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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...
Treasury says US can pay its bills for months
Nation & World News Comments Updated: May 19, 2013 6:57pmWASHINGTON — 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...
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...
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...
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...
Big Island Democrats name Tarnas to lead party
Local News Comments Updated: May 19, 2013 1:10pmVOLCANO — 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...
It’s not a toy box: Barbie’s Dreamhouse goes life-size
Wire Features Comments Updated: May 19, 2013 12:05amFORT 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
Local Features Comments Updated: May 19, 2013 12:05amHikiau 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...
