By Richard Borreca The U.S. Senate campaign between Democrats U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa and U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz is picking up with the weekend announcement that Hawaii's biggest union, the Hawaii Government Employees Association, backed Schatz.

By Mark Coleman Jim Howe had three career choices not long after returning to Hawaii with a bachelor's degree in econometrics from the University of California at Santa Barbara and spending a couple years working for Hyatt Hotels: Manage the dining room at the Waialae Country Club, work for First Federal Savings & Loan as its "IRA/Keogh guy," or become a lifeguard.

Every Sunday, “Back in the Day” looks at an article that ran on this date in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin. The items are verbatim, so don’t blame us today for yesteryear’s bad grammar.

Na Kala Ka 'Awa Laua 'o Makana Reilly Synopsis: What can be done to solve the stray cat problem at University of Hawaii at Manoa, and how can we get UH itself to take steps to solve this problem?

By Cynthia Oi That the fellow who leaked details of now-not-so-secret government surveillance programs lived in Waipahu and worked downtown brought heightened attention in the islands to the revelations.