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The United States government is buying enough of a new smallpox medicine to treat 2 million people in the event of a bioterrorism attack, and took delivery of the first shipment of it last week.

Pity poor Lea DiMarchi. For four years now the love-addled lass has chased fickle Demetrius only to be overshadowed by her supposed friend Hermia, fought over by the aforementioned Demetrius and a magically demented Lysander, and subjected to the mischievous enchantments of the sprite Puck.

Reports of armed teen shut down schools • Degree program accommodates full-time jobs • Renovations made to Kauai water source

Woman and police officer hurt in crash • Pedestrian hit by car is seriously injured • Teen arrested for alleged BB gun threat

Thousands of Schofield Barracks soldiers who have been hard at training for months for a pair of deployments to Afghanistan might not go, officials say.

Along with hockey sticks, canoe paddles should be included in the Transportation Security Administration's list of approved carry-on items on flights, local paddlers argue.

The Army two-star general who this summer will assume command of all special operations forces from the Middle East to Pakistan still likes to call Honolulu home.

The state agency charged with enforcing and protecting collective bargaining rights says its "skeleton crew and bare-bones budget" hamstring its ability to rule on dozens of labor complaints filed each year by public and private employees and their unions.

Mediation brings people together face to face to sort out disputes with the help of a neutral party, but Hawaii's geography can make it tough to get everyone in one room.

An Oahu Community Correctional Center inmate died and his cellmate was arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder Saturday afternoon after a fight broke out between the two men, police said.

U.S. State Department special agent Christopher Deedy will withdraw his request for dismissal of his murder charge that was based on his contention that he was acting as a federal law enforcement officer when he fatally shot a Kailua man at a Waikiki restaurant in 2011.

My walk down the length of Kailua Beach on a recent blustery day brought back memories of another windy day there in 1983.

Question: You get into a taxi, they drop the flag and your fare is determined by the number of miles traveled to your destination.

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　ホノルルに拠点を置くハワイ最大手海運業のマトソン社は昨日、燃料サーチャージ費の値下げを発表した。燃料サーチャージの値下げは日曜日より実施される。　今回の値下げで、ハワイ向け荷物の燃料サーチャージ費が43.5%から40%となるほか、グアム、北マリアナ諸島、ミクロネシア諸島へのサーチャージも、現在の40%から36.5%となる。　マトソン社のデイブ・ホッパー氏は今回の値下げについて「燃料サーチャージの値下げが可能となり、多くの顧客に喜んでもらえるはずです。値下げすることでコンテナ1個の輸送料金を$80～$140ほど削減できるでしょう」と語っている。
参考：パシフィック・ビジネス・ニュース

　マウイ郡当局は昨日、新しく導入された2階建てバスのお披露目を行った。イギリスで製造された2階建てバスの購入金額は$375,000で、バスの1階部分と2階部分にはそれぞれビデオカメラが設置されており、運転手は運転席にいながらバス全体の状況をカメラを通して確認できるようになっている。　今回導入される新しい2階建てバスは約90名が乗車でき、今月末または4月初めにはキヘイ地区での運行が開始される予定となっている。なお、バスの利用料金は2階建てバスになっても据え置きで、１回の乗車ごとに$２または1日パスが$4のままとなる。
参考：ハワイ・ニュース・ナウ

CHERRAPUNJI, India » Almost no place on Earth gets more rain than this small hill town. Nearly 40 feet falls every year — more than 12 times what Seattle gets. Storms often drop more than a foot a day. The monsoon is epic.