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The Honolulu Advertiser - Local News Local News articles for Tuesday, December 31, 2002

Local News
•	NEW YEAR'S Firecracker permit sales skyrocket on O'ahu
•	OTHER TOP STORIES State's theft rate still high
•	Chief of troubled agency quits
•	Talks to resume for St. Francis, Queen's nurses
•	Security alert system for Hawai'i introduced
•	Some states resist lower alcohol limit
•	POLICE/COURTS Prosecutors rebut filing by lawyers in Rodrigues case
•	Lawyer in fraud case sentenced
•	Car plunges into canal after brakes fail
•	OTHER NEWS Japanese Cultural Center to learn fate today
•	Search for missing hiker to resume today
•	Popular Kailua pines cut down
•	Hawai'i part of 911 fitness contest
•	Maui Humane Society boss sees potential
•	Hawai'i briefs
•	COMMUTING State requiring proof tax paid on all cars here
•	O'ahu alternatives to the usual drive
•	ADVERTISER CHRISTMAS FUND Recent donations to The Advertiser Christmas Fund
•	Obituaries
•	Corrections
•	LEE CATALUNA Get towed to safety on New Year's