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Monday, February 13, 2012         
UH financial data destroyed in persistent building blaze

Honolulu firefighters spent much of Sunday battling a persistent fire at the University of Hawaii that destroyed payroll and other financial records for the entire 10-campus UH system and led to the evacuation of a nearby apartment building.

Voters strongly favor Hirono

U.S. Rep. Mazie Hirono has a dominant hold in the Demo­cratic primary for U.S. Senate, a new Hawaii Poll shows, opening an early double-digit gap over former Congressman Ed Case.

Ruling on Kawaiaha'o iwi appealed

An opponent of a construction project at Kawaiaha‘o Church is again asking a court to halt work and stop Hono­lulu's oldest church from digging up human burials — the total of which has exceeded 230.

Volleyball: UC Irvine serves up heat

UC Irvine served notice that its power game is one of the nation's best in a decisive 25-17, 25-19, 25-21 volleyball victory over Hawaii at the Stan Sheriff Center on Sunday.

Soulful Adele takes the night's three top Grammy awards

Adele, who captured the world's heart with an album about a broken romance, emerged as the top winner at Sunday's Grammy Awards, winning six trophies including the prestigious trifecta of record, song and album of the year.

Although he has been out of office for 10 years, Ben Cayetano remains a formidable presence in local politics, according to a new Hawaii Poll.  Story »

A 22-year-old Minnesota man recovering from a rare, debilitating and sometimes fatal form of meningitis wants to warn others about the rat lungworm disease he contracted in Hawaii.  Story »

Bank of Hawaii, which has more branches than any bank in the state, is building a 7,000-square-foot branch with a photovoltaic system which is expected to open in mid-June in the Kona Commons Shopping Center.  Story »

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A retired Honolulu Police officer apparently shot his ill wife in Hawaii Kai Sunday and then turned the weapon on himself in what appears to be a murder-suicide, police said. Story »


The Mountain West Conference and Conference USA today announced plans for a new "intercollegiate athletic association that would begin competition in the 2013-14 academic year" that would include the University of Hawaii in the 16-school alignment in football stretching to the Eastern time zone. Story »


The state House Tourism Committee is considering a proposal to allow one stand-alone casino in Waikiki. Story »

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UC Irvine served notice that its power game is one of the nation's best in a decisive 25-17, 25-19, 25-21 volleyball victory over Hawaii at the Stan Sheriff Center on Sunday. Story »

 
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Last year's Legislature backed away from halting the practice of state and county employees booking large amounts of overtime late in their careers to bolster their pensions, as labor unions denied that such a practice exists. Story »

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For the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's production of "To Kill a Mockingbird" last year, the set and costumes had to transport viewers back to 1930, the beginning of the Great Depression. Story »

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Adele, who captured the world's heart with an album about a broken romance, emerged as the top winner at Sunday's Grammy Awards, winning six trophies including the prestigious trifecta of record, song and album of the year. Story »

 
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MOORESVILLE, N.C. » Sixty educators from across the nation roamed the halls and ringed the rooms of East Mooresville Intermediate School, searching for the secret formula. They found it in Erin Holsinger's fifth-grade math class.

MALE, Maldives » For much of the world, the Maldives means idyllic and exclusive beach resorts, a kind of G-rated version of Thailand, but for many of the people who live here it has been no paradise.

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