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Later this year, some passengers flying out of Honolulu Airport no longer will be required to remove their shoes and belts, or take out their laptops, to walk through security.

Developer publishes details of its plans for old Kam Drive-In site

A company pursuing development of five high-rises on the former Kam Drive-In theater site next to Pearlridge Center published a draft environmental impact statement Wednesday, revealing new details about the plan including traffic and height issues.

Luv a pup

If you want to know how a princess lives, consider Princess Cupcake, who has 46 dresses and hair clips to match, along with dozens of accessories. It's more than I have in my closet.

Isle car dealers expect 7% gain in current year

New car sales rose 4.4 percent in 2011 and could rise nearly 7 percent this year, according to the Hawaii Auto Outlook, a report prepared quarterly for the Hawaii Automobile Dealers Association.

Football: "Hawaii is always going to be a special part of my life and my life story."

Former Hawaii quarterback and offensive coordinator Nick Rolovich is joining the Nevada football coaching staff in what will be a shotgun marriage of two prolific offenses.

Dramatic nighttime fire strikes Aliamanu homes

Two homes were damaged, one destroyed, in a Wednesday night fire in Aliamanu. Firefighters were dispatched at 6:31 p.m. and immediately called a second alarm. Flames could be seen coming from the home, which sits on a hill, said Honolulu Fire Department Capt. Terry Seelig.

The federal government this week authorized nearly $185 million in construction on Honolulu's planned 20-mile rail line, but the city so far hasn't been given the green light to start erecting the concrete guideway that will sit atop the support columns it can now begin building.  Story »

Waipahu High School's track coach was back at school organizing practice Wednesday after he appeared in court earlier in the day, charged with three counts of sexually assaulting one of his female runners over two years.  Story »

<br />Gavin Yamada, sales manager at Tony Hyundai Hono­lulu, says the new look of cars such as the 2012 Veloster is drawing in customers.<br /> New car sales rose 4.4 percent in 2011 and could rise nearly 7 percent this year, according to the Hawaii Auto Outlook, a report prepared quarterly for the Hawaii Automobile Dealers Association.  Story »

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Three sailors, including a 9-year-old boy, survived a harrowing rescue at sea off Hawaii Wednesday after the container ship that came to the aid of their disabled sailboat accidently crashed into the vessel in rough seas.

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Mayor Peter Carlisle has been advised to reimburse the city $3,300 to cover the cost of his wife's trip to China with him in June 2011, the city Ethics Commission said today. Carlisle responded that the Taiwan and Chinese governments invited his wife Judy as a member of the city's delegation.

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A military jury has found a Marine sergeant not guilty of charges in the hazing of a lance corporal in his squad Story »

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As electronic forms of communication grow, Hawaii lawmakers join other state legislatures in struggling to determine what should be prosecuted as criminal conduct and what constitutes invasion of privacy. Legislators should look to other states and federal law on a yearly, or more-vigilant, basis to keep up with the growth of cyber shenanigans and setting appropriate limits. Story »

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Type caption here In February 2006 members of Malama Hawaii Nei gathered at Laupahoehoe Point Beach Park to help set up for the inaugural Laupahoehoe Music Festival. Story »


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TRIPOLI, Libya » As the militiamen saw it, they had the best of intentions. They assaulted another militia at a seaside base here this week to rescue a woman who had been abducted.

Over most of the past decade, budget deliberations in Michigan have taken on a glum and familiar monotony: What do we cut now?

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