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Hawaii Democrat Daniel Inouye hospitalized
Sen. Daniel Inouye is under observation at a Washington-area hospital so that doctors can monitor his oxygen intake. The Hawaii Democrat, 88, is the ...
Crowds, vets recall deadly attack on Pearl Harbor
As crew members lined the edge of the Navy guided-missile destroyer, the ship's whistle sounded. It was 7:55 a.m., the exact time the Japanese began ...
Supreme Court will hear same-sex marriage cases
The Supreme Court plunged into the contentious issue of gay marriage Friday when it agreed to take up California's ban on same-sex unions and a ...
Pearl Harbor dead remembered on 71st anniversary
More than 2,000 people at Pearl Harbor and many more around the country on Friday marked the 71st anniversary of the Japanese attack that killed ...
Pearl Harbor survivor helps identify unknown dead
Ray Emory could not accept that more than one quarter of the 2,400 Americans who died at Pearl Harbor were buried, unidentified, in a volcanic crater.
Pick 6: College hoops' early season surprises
A decade ago, Butler beating North Carolina would have been huge news, an upset that sent shockwaves throughout college basketball. When the Bulldogs ...
Butler holds off ninth-ranked UNC 82-71 in Maui
Maybe North Carolina should have just gone to the beach. Butler is the team to beat in Maui. Rotnei Clarke and Kellen Dunham each scored 17 points ...
Div. II Chaminade upsets Texas 86-73 in Maui
Thirty years after pulling off one of the biggest upsets in college basketball history, Chaminade knocked off another big-time opponent. The Division ...
No. 4 Stanford women upset No. 1 Baylor 71-69
Brittney Griner and No. 1 Baylor were planning a sunny Hawaiian visit — some snorkeling, surf and three games to extend the country's longest active ...
'Love Boat' producer Henry Colman dies at 89
Television producer and executive Henry Colman — whose credits include "The Love Boat," ''Hawaii Five-O" and "Green Acres" — has died at age 89.
New Faces: Newly elected US senators
A look at the newly elected U.S. senators from Tuesday's election: ARIZONA Republican Jeff Flake, the congressman who won Arizona's open U.S.
Edwin Q. White, former AP Saigon chief, dies
One night in 1969, as a salvo of Viet Cong rockets exploded in the streets of Saigon, Edwin Q. White paused after typing a dateline on his typewriter ...
HI tsunami smaller than feared; ports reopened
Officials in Hawaii reopened the state's ports on Sunday and canceled a tsunami advisory as fears receded that there would be damaging waves from a ...
Magnitude 7.7 quake strikes off Canadian coast
A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck off the west coast of Canada, but there were no reports of major damage. Residents in parts of British Columbia were ...
Tsunami warning for Hawaii, canceled in Alaska
Emergency sirens sounded around Hawaii late Saturday warning about an oncoming tsunami, after a powerful earthquake struck off the coast of Canada.
Magnitude 7.7 quake strikes off western Canada
A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck off the west coast of Canada and a tsunami warning was issued, authorities said, but there were no immediate reports ...
WWII vet dies at age 93 after casting last ballot
A World War II veteran whose effort to vote from his deathbed inspired thousands has died a week after casting his final ballot. Frank Tanabe passed ...
Photo of WWII veteran casting vote captures hearts
A photograph of a 93-year-old World War II veteran casting what will likely be his last ballot has captured the hearts of tens of thousands of ...
Pope names 7 new saints, seeks to revive faith
Some 80,000 pilgrims in flowered lei, feathered headdresses and other traditional garb flooded St. Peter's Square on Sunday as Pope Benedict XVI added ...
44 TSA workers at Newark face firing or suspension
The Transportation Security Administration on Friday moved to fire 25 employees at Newark Liberty International Airport and suspend 19 others for what ...
Hawaii, NY women to be elevated to sainthood
In life, Mother Marianne Cope was known for her strength and kindness, battling bureaucrats in Hawaii as she led a group of fellow Franciscan nuns to ...
Cancer patient embarrassed by security pat-down
A Michigan woman dying of leukemia says she hopes her embarrassment during a Seattle airport security pat-down might change the way the Transportation ...
Drought crushes local beef industry in Hawaii
Hawaii's beef market is backward. Nearly all the beef eaten here — 95 percent — arrives packaged on container ships from the U.S. mainland. At the ...
Freshmen Hill, Williams lift BYU over Hawaii 47-0
Hawaii coach Norm Chow joked a few days ago that Provo would bring back some fond memories. Friday night instead was a nightmare, one the former BYU ...
On video, dolphin gives birth to calf in Hawaii
A 12-year-old dolphin at a Hawaii resort has given birth to a female calf that seems to instantly recognize her mother in a video of the birth posted ...