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M.R.C. Greenwood, who drew high praise and strong criticism during her four years at the helm of the University of Hawaii system, has announced she will retire in September to spend more time with family and deal with her health problems.

Cindy Nguyen pointed to Toby Stangel in state court Monday as the person who fatally shot her mother at a stoplight in Kaimuki nearly two years ago.

A midnight phone call is almost never good news, and that proved true for Roslyn Bersamin of Pearl City, who learned Saturday that her younger sister had died in a horrific limousine fire en route to her bachelorette party in the San Francisco Bay area.

Antonita Phillip knew her youngest daughter, Junny, needed more help than she could get at home in Onoun, Chuuk.

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　ハワイ州当局が発表した最新の調査結果で、2012年度に州内の公立高校を卒業した学生の大学進学率が前年より上昇したことが明らかになった。　調査結果によると、昨年の公立高校生卒業生の大学進学率は前年比1%増の54%となったほか、学生の英語と数学のレベルも上昇しており、より多くの学生が、大学進学時に予備クラスではなく、大学の英語や数学クラスに登録していることも同時に発表されている。
参考：ハワイ・ニュース・ナウ

　昨日午後3時20分ごろ、オアフ島ダウンタウンのフォート通りに小型ヘリコプターが不時着する事故があり、周辺道路が一時的に閉鎖となった。　不時着したのは、2人乗りの小型ヘリコプターで、ヘリを操縦していた30歳のジュリア・リンクさんと同乗者でカメラマンのカール・ヘドバーグさんの両名とも軽傷だったほか、不時着現場にいた人々にも怪我人は出なかった。　関係者によると、小型ヘリはパンチボウルとマキキ地区の上空で写真撮影を行っていた際にエンジントラブル見舞われ、ダウンタウン地区に不時着することになったとしている。なお、ヘリは不時着時に、路上に駐車してあった小型のセダンに衝突したものの、その他の大きな被害はなく、今後連邦航空局によるエンジントラブルの原因な調査などが行われる予定となっている。
参考：ハワイ・ニュース・ナウ

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Amie Lou Asuncion recalled running across the H-1 freeway after being shot in the back while driving in 2011, and then hiding in some plants because she feared the shooter was following her.

In hip-hop, as in all things, you get what you pay for, even if you don't read the fine print. Three times in recent weeks large companies have learned this the hard way, severing ties with rappers they had previously happily paid to endorse their products.

A hospital in Livingston, N.J., charged $70,712 on average to implant a pacemaker, while a hospital in nearby Rahway, N.J., charged $101,945.

Kailua man, teen ID'd as crash victims • Box containing 2 rocks shuts down traffic

Pacific Fleet sub force gets new leader • 4 are arrested in attack on homeless man • Help wanted in identifying woman in theft

ANAHOLA, Kauai » For several years, Robin Danner has been a persistent critic of top administrators at the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands. Danner, a Native Hawaiian homesteader unafraid to speak her mind, apparently is paying the price for being so vocal.

ANAHOLA, Kauai »This is a story of beauty and blight, of two beachfront properties side by side along a picturesque stretch of the northeastern shore. One lot is vacant, littered with trash, abandoned cars and other bulky items tossed aside and forgotten long ago. Most of the structures are severely dilapidated, ruined by years of neglect.

When junior kindergarten is eliminated at public schools next year, Tamber Miller-Garcia worries about the yearlong education gap her daughter might experience, being too old for preschool by then and too young for kindergarten.

A measure that would have reduced how much money the state pockets in exchange for collecting the tax used to fund Hono­lulu's rail project died in this year's legislative session.

A new "Science in Action" program at the University of Hawaii at Manoa this summer will give high school students a chance to explore subjects such as field botany and medicine in courses lasting a week or two.

Tenants caught smoking three times or more in apartments or common areas at any of the state's 85 public housing properties could be evicted under a tough new smoking ban effective this month.

Honolulu police arrested a 24-year-old Kalihi man Sunday in connection with a fatal stabbing in Ma­puna­puna earlier in the day.