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Murder suspect who fled custody pleas guilty to escape
The state Department of Public Safety Director Ted Sakai held an internal, top-to-bottom procedural review of last week's escape incident to see what went wrong and work on ways to improve security during ...
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Shark bite victim recovering after Tuesday attack
28-year-old James Kerrigan says he was having a great day swimming with his fiancee at Kekaha Kai State Park Tuesday afternoon when a shark bit him on his ...
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Father who ran over son sentenced to 3-months in jail
A murder suspect who escaped from custody from Department of Public Safety officers in February plead guilty to charges relating to that ...
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TMZ Sopranos Actor James Gandolfini Dead
The celebrity website TMZ reports that James Gandolfini, best known for his role as Tony Soprano on "The Sopranos", died earlier today in Italy.The website says Gandolfini is believed to have suffered a heart attack. He was 51 years old. Gandolfini was in Italy to attend the 59th Taormina Film Festival in Sicily and he was scheduled to participate in a festival event this weekend. ...
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Kona shark attack victim talks about painful encounter
KAILUA-KONA, HAWAII (HawaiiNewsNow) - Kailua-Kona resident James Kerrigan said he never saw the shark that chomped down on his right leg Tuesday then immediately swam away. "It bit me. It was a quick bite. It thrashed around a little bit. And then, boom! Gone," he told Hawaii News Now by telephone. Kerrigan, 28, was swimming with his fiance off Mahaiula Beach in North Kona. They ...
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Mystery woman listed on veterans headstone
DENVER (KUSA/CNN) - A military widow wants to know why another woman's name is engraved on her husband's headstone. She discovered the mistake while visiting his grave at Fort Logan Cemetery in Denver. "I used to come out here and I always talked to him," widow Edna Fielden said. Air Force Master Sergeant Billy Fielden was buried at Ft. Logan cemetery 25 years ago. ...
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Survey gives poor marks to Hawaii teacher programs
HONOLULU (AP) -- A national survey of teacher-training programs that gives poor marks to the University of Hawaii and Chaminade University is drawing ...
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West Hawaii men charged with sex crimes
KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii (AP) Two west Hawaii men have been indicted on sex crime charges in separate cases.West Hawaii Today reports a grand jury last week indicted Alfred Kamaka III of Kailua-Kona on 10 felony sexual assault counts and one count of misdemeanor endangering the welfare of a minor.The indictment says the victim was born in 1997, making her about 15 when prosecutors say she was ...
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Shark attack closes Kona beach park
The Mahaiula and Kua Bay sections of Kekaha Kai State Park, also known as Kona Coast State Park in Kona were closed Tuesday afternoon following a reported shark attack. A 28-year old man said he was about 100 yards out swimming to shore at Mahaiula Beach shortly before 1:00 p.m. when he spotted a shark, which bit him on the right thigh and right calf before releasing him. The swimmer made it so ...
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Stars spank East Bay in series opener
The heavy lumber came out last night at Wong Stadium. But it wasnt swung by the East Bay Lumberjacks. It was the Hawai`i Stars who unleashed a 14-hit attack enroute to a 13-3 victory over the visitors in the opener of their three game Pacific Association Baseball series. Game two will be played tonight. First pitch is at 5:30 ...
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Big Island mayor vacationing with family in Japan
HILO, Hawaii (AP) Hawai`i County Mayor Billy Kenoi is in Japan for a family vacation. He left Monday for Kagoshima, Japan to help celebrate the 90th birthday of his wife's grandmother.Managing Director Wally Lau is acting mayor until Kenoi returns.Kenoi will return to work on June ...
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Waimanu Valley Fire nearly under control
Forestry and Wildlife firefighters from the Department of Land and Natural Resources say theyve made significant progress in getting control of a slow-burning forest fire in remote Waimanu Valley. A crew of 17 has worked since Sunday to construct a hand line to contain the fire, which had been smoldering under the forest canopy. The fire, which has burned about two acres along the Muliwai trail ...
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Father sentenced in traffic accident death of son
KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii (AP) A Kailua-Kona man who ran over and killed his 3-year-old son with a pickup has been sentenced to three months in jail.West Hawaii Today reports 38-year-old Pedro Johanes Peter also was ordered to pay $1,161 in fines and fees, complete a parenting class, and perform community service by giving presentations on the proper use of child passenger restraints.Peter in a plea ...
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Partners to restore historic Hawai`i path
KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii (AP) The National Park Service with the help of state and local partners will spend the summer restoring a historic Hawai`i path. Work will begin in about two weeks on Kiholo-Puako Trail, known as the "King's Trail."The western Hawai`i Island trail is part of the 175-mile Ala Kahakai, or "trail by the sea." The trail linked communities, temples ...
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Salvage crew drops crashed plane into ocean off Maui
cause of the problem. To Maui now where a small plane made an emergency landing last night. Investigators are just beginning to piece together what happened.. The FAA says the pilot of the Piper Cherokee declared a mayday about 5:40 last night when he was three to four miles from Kahului Airport. He reported he had engine problems. He landed the plane among nau paka bushes and other shrubs in an ...
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Hawaiian Electric eyeing new solar wind projects
HONOLULU (AP) -- Hawaiian Electric Co. is asking the Public Utilities Commission for the authority to negotiate five new solar and wind energy power ...
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Video Man attacked by giant shark in Hawaii
Eyewitness Edward Dalton describes what he saw as a 28-year-old man was attacked by a 12- to14-ft shark in Kekaha Kai Sate Park in Hawaii. Dalton said the shark launched into the air before coming down on the unnamed victim, who is hospitalized with non-life threatening ...
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Thousands of tea party activists rip IRS at rally
Thousands of tea party activists gathered Wednesday outside the Capitol in loud protest of the Internal Revenue Service, seeking to keep the beleaguered agency's scandal afloat nearly six weeks after the news first ...
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Abercrombie expects to make few vetoes
HONOLULU (AP) -- Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie is reviewing about 200 bills passed by the legislature and says his list of possible vetoes is likely to be ...
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Civil Defense testing emergency sirens near Sacred Falls
State Civil Defense will be testing their emergency siren system near Kahana Valley and Sacred Falls on Oahu's northern Windward Coast Wednesday morning until ...
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DOT alters H-1 repair schedule delays still possible
The Department of Transportation has revised its H-1 roadwork repair schedule this week after a traffic mess Tuesday, but conditions could still be ...
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Hawaiian Airlines to open Taipei to Honolulu flights
TAIPEI -- Hawaiian Airlines will start offering non-stop services from Taipei to Honolulu from July to cash in on increased passenger numbers since the U.S. began extending visa-free treatment to Taiwanese nationals, the company said ...
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No tapering Federal Reserve to continue stimulus
The Federal Reserve gave no indication Wednesday that it plans to scale back its purchases of bonds and other assets, as it continues its efforts to boost the U.S. ...
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Hundreds promote learn model for community-service based learning
"In design thinking you learn a new way of solving problems. One of the big differences is that sometimes we're problem solvers not problem finders," said Maureen Carrol, founder of Lime Designs, which teaches Design ...
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Honolulu mayor to ride bike talk transportation
HONOLULU (AP) - Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell is going for a bike ride. Caldwell plans to ride a bicycle through the Moiliili, downtown and Kakaako neighborhoods on Wednesday. City, state and federal officials will join him along with bicycling advocates. The group will ride along King and Beretania streets as well as Richards and Halekauwila streets. They'll stop at the site of the ...
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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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