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About Town 5-24-13
Local Features Comments Updated: May 24, 2013 12:06amShriners meeting for lunch Tuesday
The Kona Shrine Club meets for lunch at 11:45 a.m. every Tuesday at Lulu’s restaurant on Alii Drive in Kailua-Kona. Club members discuss upcoming events...
Obama speech suggests possible expansion of drone killings
Nation & World News Comments Updated: May 24, 2013 12:05amWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Thursday defended his administration’s use of drone strikes to kill terrorists as effective, lawful and “heavily constrained,” but he also appeared to be...
Shipping volumes drop statewide
Local News Comments Updated: May 24, 2013 12:05amYoung Brothers’ cargo volume between Honolulu and six neighbor island ports dropped nearly 4 percent during the first quarter of this year, a report issued Thursday said.
Agricultural...
Kerry shuttles between Jerusalem, Ramallah in effort to relaunch Mideast talks
Nation & World News Comments Updated: May 24, 2013 12:05amJERUSALEM —Working against what Palestinians say is an early June deadline to show progress in a renewed bid for Mideast peace, Secretary of State John Kerry said Thursday he is trying to overcome...
Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys
Nation & World News Comments Updated: May 24, 2013 12:05amGRAPEVINE, Texas — In one of their most dramatic choices in a century, local leaders of the Boy Scouts of America voted Thursday to ease a divisive ban and allow openly gay boys to be accepted...
Jurors deadlock on Jodi Arias penalty; retrial set
Nation & World News Comments Updated: May 24, 2013 12:05amPHOENIX — The jury in Jodi Arias’ murder trial was dismissed Thursday after failing to reach a verdict against the woman they convicted of murdering her one-time boyfriend in a case that captured...
Syria’s exile opposition opens conference in Turkey amid anger, confusion
Nation & World News Comments Updated: May 24, 2013 12:06amISTANBUL — Syria’s political opposition met Thursday in Istanbul to elect new leadership, choose a government-in-exile and deliberate on a negotiating stance for peace talks, but it hit a...
Foreign Service officer made millions in visa-for-money scam, feds charge
Nation & World News Comments Updated: May 24, 2013 12:06amWASHINGTON — A State Department official “received several million dollars in bribes” from Vietnamese residents seeking visas, according to newly public court documents.
In a previously...
Senate confirms Obama’s first D.C. Circuit Court nominee
Nation & World News Comments Updated: May 24, 2013 12:05amWASHINGTON — Deputy Solicitor General Sri Srinivasan, a rising star in legal circles, won an easy and unanimous Senate confirmation Thursday to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of...
House votes to avert jump in student loan interest rate
Nation & World News Comments Updated: May 24, 2013 12:06amWASHINGTON — By a vote of 221-198, the House passed legislation that would reset interest rates on federal student loans and avert a scheduled doubling of rates this summer.
The bill, H.R....
