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Letters 5-23-13
Letters Comments Updated: May 23, 2013 12:05amIRS scandal
Taxable deductions for contributions questionable
I would like to know why political organizations are being treated like charities and given tax exempt status by the IRS...
Banks still want bailouts
Editorial Comments Updated: May 23, 2013 12:05amThe nation’s biggest banks are waging an outrageous fight against a bipartisan Senate bill seeking to protect taxpayers from bailing them out.
Renewed interest in curtailing reckless...
Bears’ Urlacher announces retirement
Nation & World Sports Comments Updated: May 23, 2013 12:05amCHICAGO — Brian Urlacher wasn’t sure how dominant he could be any longer, so he’s calling it a career after 13 seasons with the Chicago Bears.
And what a career it was:
c Eight Pro...
Yamauchi tied for 76th at Division II golf championships
Local Sports Comments Updated: May 23, 2013 12:05amUniversity of Hawaii at Hilo sophomore Dalen Yamauchi closed with a 5-over 76 to move up into a tie for 76th at the NCAA Division II golf championships in Hershey, Pa.
Yamauchi’s best round...
NOAA expects calmer hurricane season
Local News Comments Updated: May 23, 2013 12:05amEditor’s Note: West Hawaii Today will run additional hurricane preparedness information, including necessities for a home survival kit and locations of evacuation sites, on June 1 in conjunction...
The can-do spirit rises after Oklahoma tornado
Editorial Comments Updated: May 23, 2013 12:05amBy now Kansas City area residents know the drill when it comes to helping fellow Midwesterners after tornadoes have devastated their communities, as occurred Monday afternoon in Moore, Okla., and...
About Town 5-23-13
Local Features Comments Updated: May 23, 2013 12:05amSummer science camps for island teens
Science Camps of America will launch two camps this summer for Hawaii Island teens entering ninth through 12th grades. The summer camps are geared...
Ag Department imposes quarantine
Local News Comments Updated: May 23, 2013 12:11amTwo years after tests first indicated the presence of a sexually transmitted disease in a handful of Hawaii Island cattle, state officials imposed a statewide quarantine order requiring testing of...
49ers’ Crabtree tears right Achilles tendon
Nation & World Sports Comments Updated: May 23, 2013 12:05amSANTA CLARA, Calif. — San Francisco 49ers leading wide receiver Michael Crabtree has had surgery to repair a torn right Achilles tendon.
Crabtree had his operation Wednesday, one day after...
‘One way was always going the wrong way’
Local News Comments Updated: May 23, 2013 12:05amAll the right factors need to be in place for Hawaii County to successfully convert Alii Drive to one-way traffic in the downtown area, community members and business stakeholders told officials...
