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State Labor Director Darwin Ching has submitted his resignation, effective June 15, to seek election as Honolulu prosecutor.

A bar employee who performed a "dirty dance" with a customer after a Honolulu Police Department undercover officer bought her two $40 drinks did not commit prostitution because the state did not prove the employee performed the dance in exchange for the drinks, the Hawaii Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.

Diabetes, heart disease, strokes, cancer and other diseases -- many lifestyle- related -- have reached "epidemic" proportions in the U.S.-affiliated Pacific islands, a crisis that grips Hawaii because many islanders choose to live here under the Compact of Free Association.

For nearly two decades, Public Enemy No.1 for the food industry and its government regulators has been a virulent strain of E. coli bacteria that has killed hundreds of people, sickened thousands and prompted the recall of millions of pounds of hamburger, spinach and other foods.

When China's land boom excited a frenzy of popular resistance late last year - including headline-grabbing suicides by people routed from their homes - Chinese policy makers finally proposed a solution: rules to protect citizens from unchecked development and to fairly compensate the evicted.

After enduring a school year cut short by 17 Furlough Fridays, public school students and their parents, along with principals, teachers and other education officials, head into next year with a complete academic calendar once again.

Hawaii-born Nicole Scherzinger and partner Derek Hough dominated throughout the 10th season of the hit ABC show "Dancing with the Stars" and bested Olympic gold medalist Evan Lysacek to win the "Dancing" crown last night.

Jerry Punzal's livelihood hinged on the productivity of his Mililani papaya farm, where he had planted more than 500 trees. But someone armed with a machete hacked off the tops of 397 mostly mature trees sometime Monday night or early yesterday morning, leaving the fruit lying wasted on the ground.

Once it was Cash for Clunkers. Now it's rebates for refrigerators, and the chance to save $250 while going green is proving just as irresistible to Hawaii consumers.

On the day new U.S. Rep. Charles Djou was formally sworn into office in Washington, D.C., a handful of candidates offered their services as potential candidates to fill out the remainder of his term on the City Council.

Prosecutors charged two men in connection with a home invasion robbery that occurred in Palolo over the weekend.

Starting in July, the salaries of Hawaii's top secondary public school administrators could go up, including the state superintendent's — to as high as $240,000 from $150,000.

Seven people were displaced after the roof of their Nanakuli home was blown off by strong winds.