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Brig. Gen. Paul H. McGillicuddy, commander of the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing at Al Dhafra Air Base in the United Arab Emirates, has been selected to receive his second star and will be promoted to a senior position at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.

The Pentagon's latest announcement of the Army's general officer promotions includes the son of a World War II nisei Military Intelligence Service soldier from Hawaii.

A 42-year-old homeless man was found lying fatally injured on Kalanianaole Highway in front of Cindy Conradt's Waimanalo house Friday night.

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　オアフ島ワイキキに明日、2015年後半から2016年早期の完成が予定されているリッツカールトン・レジデンスのショールームがオープンする。 　今回2100カラカウア大通りのラグジュアリー・ロー内にオープン予定のショールームでは、物件の模型やパネルなどが設置されるほか、リッツカールトン・レジデンスの台所やマスターベットルームなどの展示が行われる。　37階建てのリッツカールトン・レジデンスは今年下旬より着工予定で、物件販売価格は50万ドルから1,500万ドルほどに設定されている。
参考：パシフィック・ビジネス・ニュース

　ハワイ州内で食べ物を必要としている人々のサポート活動を行っている非営利団体「ハワイフードバンク」は昨日、20日（土）に州内各地で開催されたイベントで、目標としていた100万食分の食料の確保に成功したと発表した。　ハワイフードバンクのイベントは今年で24回目で、大規模なイベントは終了したものの、州内の消防署では今月末まで缶詰や麺類などの食料の受付を行っているほか、団体の活動資金として活用される寄付金も募集している。また、ハワイ州内の各銀行の支店でも食料品の寄付の受付を行っており、こちらは5月31日まで寄付を行う事が可能となっている。
参考：ハワイ・ニュース・ナウ

BEIJING » The young boy's chronic cough and stuffy nose began last year at the age of 3. His symptoms worsened this winter, when smog across northern China surged to record levels. Now he needs his sinuses cleared every night with saltwater piped through a machine's tubes.

Edith Jonise Abraham • Howard Warren Butler • Claro R. Capili Sr.; and more

RONAN, Mont. » In a place where the lives and histories of Indian tribes and white settlers intertwine like mingling mountain streams, a bitter battle has erupted on this land over the rivers running through it.

LOS ANGELES » Hollywood's global business strategy, which counts on massive ticket sales in China for high-budget fantasies in 3-D and large-screen Imax formats, is coming unhinged.

Monique Chyba has an ambitious goal: She wants to demystify mathematics for middle- and high-schoolers and help them embrace the often-dreaded subject.

Lawmakers killed a bill this session that would have prohibited employers from requesting or requiring employees and applicants to hand over username and password information for their social media accounts.

I can't decide whether it's more appropriate to duck or play chicken as we plant tongue in cheek and "flASHback" on the week's news that amused and confused:

Each Sunday, the Star-Advertiser publishes Oahu vital statistics for marriage licenses, civil unions and birth certificates filed with the state Department of Health's Vital Statistics System.

Murder victim was Aiea man • Triplets' birth begins at home • 3 hikers rescued in different spots

Crime duo faces long sentences • Talk to focus on Gibson's life

Scores of Hawaii natives living in Boston, including students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard and Boston University, spent an emotionally draining Friday glued to their televisions and computers and stuck in their homes as police tracked down the Boston Marathon bombing suspects.

Plaintiffs in the federal case seeking to stop Hono­lulu's planned elevated rail system requested Friday an expedited hearing on their appeal — a move they hope will lead to a court decision on the project before building can resume this fall.

Thanks to Burger King, Duncan Kama­kana­ona­kua­hiwi Oso­rio is now a contestant on NBC's "The Voice," who will sing again on next week's episodes after his successful blind audition.

According to a study that included a review of sightings, photographs, news accounts and scientific reports, white sharks have been frequently misidentified with similar-looking sharks, such as makos.