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Medical marijuana primed for overhaul

Two bills approved this year by the Legislature are Hawaii's first steps toward handling medical marijuana as a health issue rather than a law enforcement problem.

Mayor tells Council to shrink spending or raise taxes, fares

Mayor Kirk Caldwell has warned the City Council that it will need to cut spending or raise either property taxes or bus fares to balance the city's $2.09 billion operating budget.

South swell brings dangers

Lifeguards at Sandy Beach Park on Saturday evening watched in horror as a group of five men — who had been warned away repeatedly — gathered near the Halona Blowhole and narrowly escaped being swept to sea.

TheBuzz: Shoe addict to kick habit, sell off her retail business

June Mulhall was a shoe addict who turned her passion into a business and has enabled untold numbers of other shoe addicts for 33 years.

Bankruptcy bidding will decide fate of isle microbrews

The fate of two of Hawaii’s oldest microbrew beer brands — whether they continue to be made and where — could be decided today at a U.S. Bankruptcy Court auction in Honolulu.

Extermination pros offer tips to ward off termites

It's termite-swarming season again, and if your neighbor's tented home isn't enough of a reminder, those clouds of critters gathered around outdoor lights at night should scare you to be on the lookout for evidence of the voracious, wood-eating pests.

Golf: Yamauchi wins Jennie K.

Nicole Sakamoto has a Jennie K. Wilson Invitational title. By the looks of tiny Hina Arakaki's huge golf game, she will probably get one — maybe before she leaves junior high.

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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 »

Craig T. Kojima / ckojima@staradvertiser.comGov. Neil Abercrombie, center, signed two traffic bills into law Monday. Present for the signing were David Manning, left, administrator for the National Highway Transportation Administration, state Transportation Deputy Director Jadine Urasaki and Honolulu police Capt. Darren Izumo. 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.  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 »
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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. 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 »
 
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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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