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Foreign Service officer made millions in visa-for-money scam, feds charge
Nation & World News Comments Updated: May 24, 2013 12:06amWASHINGTON — A State Department official “received several million dollars in bribes” from Vietnamese residents seeking visas, according to newly public court documents.
In a previously...
Senate confirms Obama’s first D.C. Circuit Court nominee
Nation & World News Comments Updated: May 24, 2013 12:05amWASHINGTON — Deputy Solicitor General Sri Srinivasan, a rising star in legal circles, won an easy and unanimous Senate confirmation Thursday to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of...
House votes to avert jump in student loan interest rate
Nation & World News Comments Updated: May 24, 2013 12:06amWASHINGTON — By a vote of 221-198, the House passed legislation that would reset interest rates on federal student loans and avert a scheduled doubling of rates this summer.
The bill, H.R....
Auditions planned for WCT’s ‘The Music Man’
Local Features Comments Updated: May 24, 2013 12:06amWaimea Community Theatre will kick off its 50th anniversary performance season with Meredith Willson’s “The Music Man.” The production will run in mid-August in Waimea. Preparations are under way...
Retired LA cop gets 20 years for wife’s murder
Local News Comments Updated: May 24, 2013 9:04amA 60-year-old retired Los Angeles Police Department homicide detective was sentenced to two decades in prison for intentionally beating his wife of 28 years to death in their Ka‘u home in 2006....
Stocks edge lower as investors reassess Fed fears
Nation & World News Comments Updated: May 24, 2013 9:24amNEW YORK — Investors recovered their poise after a shaky start to trading on Wall Street that sent stocks sharply lower.
U.S. markets plummeted immediately after the opening bell Thursday...
Police find missing man
Local News Comments Updated: May 24, 2013 12:05amPolice have located Jensen Yadao, 21, of Hilo, who was reported missing. He was found unharmed on Maui May 16.
State 5/24
State Wire Comments Updated: May 24, 2013 12:05amHawaii woman sues Salvation Army, claims sex abuse
HONOLULU — A woman is suing the Salvation Army, claiming the organization moved a minister from Oahu to Maui after she reported he sexually...
Witness: Shooting suspect chased him
Local News Comments Updated: May 24, 2013 12:05amThe suspect in a fatal shooting in Puna chased a witness out of the home where the slaying occurred while brandishing a handgun, according to court documents filed by police.
Don Sambrana, a...
Movie Guide 5-24-13
Wire Features Comments Updated: May 24, 2013 9:47amOpening this week
“Becoming Traviata” — A documentary following the French stage director Jean-Francois Sivadier and the celebrated soprano Natalie Dessay through a production of the opera “...
