No tsunami threat from 8.2-magnitude earthquake off Russia
A strong, deep earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 8.3 struck in the Sea of Okhotsk off the Russian coast Thursday night, but the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center says there is no threat of a destructive tidal wave to Hawaii. The U.S. Geological ...
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Oregon woman on birthday vacation to Hawaii found dead
Authorities in Hawaii say a woman from Portland, Oregon woman who was vacationing on the island has been found dead. Autopsy results for Ivanice 'Ivy' Harris, 29, are still pending. Her naked body was found by was found on the cliffs near Yokohama Bay ...
Source: Daily Mail (full article)

Below-average hurricane season forecast for Hawaii
The Central Pacific Region, which includes the Hawaiian islands, is expected to experience another season of below-average tropical cyclone activity, the Central Pacific Hurricane Center announced today. The Center, along with the National Weather ...
Source: Honolulu Star-Advertiser (full article)

Hawaii Governor Neil Abercrombie Opens PASC-PAC Joint Annual Meeting in ...
WASHINGTON, May 22, 2013 -- /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Honorable Neil Abercrombie, governor of the State of Hawaii, provided inspiring welcome remarks at the Opening Ceremony of the Joint Annual Meeting of the Pacific Area Standards ...
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Naked body of Oregon woman found washed up on Hawaii beach
The naked body of an Oregon woman who went missing while on vacation in Hawaii has been found washed up on a beach. Ivanice 'Ivy' Harris, 29, was discovered by cliffs near Yokohama Bay, in Waianae, just after 6:30 p.m. Monday evening, according to ...
Source: New York Daily News (full article)

Barry Obama and his best friend's 'foxy' prom date
It was senior prom night at Punahou School, the most exciting evening of the year for a young Hawaiian teenager called Barry Obama and as the champagne flowed he was more than a little taken with his best friend's "foxy" date. Wearing a white dinner ...
Source: Telegraph.co.uk (full article)

Navy to name destroyer for late Hawaii Sen. Inouye
Colleen Hanabusa of Hawaii praised the news as a fitting tribute, saying the class of ship is considered the strongest, most advanced surface ship in the world. Inouye died in December at age 88. Hanabusa said Mabus called her Thursday to share the news.
Source: San Francisco Chronicle (full article)

Portland woman reported missing during Hawaii visit found dead
Harris went to Hawaii about two weeks ago with her boyfriend and a friend to celebrate her 29th birthday, her sister, Holley Watson, told The Oregonian. Harris was reported missing after she was last seen speaking with a man outside a bar in Waikiki ...
Source: OregonLive.com (full article)

Weird expanding halo of light over Hawaii
Around 03:35 local time, a huge expanding halo of light was seen over Hawaii. This footage is from the Canada France Hawaii Telescope all-sky camera. In the time-lapse video, one frame equals one minute of real time. The halo is indicated. This event ...
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Hawaii cattle quaratined for Bovine Trichomoniasis
On Tuesday (May 21), the Hawaii Department of Agriculture's Animal Industry Division issued a quarantine order that requires testing of all beef and dairy bulls for a contagious reproductive disease called Bovine Trichomoniasis prior to entry into the ...
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Tourist didn't die saving woman at Hawaii falls
HALEIWA, Hawaii—A California tourist who drowned at a Hawaii waterfall over the weekend wasn't trying to save a woman, as was previously believed, Honolulu police said. Soon after Kris Gungon, 31, of Imperial, drowned at Waimea Falls on Sunday, fire ...
Source: San Jose Mercury News (full article)

'Hawaii Five-0' Season 3 finale: McGarrett finds himself in a tight spot
hawaii-five-0-season-3-finale-alex-oloughlin. Season 3 of "Hawaii Five-0" looked for all the world that it was going to end with a few unanswered questions, but well short of the cliffhangers that have marked the close of the first two seasons. Yes ...
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Could Hawaii get hit by a powerful tornado like the one in Oklahoma?
“In fact the biggest tornado we've had in Hawaii was an F2, and that made landfall in Kailua Kona in 1971. That was one of four tornadoes that hit Hawaii that day. Three tornadoes hit the Big Island and one hit Oahu, said Robert Ballard of the ...
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'Hawaii Five-0' Finale: Someone's Leaving The Team (VIDEO) - Huffington Post
For its big season finale, "Hawaii Five-0" offered a potentially game-changing moment. Kono ran off with Adam to China. It certainly seemed to be set up as a temporary thing, until Steve could clean up things back home, but the question is how long is ...
Source: Huffington Post (full article)

Hawaiian Springs Has Successful Start to Partnership With Hawaii Plant ...
KE'AAU, Hawaii — Volunteers and conservationists gently planted saplings representing the last wild nanu plants (Gardenia brighamii) on Oahu coordinated by the Hawaii Plant Extinction Prevention Program (PEPP) in partnership with the Hawaiian Springs ...
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White House honor for Hawaii civil rights leader
She was appointed to the state Civil Rights Commission in 2012. She drafted the Hawaii safe schools law, which gave the legislature and the governor an opportunity to join the effort to reduce bullying and harassment in public schools. Printable ...
Source: San Francisco Chronicle (full article)

Nat'l group praises Hawaii cellphone driving law
The group says the law also puts Hawaii among 40 states that ban texting. The law's language bans the use of mobile electronic devices like phones or video games while driving, and defines the use of a device as holding it. The ban has few exceptions, ...
Source: San Francisco Chronicle (full article)

News: Ratings: Voice Drops; Dancing, Hawaii Five-0 Rise
On CBS, the series finale of Rules of Engagement (6.2 million, 1.8) slipped three-tenths from its last new episode two weeks ago and the season finale of Hawaii Five-0 (9 million, 2.0) rose two-tenths. Fox's series premiere of The Goodwin Games nabbed ...
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APNewsBreak: Coast Guardsman in Hawaii admits desertion; camped 3 months ...
HONOLULU — A Coast Guard rescue swimmer in Hawaii whose months-long disappearance lead to a massive search is admitting to desertion, saying he spent three months camping in the mountains of Oahu and didn't plan on ever returning to his job.
Source: Washington Post (full article)

Huskies dominate Hawaii, advance
Junior right-hander Bryana Walker held hard-hitting Hawaii without a hit Sunday in an 8-0 romp in the Seattle Regional title game. The NCAA tournament contest was called after five innings because of the eight-run mercy rule. Washington (41-15), the No.
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Visitor Industry Charity Walk raises $1.67 million
Visitor Industry Charity Walk chairman and Waikiki Parc Hotel general manager, Julie Arigo, and KCCN FM 100's Shannon Scott, cheer more than 7,000 Oahu walkers with the McKinley High School cheerleaders at the Hawaii Prince Hotel Waikiki checkpoint ...
Source: Honolulu Star-Advertiser (full article)

Hawaii junket: Too bad Detroit pension board members didn't
The Detroit News (blog) If you're going to take a $20,000 trip to Hawaii on an insolvent city's dime, you sure enough need to do a good job of justifying it. Considering the hot water in which four Detroit pension board members now find themselves with emergency manager Kevyn ...
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What to Watch Monday: Bates Motel, Five-0 and Four Other Finales,
TVLine Bates Motel On TV this Monday: Bates Motel has no more vacancies for the season; Hawaii Five-0 books one last case; Rules of Engagement and The Big C call it quits and The Goodwin Games get going. Here are 10 programs to keep on your radar.
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[Video] 'Hawaii Five-0' Season 3 Finale Sneak Peek: Who Will Be Lost? -
BuddyTV The Hawaii Five-0 season 3 finale airs on Monday, May 20, 2013. The episode, called "Aloha. Malama Pono" (Hawaiian for "Farewell and Take Care) promises to be action-packed. Check out the episode synopsis and a couple of sneak peek videos below to ...
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Say 'aloha' to Hawaii's best bets
Known as "The Gathering Place," the third largest Hawaiian island features an eclectic mix of eastern and western influences, from the historic architecture of Iolani to the metropolitan cityscapes of Honolulu. Outdoorsy types can surf the coast and ...
Source: Today.com (blog) (full article)

Hawaii gets approval for education law waiver
HONOLULU (AP) — The Obama administration has approved Hawaii's request for a waiver from provisions of the federal No Child Left Behind education law. In 2011, the administration announced it would let states avoid certain requirements, like students ...
Source: San Francisco Chronicle (full article)

Attendance at Hawaii pension conference is down amid criticism that ...
HONOLULU — Organizers of an annual conference for people who manage more than $3 trillion in public sector pension funds say administrators are skipping this year's meeting in Hawaii to avoid the perception they're wasting money by heading to the ...
Source: Washington Post (full article)

Gophers lose to Hawaii again, eliminated from NCAA softball
Minnesota lost 3-0 to Hawaii on Saturday night in the losers' bracket of an NCAA Regional in Seattle. That was the same score the Rainbow Wahine beat the Gophers the day before. And again, it was Kaia Parnaby in the circle who shut out the Gophers on a ...
Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune (full article)

Kanakaʻole to share unique voice in SF Sunday
Kaumakaiwa Kanakaʻole may joke that there is nothing special about him, but the Hawaiian singer-songwriter has truly come into his own as a world musician, one renowned for his voice's inimitable tone and clarity, the strength and wisdom he draws from ...
Source: San Francisco Chronicle (blog) (full article)

In pursuit of Hawaii's wily feral pigs
Miles Fukushima takes a break with his tracking dogs along a trail while hunting for wild pigs in Halawa, Hawaii. Many people in Hawaii grew up hunting pigs, an old family tradition that dates at least to the islands' plantation days of the early 20th ...
Source: The Seattle Times (full article)

'Hawaii Five-0' finale sneak peek and spoilers: Kono is on the run
"Hawaii Five-0" will air its season finale on Monday night on CBS. On Friday, May 17, Spoiler TV shared a sneak peek released for the episode, "Hawaii Five-0" episode 3.24 titled "Aloha Malama Pono." Check out the previously released photos for this ...
Source: Examiner.com (full article)

Hawaii to get $250000 to clean tsunami debris
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is distributing the money to Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington and will allocate the remainder as needs arise. It's unclear how far the money will stretch for what some state officials ...
Source: Honolulu Star-Advertiser (full article)

Hawaii Movie Remembers Hoosiers - Boxscore
Boxscore: INDIANAPOLIS (May 18, 2013) - There have been many great basketball stories emanating from Hollywood. Recently, some lost to history anecdotes from the basketball film HOOSIERS (1986) came to light. Many consider HOOSIERS to be the ...
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Wade Robson in Hawaii With Family as Michael Jackson Molestation Claim ...
In the midst of his Michael Jackson molestation claims, Wade Robson was spotted in Hawaii with his family after rumors sparked that he planned to move there soon. The 30-year-old famed choreographer was spotted doing some grocery shopping in Hawaii ...
Source: E! Online (full article)

Castle family exploring possibility of selling its real estate in Hawaii
The Castle family has owned land in Kailua for more than a hundred years, and is one of Hawaii's top land owners. But the Castle family is now looking into the possibility of selling its commercial real estate properties ...
Source: KHON2 (full article)