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Hawaii gets approval for education law waiver

Updated: May 21, 2013 12:05am

HONOLULU — The Obama administration on Monday approved Hawaii’s request for a waiver from provisions of the federal No Child Left Behind education law.

In 2011, the administration announced...

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Treasury says US can pay its bills for months

Updated: May 19, 2013 6:57pm

WASHINGTON — Any confrontation over the nation’s debt ceiling is now unlikely until after Labor Day.

The government will hit the limit of how much it’s allowed to borrow this weekend, but...

Hong: Yagong, Kawauchi claim too much attorney-client privilege

Updated: May 19, 2013 12:05am

The 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...

<p>Gov. Neil Abercrombie, right, offers some pointers to incoming Hawaii County Democratic Party Chairman David Tarnas and his wife, Carolyn Stewart, at the party’s annual convention Saturday in Volcano. (NANCY COOK LAUER/WEST HAWAII TODAY)</p>

Big Island Democrats name Tarnas to lead party

Updated: May 19, 2013 1:10pm

VOLCANO — 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...

It’s not a toy box: Barbie’s Dreamhouse goes life-size

Updated: May 19, 2013 12:05am

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Days of Malibu living are long gone for Barbie. The iconic doll has moved to Florida and is inviting people to step into her life-size dream house, the first one now open...

Heiau once stood prominently at Kealakekua Bay

Updated: May 19, 2013 12:05am

Hikiau Heiau

Tsunami and 19th-century road building have demolished parts of the original stone platform, but, in 1779, Hikiau Heiau stood prominently at the head of Kealakekua Bay. As...

About Town 5-19-13

Updated: May 19, 2013 12:05am

Driving academy announces schedule

Marlin Driving Academy announces its summer 2013 North Hawaii driver education class schedule.

Classes are planned from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. May 28...

<p>Federal authorities search an apartment in Boise, Idaho on Cassia Drive Thursday. U.S. authorities in Idaho said they have arrested a man from Uzbekistan accused of conspiring with a designated terrorist organization in his home country and helping scheme to use a weapon of mass destruction. Fazliddin Kurbanov, 30, was arrested at an apartment complex in south Boise on Thursday morning after a grand jury issued a three-count indictment as part of an investigation into his activities in Idaho and Utah. (Joe Jaszewski, The Idaho Statesman/AP)</p>

Idaho man charged in Uzbekistan terrorism plot

Updated: May 19, 2013 6:57pm

BOISE, Idaho — He was a Russian-speaking truck driver who came to Idaho nearly four years ago to join hundreds of other Uzbekistan refugees for whom the state has become a sanctuary from violence...

Stock indexes notch another week of gains

Updated: May 19, 2013 6:57pm

NEW YORK — U.S. stocks on Friday advanced to a fourth weekly gain, with both the Dow industrials and the S&P 500 at all-time closes, after data cast a positive spin on the economy.

The...

Gay Marriage Isn’t Waiting for Supreme Court Ruling

Updated: May 19, 2013 6:57pm

WASHINGTON — After Chief Justice John Roberts said, “The case is submitted,” on March 27, the justices of the Supreme Court presumably took a private vote and now are at work writing the opinions...

Israel threatens Syria anew; Assad warns of retaliation

Updated: May 19, 2013 6:57pm

JERUSALEM — Fears of an escalation of violence between Israel and Syria grew Sunday with renewed Israeli threats to destroy Syrian weapons caches and Syria’s warnings of retaliation.

After...