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Seeing Green
There are certain things in life that we always want seconds of: A second date, a second chance … or even a second piece of pie.
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PATRIOT Games in the Tar Heel State
Having spent almost three decades offering legal service to immigrants, Chinese American immigration attorney Manlin Chee is now getting used to serving time instead.
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Where are the Kids?
Anime Expo 2005
On the weekend of July 1-4, while the rest of America is celebrating Independence Day, tens of thousands with red, white and blue hair (among other colors, of course) will be pouring into the Anaheim Convention Center to the 14th Annual Anime Expo (AX). -
A Dude in Cape and Tights? Yes. ‘Batman Begins.’
“Anyone who runs around in a bat costume,” says Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) in Batman Begins, “has got to be … ”
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APAs at High Risk for Diabetes
According to studies conducted by the National Diabetes Education Program — part of the National Institutes of Health — the prevalence of type-II diabetes is on the rise in Asian Pacific American (APA) communities.
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The Last March for the Bandleader
On a quiet street in North Beach just blocks away from Chinatown’s morning clatter, Lisa Pollard fingers the golden, winding braids of her black marching band uniform and sighs. She knows that she will no longer be
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‘Half & Half’ Mapa: 100 Percent Gay Asian Star
Alec Mapa admits he’s far from the norm for network television. On UPN’s hit sitcom Half & Half, the openly gay actor is the only Filipino in primetime. Of his unique role, Mapa jokes, “I’m a unicorn!”
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Art Briefs
Ukulele Star Wows Japan and Buffett
TOKYO –– Hawai‘i musician Jake Shimabukuro has the highest debuting instrumental album ever in Japan. But forget the guitars and pianos. He did it with a ukulele. -
CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS
J.K. Hom and Samson Wong contributed to “The 49ers Fallout Grows” on June 16, 2005 on page 12. Sam Chu Lin and Samson Wong contributed to “The Classic Blunder” on June 9, page 8.
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Bay Briefs
Interned Boy Scouts Hold Reunion
The Santa Clara County Council of Boy Scouts of America held a reunion dinner honoring Japanese American scouts interned during World War II. -
Global Briefs
Microsoft Bends to China
Reporters Without Borders, an organization that fights for press freedom and denounces violations of human rights throughout the world, recently discovered that Microsoft -
Nation Briefs
Choi’s Win Signals New Diversity in Edison, N.J.
EDISON, N.J. –– Jun Choi’s win in the primary election for mayor is part of a growing Asian American influence in one of New Jersey’s largest municipalities.
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