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Japan braces for Atlantic bluefin tuna ban

School cancels prom over lesbian date

Honolulu Advertiser employees get formal notice of upcoming termination and rehiring

Student loan overhaul seems likely to join Senate health-care bill

Solomon Islands Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings under way

Internet DUI gallery ends

Iraq after the elections: Slogging towards stability

The magic disappearing act of American jobs

Three proven steps to advance the world’s women, on International Women’s Day

UN says three Pacific parliaments still without women

Obama should help West Papua’s people blighted by a U.S. corporation

San Francisco: Day of education protests heat up

Hawaii mulls imposing Internet shopping sales tax

Chile Earthquake, Earth’s Rotation, and Big Changes

Karl Rove just admitted the Iraq War was a huge mistake

Undersea cable strengthens Hawaii, Tahiti link

Pro Bowl returns to Hawaii in 2011, retains controversy

Quake finds tsunami forecasts still limited

Postal Service’s debt reducer: Drop Saturday

L.A. marijuana dispensary law challenged in court

Radio defamation case divides Samoan media

Honolulu mass transit plan moving fast

Pacific island nations to address overfishing threat to tuna

Pacific Tsunami Warning Center: ‘Failure to warn is not an option for us’

U.S. vs. Canada: Continent divided

8.8-magnitude quake hits Chile

‘The Hurt Locker’ sets off conflict

Powerful earthquake strikes off Okinawa, no tsunami warning

Liberalism, atheism, male sexual exclusivity linked to IQ

Google Street View raises privacy concerns ... again

Printing plant key to Advertiser purchase

Is Honolulu’s population base large enough to support the mayor’s chosen rail system?

House Finance Committee rejects gambling bills

Marine conservationist says SeaWorld death may increase the use of killer whales in shows

Pacific activists link up to oppose military expansion in the Marianas

Video: Guahans oppose U.S. military plans

Obama readies a fallback health-care proposal

Death of Sea World trainer: Do ‘killer whales’ belong in theme parks?

Apple’s banning of “sexual” applications is hypocritical, will face backfire

Military brass doubts repeal of limits on gays

Witnesses: Toyota problems could be electronics

Disclosure of Hawaii tourism info to be discussed

Philippines’ failing schools fuel cycle of poverty

Army of well-paid expatriate advisers keeps Pacific poor

Ukraine’s Tymoshenko set to fight on

Ron Paul for President, says Conservative Political Action Conference poll

Daily Show spoofs Republicans on Hawaii government mandated health care

NYC judge rules against Critical Mass bike protests

Obama announces $8 billion loan guarantees for nuclear power plants

Hawaii hotels lost $741 million last year

U.S. vs. China: a dangerous phase has begun

Philippines clan clash flares again

Tongans clean up after battering by Cyclone Rene

TheBus HEA ... sometimes

Hypocrisy muddles Capitol Hill’s fiscal obligations

Largest U.S. military offensive in Afghanistan under way

California trolley bought for $75,000 to be used at Disney resort in Hawaii

Hawaii hardly alone in budget troubles

Former schools chief takes job at St. Louis School

Mavericks: Biggest of the big waves

Death of Georgian in luge practice run raises questions about safety of the track

A guide to following the 2010 Winter Olympics online

Celebs gather for ‘We are the World 25’ for Haiti

Innovations charter school holds Zero-Waste Pancake Breakfast

The Samoas brace for the arrival of Cyclone Rene

China New Year exodus hits peak

9/11 Wold Trade Center aerial photos released

Hawaii ranks 11th for foreclosure filings

Hawaii helping Haiti

Karaoke killings a worldwide phenomenon?

Raging blizzard wallops much of the mid-Atlantic

Ferry musings: Dispensing treats

China city banking on bikes

Human Rights Watch demands end to Fiji ‘abuses’

Animal antibiotics a threat to human consumption?

Bill threatens pay-to-play restrictions in Hawaii politics

UH President addresses state Legislature

Hawaii Senate paperless savings add up

Hawaii will delay state tax refunds

American Airlines to charge $8 for blankets, when available

Strykerferry invasion of the Pacific?

Palin e-mails reveal a powerful ‘first dude’

Samoa disaster co-ordinator rejects latest criticism of aid effort

Tongan philosopher Futa Helu dies, leaving Pacific-wide legacy

Washington court finds inadequate funding of public education unconstitutional

Americans charged with kidnapping Haiti children

Hawaii has worst drought conditions in U.S.

Magnitude 6.0 earthquake hits off the Northern California coast near Eureka

Obama condemns Uganda anti-gay bill as ‘odious’

Former Honolulu mayor Frank Fasi passes away

Iran’s offer on nuclear deal: genuine or diplomatic wedge?

Hawaii on track to meet renewable energy goals

Conservationists seek to end lead poisoning of Midway’s rare sea birds

US rejects China Dalai Lama warning

Obama’s budget draws rapid fire

Pearl Harbor merging with Hickam Air Force Base

Film on Hawaii occupation wins special festival jury prize

Fans treated to first hour of Lost at premiere event in Hawaii

Republican National Committee wraps up strategy session in Hawaii

Furloughs hurt military’s view of Hawaii schools