| Lisa Heyamoto: A $25,000 kitchen for a lucky guy
When you do something good for the environment, the environment does something good for you. At least, it does if SMUD is the middleman. The utility district recently awarded a $25,000 backyard dream kitchen to a customer who had participated in several of its efforts to increase energy efficiency in the home. The lucky winner? None other than former Kings owner Gregg Lukenbill, who automatically qualified for the contest after installing an energy-efficient pool pump. .
Kenya stares into the abyss as post-election violence spirals out of ...
At least a dozen people have died during the latest clashes, bringing the death toll to more than 850 since last month's disputed elections set tribe against tribe. The latest round of killings provided a bleak backdrop for peace talks in Nairobi launched by Kofi Annan, the former UN Secretary-General. He is trying to find common ground between a President who refuses to loosen his grip on power and an opposition leader who believes the elections were fixed. Mr Annan said that he hoped to find a solution to the immediate political crisis within four weeks, but admitted the country's ethnic rifts would take longer to resolve. "To the leaders gathered here today I say that the people want you to take charge of the situation and halt the downward spiral that is threatening this beautiful and prosperous country," he said.
Miami Beach's Epicure to expand
Miami Beach's Epicure Market is about to take its fresh-baked breads, homemade soups and prepared foods on the road. The gourmet market, a Miami Beach institution for more than 60 years, will be one of the key tenants for a new mixed-use development two blocks west of Miami's Brickell Avenue. Epicure will anchor the ground floor of the Off Brickell project, including a full-service market and sit-down restaurant. The project, by developer Harvey Taylor, will also include a Hilton Garden Inn with 213 rooms, a 150,000-square-foot office building and small retail shops. The Brickell location also launches Epicure's new plans to expand around South Florida. Next up: the likely conversion of the Rascal House restaurant in Sunny Isles into an Epicure Market.
Campaign 2008
It's crazy," said one campaign insider. Actor Chuck Norris, who has been campaigning with Mike Huckabee, has publicly worried that McCain is too old to be president and may not live out his term if elected. His comments have long been echoed in private by other campaigns who say that McCain can't win because he looks old and thus appears to represent the past. But insiders say that Norris's comments lit a spark under McCain, who has fought back with even longer hours, more public access, and the teaming with one of his younger children. "He gets the MTV generation and I think they like him back," said another insider. "They can see the youth in his eyes and not just his white hair." more >> .
Company Profile For Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc
MUS was formed through the merger between Mitsubishi Securities and UFJ Tsubasa Securities. In April 2007, the Company formed Mitsubishi UFJ NICOS Co., Ltd. and Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance Company Limited. In May 2006, BTMU purchased MU Strategic Partner Co., Ltd. .
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