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Five-year-old Jacqueline Espejo prepares for a blast as some of her relatives set off firecrackers at their home in Kalihi. New Year’s revelers were required to purchase permits to pop firecrackers last night.
Jeff widener • The Honolulu Advertiser
Correction: The girl in the picture is five-year-old Jacqueline Espejo. Incorrect information appeared in a previous version of this caption.
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2001 enters Hawai'i relatively peacefully
Hawai'i rang in the New Year on a quieter note last night, a dramatic contrast to the deafening, smoke-shrouded, 24-hour bomb-fest of a year ago. But a house fire in Palolo believed caused by fireworks, and other incidents, kept firefighers busy through the night.
Special ed computer system may literally pay off
A computer system designed to ease compliance with a special education mandate could end up making money for the state Department of Education.
Court critical of Human Services in custody case
The Department of Human Services, in the past criticized for giving children back to unfit parents, now finds itself criticized in an unusually blunt decision by the state appeals court for taking a young girl away from her mother.
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