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Ordnance discovered at Hapuna Beach
A portion of Hapuna Beach State Park in West Hawai`i was temporarily closed after a diver found a bomb-like object in waters offshore Friday morning and took it to a park concession area. Police and state conservation officers evacuated the area and set up a safety perimeter around the object, which was described as long, cylindrical, with a tail assembly totaling about 12 fins. It also appeared ...
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Fire burns four acres in Waimanu Valley
Department of Forestry and Wildlife personnel are back on scene in Waimanu Valley today, where a Sunday brushfire consumed four acres. County Fire and volunteer units along with forestry personnel responded to an 8:44 a.m. alarm to find smoke visible from the Waipio Valley Lookout, which revealed a two acre fire under the forest canopy. Fire units used water drops to reduce the size of the fire ...
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Ainalako Road home destroyed by fire
Fire investigators are trying to determine what caused Saturday evenings fire that destroyed a dwelling in Waiakea-Uka. Fire units arrived on scene nine minutes after receiving an 8:45 p.m. alarm to find the single story wooden structure on Ainalako Road fully engulfed in flames, which were spreading to nearby trees and heavy brush. No one was injured in the blaze, which was finally extinguished ...
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U.S. Russia still dont agree on Syria
But "all of us have the intention to stop the violence in Syria and to solve this situation peacefully," Putin said Monday after a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama at the Group of Eight Summit in Northern ...
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Man gets 20 years for Waikiki gas station scheme
HONOLULU -; A man extradited to Hawaii from California was sentenced Monday to 20 years in prison for his role in stealing credit card information at Waikiki gas ...
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Law passed to help Hawaiis beekeepers
Governor Neil Abercrombie signed Senate Bill 482 into law Monday, which exempts small-scale home-based honey producers from certain requirements, in an effort to "ensure the continued viability of honeybee ...
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Gas station credit card skimmer given maximum sentence
Sentences began being delivered Monday to two California men convicted of using credit card skimming devices to steal from hundreds at Honolulu gas ...
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Honolulu flight to SFO turns around after problem
HONOLULU (AP) -- The Federal Aviation Administration says a United Airlines flight bound for San Francisco from Honolulu turned around because of an unspecified electrical ...
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Schatz endorsed by HGEA
The states largest public-sector labor union has endorsed U.S. Senator Brian Schatz over Congresswoman Colleen Hanabusa in next years Democratic U.S. Senate primary. Executive Director Randy Perreira said the unions board meeting on Maui, agreed unanimously on Friday to support Schatz after previously interviewing both candidates. Perreira said the union believes both candidates are equally ...
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Hilo woman charged in crime spree
A 24-year old Hilo woman has been charged with eight property crimes, including three counts of burglary following last Wednesdays arrest on an outstanding bench warrant. Police say Suzy Chun was responsible for a series of early May break-ins in Pana`ewa Farm Lots, Upper Waiākea and Laupāhoehoe, where items including jewelry, computer laptops and gaming systems worth more than $10,000 were ...
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Guilty verdict in classified Cambodia papers case brief
HONOLULU (AP) A military jury has convicted a Hawai`i-based Army officer of unauthorized possession of classified documents and giving a document with classified assessments of Cambodia to a person not entitled to have it.A panel of seven Army officers returned the verdict Friday in the court martial of Maj. Seivirak Inson.The jurors also convicted Inson of possessing a U.S. Pacific Command ...
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Hawaii governor to sign bill supporting beekeeping
HONOLULU (AP) Gov. Neil Abercrombie plans to sign legislation aimed at encouraging and supporting Hawaii beekeepers.A bill signing for the measure will be held at the governor's office on Monday.The legislation exempts home-based agricultural honey producers from a requirement that they process honey in a certified honey house and obtain a permit.The exemption is limited to producers ...
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Tweet is now officially a word in the Oxford English Dictionary
The Oxford English Dictionary (OED), which considers itself the definitive record of acceptable English words, has just formalized its status as a legitimate noun and verb in relation to social media site ...
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NSA leaker This country is worth dying for
Edward Snowden, the source of NSA leaks on PRISM and other American surveillance programs, gave answers for nearly two hours in a live online chat ...
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Search for Jimmy Hoffa continues
OAKLAND TOWNSHIP, MI (WDIV/CNN) - There's another potential clue in the search for missing Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa. FBI agents on Monday searched a Michigan field - north of Detroit- for his remains. "The FBI and our partners are here this morning to execute a search warrant based on information that we have involving the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa. Because this investigation is ...
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Survivors sue StarKist parent firm over drowning
HAGATNA, Guam (AP) -- The parent company of StarKist Tuna is being sued by the family of a man who drowned aboard a company fishing boat three years ...
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Hawaii warns of possible syphilis outbreak
KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii (AP) Hawaii health officials are warning the public about a possible outbreak of a sexually transmitted disease on the Big Island.The state Department of Health is investigating five cases of syphilis reported over the past five months, primarily on the Big Island.The health department said Wednesday that while most of the cases were reported in men who have sex with men in ...
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Proposed restaurant worries small Maui town
WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) Merchants in a small town on the northern coast of Maui say they have misgivings about the arrival of a restaurant owned in part by veteran rock 'n' roller Gene Simmons.Partners in the venture, a Rock & Brews restaurant and bar, say it will not be blasting Kiss music in Paia (pah-EE'-yah).Paia Merchants Association director Rose Potter tells ...
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Early morning water line break closes Pearl City street
A soggy morning for Pearl City residents and a busy start for Board of Water Supply (BWS) crews after a service line break in Pearl City will require repairs lasting most of ...
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Military plans would put women in most combat jobs
Firefighters are getting a better handle on the most destructive wildfire ever in Colorado, but they're still struggling against hot spots that could threaten homes that have been spared by the massive ...
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Guardian Snowden wont return voluntarily to US
View Photo Associated Press/The Guardian, File - FILE - This June 9, 2013 photo provided by The Guardian newspaper in London shows Edward Snowden, who worked as a contract employee at the U.S. National Security ...
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Alaska receives donation for debris removal
Environmental Conservation Commissioner Larry Hartig said in a release that the donation is a symbol of the "deep friendship" between the U.S. and Japan. He said it will be put to good use cleaning Alaska's ...
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Poll Obama approval falls amid controversies
President Barack Obama's approval rating dropped 8 percentage points over the past month, to 45 percent, the president's lowest rating in more than a year and a half, according to a new national ...
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Fatal crash sparks debate about truck bed riders
http://bit.ly/15cXYvZ ) reports the early Saturday morning crash near Makua cave involved a pickup carrying at least 12 people, including five in the ...
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Snowden claims Obama did not fulfill promises
online live on Monday to declare the truth would come out even if he is jailed or killed, and said President Barack Obama did not fulfill his promises and expanded several "abusive" national security ...
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Honolulu to finally have a family justice centre
The Justice Department of Honolulu has announced to Honolulu news media that most of the funding for a family justice centre has now been secured, and it hoped the centre will act as a comprehensive facility to meet all the needs of victims fleeing the physical and psychological effects of domestic violence.
The plans for a center aimed at family justice was announced by city prosecutor Peter Carlisle who said funds of $400,000 had been secured through federal grants for the planning of the center, the training of staff as well as rent and equipment. Read more
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