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Keck helps with study of astronomical missing link
Local News Comments Updated: May 25, 2013 12:05amA routine survey of the night sky caught the image of a particularly bright image and that image captured the attention of a University of California postdoctoral scholar.
That student’s...
Heavy rains wash unidentified sediment into Kohala waters
Local News Comments Updated: May 25, 2013 9:50pmHeavy rains this week brought some sort of wood sediment down to the Kohala Coast, Puako residents say.
George Fry first noticed the material, in the form of brown swatches floating along...
NTSB: Skagit bridge collapse a wake-up call
Sports Comments Updated: May 25, 2013 8:59pmSEATTLE — The chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board said Saturday the bridge collapse in Washington state is a wake-up call for the nation.
“This is a really significant event...
Worldwide protests decry Monsanto, GMOs
Sports Comments Updated: May 25, 2013 8:59pmLOS ANGELES—Hundreds of protesters took to the streets in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday as part of a global series of marches against seed giant Monsanto Co. and genetically modified foods....
Going Out With A Bang
Local Sports Comments Updated: May 25, 2013 1:00amWaiakea catcher Kean Wong put up monster numbers in his final Big Island Interscholastic Federation baseball season, making a grand exit after highlight performances in front of heightened...
N. Korean envoy delivers letter to China’s president
Nation & World News Comments Updated: May 25, 2013 12:05amBEIJING — A top North Korean envoy has delivered a letter from leader Kim Jong Un to Chinese President Xi Jinping and told him Pyongyang would take steps to rejoin stalled nuclear disarmament...
Oversize-truck permits rely on drivers to check height clearances
Nation & World News Comments Updated: May 25, 2013 12:05amA few minutes online and $10 are all it takes to get a permit to drive an oversize truck across Washington state.
Drivers obtain more than 130,000 of the permits every year, many of them...
A gift leads to grieving after boy fights for iPad
Nation & World News Comments Updated: May 25, 2013 12:05amLAS VEGAS — He was just a kid from the neighborhood who never had much. Mature for his age, the eldest of 11 children, Marcos Arenas always knew his blue-collar father was just scraping by.
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Obama’s latest attempt to close Gitmo revives difficult political fight
Nation & World News Comments Updated: May 25, 2013 12:05amWASHINGTON — At the beginning of his first term, President Barack Obama, surrounded by former generals and admirals, announced his intention to close the military detention facility at Guantanamo...
Ex-air marshal wins whistle-blower case
Sports Comments Updated: May 25, 2013 8:59pmTwo years after 9/11, federal Air Marshal Robert MacLean turned whistle-blower.
He revealed to MSNBC reporters that the government planned to remove armed security officers from long-...
