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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.

The United Public Workers and the state have reached a tentative agreement on a new four-year contract.

Mayor Kirk Caldwell on Friday signed into law a bill allowing the city to summarily remove tents and other objects deemed "sidewalk nuisances."

Honolulu police detectives have opened a homicide investigation after a man was killed in an apparent early morning assault in Kalihi.

Candidate residency bill dies in committee • Police identify Big Isle man killed by truck • Stricken sailor flown to safety by Coast Guard

Highway closed after man found dead • Computers stolen from UH's Moore Hall • Lifeguards save swimmer in Waikiki • Men sought for robbing girl in Waimanalo • Kalihi man charged in February robbery

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　古代ポリネシアで用いられていた木造航海カヌー船のレプリカとして知られるホクレア号と、その姉妹船であるヒキアナリア号の出港準備が進められており、まもなく太平洋横断を含む世界航海へ出航することが明らかになった。出航は6月が予定されている。　ホクレア号は今回4年間をかけて、世界28カ国、60以上の港に寄港予定で、 ポリネシア航海協会のナイノア・トンプソン氏は「世界航海はさまざまな事を学べ、驚きにみちた旅になるでしょう」と語っている。　なお、今回のホクレア号の出航にあわせ、ハワイのローカル航空会社のハワイアン航空が大量のマイルを協会に寄贈しており、トンプソン氏は「教育者や水夫、報道関係者など、ホクレア号の航海には200～300名のスタッフがかかわっており、スタッフを世界のどこかで航海を続けているホクレア号の近くまで移動させるには飛行機などの輸送機関の利用が不可欠です。ハワイアン航空のマイル提供によって関係者の移動がサポートされることに感謝しています」としている。
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　オアフ島のケワロ湾の沖合い15マイルの地点で昨日、19歳のスターリン・エリスさんが体重759ポンドの巨大マカジキを釣り上げた。関係者は巨大マカジキを釣り上げるのに約1時間以上はかかったとしている。　エリスさんはテキサス州ヒューストンからの訪問者で、 「難病と闘うこどもが持つ夢の実現の手伝いをすること」を目的として活動を行っている非営利団体のメイク・ア・ウィッシュのサポートでハワイ州を訪れていた。
参考：ハワイ・ニュース・ナウ

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The lanky, charcoal-gray dog with a distinctive, wiry hairdo would stand out in most other animal shelters, but no one gave him a second look on Kauai.

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Retired auto dealer James Pflue­ger faces a long-delayed trial in September after he declined to accept a plea agreement that would have dismissed his manslaughter charges related to seven deaths when the Ka Loko dam breached seven years ago.

Kahala community leaders are rejoicing after the City Council's approval of a bill allowing the city to impose stiffer fines on property owners who blight their neighborhoods by leaving overgrown foliage and trash in their yards.

With the newly ratified teachers contract approved by Gov. Neil Abercrombie and expected to be funded by lawmakers, work now begins on creating a new evaluation system that negotiators have agreed will be used to reward and dismiss teachers.

State House and Senate negotiators Thursday reached agreement on a proposed constitutional amendment that would ask voters next year whether public money should be spent on private preschool.

City officials say they're scrambling to find money to reverse more of the bus cuts that have hit riders the hardest. In February, Mayor Kirk Caldwell unveiled a $3.5 million plan to reverse many, but not all, of last year's deeply unpopular service changes to TheBus.

The Hawaii Kai teen who died Wednesday after falling off his skateboard was known to many as an outgoing, fun-loving boy. Reid Krucky, 16, a Kaiser High School sophomore, was a member of the school's junior varsity football team, just one of the many ways he kept active, said Tim Seaman, his football coach and physical education teacher.