Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Flu season sees late surge
Hawaii's flu season appears to be peaking now, several months later than normal.
Activist, state crew clean up majority of Styrofoam debris
A state work crew on Monday began picking up large and tiny remnants of a floating dock system that washed ashore at Kalaeloa last weekend and turned a leaf blower into a vacuum cleaner to collect the smallest bits of Styrofoam from endangered plants and tide pools.
Green energy firm will sell power to Hawaii isle utility
A renewable energy company that plans to burn locally grown eucalyptus trees to generate 10 percent of the Big Island's electricity needs signed an agreement Monday to sell the power to Hawaii Electric Light Co.
'Golf ball' back after 2 months at sea
The Missile Defense Agency's 280-foot-tall Sea-Based X-Band Radar returned to Ford Island on Monday after being at sea during North Korea's failed April 13 rocket test.
Summer's hot looks
Seasoned travelers have long extolled the wisdom of dressing in layers for protection from the elements in cold weather.
Game of the Day: Ka‘aihue leads A’s to victory
OAKLAND, Calif. >> Albert Pujols and the Los Angeles Angels will outspend the Oakland Athletics any day.
New parking meters that accept credit and debit cards along with coins will be installed next month around the Civic Center, part of a pilot project to replace all meters on Oahu with the technology. Story »
Mokulele Airlines is expanding its interisland operations by returning service between Honolulu and Kapalua Airport in West Maui for the first time in three years. Story »
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Police shot and killed a suspected car thief in the parking lot of a Maui resort, and a second suspect remains at large. Story »
Honolulu, a vacation draw for its beaches and weather, was the most congested U.S. city in 2011, dethroning Los Angeles, an Inrix Inc. study found. Story »
- Island Images: The Maori King visit
- Remembering Robin Gibb
- Ring of Fire Eclipse
- Island Images: Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor
- Island Images: May 2012 [Part 2]
- Island Images: Baseball, Hawaii vs Nevada [Part 2]
- Island Images: The New Baby Expo
- Sports Extra: Baseball, Hawaii vs. Nevada
- Marines Return
- Graduation signs
- Island Images: USS Carl Vinson, May 15, 2012
- Page One Collection: May 2012 [Part 2]
- HPD Police Week Memorial Service, May 14, 2012
- Chaminade commencement
May 14, 2012, Blaisdell Arena
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After nearly three weeks on the road, there was some relief in returning home. Even so, arriving back on the University of Hawaii campus on Monday "was kind of bittersweet," Rainbow Wahine shortstop Jessica Iwata said. Story »
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There is John Wayne's vintage '53 Corvette. There are also James Dean's '49 Mercury, Elvis's '73 Cadillac and Jack Benny's famed Maxwell, at home in Reno, Nev., at the National Automobile Museum, known familiarly as the Harrah Collection. Story »
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Seasoned travelers have long extolled the wisdom of dressing in layers for protection from the elements in cold weather. Story »
A group of prominent addiction doctors has mounted a quiet legal campaign on behalf of Cameron Douglas, the troubled son of the actor Michael Douglas, in hopes of finding a sympathetic ear for their view that drug addiction is best handled with more treatment, not more prison time.
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