when it comes to hotels. Major United States hotel chains are aggressively expanding into Asia, creating new options for travelers ...

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Seattle Times, 21.03.10 06:03 UTC

Gas the next fuel to fire Australia's boom

First gold, then coal and iron ore. Now, a new bonanza is about to be unleashed from beneath Down Under: Australia's got gas.

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San Francisco Chronicle, 21.03.10 06:02 UTC

Wine Country sounds alarm over grapevine moth

Brant Ward / The Chronicle Monica Cooper, a viticulture farm advisor, checks a trap and finds two male moths in a vineyard off highway 128. The discovery of the European grapevine moth in Napa ...

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 21.03.10 04:54 UTC

Dick Cheney reinvents the former vice presidency

Vice presidents used to have nothing to do; now even a former vice president can be a political player

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 21.03.10 04:30 UTC

Dapper Dan Lifetime Achievement Award: Sammartino 'wanted to give the fans their money's worth'

Like anyone who has lived in the same house for nearly 48 years, Bruno Sammartino has accumulated his share of memorabilia. For example, there's a key to the Italian city of Pizzaferrato, which ...