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Risky actions at Kilauea’s ocean entry are cause for concern
Volcano Update Comments Updated: May 19, 2013 12:05amMost of us feel fortunate if we never go near a dangerous battlefield. Yet, dozens, if not hundreds, of people are knowingly — or unwittingly — doing just that every day on Kilauea volcano.
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Smaller, cheaper, beloved: Tiny house fans inhabit their niche
Wire Features Comments Updated: May 19, 2013 12:05amBALTIMORE — Greg Cantori plans to downsize when he retires. Really, really downsize.
His retirement home is 238 square feet — one-tenth the size of the average new American house — and sits...
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...
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...
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 12:05amVOLCANO — 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...
Clock running out for some key Asian reformers
Columns Comments Updated: May 19, 2013 12:05amTOKYO — Voters in the Philippines appear to have delivered a resounding victory to President Benigno Aquino in midterm elections. The son of former President Corazon Aquino looks set to control...
