Hawaii's military future could include another Navy cruiser and at least 1,000 more Marines if some forces are removed from Okinawa, the Star-Advertiser has learned.
Kauai has caught the attention of the Chinese corporate meetings and incentives market in what could turn out to be a boom for the Garden Island economy.
Selling moviegoers on the idea of an apex predator as a sympathetic character might be hard, but that's exactly what Hawaii filmmaker Paul Atkins wants to do. He views sharks as misunderstood.
The city will agree to a new change order worth about $15 million to pay the company holding the contract to build the first segment of the rail line because of delays in the start of construction, according to officials with the HonoÂlulu Authority for Rapid Transportation. Story »
Credit monitoring and fraud restoration services will be provided to about 98,000 University of Hawaii students, alumni, faculty, employees and others potentially affected by five data breaches that occurred from 2009 to 2011, under a settlement reached in a class-action lawsuit. Story »
Cecilio Rodriguez, once part of the duo known as Cecilio & Kapono, will spend one year in jail after pleading no contest today to sexually molesting two young sisters in Los Angeles 16 years ago. He will report to the Los Angeles County Jail on March 9. Story »
Matson Navigation Co. is boosting its fuel surcharge for shipments between Hawaii and the mainland by five percentage points effective Feb. 26. Story »
Ben Vereen is a star because of the immense accomplishments of his youth. His turns on Broadway musicals, in "Hair," "Jesus Christ Superstar" and "Pippin," and television, in "Roots," left an unforgettable impression. Story »
Three longtime members of the Charter School Review Panel â Chairman Carl Takamura, former Chairwoman Ruth Tschumy and Pualani Akaka â resigned Thursday to protest the state Board of Education's reversal of the panel's decisions on converting Laupahoehoe School to a charter school. Story »
When Gov. Neil Abercrombie showed up unexpectedly at a Pro Bowl news conference Tuesday, he struck the right tone, finally, that many in Hawaii had been rooting for: for Honolulu to remain as host city for the all-star football event. Story »
SHANGHAI » Those initiated in the cult of xiao long bao think nothing of traveling thousands of miles across the Pacific in search of the perfect dumpling. It's a pilgrimage of sorts. Something that has to be done at least once, but preferably several times, before you die.
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A Hawaii filmmaker is fishing for funds to make a movie from the perspective of the predator
Selling moviegoers on the idea of an apex predator as a sympathetic character might be hard, but that's exactly what Hawaii filmmaker Paul Atkins wants to do. He views sharks as misunderstood. Story »
By David Streitfeld In the brutal world of online commerce, where a competing product is just a click away, retailers need all the juice they can get to close a sale.
By Sheryl Gay Stolberg WASHINGTON » Newt Gingrich had an urgent warning for conservatives: Jim Wright, the Democratic speaker of the House, was out to destroy America.
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