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The Show box office opens at Agua Caliente Casino (The Desert Sun)
Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa in Rancho Mirage is gearing up for the opening of The Show with a concert by piano man, Bill Joel on Feb. 12.

Thunder Roll Through Alaska, Descend on Phoenix Next (OurSports Central)
The Thunder faces the Phoenix RoadRunners for the first time this season beginning Tuesday at U.S. Airways Center, the start of eight games this year against the RoadRunners. The Thunder is 14-4-1 lifetime against Phoenix and finished with a 5-2-0 mark last year in the head-to-head series.

Entertainment guide (The Scranton Times-Tribune)
CLUBS AMORE, 223 Northern Blvd., Clarks Summit: Sundays, karaoke with Honey Do; Wednesdays, karaoke contest with Anthony Cali.

Cheers to the tour that ends in brew (San Francisco Chronicle)
Cheers to the tour that ends in brew One of Amsterdam's most popular attractions among young adults, the Heineken Experience, has reopened after a year of renovations. Long gone are the days when the tour, located on the site of Heineken's former brewery in...

Deals and steals for the wise wanderer (Toronto Sun)
Everyone loves a bargain, particularly when the economy seems to have gone south ahead of us. Here is a roundup of some recent deals:

What's happening at the casinos (Detroit Free Press)
CAESARS WINDSOR

Weekend Calendar (New Haven Register)
BOOKS, LECTURES Old Greenwich, Sunday Afternoons of Coffee and Poetry, 3-5 p.m. Sundays, free, Arcadia Cafe, 20 Arcadia Road, (203) 637-8766.

Catalina Island Deal; Prepare To Bike Ohio (Hartford Courant)
CATALINA CASTAWAY

Element hotel opens in Summerlin village (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The master-planned community of Summerlin recently welcomed the community's first non-gaming extended-stay hotel, Element by Westin.

Valley business briefs for Jan. 2 (The Desert Sun)
Session on retirement, Training program slated, and more...