Latest Hawaii News

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May 9, 2008, 10:51 am HST

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Drivers near 'tipping point' as Hawai'i gas prices climb
With gas expected to hit $4 a gallon on O'ahu this summer, more and more residents are changing how they get around — filling city buses, sharing rides or even biking to work to lessen their pain at the pump. Read more...

Philippines game show tapes in Hawaii
Willie Revillame — you may call him "Mr. Wowowee" because everyone else does — parties hearty in front of the TV cameras. Read more...

Counties' economic growth at standstill
Hawai'i's counties are sharing about equally in an economic vog that will hang over the state this year and lift only slightly in 2009. Read more...

Yeaman Hawaiian Telcom's new CEO
After losing thousands of customers and tens of millions of dollars in the past two years, Hawaiian Telcom has hired a local management team to revive the 125-year-old phone company. Read more...

Recall issued on May's patties
The state's largest meat processor yesterday issued a recall of certain May's brand ground beef products after a strain of E. coli bacteria was detected in unused source material. Read more...

High gas prices hurt government services
Rising gas prices are further squeezing local and state governments already struggling with increasing healthcare costs and dwindling tax revenue. Read more...

Mailbox food drive hopes to fill bigger need
Put a can of tuna in your mailbox tomorrow and you'll be helping a school-age kid during the summer who won't have access to a nutritious school lunch. Read more...

Aid offered to cyclone victims
The Honolulu-based Aloha Medical Mission is seeking permission from the Myanmar government to send a medical team there to help cyclone victims. Read more...

Hawaiian group gets parking donations
Members of the Hawaiian Kingdom Government have been given hundreds of dollars worth of quarters Read more...

Women inmates learn culinary skills
Girlish laughter and the smell of fresh ingredients rose from the cafeteria of the Women's Community Correctional Center Read more...

Mom's market value $117,000 a year
If a stay-at-home mom could be compensated in dollars rather than personal satisfaction and unconditional love, she'd rake in a nifty sum of nearly $117,000 a year. Read more...

Facebook guards target cyberbullies, predators
HARTFORD, Conn. — Facebook, the world's second-largest social networking Web site, is adding more than 40 new safeguards to protect young users from sexual predators and cyberbullies under an agreement with officials nationwide that was announced yesterday. Read more...

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