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The daughter of a Hale­iwa woman charged with killing the family's pet dog over the weekend has contradicted what her mother told police, city Deputy Prosecutor Chastity Ima­mura said.

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　オアフ島カネオヘ地区にあるカネオヘ海兵隊基地で毎年開催されている屋外イベントの「ベイフェスト」が、今年は開催されない見通しであることが明らかになった。航空ショーや屋外でのライブなどが楽しめるベイフェストは、毎年数千人が訪れる人気イベントとして知られている。　ベイフェストのホームページとフェイスブックページでは、「残念ながら今年のべイフェストは開催されません。来年度の開催情報をチェックしてください」とのみ記載されており、イベントが開催されない理由などは明記されていない。
参考：ハワイ・ニュース・ナウ

 米雑誌のペアレンツ・マガジンが発表した最新のランキングで、ハワイ島のカムエラが全米のベストビーチタウンランキングの第8位にランクインした。　カムエラは、牧草地が広がるカウボーイの街として知られており、有名なパーカー牧場もカムエラに位置しているほか、ハプナビーチ公園やマウナケア・ビーチ・ホテル、ハプナ・ビーチ・プリンス・ホテルなどから数分の場所で、ハプナビーチ公園などの海岸地域も住所的にはカムエラ地区となっている。　ペアレンツ・マガジンが今回発表したランキングの第1位には、サウスカロライナ州のヒルトンヘッド島、2位にはカリフォルニア州のコロナド、3位にはフロリダ州のセント・ピート・ビーチ、次いでマサチューセッツ州のファルマウス、ニュージャージー州のケープメイが選出されている。
参考：ホノルル・スター・アドバタイザー

NUEVA GERMANIA, Paraguay » The year was 1887 when two of the best-known German anti-Semites of the time put down stakes here in Paraguay's remote jungle with 14 German families screened for their racial purity.

Christopher Jay Aamodt • Jim Zentaro Arakawa • Ronald Jose Cabulong Bumanglag; and more

PHILADELPHIA » A Victorian-era dye factory is taking on a new role to help this city's troubled public school system attract and retain teachers.

SEOUL » When the order came last weekend to evacuate an industrial park in North Korea, Kwak Kyung-dock, a South Korean factory manager, said he was forced to flee with the suit on his back — and his car filled with so many boxes of the plastic machinery parts made at his factory that he had to tie several on the roof.

Rudolph James Brilhante • Lily Keala Calpito • Lily Kahele Mathias Aiwohi Chai; and more

The city Medical Examiner's Office is seeking the public's help to identify a man whose body was found on the reef off Sand Island by a kayaker Thursday morning.

Honolulu police explosives specialists responded to two more suspicious objects on different sides of the island Thursday, including what was determined to be "an incendiary device" near the Kahuku school complex.

U.S. Rep. Colleen Hana­busa will emphasize leadership experience, and not the dying wish of the late U.S. Sen. Daniel Ino­uye, in her Demo­cratic primary challenge next year against U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz.

Honolulu rail officials reported a third-quarter turnaround Thursday on how much cash the massive project is collecting. They also offered a rosier forecast for how much its yearlong construction delay will cost.

Although the Legislature failed to pass bills this session to fund the state's watershed protection initiatives by collecting a fee imposed on nonrecyclable bags or increasing taxes on expensive real estate transactions, the Department of Land and Natural Resources said it is satisfied with the level of funding lawmakers did choose to provide.

An Iraq War veteran suffering the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder and a traumatic brain injury will have to spend three months in jail followed by three months of electronically monitored home confinement for using the identities of fellow Army veterans to claim their GI Bill benefits.

Touch screens are everywhere: smartphones, laptop screens, supermarket checkouts, restaurant tills, ATMs, airport check-in kiosks, museum information-booths and GPS devices, to name a few.

UH given $160,000 for language project • Donations aid outreach to abuse victims • HCC classes on agriculture start May 30

Teenager arrested in attack on officer • Suspect sought in Waikiki assault • Hilo residence goes up in flames • Traffic dispute on Highway 130 leads to assault

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The ground breaks today on a sweeping four-year modernization of Honolulu Airport, starting with a new maintenance building for Aloha Air Cargo.