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Luke Huang Named President of Radlink
Yahoo Finance - Previously, Huang has worked and consulted on a variety of innovative medical and non-medical products for a wide range of Fortune 500 and Global 500 companies including UCLA Hospital, DirecTV, Canon, Washington Mutual, Procom, Starwood, Toshiba

Mohamed El-Hebeishy
Egypt Today - In Amman, take your pick from five-star hotels such as Starwood s Sheraton Amman Al-Nabil Hotel and Towers, the Grand Hyatt (where rooms will set you back $250) or the Marriott. Night-out options are limited to a nice meal in Wadi Mousa and may be

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Traffic camera debates heat up
ATLANTA State Rep. Barry Loudermilk recently introduced a bill to ban red-light enforcement cameras in Georgia. Among his objections to the traffic control devices: the absence of human involvement.

Cameras capture red-light runners
ATLANTA Surveillance cameras at major intersections dramatically reduce the number of drivers who barrel through red lights, two new research reports say.

Auntie Pasto’s to open on Maui
KAHULUI, Maui Auntie Pasto’s will open its first Neighbor Island restaurant at the Queen Ka’ahumanu Center.

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Mantra appoints Michael Coe Regional GM Tropical North Queensland
e-Travel Blackboard - judge for the Queensland Tourism Awards. Mantra Resorts is a division of Stella Hospitality Group and currently operates 10 resorts nationally. This number will jump to 26 by March with the re-branding of 6 S8 properties and 10 Outrigger

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Gold prices being pushed up by pre-Chinese New Year demand - Numis 
“This implies the risk of a fallback in demand post Lunar New Year that could influence gold prices. This year the holiday starts on Feb 18, and celebrations can last one to two weeks as people take vacations, particularly in China,” Numis said in the research note.

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Bill For State Plane Killed
The proposal for taxpayers to fork up almost $2 million to buy the governor and other state officials their own private plane was killed on Wednesday.
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Chicago troupe wows, from ballroom to ballet
When the River North Chicago Dance Company appears Sunday at Leeward Community College Theatre, audiences can look forward to a program that offers something for everyone. Praised by critics and audiences alike, the company sizzles with energy and talent.

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Trash on the beach spells trouble in paradise 
On the first day of my vacation on Kauai in December, I went for a walk on the beach near the house that my wife and I had rented.

No vacation for Young 
HONOLULU mdash; Vince Young didn’t see this trip to Hawaii as a vacation. The Tennessee quarterback figured a rookie should never stop learning, even at the Pro Bowl.

Hygenist volunteers in Africa 
MILFORD - Carol Argo is all smiles when she talks about her missions, vacation time spent in third-world countries, not resorts. The dental hygienist most recently returned from the African nation of Ghana where she worked from a Mercy Ship-staffed dental clinic.

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Take a Vacation, but not from Your Skin Care Routine 
(ARA) - Vacations offer a time-honored tradition of getting away from it all - from the pressures of the office to the hectic car-pool schedule and everyday errands. It’s a chance to be carefree and forget the constraints of the day-to-day.

Goodell isn’t keen on moving Pro Bowl out of Hawaii 
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell doesn’t seem interested in moving the Pro Bowl out of paradise.

Accused Astronaut Spotted At JSC 
An astronaut accused of attempting to murder a woman competing for another astronaut’s affections was spotted in public Friday.

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In the know: ‘Lion King’ fix 
In the know: ‘Lion King’ tix Tickets to Disney’s “The Lion King,” which opens at 8 p.m. Sept. 15 with the first of two preview performances at Blaisdell Concert Hall, now are on sale but only for groups of 20 or more or with a hotel package through Outrigger Enterprises. Single ticket sales will start in April. A second preview show is set for 1 p.m. Sept. 16. The first wave of the regular run …

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Top seeds hit water on day 3 of Roxy Womens Surf Fest
Global Surf News - In doing so, Mason also ended the impressive run of Hawaii s Bethany Hamilton (Kauai, HI) in round four. Having a couple of WCT surfers in the heat made it tough, and Bethany she s been surfing so well and has been such an inspiration, it s a

Hawaii new-vehicle sales soften
Pacific Business News - There are some significant differences in market share by island: Ford has only 7.5 percent of the Oahu market but 18.1 percent of the market on Maui. Chevrolet and Nissan have their biggest share on Kauai. Honda and Mazda have their largest share on

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Surfline - After getting a start as an alternate in the second heat of the day, sixteen year-old Kauai surfer Alex Smith became the buzz on the beach with a perfect 10-point tuberide in the last seconds of his heat, taking down long-time Pipe surfers Jason

COUNTY IN BRIEF
Maui News - Gary Hooser of Kauai, Reyes and representatives of Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co. and Pacific Biodiesel. For information on the club or the meeting, call 579-9802 or see hi.sierraclub.org/maui. SHIFT IN WINDS BRINGS WARMER AIR TO ISLAND WAILUKU

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Kalama named schools trustee
The state Probate Court yesterday appointed First Hawaiian Bank executive Corbett Kalama as a trustee of the $7.7 billion Kamehameha Schools.

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