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For Pitcairn's family, a journey from happiness to grief
Gwen Pitcairn drove slowly through the cemetery in Tequesta, the small Florida village where she raised her three children. She stopped in front of her son Stephen's grave.
More than a year after his death, it still was marked by a makeshift memorial,...Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Halloween, St. Paul Street, Political Campaigns, Charles Village
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Dream home: Estate of zen
The approach from the long, circular driveway reveals Dick and Susan Wolven's brick home is unmistakably Georgian in style.
Just beyond the front door, however, the interior design and furnishings are a celebration of everything Asian, is a reflection of...Tags: China Earthquake (2010), Homes, Metal and Mineral, Condos and Houses, Rentals
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'The Amazing Race' recap: Booking troubles
Reality CheckBucky reports on tonight's Amazing Race, possibly from his sickbed:OK, tonight’s recap will be shorter than usual, because I’ve got a major case of flu, pneumonia or possibly one of several paramyxoviridae diseases that I’m not sure what...Tags: Transportation Accidents, Getaway Travel, Event Planning, Transportation, Traffic
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'The Amazing Race' recap: Someone needs directions
Reality CheckBucky reports on tonight's weirdly structured episode of The Amazing Race:This week’s leg of The Amazing Race begins at the Pit Stop in Tokyo and we see the teams in their staggered departures, with the departure times displayed. For example,......Tags: Trips and Vacations, Getaway Travel, Road Transportation, Transportation, Goth (genre)
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'The Amazing Race': They survived a Japanese game show -- and herded ducks
Reality CheckWhat a doozy of a season premiere of The Amazing Race! They're not messing around -- this season, the first challenge took place before the teams even headed to the airport. They had to find a license plate off a......Tags: Sushi and Sashimi, Stranger Than Fiction, Miss America Pageant, Air and Space Accidents, Foods and Beverages
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Tokyo, London said most expensive cities
Associated Press WriterThe weak American dollar and strong European and Asian currencies helped make Tokyo and London the most expensive cities in the world, according to a survey released Monday. American cities were absent from the top 10, with the most expensive U.S. city,...Tags: Companies and Corporations, New Zealand, Foreign Exchange Market, Market and Exchange, Wages and Pensions
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From bitter landscape of war emerge healing ground, peace
Sun StaffLast of three parts JEROME COUNTY, Idaho - The barbed wire and watchtowers are gone, the military police building reduced to a stone foundation. For more than 60 years, the former Minidoka internment camp has remained etched in the memories and...Tags: Arts, Bear (animal), FBI, American Legion, Children
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'Barbie Couture' tempts fashionistas in Japan
The Wall Street JournalKumiko Suzuki, a 22-year-old college student in Japan, played with Barbie dolls as a child. She says she always saw Barbie as her ideal image of a glamorous Western princess. "She's slim, she's blond and she's just a dream," Suzuki said. "I want to be...Tags: Goldman Sachs, Mattel Inc., Teen-agers, Cameron Diaz, Japan
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A culture defiled by the West
Sun Theater CriticStephen Sondheim has said that when he and John Weidman created their 1976 musical Pacific Overtures, they tried to adopt the viewpoint of a Japanese playwright. Proof of how magnificently they achieved this goal is currently on view in the...Tags: Theater, Music Industry, Japan, England, Culture
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Lower auto sales this year
Sun StaffAfter the most disappointing holiday retail season in a decade, few experts expect a quick rebound for retailers in 2001. News has been grim so far, with store closings, layoffs and bankruptcies coming on the heels of a 2000 holiday season hurt by a...Tags: Homes, Bankruptcy, Owings Mills (Baltimore, Maryland), Tour Operations Industry, Hunt Valley
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In Japan, bullying bosses reflect times
The Associated PressStaffing a hotline for victims of abusive bosses, Yasuko Okada has heard it all -- from complaints about one manager who would communicate only by e-mail with an employee he disliked to another who kicked, slapped and ridiculed a worker in front of...Tags: Japan, Companies and Corporations, Employees, Labor Legislation, Minority Groups
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World's most expensive cities named
KIAHIf the Occupy folks ever get it together and decide to really go after the 1%, those guys better have a good place to hide out. We recommend Zurich, Switzerland, the most expensive city in the world, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit...Tags: Zurich (Swiss Confederation), Osaka (Japan)
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