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Letters 5-20-13
Letters Comments Updated: May 20, 2013 12:05amHuman Trafficking
Something needs to be done to end abuse
Do you know a solution to human trafficking? It is not news that people are being smuggled, bought and sold for other people’...
A vital necessity
Local Features Comments Updated: May 20, 2013 8:49amHawaii Island is home to most of the 192 bed and breakfasts legally operating in the state, according to Hawaii Tourism Authority’s 2012 Visitor Plant Inventory data.
With 88 properties...
Research continues on Hawaii’s lesser-known cetaceans
Local News Comments Updated: May 20, 2013 12:05amIn Hawaii’s crystalline waters, some cetaceans get all the attention — usually the charismatic humpback whales and spinner dolphins known for their stunning displays of acrobatics.
However,...
Health fair offers free tests, advice to seniors
Local News Comments Updated: May 20, 2013 12:05amLarry Schuldt enthusiastically raced around a waiting area Sunday inside North Hawaii Community Hospital. Swiftly, but mindfully, the 64-year-old Waikoloa resident circled the small orange cone...
San Antonio routs Memphis in West finals opener
Nation & World Sports Comments Updated: May 20, 2013 9:03amSAN ANTONIO — The San Antonio Spurs opened the Western Conference finals resembling the past champions who’ve been there so many times before.
The Memphis Grizzlies looked like the first-...
Huskies blank Wahine
Sports Comments Updated: May 20, 2013 12:05amWashington’s pitching silenced the University of Hawaii softball team’s bats, again.
Bryana Walker fired a no-hitter and the Huskies ousted the Rainbow Wahine from the NCAA regionals with an...
Medicaid opposition underscores states’ health-care disparities
Nation & World News Comments Updated: May 20, 2013 12:05amWASHINGTON — Republican opposition in many states to expanding Medicaid next year under the national health-care law — opposition that could leave millions of the nation’s poorest residents...
GPS system can accurately predict post-quake tsunami, study finds
Nation & World News Comments Updated: May 20, 2013 12:05amWhen the magnitude 9 earthquake struck Japan more than two years ago, there were 1,200 global positioning system stations recording ocean floor movement.
None was linked to that nation’s...
Obama urged to make economy a bigger, bolder topic
Nation & World News Comments Updated: May 20, 2013 12:05amWASHINGTON — Five months into President Barack Obama’s second term, allies and former top aides worry that his overarching goal of economic opportunity has been diminished, partly drowned out by...
Syrian Army, Fighting Alongside Hezbollah Guerrillas, Assault Rebel Stronghold (Beirut)
Nation & World News Comments Updated: May 20, 2013 12:05amBEURUT — Syrian government forces, backed by militants from the Lebanese group Hezbollah, are reported to have made significant advances into the rebel stronghold of Qusair near the Lebanese...
