Man behind Koko Head fire left job shortly after incident
Question: What ever happened to the City and County of Honolulu employee who fired off the flare at the Koko Head Gun Range last year that started the huge fire and required a helicopter to rescue...
View ArticlePascua named to Big West second team
If you beat them, the recognition will come. The sixth-place Hawaii women's soccer team received a secondary level of recognition in the Big West Conference's 2012 postseason awards announced Wednesday.
View ArticleFresno's new coach builds atop Hill's solid foundation
If you peer closely at a section of the sidewalk behind the Duncan Athletic Complex at Fresno State, you can make out a message long ago scratched in the cement.
View ArticleKahuku wins comfortably
Kahuku setter Penina Snuka is one of the best at spreading the ball around to different teammates. But when things get tough, Snuka knows exactly who her go-to-girl is.
View ArticleMililani serves up a win, plays Punahou in semifinals
The Mililani Trojans used superior serving, with five aces from Jordyn Keamo and five more from Jayierra Kapowai for a 25-18, 20-25, 25-10, 25-23 win over Kamehameha-Hawaii.
View ArticleIn this corner, a much-needed distraction
KABUL, Afghanistan » Afghans love a good fight. Dog fights, ram fights, partridge fights — if two combatants square off here, there is sure to be a crowd cheering them on.
View ArticleUH still working its way up
Fall ended for the University of Hawaii women's golf team Wednesday when it came out 10th in its 12-team Rainbow Wahine Invitational at Leilehua. The UH men close its fall season next week on Kauai at...
View ArticleWary of future, professionals leave China in record numbers
BEIJING » At 30, Chen Kuo had what many Chinese dream of: her own apartment and a well-paying job at a multinational corporation. But in mid-October, Chen boarded a midnight flight for Australia to...
View ArticleJackson makes it happen
If Hawaii assistant football coach Chris Demarest were to start a baseball team, one of his top picks would be freshman Marrell Jackson. "He can play center field, he can hit and he can steal bases,"...
View ArticleConfidence Man
The self-assurance Tyler Hadden carries onto the field this season is rooted in what he isn't taking with him when he lines up a kick. For most of his first two years in Hawaii, Hadden's leg swing was...
View ArticleObama making up for lost campaigning time after storm hiatus
WASHINGTON >> President Barack Obama dives back into campaigning after three days immersed in managing the federal response to the storm that battered the East Coast. The contours of the...
View ArticleHawaii looks outside education field for school administrators
Hawaii is recruiting more applicants for its program to groom people with business, military and other non-education backgrounds to become public school administrators.
View Article4 injured at USC when Halloween party crashing leads to gunfire
LOS ANGELES >> An argument between party crashers outside a Halloween bash at the University of Southern California late Wednesday ended with a shooting that critically injured one man, wounded...
View ArticlePutin spokesman: Crane flight didn't injure him
MOSCOW >> Did Vladimir Putin's flight with a flock of cranes end up grounding him? The Russian president's spokesman says no. In recent weeks, Putin has rarely left his official residence,...
View ArticleWinehouse wedding dress stolen from singer's home
LONDON >> Amy Winehouse's charity says two of the late singer's dresses — including her wedding dress — are missing and believed stolen from her former London home.
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