| Sports | |
|  | UH BASKETBALL Unbeaten UH opens WAC play at Fresno  | 
           
|  | UH VOLLEYBALL Warriors' Bender has sore shoulder  | 
           
|  | Interviews affect fan interaction | 
|  | HOMEGROWN REPORT Steelers capture Umeda's fancy  | 
           
|  | Three earn football awards | 
|  | COLLEGE FOOTBALL Oregon St. tops Notre Dame  | 
           
|  | Tomey joins San Jose State | 
|  | Hawai'i Bowl's TV ratings up from 2003 | 
|  | PIGSKIN PICKS Verizon employee was dialed in  | 
           
|  | ISLE FILE No. 9 BYUH loses on road  | 
           
|  | On the Air | 
|  | Sports Calendar | 
|  | For the Record | 
| Island Life | |
|  | Game night is back | 
|  | All the best DVDs from '04 | 
|  | SHAPE UP If at first you don't succeed ...  | 
           
|  | STAGE REVIEW Avalon, delightful songs carry 'Grease'  | 
           
|  | ISLAND LIFE SHORTS Diamond display  | 
           
|  | TGI Wednesday | 
|  | Tube Notes | 
|  | TASTE Concoct a cocktail party  | 
           
|  | Quick, easy pupu for New Year's | 
|  | Delightful cocktails need not break bank | 
|  | Culinary Calendar | 
|  | LIGHT & LOCAL Homemade mochi delightful  | 
           
|  | SEVEN OR LESS Olives and lemons give chicken extra oomph  | 
           
|  | RECIPE DOCTOR Keep potato recipe's bacon flavor while cutting calories  | 
           
|  | QUICK BITES Restaurant offers late-night menu on New Year's  | 
           
|  | FOOD FOR THOUGHT What? No recipe for lemon peel?  | 
           
| Business | |
|  | LOCAL BUSINESS Demand up for firecrackers  | 
           
|  | Hilo-Kona flight set Jan. 10 | 
|  | Thinking not so big | 
|  | Chamber protests report on summit | 
|  | OTHER BUSINESS Wet Seal to slash 150 stores, 2,000 jobs  | 
           
|  | Toyota expected to nudge ahead in U.S. sales | 
|  | Wall Street reflects new consumer confidence | 
|  | SMALL BUSINESS Money-laundering rules 'a lot of work'  | 
           
|  | Many entrepreneurs keep their day jobs | 
|  | BUSINESS BRIEFS Kaua'i utility workers ratify  | 
           
|  | Gas prices | 
| Opinion | |
|  | EDITORIAL Help tsunami victims pick up the pieces  | 
           
|  | VOLCANIC ASH 'Fabulous' Bob Nash is not forgotten  | 
           
|  | Letters to the Editor | 


