http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/apnews RSS Feed for AP News en-us Fri, 05 Oct 2012 17:50:39 GMT http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/apnews/20121005_new_naval_destroyer_named_for_slain_oahu-based_seal.html CALVERTON, N.Y. » The Navy’s newest warship will not be named for a former president, member of Congress or some historic figure from the past. http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/apnews/20120829_successful_documentarys_thesis_looks_iffy.html WASHINGTON » "2016: Obama's America," a new film exploring the roots of President Barack Obama's political views, took in $6.2 million to make it one of the highest-grossing movies of last weekend. The film, written and narrated by conservative scholar Dinesh D'Souza, argues that Obama was heavily influenced by the "anti-colonial" beliefs of his father, Barack Obama Sr., a Kenyan academic who was largely absent from the president's life. http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/apnews/20110917_plane_slams_into_crowd_dozens_hurt.html RENO, Nev. >> The death toll rose to nine Saturday in an air race crash in Reno as investigators determined that several spectators were killed on impact as the 1940s-model plane appeared to lose a piece of its tail before slamming like a missile into a crowded tarmac.. http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/apnews/20110917_long-lost_super_bowl_ring_returning_to_its_rightful_owner.html A Super Bowl ring lost four decades ago off Waikiki will soon be returned to former New York Jets center John Schmitt. http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/apnews/20110917_stair_project_to_close_makapuu_lookout.html The state is planning to close the summit lookout overlooking Makapuu Lighthouse in East Oahu for a few days next week while it builds a new stairway in the area. http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/apnews/20110913_former_maui_policeman_heading_to_federal_prison.html A federal judge sentenced a former Maui police officer to a year and a half in prison Monday for extorting sex from a woman shortly after she was released from jail and stealing about $1,500 from a driver during a traffic stop. http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/apnews/20101222_Young_families_tend_to_ditch_the_land_line.html WASHINGTON » In a first for any age group, more than half of Americans age 25-29 live in households with cell phones but no traditional land-line telephones. http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/apnews/20101217_Birther_colonel_sentenced_to_6_months_in_jail_dismissal.html An Army doctor who disobeyed orders to deploy to Afghanistan because he questioned President Barack Obama's eligibility to be commander in chief was sentenced by a jury yesterday to six months in a military prison and dismissal from the Army. http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/apnews/20101029_Japanese_ship_stops_test_missile_off_Kauai.html A Japanese naval destroyer shot down a ballistic missile in a test yesterday off Kauai. http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/apnews/20101029_40000_UH_students_data_posted_online.html The Social Security numbers, grades and other personal information of more than 40,000 former University of Hawaii students were posted online for nearly a year before being removed this week.