LOCAL

» Visitors to Hawaii spent $1.3 billion in December, boosting 2011 spending to $12.58 billion, its second-highest level ever, the Hawaii Tourism Authority said Monday.

» United Airlines said Tuesday it will begin nonstop service between Honolulu and Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C., on June 7.

» A bill before the City Council would double parking fees around many public parks, to $1 an hour, and impose the fee 24 hours a day instead of the current daytime period.

» Kauai County Mayor Bernard Carvaho Jr. said he placed Police Chief Darryl Perry and two assistant chiefs on leave last week in response to an unspecified "employee-generated complaint."

» Ten Occupy Honolulu protesters re-established a tent encampment on the Thomas Square sidewalk Thursday night, hours after city officials removed tents and other belongings of the group and warned them to keep personal items off the sidewalk.

» Norm Chow’s first recruiting class for the University of Hawaii football team yielded 19 players Wednesday, including Star-Advertiser Top 10 recruits Steven Lakalaka, a running back from Punahou, and Kiha Sai, an offensive lineman from Kamehameha.

» Two visitors from Palm Springs, Calif., were injured Jan. 29 when they were dragged about 1,000 feet in the ocean during a tandem parasailing ride off Kewalo Basin. One of the men died Friday of his injuries.

» A&B Properties said Friday it will build a high-rise condominium at the site of the former CompUSA store on Ala Moana Boulevard.

MAINLAND

» Mitt Romney sought to seize the upper hand in the Republican presidential race after his 14-point triumph Tuesday in Florida, assailing rival Newt Gingrich as not a "pure conservative." Romney continued his push with a victory in Saturday’s Nevada caucuses.

» A Los Angeles-area teacher accused last week of committing lewd acts against nearly two dozen schoolchildren was the target of a police investigation 18 years ago, authorities said Thursday. Miramonte Elementary School in South Los Angeles was dealt another blow Friday after authorities arrested a second teacher accused of lewd acts with students.

» Even as the Obama administration says it is close to defeating al-Qaida, the size of the government’s secret list of suspected terrorists who are banned from flying to or within the United States has more than doubled in the past year, to about 21,000 from about 10,000, according to government figures.

» The Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast cancer charity announced plans to cut funding to Planned Parenthood last week, then abandoned those plans amid a public furor.

WORLD

» Bloodshed continued to roil Egypt following a melee after a soccer game Wednesday in Port Said in which 74 people died, raising questions about the country’s security.

» Iran’s supreme leader lashed out at the United States in a defiant speech Friday, vowing to retaliate against oil sanctions and threats of war over Iran’s nuclear program.

THIS WEEK, FEB. 5-11

Local

» Tuesday: The state Board of Education will discuss proposed policies on performance-based pay, teacher and principal performance evaluations, the Department of Education’s 2011-18 strategic plan and other topics, 1:30 p.m., Hawaii State Library.

» Wednesday: The Honolulu Board of Water Supply is offering "brown bag tours" of the Halawa Xeriscape Garden each Wednesday, noon to 12:45 p.m., 99-1268 Iwaena St.

» Wednesday and Thursday: Community meetings on the settlement proposal between the state and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs over disputed ceded lands claims, 6:30 to 8 p.m., Stevenson Middle School (Wednesday) and Waimanalo Ka Hooilina na Kuhio Community Center, 41-253 Ilauhole St. (Thursday).

» Friday: The state Department of Land and Natural Resources will discuss a $100,000 federal grant to improve the online boat registration system, permitting for Kewalo Basin improvements and other items, 9 a.m., Kalanimoku Building, room 132, 1151 Punchbowl St.