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City Prosecutor Peter Carlisle yesterday said his office will not file misdemeanor criminal charges related to the state's bungled award of an $8.7 million energy fund management contract in 2006. More »
Brandi Crab said she was about to call work yesterday morning to say she was running late, but stopped short when she remembered the city's new cell phone ban had just taken effect. More »
Sandy Xu's resume is already four pages long, though she just graduated from high school. Among her many achievements — National Merit Semifinalist, National Council of Teachers of English Achievement Award in Writing, National Honor Society — is a description of a summer job that hints at her philosophy of work. More »
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Convicted murderer Darnell Griffin stood and spoke to family members of his victim, Evelyn Luka, yesterday in court before he was sentenced for her murder. Luka's brother, Maj. James Morimoto, is in the gallery, at left. More »
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- Brushfire reported behind Waialua High School
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State Senate President Colleen Hanabusa has urged Gov. Linda Lingle to consider alternatives to her furlough plans, including a 5 percent across-the-board pay cut for state workers or one furlough day a month for the next two years, instead of three days. More »
Gov. Linda Lingle's veto yesterday of a bill that would apply the state's general excise tax to Mainland retailers with Internet links to Hawaii will likely stand, after state lawmakers said they will not attempt an override because of a technical flaw. More »
Hawaii's state library system is facing budget cuts of more than $5.7 million, nearly 20 percent of current spending, which could lead to the closing of branches and cutting of hours. "We don't have many options," said Keith Fujio, administrative services director for the library system. More »
Road conditions contribute to more than half of all deaths in vehicular crashes nationally — more than drunken driving, speeding or nonuse of seatbelts — according to a study commissioned by an industry group that advocates for boosting spending on road construction. More »
Convicted murderer Darnell Griffin was sentenced yesterday to consecutive life terms in prison for murdering a second young woman while on parole in 1999. Insisting that he was guilty only of adultery, Griffin admitted having sex with the victim, Evelyn Luka, but contended that he was at home with his wife when Luka was attacked. More »
Retired Army Maj. Gen. Antonio Taguba, a Leilehua High School graduate who headed the first investigation into prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, will speak tonight at a Hawaii Foodbank fundraiser in Waikiki. More »
MILITARY AFFAIRS
No signs N. Korea will fire missile toward HawaiiThe U.S. doesn't see any indication North Korea is poised to test-launch a long-range ballistic missile capable of landing near the Hawaiian Islands, according to four government officials. More »
EDUCATION
Isles get $129M for school stimulusHawaii's application for $129 million in federal education stimulus funds was approved by the U.S. Department of Education, federal officials said yesterday. More »
COURTS
Man arrested again in child porn caseA former bank executive who was convicted of possessing child pornography more than four years ago was arrested yesterday for allegedly violating terms of his supervised release by again possessing child pornography. More »
POLICE
Kalihi man, 19, charged in stabbingA 19-year-old Kalihi man who was arrested Monday in connection with a stabbing Sunday night in Kalihi has been charged with second-degree assault. Bail for Lance C. Moaila was set at $100,000. More »
HEALTH
Obama: Health care fix tied to economyPresident Obama warned yesterday that the U.S. economy will "just sputter along" if the drive to overhaul the health care system fails this year. At a town-hall-style meeting in suburban Washington, Obama embraced a woman who said she was unemployed, uninsured and unable to get treatment for a recurrence of kidney cancer. More »
BIG ISLAND
Swimmer, 64, dies despite attempts to revive himA 64-year-old man died after he was pulled unconscious from waters off Kapoho Vacationland on the Big Island yesterday morning. More »
MAUI
Man picking fruit killed when tool touches wireA 59-year-old man was electrocuted Tuesday while picking mangoes in a tree at the family residence in Lahaina, The Maui News reported. More »
MY COMMUNITIES
Firefighters contain 25-acre wildfire burning near parkHonolulu firefighters yesterday afternoon contained a wildfire that burned about 25 acres just west of Central O'ahu Regional Park. More »
- Freeway service patrol gets new phone number
- Girl Scouts will develop Web site with Gannett donation
- Kaiser High seeks parent to serve on community panel
- Police seek man who tried to assault boy at school
OTHER NEWS
Governments are failing to stem a rapid decline in biodiversity that is now threatening extinction for almost half the world's coral reef species, a third of amphibians and a quarter of mammals, a leading environmental group warned today. More »
OBITUARIES
ObituariesCOLUMNISTS
Lee Cataluna
Here's to one of our best and brightestSandy Xu's resume is already four pages long, though she just graduated from high school. Among her many achievements —... More »
Jerry Burris
New look at Hawaii worker health careHawai'i's health care system was put firmly on the national map in 1974 when the Legislature passed the Pre-Paid Health Care... More »
William Cole
The man behind Kapolei roadFirst, there's the matter of how to properly pronounce "Barrette," as in Fort Barrette Road in Kapolei. Originally, the... More »
