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PATH event spotlights pledge to save 2 million lives
Posted: Tue May 21 16:35:30 PDT 2013More than 800 people attended PATH?s annual fundraising breakfast for global health on Tuesday, held rapt by presentation of the fact that 800,000 children a year die from unsanitary living conditions. And that diarrhea is the second leading cause of death in children in the world, second only to pneumonia. A video at the event, held at Seattle?s Bell Harbor International Conference Center, a...
Hawaii agency taking comments on Honolulu rail survey work for another week
Posted: Tue May 21 16:30:49 PDT 2013The state of Hawaii is taking public comments on the archaeological survey work for Honolulu?s elevated-rail project until May 30. The survey reports for the four phases of the rail project are available on the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation?s website, and comments can be directed to the State Historic Preservation Division of the Department of Land and Natural Resources. HART is...
Robert Scoble is watching you watching him looking through Google Glass (Video)
Posted: Tue May 21 16:28:07 PDT 2013Silicon Valley tech evangelist Robert Scoble is really good about sharing his toys. The prolific tech blogger and startup liaison for Rackspace (NYSE: RAX), the San Antonio cloud services company, spent at least half an hour just passing around Google Glass after giving a talk at co-working space Alley NYC just off of Times Square. Scoble was in the city for New York Internet Week. "I wear th...
NFL may move Pro Bowl from Hawaii to the Mainland in 2015
Posted: Tue May 21 16:16:14 PDT 2013National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell said Tuesday that there is talk about moving the Pro Bowl from Hawaii back to the Mainland after the 2014 game is played at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu. In a video posted on NFL.com, Goodell also said that the NFL is also toying with the idea of tweaking the game, which pits the top players from the American Football Conference against the best...
Goodwill of Central Arizona to reopen GIlbert store
Posted: Tue May 21 16:02:48 PDT 2013Goodwill of Central Arizona is set to reopen its store at Warner and McQueen roads in Gilbert next week following a month of renovation. The store at 1500 W. Warner Road received a new coat of paint and some new flooring, as well as other renovations. It will reopen May 31 at 9 a.m. The renovation is part of Goodwill?s continued efforts to update and expand its retail footprint following the ...
Most Hawaii stocks post gains as broader markets close higher
Posted: Tue May 21 15:56:24 PDT 2013Alexander & Baldwin?s stock gained 1 percent Tuesday to lead Hawaii stocks in gains and follow the broader markets to close higher. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 52.30 points, or 0.34 percent, to close at 15,387.58. The Nasdaq gained 5.69 points, or 0.16 percent, to close at 3,502.12. Gainers: Alexander & Baldwin Inc. (NYSE: ALEX) closed at $36.13, up 39 cents, or 1.09 percent; Ba...
The Collectors: Tim Oakley's movie props, models and more
Posted: Tue May 21 15:55:06 PDT 2013Tim Oakley started collecting at the tender age of 6, when he bought an Aurora model kit of Frankenstein for 89 cents as a gift for his older brother. His brother gave the gift back, and today that unopened model is worth $8,500 and is in a well-insured storage unit among Oakley's vast collection of movie memorabilia, models and more. Oakley has managed to turn his passion for collecting into...
Gateway Arts District gets $240,000 grant to foster arts
Posted: Tue May 21 15:52:38 PDT 2013The partners involved in the Prince George's County Gateway Arts District are about to start thinking a lot bigger. The District ? which encompasses Hyattsville, Brentwood, North Brentwood and Mount Ranier ? just received a $240,000 grant from ArtPlace America, an organization that funds creative efforts to spur economic development through the arts. The new cash dwarfs Gateway's previous fun...
WellCare has a bad day thanks to Goldman Sachs downgrade (Video)
Posted: Tue May 21 15:52:03 PDT 2013WellCare Health Plans Inc. stock continued to decline Tuesday, with a loss of loss of 3.96 percent, bringing its stock down to $51.72 a share. Goldman Sachs downgraded WellCare?s shares Tuesday citing the company?s vulnerability due to its status as a primary insurer for Medicare Advantage programs, according to The Wall Street Journal. This is the second day of losses for WellCare (NYSE: WCG...
Wanna vote for your favorite wine blog? Here?s how
Posted: Tue May 21 15:49:01 PDT 2013Thirty finalists (some in multiple categories) in the 7th Annual Wine Blog Awards were announced Tuesday, including top wine business blog finalists The Gray Report, The Wine Curmudgeon, The Academic Wino, Horsemaster of Wine, and Fermentation: The Daily Wine Blog. The Wine Blog Awards will be presented at the 2013 Wine Bloggers Conference in Penticton, British Columbia, on June 8. To cast a v...
