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View ArticleNewspaper work, with Warren Buffett as boss
BUFFALO, N.Y. >> Over the years, newspaper owners have built monuments to themselves in the form of giant buildings, statues and plaques commemorating their roles in their communities and the...
View ArticleWeb sites illuminate unknown artists
NEW YORK >> At twilight Monday, something new will light up a Times Square billboard. An original work of art, 23 stories high, will replace a bright yellow ad for Sprint.
View Article8 Flavahz dance team gets winners' homecoming despite final loss
The shrieks and hugs and tears of joy that heralded the return Sunday of three of Hawaii's 8 Flavahz from its three-month run on MTV's "America's Best Dance Crew" belied the reality that the team with...
View ArticleBirthday song kicks off countdown to Mandela Day
JOHANNESBURG >> Nelson Mandela's office has released a video of South Africans singing "Happy Birthday" in an effort to motivate people around the world to salute the anti-apartheid icon ahead of...
View ArticleNo health risk from faulty breast implant, British official says
LONDON >> A top British medical expert says faulty French-made breast implants do not pose any long-term health problems to women even if they rupture.
View ArticleNepal protesters stone prime minister's motorcade
KATMANDU, Nepal >> Hundreds of protesters demanding the resignation of Nepal's prime minister have attacked his motorcade with stones and clashed with riot police.
View ArticleTopless Thai painter on talent show stirs debate
BANGKOK >> An episode of "Thailand's Got Talent" has stirred a morality debate after a contestant painted a canvas using her bare breasts, drawing a rebuke from the culture minister who called it...
View ArticleUkrainian former premier to face charges in murder case
KIEV, Ukraine >> A top Ukrainian prosecutor says imprisoned former premier Yulia Tymoshenko will be charged in connection with murder, defying strong pressure to end the prosecution of the...
View ArticleGreece's election of fiscal conservative eases European worries
ATHENS, Greece >> Europe looked on with wary relief today as Greek conservative leader Antonis Samaras launched coalition talks after winning an election that followed weeks of uncertainty over...
View ArticleEgypt military rulers promise power transfer by end of June
CAIRO >> Egypt's ruling military council pledged today to honor its promise to hand over power to the newly elected president by the end of this month, hours after Islamist candidate Mohammed...
View ArticleHawaii bans bear bile, gallbladder products
Gov. Neil Abercrombie has signed a bill banning the sale of products containing bear bile or gallbladders.
View ArticleRussia sending marines to Syria, report says
MOSCOW >> Two Russian navy ships are completing preparations to sail to Syria with a unit of marines on a mission to protect Russian citizens and the nation's base there, a news report said...
View ArticleWildfires force evacuations in several Western states
DENVER >> More residents were out of their homes today as fire crews face another day of powerful winds fueling a wildfire that has charred about 90 square miles of forested mountains in northern...
View ArticleProsecutors rest case in Sandusky sex-abuse trial
BELLEFONTE, Pa. >> Prosecutors in Jerry Sandusky's child sex abuse trial rested their case today after calling the mother of one of his alleged victims, who told the jury she thought it was...
View ArticleRodney King, victim of brutal L.A. police beating in '91, drowns in pool
LOS ANGELES >> Just a few months ago, Rodney King was once again the center of attention as the world checked back in on the man whose videotaped beating by police sparked one of the nation's...
View ArticlePearl City man allegedly abused his 81-year-old dad on Father's Day
A 60-year-old Pearl City man was arrested for allegedly abusing his 81-year-old dad on Father’s Day after the two had argued, Honolulu police said.
View ArticleWinds cut power in Manoa, Makiki; all islands under advisory
Nearly 3,000 homes and businesses in Manoa Valley though Makiki near Punahou School were without power for more than two hours overnight because of high winds that the National Weather Service says...
View ArticleTeen sexually assaulted Waipahu woman after breaking into her home, police...
A 16-year-old boy has been accused of illegally entering a Waipahu home early Sunday morning and sexually assaulting a 31-year-old woman.
View ArticlePearl Harbor admiral tapped for D.C. post
Rear Adm. Katherine L. Gregory will leave her job at Pearl Harbor and become the new commander of Naval Facilities Engineering Command and Chief of Civil Engineers in Washington, D.C.
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