Provides the latest RSS feeds for Hawaii News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Honolulu News.net http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/cat/6b17ec7a35065289/ en-us Fri, 24 May 2013 14:29:45 -0400 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:29:45 -0400 30 Vog is the term used for "volcanic fog." It is a haze comprising gas and aerosols of tiny particles and acidic droplets that form when sulfur dioxide and other gases emitted from Kilauea Volcano interact with sunlight, oxygen, moisture and ... http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214743272/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:47:13 -0400 http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214743272/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Police arrested two men Friday on suspicion of endangering an aircraft after a flight from Pakistan to the United Kingdom was diverted to Stansted Airport, outside of ... http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214740982/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:47:59 -0400 http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214740982/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Are neighbor islands finally ready to catch the wave of recovery? A new University of Hawaii forecast says it's already happening, and gives a timetable for prosperity. "Oahu continues to be further along in recovery, but the neighbor islands are catching up fast," says a report released Friday by UHERO, the UH Economic Research Organization. Replacement of jobs lost in the ... http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214741119/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:44:52 -0400 http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214741119/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 The string of tornadoes that ripped across the central United States in the past week did between $2 billion and $5 billion in damage, according to an initial estimate from Eqecat, a catastrophe risk ... http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214740089/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:35:31 -0400 http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214740089/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 LONDON (AP) -- Two men were arrested on suspicion of endangering an aircraft Friday after a U.K. fighter jet was scrambled to divert their plane as it traveled from Pakistan to Britain, officials said. The incident further rattled the U.K. just days after a British soldier was brutally killed on a London street in a suspected terror ... http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214740475/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:11:00 -0400 http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214740475/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 HONOLULU (AP) - The governor is releasing more than $48 million for capital improvement projects at public housing across Hawaii. Gov. Neil Abercrombie announced this week that nearly $26 million will go toward various public housing program site improvements. Ten million will go toward compliance with Americans with Disabilities Act at various state and public housing projects. Lanakila Homes ... http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214739604/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Fri, 24 May 2013 10:51:24 -0400 http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214739604/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 New Jersey rolled out some of its big guns Friday to proclaim that the shore is back following Superstorm Sandy, using Gov. Chris Christie and the cast of MTV's "Jersey Shore" to tell a national audience the state is ready for summer ... http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214739561/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Fri, 24 May 2013 10:49:32 -0400 http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214739561/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Sea Life Park is taking the classroom outside with some summer programs as long as six weeks for keiki in kindergarten to 6th grade. "We have a program that we partnered with 'Kamaaina Kids,' where the kids can come in one week camps, where they get a chance to see almost every animal park penguins, sea lions, dolphins, rays, and at the very end they get the opportunity to ... http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214736399/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Fri, 24 May 2013 07:14:06 -0400 http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214736399/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 The epicenter for the extremely powerful quake was located in the Sea of Okhotsk, just to the west of the Kamchatka Peninsula, and about 600 kilometers (nearly 375 miles) underground. The quake was felt for five minutes in the region, Russia's Ria Novosti news agency reported. Many people ran into the streets as the temblor shook. No tsunami warnings were issued in the quake's immediate ... http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214734066/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:09:19 -0400 http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214734066/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 The Blaisdell Center is about 50 years old and it's already been renovated once. In fact the city has been weighing its future and the mayor has put money in the budget for a master ... http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214734151/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:09:14 -0400 http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214734151/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 According to the FBI, record producer Peter Heckman promised double digit returns to anyone who invested in his recording studio but in reality it was a ponzi ... http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214734152/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:09:12 -0400 http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214734152/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 TIME magazine was the first to publish the prom photos on Thursday. Kelli Allman is in the picture above second from the left. Her date, Greg Orme, is to her right. And the future U.S. president is in the white jacket. The photo is taken at the start of the night at Allman's parents' house in Kahala. They had some champagne before heading out for what would be a great night. Obama wrote ... http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214734153/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:09:09 -0400 http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214734153/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Four months after a 22-year-old Schofield Barracks soldier was shot and killed by police in Waikiki, an investigation into the bar that allegedly served him too much alcohol is close to ... http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214734155/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:09:07 -0400 http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214734155/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 A woman is suing The Salvation Army, claiming the organization moved a minister from Oahu to Maui after she reported he sexually abused her in the ... http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214734154/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:09:06 -0400 http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214734154/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 KAILUA, OAHU (HawaiiNewsNow) - New research has revealed that a type of cockroach common to Hawaii has adapted to avoid poisons that contain glucose -- a type of sugar that's supposed to attract them. The roach is the German cockroach, the small ones that are seen in the kitchen at night. Lots of local homeowners see them from time to time, no matter what they do to keep them away. ... http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214732899/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Fri, 24 May 2013 04:16:20 -0400 http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214732899/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A strong earthquake has shaken an area north of Japan, but it was not strong enough to generate a tsunami threat to Hawaii. The quake was measured at a magnitude 8.2, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. It was centered north of Japan in the Sea of Okhotsk and was too deep to create a tsunami alert, officials at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center say. The ... http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214731920/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Fri, 24 May 2013 02:32:19 -0400 http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214731920/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 There are 13 bus stops in all on the one mile stretch of Mokapu Boulevard between Oneawa and Kaneohe Bay Drive. Each of them is getting a new wheelchair ramp and curb cutout. But what doesn't make sense to some homeowners is there is no sidewalk. So the person in the wheelchair still has to go into the street to get to and from the ... http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214730454/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Thu, 23 May 2013 23:54:22 -0400 http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214730454/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 HALEIWA, OAHU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The city knows who secretly carted in cement and steel and illegally built a skateboard bowl on city park property on the North Shore, and how much it will cost to tear it down. "Just because of the disposal and the difficulty of taking out an eight-foot-deep type construction, it will probably cost us in the neighborhood of $20,000 to $50,000," said ... http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214730455/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Thu, 23 May 2013 23:54:22 -0400 http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214730455/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 According to a criminal complaint, Pascua ran a company that purported to be in the concert and nightclub promotions industry. Prosecutors say he devised a scheme offering short-term investment opportunities promising returns of 25 percent to 50 ... http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214729867/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Thu, 23 May 2013 23:00:38 -0400 http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214729867/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Da Kitchen business partners Les Tomita and Mariah Brown, seen in this 2011 file photo, may open another restaurant on Oahu after their only Honolulu location closes on Saturday. The owners of Da Kitchen are considering opening a new location on Oahu after the planned closure of their Moiliili location this Saturday. Da Kitchen is a popular local and Hawaiian food restaurant that got its start ... http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214730154/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Thu, 23 May 2013 22:49:54 -0400 http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214730154/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - GoKo Restaurant Enterprises LLC, operator of the four Sizzler restaurants on Oahu the past 10 years, has rebranded all four of its restaurants and revamped its menu to emphasize local tastes and more local products. All four restaurants will operate under a new name: GoKo Steak & Salad Bar Restaurant. The rebranding of the four units; Dillingham Plaza on ... http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214729308/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Thu, 23 May 2013 22:03:52 -0400 http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214729308/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Anahola Solar photovoltaic project on Kauai's East side is one step closer to becoming a reality following the release Thursday of a draft environmental assessment that showed an "anticipated finding of no significant impact." The $55 million project includes a substation and a baseyard/customer service center on more than 60 acres of ... http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214729309/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Thu, 23 May 2013 21:38:42 -0400 http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214729309/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 The Lanai Community Plan Advisory Committee has given the OK to a new ultra-luxury hotel that majority owner Larry Ellison has proposed, and to set aside 200 acres for industrial ... http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214729310/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Thu, 23 May 2013 21:38:40 -0400 http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214729310/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 From the redevelopment of the Neal S. Blaisdell Center into a residential project to a full service grocery store and a limited amount of hotels for travelers and business professionals, the Hawaii Community Development Authoritys Kakaako transit oriented development overlay plan is aimed at utilizing TOD to improve the existing quality of the area as a whole. The public will get its first look ... http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214729081/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:53:24 -0400 http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214729081/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 lead the pack of solar photovoltaic companies in Hawaii so far this year. Through April, the home security installation giant has managed to slay the top Hawaii companies with the largest share of the $160.6 million in stated value of PV projects for all of Oahu, according to an analysis of data from the City and County of Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting. Of that total, the top ... http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214728650/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:42:10 -0400 http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214728650/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 LPGA Tour officials Thursday announced they hoped to start the Pure Silk-Bahamas Classic on Friday over a course shortened to 12 holes. A foot of rain at the Ocean Club course on Tuesday left much of the layout under water, forcing the LPGA to reduce the event from four to three rounds. After assessing the situation further on Thursday, it was decided that some of the holes on the course would ... http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214728890/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:35:47 -0400 http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214728890/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Halekauwila Place, whose crane is shown in the foreground, is one of 15 condominium projects known to be in the works in Kakaako. If all of the projects go forward, more than 4,000 units will be added to the market in the next five years. Most of the big guns in Hawaiis housing market were out in full force Thursday at Honolulus Plaza Club talking about whats mostly on everyones minds these days ... http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214728264/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:14:56 -0400 http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214728264/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness has approved more than $400 million in military construction in Hawaii for the 2014 fiscal year, U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa said Thursday. The money would be authorized under the National Defense Authorization Act and it includes nearly $237 million for Marine Corps Base Hawaii at Kaneohe Bay, where there are plans to base more aircraft, ... http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214728235/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Thu, 23 May 2013 19:59:42 -0400 http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214728235/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Openly gay youths will be allowed to join scouting, a historic decision the Boy Scouts of America says will keep it unclouded by "a single, divisive, and unresolved societal ... http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214727642/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Thu, 23 May 2013 19:56:16 -0400 http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214727642/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 From personal chefs to musicians to manicurists, a robotics class has created it all and its instructor Robert Walker makes sure his students take a hands-on ... http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214727645/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Thu, 23 May 2013 19:54:09 -0400 http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214727645/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 OluKai developed shoes for Hawaii lifeguards that can be worn on land or in the water. The Hawaii-made shoe brand OluKai will donate around $135,000 in footwear to the Hawaii Lifeguard Association at an event planned for Saturday at one if its retailers, Island Sole. The footwear donation is in addition to an annual donation of around $20,000 that OluKai, which has nearly 2,000 retailers in North ... http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214728251/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Thu, 23 May 2013 19:51:50 -0400 http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214728251/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Turtle Bay Resort on Oahu's North Shore. The "sea-to-table" restaurant replaces the resort's 21 Degrees North restaurant. The opening of Paakai marks the latest development in the ... http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214727646/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Thu, 23 May 2013 19:30:52 -0400 http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214727646/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Delegates to the annual meeting of the Boy Scouts of America made a monumental statement Thursday, voting to allow openly gay youths to join ... http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214726285/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Thu, 23 May 2013 18:43:55 -0400 http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214726285/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 The public is invited to join U.S. Army Garrison-Hawaii and the military community as they honor Army veterans and members of our sister services who gave their lives in service of our ... http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214726391/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Thu, 23 May 2013 18:43:50 -0400 http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214726391/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 MAKAHA, OAHU (HawaiiNewsNow) - CrimeStoppers and the Honolulu Police Department are seeking the public's help in locating May Iwa Brewer who is wanted for Attempted Murder in the Second Degree. On May 19, 2013, shortly after 4:40 p.m., the victim was seated in her vehicle on Farrington Highway in Makaha when she was approached by Brewer. Police say Brewer brandished a handgun, demanded ... http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214726392/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Thu, 23 May 2013 18:41:39 -0400 http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214726392/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Benjamin Feinstein Island Pacific Academy has named Benjamin Feinstein, the schools current director of studies and diploma program coordinator, as the schools new headmaster, effective July 1. Feinstein will succeed founding headmaster Dan White, who is switching roles to become president of the schools nonprofit foundation. White, who co-founded the independent Kapolei school with his wife, ... http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214727282/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Thu, 23 May 2013 18:40:45 -0400 http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214727282/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Biofuels and biomass projects dominate the latest Hawaii Clean Energy Leader list, which ranks the top planned developments that are demonstrating progress in becoming commercial enterprises that have the potential in helping the state reach its goals. The list, which is updated quarterly, is topped by the state Department of Transportation and Hawaiian Electric Co.s 8-megawatt Honolulu Emergency ... http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214725900/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Thu, 23 May 2013 18:30:47 -0400 http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214725900/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Colleen Hanabusa , D-Hawaii, said in a statement. "This is a fitting tribute to Sen. Inouye, whose own strength and determination inspired so many of us." According to Hanabusa's office, the destroyer that will be named for Inouye will be delivered in mid-2018. "The naming of this destroyer appropriately honors his life and dedication to service during Pearl Harbor, World ... http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214725881/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Thu, 23 May 2013 18:18:52 -0400 http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214725881/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Young Brothers Ltd. said Thursday that cargo shipments between Honolulu and Hawaii's Neighbor Islands dropped by 3.9 percent during the first quarter, compared to the same time last year. According to Young Brothers, ports on Maui and the Big Island experienced declines. The largest Neighbor Island port, in Kahului on Maui, was down 5.8 percent and Hilo saw a decline of 6 percent. Shipping ... http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214725880/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Thu, 23 May 2013 18:18:51 -0400 http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214725880/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Drone strikes are a necessary evil, but one that must be used with more temperance as the United States' security situation evolves, President Barack Obama said in a counterterrorism speech ... http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214724850/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:30:09 -0400 http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214724850/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 4min Items taken from Trayvon Martin's cell phone are among new details released Thursday by attorneys for the neighborhood watch volunteer accused of killing him without provocation 14 months ... http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214724942/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:30:07 -0400 http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214724942/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 to the AAA Hawaii Weekend Gas Watch. The Hawaii state average for regular unleaded is $4.36 per gallon, a penny more than last week, the same price as last month and 18 cents less than on this day last ... http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214724943/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:27:37 -0400 http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214724943/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 The Memorial Day weekend kicks off summer and, with no Triple Crown hopes to extend the spring, also kicks off a "second season" of racing. There are important turf races at Churchill Downs, Belmont Park, Hollywood Park and Arlington Park. Some of the nation's top steeds will be on display in the Grade I Met Mile at Belmont. Fillies and mares are in action from coast to coast and ... http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214725548/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:58:28 -0400 http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214725548/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 An Arleigh Burke-class Destroyer scheduled to be delivered to the United States Navy in 2018 will be named after the late Senator Daniel K. Inouye, according to U.S. Representative Colleen Hanabusa. Hanabusa says that Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus called to tell her the news on Thursday. "Secretary Mabus informed me that he had tried to name a ship after Senator while he was still alive, ... http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214723546/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:13:17 -0400 http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214723546/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 (AP Photo/LM Otero). Matthew Ray, 15, of North Richland Hills, Texas, holds signs near where the Boy Scouts of America are holding their annual meeting Wednesday, May 22, 2013, in Grapevine, ... http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214723545/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:13:17 -0400 http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214723545/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 http://is.gd/GbR4yh ) reports that the state Department of Health granted the permit to Sunrise Capital, which is doing business under the name Kauai Clams in Kekaha on ... http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214723752/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:57:48 -0400 http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214723752/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 The AFL is holding coach/referee camps next week in various spots around the country for a crash course on Xs and Os. And the league plans to play an exhibition game in October in Hawaii and then two more preseason games later that month in Beijing and ... http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214723751/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:57:48 -0400 http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214723751/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 After conferring with prosecutors, police detectives have charged a 43-year-old Puna man in connection with a fatal shooting Monday (May 20) in the Nānāwle Estates subdivision. Seon Keoni Aki of Nānāwale Estates was charged at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday (May 22) with second-degree murder, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, ownership prohibited (firearm), ownership prohibited ... http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214723753/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:42:06 -0400 http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214723753/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 President Barack Obama talks about national security, Thursday, May 23, 2013, at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington. Declaring America at a "crossroads" in the fight against terrorism, the president Barack revealed clearer guidelines for the use of deadly drone strikes, including more control by the U.S. military, while leaving key details of the controversial ... http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214721615/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:04:59 -0400 http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214721615/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 President Barack Obama in a major counterterrorism speech Thursday defended the American drone program, saying that despite the controversies around it, the strikes are legal and save ... http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214721896/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:59:39 -0400 http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214721896/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A strong earthquake has shaken an area near the Fijian islands, but it was not strong enough to generate a tsunami threat to Hawaii. The quake was measured at a magnitude 7.4, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Officials say the depth of the quake was too deep to create a tsunami threat. The earthquake happened at 7:19 a.m. HST. Here is a link to ... http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214722020/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:56:55 -0400 http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214722020/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 (AP Photo/Ayako Wada-Katsumata). This image made from video provided by Ayako Wada-Katsumata shows glucose-averse German cockroaches avoiding a dab of jelly, which contains glucose, and favoring the peanut ... http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214722221/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:50:48 -0400 http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214722221/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Steve Case . The combined entity's mission actually sounds quite a lot like Startup America, which is based in D.C. and spawned such programs as the coworking hub 1776, ... http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214721172/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:31:34 -0400 http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214721172/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Oceanic Time Warner Cable expires May 31, and that the cable system will not carry the Fox affiliate's signal after that date unless a new agreement is reached. "We are working hard to reach a new agreement with Oceanic Time Warner Cable," KHON, which is also the Honolulu CW affiliate, said in ... http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214721249/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:31:33 -0400 http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214721249/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 (RNN) - At least a dozen restaurants in the Cleveland area have pledged to give the man who rescued three Ohio women from captivity free burgers for life. Charles Ramsey, the guy who famously stopped eating his Big Mac to rescue Amanda Berry, Gina Dejesus and Michelle Knight, will now receive free burgers for the rest of his life from dozens of Cleveland area ... http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214720387/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:38:53 -0400 http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214720387/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Special Olympics Hawaii to launch a new community giving campaign that will raise money from solar photovoltaic system installations through July ... http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214720388/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:15:13 -0400 http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214720388/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. said Thursday that its real estate subsidiary, A&B Properties Inc., has acquired the Napili Plaza retail center on Maui for $19 million. Honolulu-based Alexander & Baldwin (NYSE: ALEX) said it used $15 million from the proceeds of ... http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214719759/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:15:12 -0400 http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214719759/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 A national nonprofit is cheering Hawaii’s new law that prohibits people from holding cellphones and other portable electronics while driving. Jonathan Adkins from the Governors Highway Safety Association in Washington says Hawaii’s law is tougher than laws in most other states. He says Hawaii is the 11th state to ban hand-held phone use for drivers. The group says the law also puts ... http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214719682/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:07:36 -0400 http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214719682/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 HONOLULU — The head of the U.S. Army in the Pacific says Hawaii's Stryker Brigade needs review. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser (http://is.gd/3TNixP) reports that Lt. Gen. Frank Wiercinski says Hawaii is expected to keep its 22,500-active duty soldiers as the Army downsizes. But, he says, it is time to re-evaluate whether it makes sense to keep Hawaii's Stryker Brigade given the ... http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214718955/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:14:35 -0400 http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214718955/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Pounding rain soaked tornado-ravaged Moore, Oklahoma, on Thursday morning, and winds sent pieces of debris flying, hindering recovery efforts three days after the devastating ... http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214717139/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Thu, 23 May 2013 11:11:35 -0400 http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214717139/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 MOORE, Okla. (KSDK) - An army of volunteers are stepping in to help the victims of the Moore, Oklahoma tornado which flattened the community Monday. Two teams of eight people from the St. Louis-based veterans service organization The Fight Continues are helping the victims. They went door-to-door volunteering to help people dig out from the rubble and start the clean-up process. Many have ... http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214717295/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Thu, 23 May 2013 11:11:29 -0400 http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214717295/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 The torrential showers drenched fields of debris where homes and schools stood before Monday's massive tornado. The National Weather Service warned of wind gusts up to 60 mph, which could send remnants of precious possessions flying through the air -- again. The weather service issued a severe thunderstorm warning for the Oklahoma City area, including Moore, and a flash flood warning as ... http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214714228/scat/6b17ec7a35065289 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:54:24 -0400 http://www.honolulunews.net/index.php/sid/214714228/scat/6b17ec7a35065289