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Fans — and even people who don't normally care about football — will buzz for another 24 hours about the fake-girlfriend hoax and its repercussions on his football career. But what likely dropped Te'o out of the first round had little to do with the tabloid-ready story.

Deputy sheriffs captured a 45-year-old woman Thursday after she allegedly attempted to escape from Hono­lulu District Court while her legs were shackled.

A Maui Family Court judge who was charged Tuesday with tampering with government records had submitted a letter that day saying she was retiring immediately, State Judiciary spokes­woman Marsha Kita­gawa said.

Christopher C. Neil, a reporter and news editor for the former Hono­lulu Advertiser, died Monday at St. Francis Hospice West after a 2 1/2 year battle with lung cancer. He was 56.

Q: We all hear about vehicle breakdowns on the H-1 freeway during the morning commute. Has anyone ever analyzed the causes?

Suspect allegedly used louver shards in fatal attack on man • HGEA's professional, scientific workers can vote on contract

Colorado man reported missing • Man dies after electrocution • Rifle threats lead to prison

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　ホノルル市のカーク・コールドウェル市長は金曜日、自宅の敷地内や庭などにゴミ等を放置し、近隣住民に迷惑をかける「ゴミ屋敷」の取締りの強化を目的とした新法案「法案第3条」を承認した。　新法案では、ゴミ等を放置しているとして市当局から指導が行われた住宅の持ち主に対し、改善が行われるまで日割りで罰金を科すとするもので、罰金の金額は最高で1日$5,000に設定されている。
参考：KITV4

　MPHProgramsList.comが発表した最新のランキングで、ホノルル警察署（HPD）が、ツイッターやフェイスブックなどのソーシャルメディアを活用している「ソーシャルメディアフレンドリーな警察署ランキング50」で、全米第13位にランクインしていることが明らかになった。　ホノルル警察関係者は「ツイッターやフェイスブックを活用することで、最新のニュースを迅速に市民に知らせる事ができるほか、市民も犯罪者に関する情報等を提供しやすくなっています」と語り、ソーシャルメディアを活用することによって警察当局と市民の両方に恩恵があるとしている。
参考：ハワイ・ニュース・ナウ

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The Army has finished an environmental study on the proposed construction of a live-fire training facility at Poha­ku­loa Training Area.

Trial has been delayed for a man accused of burglarizing "South Park" co-creator Trey Parker's home on Kauai after Parker didn't show up for a recent hearing.

Lawmakers agreed Wednesday to make permanent a temporary increase in the hotel room tax rate that was set to expire in 2015.

Like secret agents in on a mission, a dozen or so conservationists, business executives and government officials, spades in hand, planted saplings Wednesday under a canopy of trees near a stream more than 1,000 feet above sea level.

A Maui District Family Court judge has reportedly stepped down after being charged Tuesday with tampering with a government record.

Pledging to run a campaign that will touch all corners of urban Honolulu, City Councilman Stanley Chang on Wednesday became the first to declare his candidacy for the congressional seat expected to be vacated by U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa.

The city stepped up pressure on members of (de)Occupy Honolulu on Wed­nes­day, removing about six tents and other property from in front of the Blaisdell Center Concert Hall with just 15 minutes' warning.

The good news: Honolulu no longer ranks as America's worst city for traffic congestion. The bad news: It's now the second-worst.