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Stretching for two

Keoni — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:22:00 +0000

Stretching is often the last thing we get around to during workouts, coming in third behind cardio and strength training, despite the importance of flexibility in our overall fitness.

Crash passenger sues Freeman

Keoni — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:08:00 +0000

The woman who was with actor Morgan Freeman the night of a Mississippi car crash that left both injured insists she was never romantically linked to the 71-year-old Oscar winner and is suing him for negligence. He was driving her car when it crashed.

Health calendar

Keoni — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 07:38:00 +0000

SELF-HEALING, EMPOWERMENT AND ENLIGHTENMENT WORKSHOP, following teachings of Chinese healer Master Zhi Gang Sha, with benefits for pain, chronic illness, stress, grief and sadness, relationships, stamina and immunity, 5-8 p.m. Feb. 26, and 9 a.m.-noon March 1; UH-Manoa Business Administration Building, Room A102; free; registration, Pam Uyeunten, 988-8090.

Try stretching to relieve leg cramps

Keoni — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 07:37:00 +0000

A. You are sleeping peacefully, when a sudden pain pierces your leg and jolts you awake. Night-time leg cramps are often caused by involuntary contraction of the calf muscles while you sleep. They become more common with age.

Simpson ‘fat’ talk spurs backlash from experts

Keoni — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 07:31:00 +0000

The hullabaloo about Jessica Simpson’s curvier figure has outraged some national body-image experts and nutritionists.

Ingredients of success

Keoni — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:09:00 +0000

Share Your Table is a Web site focusing on food for Hawaii home cooks.

Richter rejoining O’Brien on TV

Keoni — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 10:20:00 +0000

Funnyman Andy Richter, who spent seven years as Conan O’Brien’s “Late Night” second banana before leaving in 2000 to headline his own (short-lived) prime-time series, is returning to the fold.

Tresemble, ballet collaborate for enthralling night

Keoni — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 09:28:00 +0000

Chamber Music Hawaii’s Tresemble collaborated with the Onium Ballet Project to present one of this year’s most distinctive concerts: two short ballets from the 1920s — one dark, one light — separated by a charming non-sequitur, Mozart’s Horn Quintet, K.407, that served as a kind of musical intermission. The concert heralded the second half of the concert season. There are three more concerts remaining.

Culinary calendar

Keoni — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 09:09:00 +0000

WHOLE FOODS VALUE TOUR, on how to shop on a budget, 11 a.m. Feb. 28, Kahala Mall store; registration, 738-0820.

Military offers a primer on Iraqi foods

Keoni — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 09:02:00 +0000

It’s not the food that trips up the military brass in Iraq when they’re invited to eat with tribal chiefs or government officials.