Unique costume rental at Diamond Head Theatre lets Halloween-folk kick it up a notch
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Cholera outbreak strikes Haiti
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Above: Children await treatment in St. Marc, northern Haiti, amid a cholera outbreak, October 21. Below: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon delivers a speech at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, October 19.
America’s poor: Where poverty is rising in the United States, at a glance
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Non-partisan ‘Use Your Voice, Use Your Vote’ rally at UH Manoa raises voter awareness
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Political group appears linked to House Speaker
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Councilman repeats Ironman with rare injury
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At least 135 dead from disease outbreak in Haiti
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Firing of Juan Williams for Muslim comments attacked by U.S. rightwingers
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State House District 30 candidate Carole Kaapu on the issues
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In Brazil, a tribal chief strikes balance between modern technology and traditional values

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The Yawanawa are an indigenous people who live in Acre (Brazil), Madre de Dios (Peru), and Bolivia.