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Vog _ volcanic smog _ kills plants, casts a haze over Hawaii
- For eight years, Tony and Sam Bayaoa have grown thousands of bright red, yellow and pink protea flowers on their farm. Then in March, Kilauea volcano opened a new vent and began spewing double the usual amount of toxic gas.Now about 70 percent of their crop is dried, brown and brittle. 
Lei measuring longer than 1 mile strung in Hawaii
- May Day was Lei Day in Hawaii. Volunteers hoping to set a record for the world's longest lei strung together flowers that stretched for more than a mile at Kapiolani Park in Waikiki on Thursday, organizers said.Video, photos and witness statements documenting the lei, which measured 5,336 feet in length, will be sent to Guinness World Records, organizers said. Aloha cargo service gets green light to fly again
- Aloha Airlines was cleared to resume cargo operations Thursday night under an agreement approved by a bankruptcy court judge.The operations, which handled 85 percent of Hawaii's interisland air cargo before shutting down Monday, will be overseen by a court-appointed trustee until May 14. That is when the sale of Aloha's cargo division to Seattle-based Saltchuk Resources Inc. is to be completed. 
Hawaiian sovereignty seekers take over palace grounds
- Native Hawaiian sovereignty advocates briefly chained shut the gates of a historic palace, saying they were reclaiming land of the Hawaiian monarchy that was stolen during the overthrow of the kingdom more than 100 years ago.Unarmed security guards from the Hawaiian Kingdom Government group allowed only Native Hawaiians, students and the media to enter the Iolani Palace on Wednesday. Tourists, employees and the general public were kept out for hours until the conflict was peacefully resolved and the palace grounds reopened.
Hawaiian sovereignty seekers take over palace in Honolulu
- A Native Hawaiian group that advocates sovereignty briefly occupied the grounds of a historic palace in downtown Honolulu on Wednesday, saying it would carry out the business of what it considers the legitimate government of the islands.Unarmed security guards from the Hawaiian Kingdom Government group blocked all gates to the grounds of the palace, which is adjacent to the state Capitol. They did not enter the building itself. Native Hawaiians occupy palace grounds in downtown Honolulu
- A Native Hawaiian group that advocates sovereignty locked the gates of a historic palace Wednesday in downtown Honolulu, saying it would carry out the business of what it considers the legitimate government of the islands.State deputy sheriffs weren't allowing anyone else to enter Iolani Palace grounds as unarmed security guards from the Hawaiian Kingdom Government group blocked all gates to the palace, which is adjacent to the state Capitol. Aloha Airlines shutting down cargo division
- Aloha Airlines shut down its cargo division Monday because its primary lender decided not to provide further financing.Aloha carries 85 percent of the state's interisland air cargo, including all mail to and from Maui and the Big Island. Clarification: Ben Chapman obituary
- In a Feb. 29 obituary for Ben Chapman, The Associated Press described the one-time Hollywood actor as a decorated Korean War veteran. According to Chapman's family, he was awarded a Silver Star and Bronze Star and two Purple Hearts while serving with the Marines in Korea, medals in the family's possession. Chapman, 79, died Feb. 21 at Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu.The Silver Star and Bronze Star are medals for battlefield heroism, and the Purple Heart for injuries sustained in battle. Jury acquits soldier charged with Iraqi murder
- A court-martial panel on Friday found a Hawaii-based soldier not guilty in the killing of an unarmed Iraqi during a raid on a suspected insurgent hideout last year.Sgt. 1st Class Trey Corrales' friends and family erupted in cheers when the head of the military panel, or jury, read the verdict. Soldier's court-martial in death of Iraqi goes to jury
- Did the Army platoon sergeant deliberately shoot and kill an Iraqi man who was unarmed, subdued and securely in the custody of U.S. soldiers?Or did the soldier shoot him not realizing the man wasn't carrying a weapon, reasonably believing he posed a threat during a dangerous raid on an insurgent hideout? |
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