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Hawaii general excise tax revenue up 10 percent
State Comments Updated: Jun 16, 2013 12:06amHONOLULU (AP) — The state Department of Taxation says Hawaii general excise tax revenue rose nearly 10 percent during the first 11 months of the current fiscal year.
The department said...
Saks Fifth Avenue to open store in Waikiki
State Comments Updated: Jun 16, 2013 12:06amHONOLULU (AP) — Department store operator Saks Inc. plans to build a Saks Fifth Avenue in the center of Waikiki.
The Queen Emma Land Co. and shopping mall manager Taubman Centers Inc. said...
A day for the dads
Their Views Comments Updated: Jun 16, 2013 12:06amBy MATTHEW PATE
Stephens Media
Fatherhood is an institution as variable as the men who inhabit it. Human civilizations have long struggled to circumscribe its “proper” contours. Few...
Rakugo, popular form of Japanese theater, at libraries
Community Comments Updated: Jun 16, 2013 12:06amThe ensemble Bento Rakugo will be a featured performer for “Dig into Reading,” the 2013 HSPLS Children’s Summer Reading Program, at 11 selected public libraries on the Big Island, Lanai, Molokai...
Riot police bring end to protest in Istanbul
World Comments Updated: Jun 16, 2013 12:06amBy ELENA BECATOROS and JAMEY KEATEN
Associated Press
ISTANBUL — Turkish riot police firing tear gas and water cannons took less than half an hour on Saturday to bring to an end an 18-...
Iran reformists dance in streets for new president
World Comments Updated: Jun 16, 2013 12:06amBy ALI AKBAR DAREINI and BRIAN MURPHY
Associated Press
TEHRAN, Iran — Wild celebrations broke out on Tehran streets that were battlefields four years ago as reformist-backed Hasan...
Brazilians protest cost of World Cup
World Comments Updated: Jun 16, 2013 12:06amBy TALES AZZONI
Associated Press
BRASILIA, Brazil — At least 500 protesters complaining against the high cost of staging the World Cup rallied Saturday in front of the National Stadium...
VFW scholarship goes to Cabanas
Community Comments Updated: Jun 16, 2013 12:06amSydney Cabanas has won the annual Voice of Democracy scholarship from the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Her speech on the theme “Is Our Constitution Still Relevant?” placed first on the Big...
County, HTA fund plant walks
Community Comments Updated: Jun 16, 2013 12:06amAn award from the county Department of Research and Development and the Hawaii Tourism Authority is funding guided native plant walks every day at 1 p.m. at Amy B.H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical...
It’s Father’s Day! Let’s hear it for the dads
Community Comments Updated: Jun 16, 2013 12:06amA happy happy Father’s Day: Treat him great; treat him exclusively. Treat whoever is your “dad” special all day long.
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Come one, come all! Once again it...
