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After discussing a slew of election-related bills this session, lawmakers agreed on a bill that will require political action committees to disclose in all advertisements the names of the top three donors that contributed to the message.

During the summer a shorefront area called Queen's Bath on Kauai is calm and picturesque. It's a rock shelf on Kauai's northern shore, where sea turtles can be seen wandering peacefully amid tide pools filled with clear water.

Brittany Arvizu pounded the streets of Waikiki on Saturday and Sunday, handing out fliers that ask people to like her on Facebook.

As a weapons systems officer on B-1 bombers, Air Force Capt. Chad Nishi­zuka is used to flying. But he never could have prepared himself to escort the body of his older brother, Air Force Capt. Reid Nishi­zuka, home to Kai­lua from Dover Air Force Base in Dela­ware.

Some federal and state officials are supporting the idea of shortening the permits process for work on traditional Hawaiian fishponds to encourage more restorations.

Question: I recently returned to my house in upper Kuli­ouou Valley after an eight-month absence. Now, whenever I work in my garden, I am attacked by very small, fast-moving mosquitoes that I usually fail to notice until they have bitten me.

Latitude 8S, Longitude 138W, Day 26 » I am typing these words with water-wrinkled fingers in a sailboat rolling so hard side-to-side that I can barely stay seated.

Legislators poised to finish work in 2 days • Coast Guard helps look for missing sailor • House addition burns in blaze • Driver indicted in fatal collision

Motorcyclist, 24, dies in crash on H-3 • Man injured landing on rocks in pool • Assault with billiards cue leads to arrest

By 2030, more than a third of Hawaii residents will be neighbor islanders, a reality that observers predict will almost certainly have repercussions big and small for everything from the state’s economy to its politics.

The migration of people to the neighbor islands has been increasing at a rapid clip for the past two decades, spurring questions about infrastructure, overdevelopment and preserving a sense of place.

The Navy is the undisputed leader of the four Defense Department services when it comes to canning its top officers for cause.

NEW YORK » Not long ago, the Occupy Wall Street movement seemed poised to largely fade from the national conversation with few concrete accomplishments beyond introducing its hallmark phrase, "We are the 99 percent."

FRESNO, Calif. » Lisa Beach endured two months of testing and paperwork before the student health office at her college approved a diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

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MAIDUGURI, Nigeria » Days later, the survivors' faces tensed at the memory of the grim evening: soldiers dousing thatched-roof homes with gasoline, setting them on fire and shooting residents when they tried to flee. As the village rose up in smoke, one said, a soldier threw a child back into the flames.

New contracts giving raises to the bulk of the roughly 8,500 city employees are projected to cost the city about $26 million in the coming year.

Six Hawaii high schools have earned spots on a list of the nation's most challenging public secondary schools.

An 83-year-old United Airlines passenger who earlier this month hid his 31⁄2-inch pocketknife in an empty toothbrush container said he was afraid it would be confiscated.

Puccini's "Tosca" remains one of the most popular of operas, partly because of its jam-packed melodramatic plot (don't blink — every line is essential), but also because it serves as a parable about the struggle between good and evil.