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Online Extra: Average price for courtside ticket: $23,000
Pro/College Comments Updated: Jun 18, 2013 12:06amBy TIM REYNOLDS
AP Basketball Writer
MIAMI — With the final week of the NBA season now here, ticket prices are going into overdrive.
The online ticket resale site StubHub showed...
Volcano gearing up for annual Fourth of July fest
Community Comments Updated: Jun 18, 2013 12:06amVolunteers with the Volcano Community Association and Cooper Center Council invite folks of all ages and locales to join in the village’s annual Fourth of July celebration.
“In the true...
Online Extra: Duncan closing in on 5th NBA title
Pro/College Comments Updated: Jun 18, 2013 12:06amBy JON KRAWCZYNSKI
AP Basketball Writer
SAN ANTONIO — It’s all right in front of Tim Duncan now, and the big fella can feel it.
You can tell when he broke out that little spin...
Three new police captains named
Community Comments Updated: Jun 18, 2013 12:06amPolice Chief Harry S. Kubojiri has announced three promotions to the rank of captain, effective June 16.
Burt Shimabukuro, now the Vice Section lieutenant in East Hawaii, will be captain of...
Start off with grilled shishito peppers
Features Comments Updated: Jun 18, 2013 12:06amBy J.M. HIRSCH
Associated Press
Never had shishito peppers? You need to track them down. Right now.
First, a primer, then I’ll explain why. Shishito peppers are small, thin...
Grocers allege potato group fixed spud prices
Features Comments Updated: Jun 18, 2013 12:06amBy JOHN MILLER
Associated Press
BOISE, Idaho — A battle between grocers and potato growers has been silently hitting shoppers’ pocketbooks, according to a U.S. wholesaler accusing...
Top chefs taking a new approach to sustainable seafood
Features Comments Updated: Jun 18, 2013 12:06amBy MICHELE KAYAL
Associated Press
Most people have only ever seen a scorpion fish in an aquarium. Unless they dine at Carolina Crossroads Restaurant in Chapel Hill, N.C., where they’ll...
Cooking octopus
Features Comments Updated: Jun 18, 2013 12:06amOctopus, also known as “tako,” is a great pupu or main dish. Recently, I taught a cooking class with a medium-sized tako that one of my students caught that morning in front of the Hilo breakwater...
Better than bulgur? Quinoa takes turn in tabbouleh
Features Comments Updated: Jun 18, 2013 12:05amBy SARA MOULTON
Associated Press
Though everyone seems to have a different way of spelling tabbouleh — toubouleh? tabouli? — more and more people do seem to agree that this delicious...
Beyond NYC: Other places adapting to climate, too
World Comments Updated: Jun 17, 2013 12:11amBy KARL RITTER
Associated Press
BONN, Germany — From Bangkok to Miami, cities and coastal areas across the globe are already building or planning defenses to protect millions of people...
