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Letters 5-19-13
Letters Comments Updated: May 19, 2013 12:05amTerrorism
The only way to be secure is surveillance
In a free society, killer nut cases are extremely difficult to stop. Two related issues make our future even more precarious. We do...
Scandals draining Obama’s authority
Columns Comments Updated: May 19, 2013 12:05amWASHINGTON — Leaving aside the seriousness of lawlessness, and the corruption of our civic culture by the professionally pious, this past week has been amusing. There was the spectacle of...
Is this another bubble? We can’t know without better data
Editorial Comments Updated: May 19, 2013 12:05amAre the easy-money policies of the world’s central banks setting financial markets up for a crash? We would have a much better idea if we measured how much of the buying is being done with...
Treasury says US can pay its bills for months
Nation & World News Comments Updated: May 19, 2013 6:57pmWASHINGTON — Any confrontation over the nation’s debt ceiling is now unlikely until after Labor Day.
The government will hit the limit of how much it’s allowed to borrow this weekend, but...
Pacers knock out Knicks
Nation & World Sports Comments Updated: May 19, 2013 12:05amINDIANAPOLIS — Indiana spent the entire season perfecting its defense.
On Saturday, it produced the biggest payoff for the Pacers in nearly a decade.
Roy Hibbert’s block of Carmelo...
Hong: Yagong, Kawauchi claim too much attorney-client privilege
Local News Comments Updated: May 19, 2013 12:05amThe attorney representing two county elections workers suing former county officials for defamation is asking a 3rd Circuit Court judge to require the additional release of documents and...
Sims, Strand-Nicolaisen, Ota, Ruedy awarded $1,500
Local Sports Comments Updated: May 19, 2013 12:05amFour talented athletes with numerous championship medals have been named the recipients of the 11th annual Roy Fujimoto Athletic Scholarships.
The scholar-athletes — all of them have grade...
Big Island Democrats name Tarnas to lead party
Local News Comments Updated: May 19, 2013 1:10pmVOLCANO — Former state Rep. David Tarnas on Saturday took the helm of the Hawaii County Democratic Party, replacing Steve Pavao, who is stepping down after four years.
Tarnas was named...
Heiau once stood prominently at Kealakekua Bay
Local Features Comments Updated: May 19, 2013 12:05amHikiau Heiau
Tsunami and 19th-century road building have demolished parts of the original stone platform, but, in 1779, Hikiau Heiau stood prominently at the head of Kealakekua Bay. As...
About Town 5-19-13
Local Features Comments Updated: May 19, 2013 12:05amDriving academy announces schedule
Marlin Driving Academy announces its summer 2013 North Hawaii driver education class schedule.
Classes are planned from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. May 28...
