Friday, January 27, 2012
Isle Marine forces could grow by 1,000
Hawaii's military future could include another Navy cruiser and at least 1,000 more Marines if some forces are removed from Okinawa, the Star-Advertiser has learned.
Kauai tempts Chinese business travelers
Kauai has caught the attention of the Chinese corporate meetings and incentives market in what could turn out to be a boom for the Garden Island economy.
Hawaii filmmaker is fishing for funds to make a shark movie
Selling moviegoers on the idea of an apex predator as a sympathetic character might be hard, but that's exactly what Hawaii filmmaker Paul Atkins wants to do. He views sharks as misunderstood.
Pro Bowl: Jones-Drew returns to Hawaii
Maurice Jones-Drew's first appearance in Hawaii provided a dazzling glimpse of his potential.
Name in the News: Pamela Burns
Pamela Burns, president of the Hawaiian Humane Society, says you don’t have to believe in animal rights to care about animal welfare.
Credit monitoring and fraud restoration services will be provided to about 98,000 University of Hawaii students, alumni, faculty, employees and others potentially affected by five data breaches that occurred from 2009 to 2011, under a settlement reached in a class-action lawsuit. Story »
Jin Din Rou has closed after just under one year of lunch and dinner service at the corner of South King and Kaheka streets. Story »
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Cecilio Rodriguez, once part of the duo known as Cecilio & Kapono, will spend one year in jail after pleading no contest today to sexually molesting two young sisters in Los Angeles 16 years ago. He will report to the Los Angeles County Jail on March 9. Story »
Matson Navigation Co. is boosting its fuel surcharge for shipments between Hawaii and the mainland by five percentage points effective Feb. 26. Story »
- Sports Extras: AFC-NFC Hickam Practice [Part 2]
- Sports Extras: AFC-NFC Hickam Practice [Part 1]
- Sports Extra: Pro Bowl AFC / NFC practice
- Chinese New Year around the world
- Sports Extra: UH Rainbow Warriors vs New Mexico State
- Sports Extra: UH Wahine vs New Mexico State
- OIA Boys Varsity Paddling race
- MMA fight event
- Island Images: ILH basketball, Iolani vs Kamehameha
- Island Images: ILH outrigger canoe paddling
- Sports Extras: Friday Night H.S. Basketball
- Sports Extras: ProElite MMA
- Island Images: Feast for the eyes
- Island Images: Opening of the 2012 Legislature
Ben Vereen is a star because of the immense accomplishments of his youth. His turns on Broadway musicals, in "Hair," "Jesus Christ Superstar" and "Pippin," and television, in "Roots," left an unforgettable impression. Story »
Three longtime members of the Charter School Review Panel — Chairman Carl Takamura, former Chairwoman Ruth Tschumy and Pualani Akaka — resigned Thursday to protest the state Board of Education's reversal of the panel's decisions on converting Laupahoehoe School to a charter school. Story »
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SHANGHAI » Those initiated in the cult of xiao long bao think nothing of traveling thousands of miles across the Pacific in search of the perfect dumpling. It's a pilgrimage of sorts. Something that has to be done at least once, but preferably several times, before you die.
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In the brutal world of online commerce, where a competing product is just a click away, retailers need all the juice they can get to close a sale.
WASHINGTON » Newt Gingrich had an urgent warning for conservatives: Jim Wright, the Democratic speaker of the House, was out to destroy America.
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