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Bae wins Nelson Championship for 1st PGA title

Updated: May 20, 2013 9:02am

The associated Press

IRVING, Texas — Sang-Moon Bae won the Byron Nelson Championship on Sunday for his first PGA Tour title, beating Keegan Bradley by two strokes after blowing a four-stroke...

Nadal beats Federer, Serena wins at Italian Open

Updated: May 20, 2013 12:05am

ROME — After all these years, Rafael Nadal still knows how to dominate Roger Federer.

In the 30th meeting between the tennis greats, Nadal controlled the final from the start and won 6-1, 6-...

<p>A pink-orange bougainvillea blooms in Waikoloa Village. Nancy Carter/Community Contributor</p>

Island Life 5-20-13

Updated: May 20, 2013 4:55am

About Town 5-20-13

Updated: May 20, 2013 12:05am

Cunningham to speak at Wednesday Rotary meeting

Ellen Cunningham, president of Hawaii Island Growing Our Own Teachers, will speak at a Kona Sunrise Rotary meeting Wednesday.

The...

<p>Kai Opua Canoe Club’s sophomore women’s crew of Nicky Tachibana, Chelsey Tanoai, Ashley Gross, Alexis Ching, Sarah Egan and Tatiana Tan finished in 4 minutes, 24.11 seconds to win its race at the Papa Kimitete Regatta Saturday in Kailua-Kona. (Brendan Shriane/West Hawaii Today)</p>

Papa Kimitete Regatta results

Updated: May 19, 2013 12:05am

Held Saturday at Kailua Pier

TEAM STANDINGS

A Division: 1. Kai Opua Canoe Club 122; 2. Keaukaha Canoe Club 112; 3. Kai Ehitu 93; 4. Keauhou Canoe Club 85; 5. Kamehameha Canoe Club 51;...

<p>Jockey Gary Stevens celebrates aboard Oxbow after winning the Preakness Saturday. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)</p>

Oxbow dims Orb’s glow at Preakness

Updated: May 19, 2013 12:05am

BALTIMORE — Oxbow put D. Wayne Lukas in the record books again with an upset of Orb in the Preakness Stakes on Saturday, giving the Hall of Fame trainer his 14th win in a Triple Crown race.

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Last-minute fortune seekers buy Powerball tickets

Updated: May 19, 2013 7:39am

DES MOINES, Iowa — It’s all about the odds.

With four out of every five possible combinations of Powerball numbers in play, someone is almost sure to win the game’s highest jackpot during...

Konawaena Graduates celebrate at the end of the Commencement Ceremony Saturday at Julian Yates Field. (Laura Shimabuku/Special to West Hawaii Today)

Konawaena and Honokaa — Class of 2013

Updated: May 19, 2013 8:11am

Honokaa High School and Konawaena High School Class of 2013 commencement ceremonies held Saturday.

<p>Greg Cantori, right, and his wife Renee are pictured outside their 238-square-foot tiny-home parked near their current home in Pasadena, Maryland, March 21, 2013. They intend to downsize into the tiny-house in the future and taking it with them as they travel. The tiny-house was built onto a trailer frame that can be towed. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun/MCT)</p>

Smaller, cheaper, beloved: Tiny house fans inhabit their niche

Updated: May 19, 2013 12:05am

BALTIMORE — Greg Cantori plans to downsize when he retires. Really, really downsize.

His retirement home is 238 square feet — one-tenth the size of the average new American house — and sits...

Risky actions at Kilauea’s ocean entry are cause for concern

Updated: May 19, 2013 12:05am

Most of us feel fortunate if we never go near a dangerous battlefield. Yet, dozens, if not hundreds, of people are knowingly — or unwittingly — doing just that every day on Kilauea volcano.

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