Thursday, May 31, 2012
1 more year!
The National Football League has given its embattled Pro Bowl a one-year reprieve for 2013, challenging its players and Hawaii to demonstrate how the 73-year-old all-star game can be made viable for the future.
Chief bars retired firefighters from HQ
A rift between organizations representing firefighters and former firefighters widened Wednesday with Honolulu Fire Chief Kenneth Silva joining the finger-pointing.
Bed Bath & Beyond coming to Ward Centre
Bed Bath & Beyond will open its second Oahu location at Ward Centre, in the former Borders Books & Music space on the Diamond Head end of the complex this fall.
Honolulu's improving jobless rate is outmatched by other U.S. cities
Honolulu's job market is improving, but at a slower pace than in the best-performing mainland cities, according to a report released Wednesday.
Keepin' it Kasual
When promoter Robin Kimura presented "The '70s Nightclub Reunion IX" last summer, he announced the popular music series was coming to an end.
State Democrats have authorized the party to file a legal challenge to prevent Laura Thielen, a director of the state Department of Land and Natural Resources under former Gov. Linda Lingle, from running for the state Senate as a Democrat.
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Honolulu's job market is improving, but at a slower pace than in the best-performing mainland cities, according to a report released Wednesday.
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GREENSBORO, N.C. >> Former presidential candidate John Edwards was found not guilty on one of six campaign fraud charges Thursday, and the jury could not reach a verdict on the other counts, leading the judge to declare a mistrial on them. Story »
Visitors to Hawaii set a new spending record for April this year, pumping $1.17 billion into Hawaii's economy last month, according to statistics released by the Hawaii Tourism Authority today. Story »
- Island Images: Windward brush fire
- Memorial Day Lantern Floating Hawaii ceremony [Part 2]
- Memorial Day Lantern Floating Hawaii ceremony [Part 1]
- Island Images: May 2012 [Part 3]
- Memorial Day at the Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery
- Island Images: Memorial Day at Punchbowl, May 28, 2012
- Island Images: Arizona Memorial 50th Anniversary Commemoration
- Island Images: 24th Annual Memorial Day Commemoration
- Island Images: Marines remember
- American Idol Finale Show
- Island Images: Rush-hour traffic, May 22, 2012
- Island Images: The Maori King visit
- Remembering Robin Gibb
- Ring of Fire Eclipse
Two brush fires that disrupted traffic at opposite ends of Kailua this week appear to have been set, Fire Department investigators determined.
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The afternoon before the Quick Draw, the final event of last year's inaugural Kauai Plein Air Invitational, Oahu artist Susie Anderson and her husband drove to the Kalalau Lookout, a scenic spot they hadn't visited in 30 years. Story »
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DAYTON, Ohio >> As cities like this one try to reinvent themselves after losing large swaths of their manufacturing sectors, they are discovering that one of the most critical ingredients for a successful transformation — college graduates — is in perilously short supply.
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