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LIHUE, Hawaii (AP) — A 58-year-old Kauai man sentenced to life in prison in 2001 for killing his wife by setting her on fire has had the minimum amount of time he must serve before he can request parole doubled to 120 years.
For weeks, Donna Wheeler had her eyes on a set of luggage from Macy’s department store she knows will be the perfect Christmas gift for her sister, who is traveling to Hawaii in January for her honeymoon.
Oakland's Hottub's got its start rather randomly three years ago, and has quickly formed into one of the Bay Area's biggest draws. Although the press occasionally mistakenly tags the band a...
"The thrill of victory, the agony of defeat" are emotions usually associated with sports, but often follow the culmination of a lawsuit. In this case, they arose from both. That is the lead sentence in today's Opinion, written by Arthur Scotland, Chief Justice of the Court of Appeal in Sacramento. As you read on you will understand the irony of his words. Lawsuit victory celebration Bert and ...
Raves and civil wars don't often hang out in the same sentence. by Jeff Lake Raves and civil wars don't often hang out in the same sentence. That is, unless someone happens to be throwing a pussycat-themed rave to benefit war-orphaned children in Burma. Makes sense, right? On Saturday, Nov. 28, the Ilowan's Children Temple is holding From Boise to Burma, a fundraiser with hopes to raise $5,000 ...
Sons honor dying father's wish with a homemade Romanian-style coffin as a final act of devotion
This weekend will mark the 12th year of Crabonanza, one of those only in San Francisco events that celebrates the start of local Dungeness season. And, well, drinking. On Sunday, Nov. 29, ...
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"It was a mistake not to see beforehand that this would be controversial," said an apparently tone-deaf Nigel Coleman, chairman of the Danville Tea Party....
Last season's "American Idol" runner-up, singing sensation Adam Lambert debuts his new album "For Your Entertainment" today.
The term "contemporary art" no longer refers to the art of the moment. It refers to a certain kind of art, born in the late 1960s, that's got a particular look and feel and way of doing things attached to it -- every bit as much as "Renaissance" or "baroque" art do. Watercolors of boats at anchor...
By MARY CALLAHAN THE PRESS DEMOCRAT The burgeoning arts community that’s grown up along South A Street near Juilliard Park in Santa Rosa is throwing its fifth annual Winter Blast on Saturday night.
As we’re all collectively counting down the remaining days before 2010, Google’s Dennis Hwang is busy tweaking the Google logo to mark the occasion, a job the talented designer has been enjoying since 2000. Unlike the vast majority of companies who never tinker with their visual identity, Google is well-known for playing with its brand logo [...]
Why, why, oh why does the president want to bow so much to foreign leaders? Is he that in awe of them? President Barack Obama decided earlier this year to genuflect to Saudi King Abdullah. And this week he bowed deeply to Japan’s emperor Akihito.
Meet Rusty Oliver, the industrial artist behind "Smash Putt," a combination mini-golf course/art installation on Capitol Hill through Nov. 28.
Please join us for the dedication of Tree Spire a permanent ...
There was a whole lot more proof on Friday night, even if none ...
The Black Rock Arts Foundation presents our third annual fundraising ...
We were traveling along Route 80, and for once, Reno seemed almost ...
Cardboardia one of Black Rock Arts Foundation s 2009 Grantees! ...
Scott Beale / Laughing Squid We finally lost ACE Junkyard to ...
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