Friday, May 24, 2013
Critics doubtful of DHHL promises
Despite the director's pledges to make tangible progress within six months on proposed changes, critics remained skeptical that recommendations contained in a recent audit of the state Department of Hawaiian Home Lands will lead to any meaningful reform in an agency long plagued with management and oversight problems.
Vegas man admits to Ponzi scheme
Michael Lew said he hopes a former state House candidate gets the maximum prison term for taking $1.4 million from him and other investors in a nightclub and promotion company that turned out to be nonexistent.
Memorial Day ceremonies generate call for flower lei
Pfc. John Rupert Rowe, a 26-year-old soldier from Oahu, was killed on the battlefield at Chery-Chartreuse, France, on July 31, 1918 — the first Hawaii resident to fall in combat in World War I.
Isle Sizzler restaurants get new name and menu
Hawaii's four Sizzler restaurants have been re-branded to settle a dispute between the local operator of the eateries and franchisor Sizzler USA.
Further Review: Williams has been Angels' most reliable pitcher
Jerome Williams has no reason to be in awe of all the big-name, high-priced players around him in the Los Angeles Angels clubhouse. After all, 10 years ago when he broke into the majors his locker was next to that of Barry Bonds.
Name in the News: Jun Yang
It's only been a few years since the city ended its hiatus from any housing agenda, an interval that lasted about two decades. Talk about your deferred maintenance.
TGIF: Of Montreal's creator opens up to collaboration
It's been a little more than seven years since Kevin Barnes and his flamboyant musical project Of Montreal first performed in Honolulu, when he and his band did two nights at a now-defunct Chinatown venue.
Hawaii spearfisher Kimi Werner experienced a rare encounter in the ocean off Mexico: swimming hand in fin with one of the world's most feared creatures, a great white shark. Story »
Don’t throw away your prom photos, or high school yearbooks, for that matter. You never know what may become of your schoolmates, prom dates or prom date’s best buddy. Story »
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Total wreck 
Nine people, including five children, were displaced when a fire destroyed a Kaneohe home this morning. Story »
Military personnel at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam captured a small snake Thursday afternoon in a maintenance bay near the airfield and turned it over to the state Department of Agriculture. Story »
The packaging is so funny you might not notice that Filthy Farmgirl soaps, lotions and lip balms are made in Hawaii. Story »
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- Kimi "shark rider" Werner
- Robotic arm
- Island Images: May 2013 [part 3]
- Tornado hits Oklahoma
- 'Today' show shoots in Waikiki
- Photo Gallery: Baseball: Hawaii vs UC-Davis
- Photo Gallery: New City Nissan's Goodwill Softball Classic
- Job Fair at Blaisdell, May 15
- From Mom's house to the motherland
- Photo Gallery: Mid-Pac baseball, May 14, 2013
- Thomas Square community forum, May 13
- Capt. Reid Nishizuka memorial, May 13
- Island Images: May 2013 [part 2]
It's been a little more than seven years since Kevin Barnes and his flamboyant musical project Of Montreal first performed in Honolulu, when he and his band did two nights at a now-defunct Chinatown venue. Story »
NEW YORK » When Chelsea Clinton wanted to make a low-key visit to the hurricane-stricken Rockaways last fall, she arranged to take a trip with her close friend Huma Abedin, a longtime aide to Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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