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Honokaa students explore nursing careers
Local Features Comments Updated: May 22, 2013 9:32amHonokaa High School Health Services Core Pathway students recently visited Hawaii Community College to explore the school’s nursing program. During their visit, students participated in a patient...
Public, pols in Deep South at odds on Medicaid
Nation & World News Comments Updated: May 22, 2013 9:15amWASHINGTON — Even though governors and lawmakers in five Deep South states oppose a plan to cover more people through Medicaid under the health care overhaul, 62 percent of the people in Alabama,...
4 Americans killed since 2009 in US drone strikes
Nation & World News Comments Updated: May 22, 2013 7:54pmWASHINGTON — The Obama administration acknowledged for the first time Wednesday that four American citizens have been killed in drone strikes in Pakistan and Yemen since 2009. The disclosure to...
Del Negro out as Clippers coach
Nation & World Sports Comments May 22, 2013 9:35amLOS ANGELES — Vinny Del Negro is out as coach of the Los Angeles Clippers after a season in which the team won its first division title but lost in the first round of the playoffs.
The team...
In Brief | Schools 5-22-13
Local Features Comments Updated: May 22, 2013 9:33amHawaii Prep lists award winners
Hawaii Preparatory Academy has announced the names of upper school students recognized for achievement in academic studies, the arts, athletics and community...
Afghan women’s rights in peril, group says
Nation & World News Comments Updated: May 22, 2013 9:16amISLAMABAD — The number of women and girls jailed by Afghan authorities for “moral crimes” has risen by 50 percent in the last year and a half, an alarming statistic that reflects the Afghan...
HPD prepares to enforce new state traffic laws
Local News Comments Updated: May 22, 2013 9:11amBig Island police say they support two new statewide traffic safety laws.
Gov. Neil Abercrombie on Monday signed the measures into law. One establishes a statewide ban on the use of...
World briefly 5/22
Nation & World News Comments Updated: May 22, 2013 9:13amSenate committee OKs immigration bill
WASHINGTON — Far-reaching legislation that grants a chance at citizenship to millions of immigrants living illegally in the United States cleared the...
Police arrest suspect in Monday Puna shooting
Local News Comments Updated: May 22, 2013 9:12amOne man is dead and another in police custody after a shooting Monday afternoon in lower Puna.
At about 2:19 p.m. Monday, police officers and Fire Department medics responded to a report of...
Aloha Beer bid disrupts Hawaii Nui bankruptcy case
State Wire Comments Updated: May 22, 2013 9:41pmHONOLULU — An unexpected bid for a bankrupt Big Island brewery has postponed a court auction and set up a possible bidding war for the microbrewery.
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported...
