Warrior markers help folks find cultural, scenic points
I remember back in the early days my mother working with the Women’s Garden Club, which promoted the King Kamehameha tourist signs. Why doesn’t someone start up a plaque system, found here on the...
View ArticlePimp's lengthy case ends with 10-year prison term
A state judge sentenced an accused pimp to 10 years in prison Tuesday for kidnapping, terroristic threatening, assault, attempted extortion and promoting and attempting to promote prostitution.
View ArticlePolice and Fire
Brothers charged with attempted murder • Kapolei man appears in court over standoff • Man accused of breaking into apartment • Brush fire burns near Star-Advertiser plant
View ArticleCaldwell has much to do if he is 'to build rail better'
The 2012 Honolulu mayor's race and its tactics will be debated for years, but the unmistakable bottom line is that the $5.26 billion Oahu rail project has a clear green light.
View ArticleKapolei man arrested for allegedly abusing teen, woman
Police arrested a 38-year-old Kapolei man today for allegedly trying to strangle an 18-year-old man and throwing his 38-year-old mother to the ground on Oct. 25.
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Brennan pleads not guilty in DUI case • Crash witnesses sought again • Work to limit water supplies
View ArticleGovernors call for renewing wind energy tax credit
The fate of a tax credit that advocates say is needed to maintain tens of thousands of wind energy jobs will be decided during high-stakes, last-minute negotiations between President Obama and House...
View Article'Gangnam Style' star joins Madonna onstage in New York
NEW YORK >> Madonna has gone "Gangnam Style."
View Article100 days after birth, San Diego panda gets name
SAN DIEGO >> There is a new little gift at the San Diego Zoo that's going to get very big.
View ArticleClouds part, solar eclipse darkens north Australia
SYDNEY >> From boats bobbing on the Great Barrier Reef, to hot air balloons hovering over the rainforest, and the hilltops and beaches in between, tens of thousands of scientists, tourists and...
View ArticleGeneral with Hawaii ties demoted for lavish travel and spending
WASHINGTON >> Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has demoted the former head of U.S. Africa Command who was accused of spending thousands of dollars on lavish travel and other unauthorized expenses,...
View ArticleCar break-ins at Arizona lotget 6 indicted
Honolulu police and National Park Service officials arrested five men and a woman Friday for allegedly targeting late-model Dodge Chargers at the USS Arizona Memorial Visitor Center parking lot,...
View Article2 tourists survive being stabbed in Waikiki
Two Japanese visitors were hospitalized with stab wounds following separate incidents in Waikiki within hours of each other early Tuesday.
View ArticleU.S. quickly going through commanders in Afghan war
KABUL, Afghanistan >> At the international military headquarters in Kabul, it's jokingly being called the curse of the commander's job.
View ArticlePlanned Haleakala telescope holds state support, UH says
The University of Hawaii announced Tuesday the state has reaffirmed its support for the school to build the world’s largest solar optical telescope on Maui’s Haleakala.
View ArticleUH concert fraud suspect freed before arraignment
A North Carolina man facing a federal charge of defrauding the University of Hawaii of $200,000 in the botched Stevie Wonder concert will be arraigned in U.S. District Court in Honolulu on Nov. 23.
View ArticleSuit against UH alleges retaliation
A former video coordinator for the University of Hawaii football team filed a federal discrimination lawsuit against UH on Tuesday, alleging that UH officials retaliated against him after he complained...
View ArticleUH president sought $2M in return for resignation
In a letter that prompted discussions by the Board of Regents on the future of University of Hawaii President M.R.C. Greenwood, her attorney asked the regents for a $2 million settlement — and offered...
View ArticleNewsman placed public interest at forefront
Charles E. "Chuck" Frankel, a passionate newsman who was devoted to the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, died Tuesday at age 84 after suffering an aneurysm.
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