Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Adrift
The University of Hawaii submersible program, already hit by federal budget cuts, is trying to line up research and commercial dives next year to keep the 32-year-old program afloat but has no contracts yet, officials said.
Teachers union rejects contract offer; talks to resume in January
The teachers union has turned down a settlement offer that would have included the restoration of a 5 percent wage cut, 2 percent raises each year of the 2013-15 contract and $2,500 bonuses for new teachers who successfully complete probation.
Bernard Hurtig store closing
Bernard Hurtig Jewel Gallery, a fixture at Hilton Hawaiian Village for 23 years, began winding down its 40-year-old family business Sunday with an end-of-lease-sale that offered up to 50 percent off merchandise.
Cosmic rebirth
When the planetarium opened at Bishop Museum on Dec. 12, 1961, as “the most ambitious educational project the museum has undertaken,” it looked as if a sleek spacecraft had landed in Kalihi.
Victorino excited about challenge
Change is becoming as routine as a pop fly for Shane Victorino.
Driver given 6-month term in fatal crash
The pickup truck driver who caused a chain-reaction crash that killed a motorcyclist on the H-1 freeway last year began serving a six-month jail term Monday for negligent homicide.
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U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye has been hospitalized since Thursday after he fainted while in one of his Senate offices, according to his staff. Story »
The state and a nonprofit organization have finalized the $25 million purchase of one of Oahu's largest tracts of undeveloped land in a move expected to significantly expand food production and make Hawaii more self-sufficient. Story »
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PORTLAND, Ore. >> A gunman opened fire in a suburban Portland shopping mall today, killing two people and wounding another as people were doing their Christmas shopping, authorities said. Story »
SEOUL >> North Korea defied international warnings and fired a long-range rocket today, the second launch under its new leader and a clear sign Pyongyang is pushing forward with its quest to develop the technology needed to deliver a nuclear warhead. Story »
The Associated Press today named Laie's Manti Te'o a first-team All-American at linebacker.
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