Tsunami waves arrived in Hawaii on Saturday afternoon, as predicted, causing erratic surges in the sea, but the rising water did not appear to cause significant property damage, officials said, and a tsunami warning was canceled. Late Saturday, the waves continued on to Alaska and parts of Asia.

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One of the state’s longest pre-filing campaign periods ever draws to a close Monday as announced “candidates” now must decide whether they’ll really get in the races. Filing officially starts at noon, and that means filing fees must be plunked down.

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Vanderbilt Coach Kevin Stallings finally got his first victory at Walton Arena, and the way his Commodores dominated Arkansas on Saturday, it might have felt like two for him.

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Arkansas’ baseball team hit three early home runs Saturday and needed each one to hold off Troy.

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Wal-Mart Canada Corp. has launched a number of new environmental initiatives throughout its national operations, including plans for a refrigerated distribution center near Calgary, Alberta, designed to be 60 percent more energyefficient than traditional centers.

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The dry steppe stretches to the horizon in all directions from Taikonur, a remote outpost in southern Kazakhstan. But peeking out of the sandy soil, amid the sagebrush and desert shrub, are thousands of wells arranged in geometric patterns, each extracting radioactive treasure.

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“The more enlightened our houses are, the more their walls ooze ghosts.” — Italo Calvino. The banks of Washington Street are lined with ghosts. They bear the names of city fathers — Chidester, Graham, Elliot and Umsted. Their haunts are classical and Craftsman by genre, antebellum and post-industrial by era.

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Drivers went wild for the Cash for Clunkers government program last year. Now it's time to get ready for a new rebate program, Cash for Appliances.

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Some residents in the Rocky Branch area are preparing to oppose a planned housing development in their community. The project’s owner hopes to convince them his project is compatible with the area.

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Sixteen-year-old Jeff Wieser wants to one day have his own model train layout.

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