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A police officer shot and wounded a man behind the wheel of a fleeing car as it dragged another officer down Cooke Street yesterday morning, police Maj. Clayton Kau said. 
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As flood damage on Kaua'i was being assessed, it was clear that Hanalei — which received 13 inches of rain in 24 hours last week — also will be the site of the most costly repairs. More »
State Senate President Colleen Hanabusa makes an important point about proposals to use $50 million from the state's rainy day fund to end school furloughs: Depleting the fund will make it more difficult to restore state services to the poor and needy that have been chopped in the recession. More »
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Leaders of Hawai'i's Neighbor Island counties say they'll manage to get through the fiscal year without budget deficits, but next year could bring employee furloughs and property tax increases. More »
The last time the city studied the viability of a ground-level train through Honolulu's urban core, there was no medical school or Kaka'ako Walmart and several high-rise luxury condominiums had yet to be built. More »
Two months before he died in eastern Afghanistan, 1st Lt. Jonathan P. Brostrom made a surprise Mother's Day visit to his parents' home in Aiea. "Some friends of his were over and made me dinner," his mother, Mary Jo, recalled. "At about 10 at night there was a knock on the door. One of the girls said, 'Mary Jo, there's a soldier with a bouquet of flowers at the door for you.' I thought she was joking, but there he was, straight from Afghanistan in his fatigues with a bouquet of flowers." More »
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Household hazardous waste to be collected Dec. 5 and 12Household Hazardous Waste Collections events will be held in December at the Hilo and Kailua, Kona, recycling & solid waste transfer stations. More »
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The direct economic impact of the EA Sports Maui Invitational NCAA men's basketball tournament, now in its 26th year here, is routinely estimated at about $8 million. More »
KAUAI
A mixed martial arts fighter has been arrested and charged with 14 counts of first-degree terroristic threatening, resisting arrest and driving under the influence of an intoxicant, Kaua'i police said yesterday. More »
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Man charged with assaulting 13-year-old granddaughterA 52-year-old 'Ewa Beach man suspected of inappropriately touching his 13-year-old granddaughter has been charged with third-degree sexual assault, Honolulu police said. More »
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Richard Pentecost's dream of building Hawai'i's first indoor, air-conditioned inline hockey rinks is weeks away from reality in Kapolei, and people like John Chun can't wait to start playing. More »
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COLUMNISTS
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Richardson proves dreams can come trueIn 1980, Chief Justice William S. Richardson spoke to the eighth graduating class of the University of Hawai'i Law School,... More »
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APEC will tweak Hawaii's imageHONOLULU — Commentary: It is thrilling news — just wait until the details start to evolve — that APEC (the trans-national... More »
The grass hasn't always been greener at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, but in the next couple of years, it... More »
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