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Advertiser business writer Rick Daysog has joined the ranks of bloggers with his new “Biz Bites” blog. Shouldn’t that be Biz Bytes? His entry on Hawaiian Tel was pretty ambitious and sets a high standard for regular blogging. Good luck, Rick!

The Star-Bulletin reported the sudden closing of Holokai Grill on the new Waikiki Beach Walk this week on the same day Honolulu Weekly’s new issue hit the street giving the restaurant top billing in its “new or noteworthy” restaurant listings.

Speaking of the Weekly, the newspaper’s web site melted down months ago and has still not been fixed. Most items displayed have not been updated in months. It’s list of “recent cover stories” hit the wall in mid-March and hasn’t moved since. I don’t have any insider information, but the failure to get this done has me worried about the Weekly’s current finances.

What’s even worse, from a writer’s perspective, those cover stories featured on the web site are reprinted online without bylines or attribution, leaving contributing writers out in the cold. It’s not like Weekly contributors are getting lavishly paid for their contributions, so stripping off bylines, even if in error, is really inexcusable.

The Advertiser today has a brief AP story on a Hawaii union pension fund that has sued Alcoa over alleged business bribery. But if you would like to read the complaint filed in federal court in Pennsylvania, the Advertiser doesn’t offer that opportunity. Why not? It’s an interesting story, so I downloaded the file and you can read the complaint here.

It’s another Feline Friday, and time for more of my favorite cats. This week, along with cats that share our home, there’s also one photo of Nemo, who lives a couple of blocks away with three of our regular morning dogs. In any case, just click on Mr. Duke’s photo for this week’s collection.