JapanToday: Japan News and Discussion ジャパントゥデイ:日本のニュースを英語で読む (Japan Today)Singer Akiko Wada, 58, is making her first appearance in a TV commercial for cosmetics and she doesn’t wear makeup. The ads, which began airing on Friday, feature the 58-year-old singer promoting the gel pack “Nano Aqua.”(From: news.search.yahoo.com - Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:16:29 GMT)
Plans Scrapped for Fairmont Chicago Expansion (Hospitality Design)Strategic Hotels & Resorts has abandoned plans to expand the Fairmont Chicago, given turmoil in the financial markets. The REIT was going to buy 15 floors in Aqua, an 87-floor tower under construction adjacent to the Fairmont.(From: news.search.yahoo.com - Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:11:16 GMT)
Splurge and splash (IE via Yahoo! India News)The rains are gone and it's time for those super Sunday swim and brunches Artist David Hockney knew what he was talking about when he painted the masterpiece The Splash (1967) that fetched 2.6 million pounds at Sotheby's London auction in 2006. Dedicated to hedonism and languid afternoons, the work encapsulates everything that an urban soul trapped in the circle of life craves for.(From: news.search.yahoo.com - Sat, 11 Oct 2008 21:28:40 GMT)
Corto will be inducted into CHSCA Hall of Fame (Journal Inquirer)SOUTHINGTON — The Connecticut High School Coaches’ Association will host its 32nd annual Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Nov. 20 at the Aqua Turf in Southington at 7 p.m.(From: news.search.yahoo.com - Fri, 10 Oct 2008 06:15:19 GMT)
No man’s land (The Telegraph)This one won’t go down well with the men of Calcutta . Last few days, during the pujas when they are all around, I have been noticing guys on the road, in shops and in restaurants… and I must say I am disappointed.(From: news.search.yahoo.com - Sat, 11 Oct 2008 21:43:46 GMT)
Those wild and crazy 'SNL' gals! (Boston Herald)It's good to be Tina Fey. The bespectacled comedian is not only driving "Saturday Night Live" ratings with her dead-on Sarah Palin impersonations but she... (From: news.search.yahoo.com - Sat, 11 Oct 2008 17:34:19 GMT)
Louis Claassens (Sonoma Index-Tribune)Louis Claassens, 62, of Sonoma died Oct 6, 2008, in Petaluma. He was a longtime resident of San Francisco and recently became a full-time resident of Sonoma. Louis was a pioneer in mainframe computer technology for 20 years.(From: news.search.yahoo.com - Sat, 11 Oct 2008 17:37:24 GMT)
Aqua Racers set 10 team records at home meet (The Carrollton Leader)The Carrollton Aqua Racers second home meet of the season was a successful one on Friday night. The squad broke 10 team records swimming at the Rosemeade Pool.(From: news.search.yahoo.com - Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:18:19 GMT)