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Japan economy shows weakness
World Comments Updated: May 24, 2013 12:05amBy ELAINE KURTENBACH
Associated Press
TOKYO — Japan’s financial markets gyrated wildly Thursday, underscoring the vulnerability of its economy to a loss of investor confidence as Prime...
Another disaster, and yet relief stays the same
Their Views Comments Updated: May 24, 2013 12:05amBy JULIETTE KAYYEM
New York Times News Service
The political “gotcha” began just hours after a tornado ripped through Moore, Okla., on Monday, killing at least 24 people, including...
Cockroaches quickly lose sweet tooth to avoid bait
Nation Comments Updated: May 24, 2013 12:05amBy MALCOLM RITTER
Associated Press
NEW YORK — For decades, people have been getting rid of cockroaches by setting out bait mixed with poison. But in the late 1980s, in an apartment...
For Philadelphia bicyclist, a cat is his co-pilot
Nation Comments Updated: May 24, 2013 12:05amCat hitches ride on cyclist’s shoulders
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — For bicyclist Rudi Saldia, you could say a cat is his co-pilot.
Saldia often buzzes around Philadelphia with his year-old...
Navy to name destroyer for late Hawaii Sen. Inouye
State Comments Updated: May 24, 2013 12:05amNavy to name destroyer for late Hawaii Sen. Inouye
HONOLULU (AP) — The U.S. Navy plans to name one of its ships after late Hawaii U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye.
Navy Secretary Ray Mabus...
House backs variable rate student loans
Nation Comments Updated: May 24, 2013 12:05amHouse backs variable rate student loans
WASHINGTON (AP) — House lawmakers on Thursday approved legislation that links student loan rates to the ups and downs of the financial markets in...
Obama lifts ban on Guantanamo transfers to Yemen
Nation Comments Updated: May 24, 2013 12:05amObama lifts ban on Guantanamo transfers to Yemen
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is lifting his self-imposed ban on transferring Guantanamo Bay detainees to Yemen, where a...
State agency approves shellfish permit
State Comments Updated: May 24, 2013 12:07amState agency approves shellfish permit
HONOLULU (AP) — For the first time in more than two decades, a Hawaii company has been granted a permit to grow and sell shellfish locally.
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Hawaii woman sues Salvation Army
State Comments Updated: May 24, 2013 12:07amBy JENNIFER
SINCO KELLEHER
Associated Press
HONOLULU — A woman’s lawsuit against the Salvation Army claims she was molested by a minister as a child in the late 1950s and that...
County, builder must return to arbitration
Local News Comments Updated: May 24, 2013 12:07amBy ERIN MILLER
Stephens Media
Hawaii County will have to go back into arbitration over a Waikoloa workforce housing project contract, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.
The...
