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Westin Tokyo celebrates new look (The Japan Times) The Westin Hotel Tokyo in Ebisu Garden Place has completed renovations of its 22nd floor restaurants: Victor's, Compass Rose and Yebisu. At Victor's, chef Nicolas Chevrollier, who hails from the city of Bordeaux in southwest France, titillates diners with his creative French menus incorporating Japanese ingredients, many of which rarely appear outside of Japanese cuisine. Read the full story ... us.rd.yahoo.com
Museum and Gallery Listings (New York Times) Selective listings from art critics of The New York Times. us.rd.yahoo.com
Gaming Makes Grown-Ups Safer Drivers (Discovery Channel) Older adults may soon be able to play video games and get cheaper car insurance. us.rd.yahoo.com
2008 Volkswagen R32 (Colorado Daily) The Volkswagen R32 doesn't look like the big, bad flagship performers from the Other Guys. It lacks the aggressive, spoilers-vents-and- flares look of cars like the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution and Subaru WRX STi, and there isn't a distinctive exhaust roar to rattle the windows as it approaches. us.rd.yahoo.com
Sollo Rago Modern Auction October 25/26, 2008 (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) Sollo Rago Modern's sale of October 25 and 26, draws from the artist's hand to tell the whole story of the Studio movement -- from furniture to jewelry, ceramics, and glass -- in an expansive 1,000 lot sale. us.rd.yahoo.com
DINING GUIDE (St. Petersburg Times) Cafe Idiot — Great Russian and vegetarian food served all day. Jazz, cappuccino, fresh juice, specialty teas. Happy hour from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Weekend brunch. Used English-language books and magazines, plus an art gallery. Open daily, 11 a.m. to 1 a.m. us.rd.yahoo.com
Author Charges: Honda is Deliberately Sabotaging it's Own Hydrogen Fuel Cell Efforts (The Auto Channel) Japanese Honda is delaying for years a national rollout of its dynamic new Clarity hydrogen car, and manufacturing just a handful of test cars, mainly for the Los Angeles area, because the company claims cities lack hydrogen filling stations. But the claim is an apparent hoax. us.rd.yahoo.com
Feels safe up here (Philippine Daily Inquirer) MANILA, Philippines—Filipino-Australian actress Iya Villania says she feels safer living in a high-rise condo rather than in a townhouse. us.rd.yahoo.com
Mazda Kiyora debuts at Paris Motor Show (AME Info) Mazda Kiyora, a lightweight, next generation, urban compact concept car, was recently unveiled at the 2008 Paris International Motor Show. us.rd.yahoo.com
2009 Volvo S80 (Carlist) Volvo's flagship sedan, the S80, got redone for the 2007 model year, but it took until now to get a date with one – a beautiful 2008 model. It was worth the wait. us.rd.yahoo.com
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