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The state and the Hawaii State Teachers Association have reached a tentative agreement on a new four-year pact that provides for pay increases, restoration of previous medical coverage premium percentages, and HSTA input on teaching evaluation policies.

Earth-like planets are probably exceptionally common in our galaxy, and astronomers should look for them around the closest stars to ours, a prominent planet hunter suggests.

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　ハワイ州のニール･アバクロンビー知事とホノルル市のカーク・コールドウェル市長の両名が昨日、ブロードウェイの大人気ミュージカル「ライオンキング」のハワイ公演が決定したと発表した。ライオンキングは2007年にハワイで上演されており、今回で2度目の公演となる。　ライオンキングは来年1月14日より8週間にわたってオアフ島のニール・ブレイズデル・センターで公演予定で、10名以上の団体チケットが3月28日より、一般チケットが7月20日より販売される予定となっている。　ライオンキングはブロードウェイで16年間にわたって上演されている人気作品で、2007年のハワイ公演では180,000枚以上のチケットが販売されており、ホノルル市当局では、今回の8週間の公演では120,000枚以上のチケットが販売され、100万ドル以上の経済効果がもたらされるだろうと試算している。
参考：ハワイ・ニュース・ナウ、

　水星にあるクレータのひとつが、1980年代に他界し、現在も伝説のハワイアン・ミュージシャンとして親しまれているギャビー・パヒヌイ氏の名前を冠し、「パヒヌイ」と命名されることが明らかになった。　今回のクレーターの命名は、水星の製図作業に携わっているエンジニアらによって実現したもので、すでにNASA（アメリカ航空宇宙局）によって承認されている。
参考：KHON2

CARLSBAD, N.M. » Just after the local water board announced this month that its farmers would get only one-tenth of their normal water allotment this year, Ronnie Walterscheid, 53, stood up and called on his elected representatives to declare a water war on their upstream neighbors.

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The sheer number of women sexually abused and gang raped in a single public square had become too big to ignore. Conservative Islamists in Egypt's new political elite were outraged — at the women.

State House leaders are interested in providing income tax relief — an idea that has not had currency at the Legislature since the state was flush with a record budget surplus.

An estimated 800 people rallied outside the downtown post office Sunday afternoon to protest Postmaster General Patrick Dona­hoe's plans to end Saturday mail delivery.

Question: There is a beautiful shoreline walk between Ko Olina and Electric Beach, with lots of marine life and wonderful views. However, there is a large pole with six large speakers facing the ocean.

Reader Gerrie Quinn of Sydney emailed a question about stinging marine worms. During an October 2009 vacation in Fiji, Gerrie jumped off a tour boat for a swim and crossed paths with a swarm of worms.

Man charged in kidnapping and assault • Towing company office fire called arson

Kauai boy spells ‘lamentation' for bee win • Haiku Stairs' future on meeting agenda • Jeep crash on highway kills driver, 19 • Kauai voters add 3 to board of utility co-op

Oahu motorists have long complained about the poor condition of our roads, prompting Mayor Kirk Caldwell’s new plan to spend $150 million to get ahead of the problem. The Star-Advertiser, along with media partner Hawaii News Now, takes an in-depth look at the state of our roads.

Asphalt industry experts say it's difficult to judge which climate is worse on pavement — the warm, wet tropical weather of areas such as Hawaii or the freezing temperatures in regions such as the Midwest.

As Honolulu appears to finally shift into high gear to rid its roads of widespread potholes, other cities are grappling with how to do more with less as they maintain their streets.

If the boulder that crashed into the front end of Josephine Hanta's Honda Odyssey on Saturday morning had careened down the mountainside on a weekday, she said it likely would have plowed right into her family's Kuliouou condominium.

State Sen. Suzanne Chun Oakland tracks affordable housing unit projects in color-coded categories on a large easel in her office.

Hawaii's Better Business Bureau issued a consumer alert earlier this year after receiving complaints about aggressive door-to-door salesmen hawking a household cleaning solution.