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Amie Lou Asuncion recalled running across the H-1 freeway after being shot in the back while driving in 2011, and then hiding in some plants because she feared the shooter was following her.

In hip-hop, as in all things, you get what you pay for, even if you don't read the fine print. Three times in recent weeks large companies have learned this the hard way, severing ties with rappers they had previously happily paid to endorse their products.

A hospital in Livingston, N.J., charged $70,712 on average to implant a pacemaker, while a hospital in nearby Rahway, N.J., charged $101,945.

Kailua man, teen ID'd as crash victims • Box containing 2 rocks shuts down traffic

Pacific Fleet sub force gets new leader • 4 are arrested in attack on homeless man • Help wanted in identifying woman in theft

ANAHOLA, Kauai » For several years, Robin Danner has been a persistent critic of top administrators at the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands. Danner, a Native Hawaiian homesteader unafraid to speak her mind, apparently is paying the price for being so vocal.

ANAHOLA, Kauai »This is a story of beauty and blight, of two beachfront properties side by side along a picturesque stretch of the northeastern shore. One lot is vacant, littered with trash, abandoned cars and other bulky items tossed aside and forgotten long ago. Most of the structures are severely dilapidated, ruined by years of neglect.

When junior kindergarten is eliminated at public schools next year, Tamber Miller-Garcia worries about the yearlong education gap her daughter might experience, being too old for preschool by then and too young for kindergarten.

A measure that would have reduced how much money the state pockets in exchange for collecting the tax used to fund Hono­lulu's rail project died in this year's legislative session.

A new "Science in Action" program at the University of Hawaii at Manoa this summer will give high school students a chance to explore subjects such as field botany and medicine in courses lasting a week or two.

Tenants caught smoking three times or more in apartments or common areas at any of the state's 85 public housing properties could be evicted under a tough new smoking ban effective this month.

Honolulu police arrested a 24-year-old Kalihi man Sunday in connection with a fatal stabbing in Ma­puna­puna earlier in the day.

Although the state Legislature is a part-time institution, most lawmakers will say their work does not end when the gavel comes down on closing day.

Sea Life Park marine mammal trainer Kaycie Merrihew says it's no surprise there are two Hawaii finalists out of nearly 50,000 applicants from around the world competing in the "Best Jobs in the World" promotional contest being offered by Tourism Australia.

TAIOHAE BAY, NUKU HIVA, Marquesas Islands » Twenty-six days after leaving Mexico on my 37-foot sailboat, Honu, I dropped anchor in a bay so stunningly beautiful I felt I had landed in the middle of a movie set.

Sailboat, crew fine; broken phone isn't • Man helps boy attacked by dog • Recycling urged for phone books

Driver loses control, causing fatal crash • Teenage skateboarder hurt in accident

Katherine C. Akona, Sylvia Maxine Arneho, Rosalina Fiesta Bautista, Mary Blanche Beckley, Carmen Yap Berg, Edward Lawrence Cambra Sr., Helen Jean Chapman, Howard H. Date, Alfredo Santos Dela Cruz, and more

Federal budget cuts are forcing Pearl Harbor to cancel its July 4 fireworks and the Marine Corps to cancel its annual Bayfest event at Kaneohe Bay.

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