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Top news stories personally selected by the publishers for their relevance to the Asian-American community.
August 2008 - Posts
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The LPGA sparked a national conversation with its new English proficiency evaluation, and it didn’t take long for the news to travel East. Read More...
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MANSFIELD -- His luggage got lost on the way back from Denver, but that's the only downside State Rep. Jay Goyal (D-Mansfield) reported from his first national political convention. Read More...
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Ato Bautista's latest project entitled Blackout will be exclusively screened at SM cinemas nationwide starting Wednesday, June 13. Produced by Unico Entertainment/Unitel Pictures, this psychological thriller topbills Robin Padilla and Iza Calzado along Read More...
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Michelle Koehn and James Peng were married on Saturday at the Fanny Hill Victorian Inn in Eau Claire. Read More...
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And now the Asian American Journalists Association is criticizing the TV personality. Read More...
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A Salt Lake City SWAT team's search for a shooting suspect inside a State Street business this morning came up empty. Read More...
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WASHINGTON: Under intense lobbying from activists, the US State Department has "denied" Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi a visa he never applied for, ensuring that the 2008 World Gujarati Conference in New Jersey got underway on Friday without the Read More...
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KATHIE Lee Gifford's cheesy Chinese imitation on the "Today" show this week is under fire. "It's difficult to believe in this day and age . . . [she] chose to relate on national television an 'amusing' anecdote about Al Roker sending birthday... Read More...
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Summer may be cooling down as those hot August nights give way to crisp September evenings. Read More...
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With Barack Obama's nomination confirmed, scholars flocked to the Democratic National Convention to analyze how he'd rewritten the history books Read More...
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Is a storm more than 2,000 miles away about to crash the Republican National Convention? Read More...
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AAJA says it's difficult to believe in this day and age that "Today" host Kathie Lee Gifford would tell a story using a mock "Chinese" accent. "If that weren't bad enough, Gifford decided to spice up her performance by squinting her eyes into slits," Read More...
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Get ready for Bond's return, a large-screen "High School Musical," George Clooney's reunion with the Coen brothers and more. Read More...
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"He is very committed to this country. He is very much an American man, but I think that the world has offered wonderful layers of the flavours of the people and he respects all of it and he welcomes all of it," says Maya Kassandra Soetoro-Ng, Barack Read More...
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The LPGA sparked a national conversation with its new English proficiency evaluation, and it didn't take long for the news to travel East. Read More...
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Classmates who knew Barack Obama as a young law student may not have known that he was destined to become a presidential nominee. Read More...
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August 28, 2008 A new study of Chinese-Caucasian, Filipino-Caucasian, Japanese-Caucasian and Vietnamese-Caucasian individuals concludes that biracial Asian Americans are twice as likely as monoracial Asian Americans to be diagnosed with a psychological Read More...
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A record number of students in the class of 2008 took the SAT this year, with a higher percentage of first-generation students than last year and a high rate of minority student participation, the College Board announced Tuesday. Read More...
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interTrend Communications, a full-service Asian American marketing communications agency, joined forces with The SF Hep B Free Campaign in creating the "B a Hero" advertising campaign to increase the public's understanding of hepatitis B disease. Read More...
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Two Asian American delegates were walking in front of Colorado Covention Center and was joined by a young white man. He said "Today I am Asian American too!" Read More...
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DENVER - The Democratic National Convention is more than speeches and an opportunity to see politicians and celebrities. There are also several caucuses during the week to discuss party goals and how to elect Democratic candidates. Read More...
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The Center for Asian American Media is co-sponsoring a free outdoor screening of Mamoru Hosoda 's acclaimed film, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time , with English subtitles at San Francisco's Japantown Peace Plaza on September 19. The film reinvents Yasutaka Read More...
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Civil rights and Asian-American groups said yesterday an LPGA decision to require golfers to speak English is insulting and possibly illegal. Read More...
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Political conventions happen once every four years. They signal the beginning of the general election season with the formal nomination of the parties' candidates for president and vice-president. Read More...
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DENVER — Tammy Duckworth, who lost both of her legs when her Black Hawk helicopter was struck by a rocket-propelled grenade in Iraq, said last night that Sen. Barack Obama would "only send our sons and daughters to war if they have a defined mission and Read More...
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About two dozen young Indian-American Republicans, including several current and erstwhile Bush administration officials and Congressional aides, launched Indians for McCain, a group aiming to get the community to support Senator John McCain's Presidential Read More...
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Another dimension of Elgin's diversity is about to be celebrated at the first Elgin Asian Festival at Festival Park. Read More...
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Multiracial activists - and some Barack Obama supporters - are seething over best-selling economist Steven Levitt's assertions that mixed-race people are inherently more likely to engage in "bad behavior." There are those who saw in it the acrid tang Read More...
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Opening today"Bangkok Dangerous" (R): The life of an anonymous assassin takes an unexpected turn when he travels to Thailand to complete a series of contract killings. Read More...
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AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Aug. 27, 2008 -- Richard Chow-Wah, Chrysler LLC Vice President - Powertrain Manufacturing, was recognized for his career accomplishments and community achievements at the third annual Who's Who in Asian American Communities (WWAAC) Read More...
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“Theater matters because it’s the only place where one can find hope. Films are manufactured for us, but in the theater, the actors and the audience are getting together to manufacture a narrative, and to me, that’s where hope resides.” Read More...
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The recent crop of high school graduates tied their predecessors' scores on the standardized test. Read More...
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There's a very specific feeling you're supposed to get when you enter Nana's Café in Tumon. The place immediately feels warm, not temperature wise, but in ambiance. There's a lot of wood -- from the wall to tables -- and soft yet bright colors on the Read More...
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Asian-American/Pacific Islanders with early-stage stomach cancers have an overall median survival rate that is higher than those of other races or ethnicities, according to new research, Reuters Health reports.For the study, Barry Feig of the University Read More...
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Convention activities from the Associated Press. Read More...
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AUSTIN – Texas students lost ground on the SAT this year, widening the long-standing gap between them and their counterparts elsewhere in the U.S. Read More...
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DENVER — Thirty minutes before Sen. Amy Klobuchar was to give a two-minute speech to the Democratic National Convention here late Tuesday afternoon, about one-third of the Minnesota delegation's seats were empty. Read More...
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Fall Arts Preview: Amy Tan revamps her bestseller. Plus, more classical picks Read More...
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The Federal Government is peeking in on our local elections to make sure that all votes count. As NBC 15's Andrea Ramey tells us, not being able to excercise their... Read More...
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The nation's poverty rate held steady as median household income edged upward and the number of Americans without health insurance decreased by more than 1 million people last year, according to annual census data released today . Read More...
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By Peter Schworm, Globe Staff SAT scores for Massachusetts high school graduates rose sharply this year on all three sections of the college entrance exam, outpacing the national average. Graduates scored an average of 525 on the math section of... Read More...
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DENVER -- Hoping for a chance to promote top territory concerns, several members of the Guam delegation spent opening day of the Democratic National Convention on Monday helping the Asian American and Pacific Island caucus shape the party's outreach strategy Read More...
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A record number of students took the college admissions test, of which 40% were minorities. In California, 5% more students than last year took the SAT. A record number of students in the high school graduating class of 2008 took the SAT college admissions Read More...
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More than 35,000 students began arriving at UC-Berkeley for the new school year Monday, including two 13-year-old undergraduates and two others older than 60. Read More...
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The two names are most popular among the 4,300 freshmen arriving at the college, an incoming class that also includes two 13-year-olds and two older than 60. Read More...
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DENVER - Michelle Obama last night opened the Democratic National Convention that will nominate her husband for president with a high-stakes speech designed to place her family squarely within the experience of American households everywhere. Read More...
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Wyclef Jean of the Fugees doing interviews in the lobby of the Magnolia Hotel. Read More...
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Asian-American/Pacific Islanders with early-stage stomach cancers have an overall median survival rate that is higher than those of other races or ethnicities, according to new research, Reuters Health reports. Read More...
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Our Gina Mangieri has been covering the opening day activities at the convention....and brings us the latest from Denver. The convention officially got underway Monday with party chairman howard dean kicking things off. Read More...
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The two names are most popular among the 4,300 freshmen arriving at the college. Among them were two 13-year-old undergraduates, and two 60 or older. Read More...
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Wyclef Jean of the Fugees doing interviews in the lobby of the Magnolia Hotel . . . Angela Bassett on her iPhone at Mezcal Restaurant . . . Radio gabber Gayle King rejecting Table 6's lamb slider — childhood trauma cited — and then savoring an organic Read More...
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DENVER, Aug. 25 Most political conventions begin with the fall of the gavel. The 2008 Democratic convention began in the "downward dog" position. Read More...
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The Barack Obama campaign kicked off the Democratic National Convention on Monday showcasing historic diversity among its delegates and vowing to have momentum, unity and a compelling narrative to show why Americans should make the Democrat their president Read More...
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I NOTE that certain ministers, politicians, journalists and commentators have, in recent weeks, decided to take potshots at the United States for certain misdeeds or behaviour on its part. Read More...
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BERKELEY — More than 35,000 students began arriving at UC Berkeley for the new school year Monday, including two 13-year-old undergraduates and two others older than 60. Read More...
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Calling it a successful strategy of national outreach to appeal to all Americans, Democratic National Convention officials announced today that it has seated the most diverse delegation ever. Read More...
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The campus is crowded at Missouri State University in Springfield. The university says opening-day enrollment is the largest on record, with a 1.4% increase over the first day of the fall semester last year. Read More...
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CAREERS MONDAY, AUG. 25 Career-Prospectors, www.career-prospectors.com, a job-search networking group, meets every Monday at 7:30 a.m., in the conference room at Long & Foster, 9321 Midlothian Turnpike. Details: Michael Soden, (804) 594-7065, or Fred Read More...
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US Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao hailed China-US sports exchanges and shared the story of her family's struggle with Chinese netizens on Monday. In town as head of the US presidential delegation at the closing ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, Chao took Read More...
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