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Whatever happened to Evan Dobelle and David McClain, the immediate predecessors to University of Hawaii President M.R.C. Greenwood, who announced last week that she will retire in September?

On my recent water bill, I noticed I paid the exact same amount for water for two billing cycles. To the penny. What are the chances of that happening, right? I called and found out the Board of Water Supply bills only by the 1,000 gallons used.

Electrical failure blamed for Kailua fire • Confrontation sparks threats, arrest

Council members sniff at raise • Surf coming up on south shores • Blackout hits Molokai; MECO unsure of cause • County to cut water service to install bypass

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　ベルギー生まれのバッグブランドとして知られる「キプリング」が、オアフ島アラモアナセンター内にハワイ1号店をオープンした。　キプリング北米社のジュリー・ディンペリオ氏は「ホノルルは全米のほかの都市に比べても海外からの旅行者の数が多く、国際的ブランドとして成長中の当社にとってベストなロケーションといえます」との声明を発表している。　なお、ハワイ初、アメリカ初となるキプリング・アラモアナ店は、アラモアナセンター内メイシーズ側のモールレベルに店舗を構えている。
参考：パシフィック・ビジネス・ニュース

　ハワイ最大の民間土地所有社の一つとして知られるカネオヘ牧場が、カイルア地区に所有する土地などを含む州内約600エーカーの土地の売却を検討していることが明らかになった。　カネオヘ牧場は、カイルア地区内のメイシーズやホールフーズ、フードランド、セーフウェイ、タイムズなどの大型店が店舗を構える約38エーカーの土地を所有しており、関係者は、主要な店舗が数多く入居している広大な土地が売却されるのは非常に貴重な機会であるほか、カイルア地区のいくつかの土地のリース契約は更新時期となっており、購入後に大規模な商業施設地区の再開発を行う事も容易であるとしている。　なお、カネオヘ牧場の最高経営者は「所有している土地を全部売却するのか、一部を売却するのか、また、土地をハワイ州内の企業等に売却するのかなど、何も決定していません」とのみコメントしている。
参考：ホノルル・スター・アドバタイザー

The all-night games were held in rarefied settings like a suite at the Plaza Hotel. One pink chip was worth $25,000. Masseuses were on hand to help relieve the tension, while the players were fueled by food and drink. And the stakes climbed into the stratosphere, with as much as $2 million on the table to be lost or won.

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Lois Pfaff Abrams • Marcelina Acosta • William Cambra Jr.; and more

Jackie Kalama said her 13-year-old daughter was returning from dinner May 5 when she was killed in a pickup truck crash on Pali Highway that injured her paddling teammate and also killed the driver.

A state judge has set aside a $2 million jury verdict and ordered a new trial for a man who contends he suffers from a disabling painful condition from a 2005 slip and fall at the Mai Tai Bar at Ala Moana Center.

Each year, Hawaii high school seniors have a blast at Project Graduation events held around the state, but organizers say staging an entire night of alcohol- and drug-free post-commencement revelry comes at a high monetary cost.

Toby Stangel, accused of a 2011 freeway shooting spree, is guilty of reckless endangering, not murder and attempted murder, defense lawyer John Schum told the jurors in Stangel's state court trial Tuesday.

Hanalei resident Pam Wilcox Dohrman, who spent two nights alone in Kokee Valley after she got lost while hiking on a popular trail, described how happy she was to hear the voices of three young men who spotted and rescued her Monday.

City officials formally launched a search Tuesday for artists to create original, Hawaiian-themed works for display along Hono­lulu's future rail transit line.

There was good news and bad news in the Pentagon's announcement Tuesday that it will furlough up to 680,000 civilian defense workers for 11 days this summer.

City Council members want the Hono­lulu Police Department to look at the idea of allowing gun owners to obtain firearm registrations and permits at the Kapo­lei and Kaneohe police substations to reduce long lines.

The Hawaiian Humane Society rescued  Tuesday more than 40 purebred Pomeranian puppies and adults from "extremely filthy" living conditions at a longtime breeder's Halawa house.