A 49-year-old woman was in critical condition last night after she was beaten and stabbed in her Kalihi apartment.

Police arrested the woman's 42-year-old husband on suspicion of attempted murder. He was in custody last night pending charges.

Police said the woman was stabbed several times in the face, chest and arms about 6:50 p.m. in the couple's North School Street apartment.

A neighbor told police the woman was stabbed by her husband, police said.

SENATOR'S ETHICS HEARING DELAYED

The state Ethics Commission has postponed a contested-case hearing on whether state Sen. Brian Kanno, D-19th (Kapolei, Makakilo, Waikele), violated state ethics law by pressuring Norwegian Cruise Line to rehire or provide back pay and expenses to a cabin steward fired in 2004 for sexual harassment.

The commission had brought an ethics charge against Kanno and had set a June 7 hearing date, the first in 21 years. But the commission issued a one-paragraph statement on Tuesday saying the hearing has been postponed until further notice.

Kanno has said he was acting as chairman of the Senate Labor Committee and as a mediator when he approached Norwegian on the cabin steward's behalf.

PBS BLACKOUT SCHEDULED TODAY

Some PBS viewers will experience a blackout from 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. today, because of a renovation project at KGMB-TV, where PBS Hawai'i's main transmitter is housed.

The transmitter shutdown will affect viewers who receive the PBS signal via antennas. Cable viewers should not be affected.

2 KAPA'A CRASH VICTIMS IDENTIFIED

Two Kapa'a men who were killed Tuesday in a head-on collision have been identified as Eli Mitchell, 21, and Justin Brink, 27.

The men were killed in the 4:30 p.m. accident on the Kapa'a bypass road, about a mile from the Kuhio Highway junction.

Mitchell and Brink were in an Acura sedan that police said crossed the center line and collided with a Honda van. Mitchell, the driver, was dead at the scene. His passenger, Brink, died at Wilcox Hospital.