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Kokua Line: Safety, liability concerns prevent drug recycling

Fri, 06/04/2010 - 23:21
Q: Is there any venue for recycling prescription drugs here in Honolulu?

Newswatch

Fri, 06/04/2010 - 23:21

Police and Fire

Fri, 06/04/2010 - 23:21

Corrections and Clarifications

Fri, 06/04/2010 - 23:21

Abortion foes advance cause at state level

Fri, 06/04/2010 - 23:21
At least 11 states have passed laws this year regulating or restricting abortion, giving opponents of abortion what partisans on both sides of the issue say is an unusually high number of victories. In four additional states, bills have passed at least one house of the legislature.

Flaws cited in data on health care savings

Fri, 06/04/2010 - 23:21
In selling the health care overhaul to Congress, the Obama administration cited a once obscure research group at Dartmouth College to claim that it could not only cut billions in wasteful health care spending but make people healthier by doing so.

Israel detains Hawaii activist

Fri, 06/04/2010 - 23:21
Honolulu peace activist Ann Wright was one of about 700 people taken into custody by Israeli defense forces after a raid on a flotilla of boats carrying aid to Gaza left nine people dead, friends of Wright's confirmed.

Lingle to reveal final decision on civil unions after Asia trip

Fri, 06/04/2010 - 23:21
Gov. Linda Lingle will decide whether to sign or veto a contentious proposal to allow same-gender couples to form civl unions after returning from a two-week-long working trip to China and Japan, she said yesterday.

Ag officials to ink pact with China

Fri, 06/04/2010 - 02:30
State agricultural officials will accompany Gov. Linda Lingle on her two-week trip to Asia to sign an agreement with the Chinese government to develop procedures for exporting Hawaii agricultural products to China.

Horse owner cited in neglect

Fri, 06/04/2010 - 02:30
A Kauai woman will be arraigned in District Court on July 7 for allegedly maintaining 16 horses in emaciated and dehydrated condition on land she leases from the state.

Champs return home

Fri, 06/04/2010 - 02:30

27 seek Council seat left vacant by Djou

Fri, 06/04/2010 - 02:30
Twenty-seven candidates, including former elected officials, past political candidates and former public officials, have submitted their names for consideration to fill the vacancy on the City Council created by the election of Charles Djou to Congress.

No other political office on Case's radar this year

Fri, 06/04/2010 - 02:30
Ed Case says he will not run for any other political office this year.

Police officer in 'right place' nabs H-3 racers

Fri, 06/04/2010 - 02:30
A motorcycle police officer arrested two men for allegedly racing at speeds up to 90 mph Sunday morning in the eastbound lanes of the H-3 freeway in Windward Oahu.

Isle schools trying again to run Race for funding

Fri, 06/04/2010 - 02:30
Hawaii was among the 35 states and the District of Columbia submitting applications for the second round of the Obama administration's Race to the Top competition to win a portion of $3.4 billion to drive education reform.

Kokua Line: State's official spelling of 'Hawaii' omits okina

Fri, 06/04/2010 - 02:30
QUESTION: We were looking at our new driver's licenses and noticed that the okina (glottal stop) is not used in the name "Hawaii." Why not? Everything else seems to be used on the very busy-looking license.

Newswatch

Fri, 06/04/2010 - 02:30

Police and Fire

Fri, 06/04/2010 - 02:30

Senate hero to conservatives often follows a centrist path

Fri, 06/04/2010 - 02:30
WASHINGTON >> After a pair of votes the other day on some fine points of a major financial regulatory bill, Sen. Scott Brown of Massachusetts ducked out of the Capitol and back to his office, where he traded his suit and tie for softball gear, to lead his staff in an afternoon match-up against the office of Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee.

A thief of memory stalks a Colombian family

Fri, 06/04/2010 - 02:30
YARUMAL, Colombia >> Tucked away on a steep street in this rough-hewn mountain town, an old woman found herself diapering her middle-age children.