Bruce Asato • The Honolulu Advertiser

Posted at 11:17 a.m., March 1, 2001
UH football team kicks off practice with prayer for coach
At the end of the University of Hawai‘i football team’s two-hour practice today, quarterback Tim Chang secured the football and took a knee. “We’ll say a prayer for him each day,” Chang said of what will be a team ritual for head coach June Jones, who is hospitalized following last week’s single-car accident.

Posted at 1:15 p.m., March 1, 2001
Damage estimate from Northwest quake reaches $2 billion
The damage estimate from the earthquake that rocked the Northwest climbed to $2 billion today as engineers inspected bridges, buildings, dams and roads. But the region congratulated itself for escaping far worse damage.

Seattle quake rattles former Hawai'i residents
Hawai'i residents with family and friends in the Seattle area were shaken emotionally yesterday as they heard the news about a 6.8 earthquake that rolled through the Puget Sound area yesterday.
Travelers leaving Isles face uncertainty, delays
6.8 quake jolts Pacific Northwest
Were you there? Join a discussion on the earthquake.

Posted at 12:33 p.m., March 1, 2001
Bush envoy creates bond with families of missing Japanese
A U.S. Navy admiral held “heart-to-heart” talks Thursday with relatives of nine Japanese presumed dead after a submarine sank their ship, bringing a degree of closure to the saga of recrimination between the two nations and turning attention to raising the wreckage.
Recommendation on salvage expected by Monday

Ehime Maru search Day 21: 'A political task'
As the Coast Guard crew looks for victims and debris of the Ehime Maru, hope fades each day that they will find anyone alive or dead. Today is Day 21 of a search-and-rescue effort for nine people lost at sea.
Skipper tells father he went by the book
A Tribute to the Missing
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Cash-for-medicine discount proposed in House measure
House lawmakers want the state to address sky-high prescription drug costs for the first time with a proposed discount program for people who pay cash for their medicine.