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The Honolulu Advertiser
Articles for May 4, 2006

Breaking News/Updates
 •  Wie makes first cut in men's pro golf tourney
 •  False call traced back to former UH president's cell
 •  Man arrested in fatal Kunia Road crash
 •  Appeals court approves $35 million to Marcos victims
 •  Pearl Harbor sailors to be deployed tomorrow
 •  Civil Rights panel rejects Akaka bill
 •  Gas line ruptures in Niu Valley
 •  CH-47 and F-15 flybys slated for USO parade
 •  U.S. Senate approves $37.5 million for Hawai'i storm recovery
 •  Motorcyclist in critical condition
 •  Honolulu Boy Choir gets new lease on life
 •  New road near Pohakupu subdivision close to reality
 •  Police Beat: Teen arrested after alleged death threats
 •  UH whips LaTech in baseball, 9-1
 •  Business briefs: Hawaiian Air adds West Coast flights
 •  Retail sales, economic data boost stocks

Local News
 •  No more oversight of health plan rates
 •  A&B's Kaka'ako condo plans over
 •  Lessons from eyes of Peggy Chun
 •  Quake tests tsunami center
 •  Liquor-probe bid withdrawn
LEGISLATURE
 •  Bill on appointing lawmakers vetoed
 •  Arakaki out of race for House
STATE GOVERNMENT
 •  Lawmakers defer to utilities agency
CITY GOVERNMENT
 •  11 charter proposals OK'd for voters to decide upon
EDUCATION
 •  State gets D+ for technology
 •  2 Hawai'i teachers win top award
 •  Red Raiders tough to beat 'in court'
 •  Education briefs: School's promise
 •  Persistent teen gets to study in Chile
COURTS
 •  Killer's prison term is now 5 years longer
POLICE
 •  HPD recognizes four for top achievements
POLICE BEAT
 •  Call to FBI leads to threat probe
WEATHER
 •  Tsunami alerts sent as far as Fiji, New Zealand
 •  Decision to not reopen schools questioned
HEALTH
 •  Mental-health program doing better, judge says
OTHER NEWS
 •  Volunteers
 •  Most sodas will be expelled from U.S. schools
 •  Salutes
 •  Great white's transmitter lost
 •  Community Calendar
HAWAI'I BRIEFS
 •  Fund set up for workers' families
BUREAUCRACY BUSTER
 •  Flashing billboard has waiver
OBITUARIES
 •  'Jimmy' Chong, 81, helped his community
 •  Kahala fashion retailer Nancy Lang, 82
 •  Obituaries

Sports
 •  Wie fires 2-under 70 in first round
 •  Punahou knocks off Iolani, 50-43, in ILH
 •  Hawai'i's Van Belkum, Roy honored by MPSF
 •  'Steamboat' big in many ways
UH SOFTBALL
 •  Blanning, Yoshizawa set to close out UH careers
HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL
 •  'Aiea rolls by Kalani, 7-1, to earn state tourney slot
HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
 •  Fink, Kono win ILH golf championships
 •  Kim, Fujikawa are co-champs
ISLE FILE
 •  Hamamoto falls in WAC golf playoff
 •  Sports calendar
 •  On the Air
 •  For the Record
FERD LEWIS
 •  Ching's path is one less taken

Island Life
 •  Courting the Games
 •  'ER' devotes air time to underreported conflict in Darfur
 •  Movie Openings
HEALTH/FITNESS
 •  Health calendar
SHAPE UP
 •  Ordering healthy no guarantee
PRESCRIPTIONS
 •  Ultragrain, the other white bread: Market hasn't caught up
ISLAND LIFE SHORTS
 •  Bye-bye Baltic Avenue ... hello Kalakaua?
 •  Tube Notes
SHOW BIZ
 •  'La Cage' getting gussied up in high-heel glam

Business
 •  Bill favors newly unemployed
 •  Health provider warns of layoffs
 •  Phantom gas-cap law near passage
AIRLINES
 •  Northwest pilots accept pay cuts
PERSONAL FINANCE
 •  Driving upside down? Long auto loan isn't wise either
 •  Many rush to cash in equity
 •  The right summer job can be yours
 •  Car leases surge, along with interest rates
BUSINESS BRIEFS
 •  Rental manager gets new name
GREG WILES
 •  Selling leasehold home requires careful thought

Opinion
 •  Akaka bill deserves a full and fair debate
 •  Kaka'ako setback may work out in long run
COMMENTARY
 •  Subdivision opposition using scare tactics
 •  Let Iran's mercurial leader hang himself
 •  Letters to the Editor