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Educator takes teaching Japanese to a new level
julieg@herald-mail.comAyako Shiga knows how difficult it can be to learn a foreign language. When she was growing up in Tokyo, she failed her first semester of English in middle school. During a break that semester, she went to visit her father in Australia and couldn’...Tags: Tokyo (Japan), Japan, Natural Disasters, Teachers, Students
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Japanese boat first confirmed tsunami debris in California
A 20-foot boat that washed ashore earlier this month in Northern California has been confirmed as the first debris from the 2011 Japanese tsunami to reach the state. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, working with the Japanese...
Tags: Google+, Japan, Natural Disasters, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Pacific Ocean
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Texting contributed to fatal crash of medical helicopter, NTSB says
The pilot of a medical helicopter that crashed in Missouri in 2011 had been texting, and that was a contributing factor to the disaster that killed four people, federal investigators said. The case is the first fatal commercial aircraft accident...
Tags: National Transportation Safety Board, Air Methods Corporation, Heavy Engineering, Disasters and Accidents, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Car sales up in the Ozarks--new jobs at dealerships follow
jscherder@ky3.comSPRINGFIELD, Mo -- It's another sign of a strengthening economy--car sales are bouncing back here in the Ozarks. It's to the point for some dealerships that demand has been so high, keeping up with inventory and staff has been a challenge. "We had the...Tags: Services and Shopping, Vehicles
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Early quake warning system for Southern California gets $5 million
Earthquake scientists have received about $5 million to develop an earthquake early warning system for Southern California -- enough to build the network but not enough to operate it. The money, announced Friday, has enabled scientists to already...
Tags: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Japan, Natural Disasters, Antonio Villaraigosa, U.S. Geological Survey
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Internet connected loved ones after Boston bombings
With cellular service in Boston jammed in the aftermath of the marathon explosions this week, many people were left scrambling for ways to let loved ones know they were safe and to search for information on family and friends. Social networks and...
Tags: Computer Networking and Internet, Haiti Earthquake (2010), Social Media, Relief and Aid Organizations, Microsoft Corporation
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On Japanese tsunami anniversary, recalling Fukushima effects on ocean
It’s been exactly two years since Japan's devastating earthquake and tsunami. The magnitude 9.0 shaker resulted when a portion of the Pacific plate was pushed into and underneath the North American plate, shifting the position of Earth's axis...
Tags: Japan, Natural Disasters, Pacific Ocean, Tokyo Electric Power Co., Fukushima (Fukushima, Japan)
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Goro Miyazaki sets his own path in animation
On his first trip to Los Angeles in February, Japanese director Goro Miyazaki found a native custom perplexing. "I've never been to any other place in the world where you see so few pedestrians," Miyazaki said, speaking through a translator in a rare...
Tags: Natural Disasters, Japan, Movies, Entertainment, World War II (1939-1945)
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Deputy's wife killed when gun goes off in hands of 4-year-old
A 4-year-old Tennessee boy picked up a loaded gun and it went off, killing the wife of a sheriff's deputy at a family cookout, state police said Monday. Josephine Fanning, 48, and her husband, Wilson County Sheriff's Deputy Daniel Fanning, were...Tags: Shootings
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California man gets 17-year prison term in Seattle terrorist plot
A California man diagnosed with schizophrenia was sentenced to 17 years in prison Monday for his role in a 2011 plot to attack a Seattle military center for new recruits. Walli Mujahidh, 34, born Frederick Domingue Jr. in Long Beach, had pleaded...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Court Preliminary, U.S. Military, Prisons
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Seattle police chief to retire from troubled department
SEATTLE — Seattle Police Chief John Diaz said Monday he was retiring, leaving a department rocked by a federal investigation into excessive force and criticized for ill-planned responses to tumultuous May Day protests last year. Diaz, 55, said...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, Justice System
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As Sheldon Adelson takes stand in casino trial, wisecracks ensue
LAS VEGAS — Billionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson looked relaxed. His arm was slung over the back of the courtroom witness chair with the cozy demeanor of a guest on an afternoon talk show. He was dressed impeccably in a gray business suit,...Tags: Sheldon Adelson, Prosecution, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Witnesses
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