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Stangel eludes harshest penalty for slaying driver, trying to kill more

Convicted killer Toby Stangel dodged the prospect of spending the rest of his life behind bars for the second time in four days when the same state jury that found him guilty of killing one motorist and attempting to kill two others was not able to reach verdicts on the sentences for those charges Monday in the penalty phase of his trial.

Law bans driver's use of cellphone

Everyone riding in an automobile in Hawaii must now use a seat belt, under one of two traffic safety bills Gov. Neil Abercrombie signed into law Monday.

Man's lifesaving co-workers honored at Honolulu Hale

An automated external defibrillator — and school employees trained to use it — saved the life of veteran Kaimuki High School security guard Kawika Chung, whose heart stopped when he suffered a cardiac arrest while he was in Vice Principal Kevin Yuen's office on Feb. 21.

Auction for brewery halted as new suitor emerges

A late effort to buy Hawai'i Nui Brewing LLC, the bankrupt Hilo microbrewery, postponed a court auction Monday and has set up a potential bidding contest between a former Hawai'i Nui partner and a rival beer producer in Honolulu.

Hawaiian-style hoopla

Never doubt the resolve of true fans, especially if there's a chance of meeting a favorite celebrity and being seen on national television at the same time.

Golf: Galdiano headed back to Open

Older, wiser and all of 14, Mariel Galdiano qualified for her second U.S. Women's Open on Monday.

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Hawaii's public schools will be allowed to ignore parts of the federal No Child Left Behind law in favor of a state-developed accountability system, under a waiver granted Monday by the U.S. Department of Education.  Story »

A vacationing U.S. Border Patrol agent died Sunday attempting to save a woman in distress in a pool at Waimea Falls.  Story »

This aerial photo shows the remains of homes hit by a massive tornado in Moore, Okla., Monday May 20, 2013. A tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school. (AP Photo/Steve Gooch) MOORE, Okla. » Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin spoke directly to citizens in her devastated state Monday night, saying "we are looking under every single piece of debris" for the missing after a massive tornado tore across parts of Oklahoma City and its suburbs.  Story »

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Pogi Tevaga of Tihati Productions teaches "Today" co-hosts Matt Lauer, Savannah Guthrie and Natalie Morales a bit of Hawaiian culture on Waikiki Beach during the show's broadcast live Monday from the beach fronting the Royal Hawaiian Hotel.
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The early hour doesn’t damper fans’ enthusiasm at the oceanside filming of “Today”
Never doubt the resolve of true fans, especially if there's a chance of meeting a favorite celebrity and being seen on national television at the same time.  Story »


MOORE, Okla. >> Search-and-rescue crews worked through the night after a monstrous tornado barreled through the Oklahoma City suburbs, demolishing an elementary school and reducing homes to piles of splintered wood. At least 24 people were killed, including at least seven children, and those numbers were expected to climb. Story »


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The owner of Ward Centers is expected to unveil new details today about its first three residential high-rises slated to break ground next year as the initial piece of a long-term plan calling for 22 towers. Story »

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 Galdiano headed back to Open
Older, wiser and all of 14, Mariel Galdiano qualified for her second U.S. Women's Open on Monday.  Story »
 
Manti Te’o isn’t hiding out. He’s just not talking to the media. Story »

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 Coffee farms among highlights of Maui ag tours
When Marilyn Jansen Lopes and her husband, Ricky, bought a used eight-passenger van at an auction in 2009, they intended to use it as an RV for camping and cruising. Little did they know it would inspire a business that draws people from all over the world. Story »
 
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Associated Press
The wheels of justice move slowly sometimes, but not, apparently, as slowly as Webster's New World Dictionary. Slang has always been a challenge for the courts in cases that involve vulgar or insulting language. Conventional dictionaries lag the spoken word by design.

TUCSON, Ariz. » In the Pima County Medical Examiner's Office here — repository of the nation's largest collection of missing-person reports for immigrants who vanished crossing the United States-Mexico border — 774 sets of remains awaited identification in mid-May, stored in musty body bags coated in dust.

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When people refer to a prisoner or criminal suspect as being "in custody," the term generally conveys the notion that government controls that person's movements.  Story »

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