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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....
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...
WHO: Scientific red tape mars efforts vs. virus
Nation & World News Comments Updated: May 24, 2013 12:06amGENEVA — International efforts to combat a new pneumonia-like virus that has now killed 22 people are being slowed by unclear rules and competition for the potentially profitable rights to disease...
Auditions planned for WCT’s ‘The Music Man’
Local Features Comments Updated: May 24, 2013 12:06amWaimea Community Theatre will kick off its 50th anniversary performance season with Meredith Willson’s “The Music Man.” The production will run in mid-August in Waimea. Preparations are under way...
Avalanche hire Patrick Roy as coach
Nation & World Sports Comments Updated: May 24, 2013 12:05amDENVER — The Colorado Avalanche are rounding up the old crew to restore the downtrodden franchise.
First, Joe Sakic was given more responsibility in the front office.
And now Hall of...
Retired LA cop gets 20 years for wife’s murder
Local News Comments Updated: May 24, 2013 9:04amA 60-year-old retired Los Angeles Police Department homicide detective was sentenced to two decades in prison for intentionally beating his wife of 28 years to death in their Ka‘u home in 2006....
Hüsker Dü? … Today to Thursday
Sports Comments Updated: May 24, 2013 12:06amMUSIC
Friday
Aloha Fridays at Kona Coast Resort Kevin Teves 5:30 p.m.
• • • Billfish Bar at King Kamehameha’s Kona Beach Hotel
Dennis Pascubillo
6 p.m.
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AP News in Brief at 10:58 p.m. EDT
Nation & World News Comments Updated: May 24, 2013 8:49pmSoldier’s slaying prompts British security review
LONDON — Both of the suspects accused of butchering a British soldier during broad daylight on a London street had long been on the radar of...
Stocks edge lower as investors reassess Fed fears
Nation & World News Comments Updated: May 24, 2013 9:24amNEW YORK — Investors recovered their poise after a shaky start to trading on Wall Street that sent stocks sharply lower.
U.S. markets plummeted immediately after the opening bell Thursday...
Indians pound Red Sox in Francona’s return to Fenway
Nation & World Sports Comments Updated: May 24, 2013 12:05amBOSTON — Drew Stubbs and Mark Reynolds drove in three runs each, and Cleveland had 16 hits in the Indians’ 12-3 win over the Boston Red Sox in manager Terry Francona’s return to Fenway Park on...
