Honolulu Mayor Peter Carlisle’s inauguration ceremony set for Friday
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North Shore Sustainable Communities Plan sets ‘country’ guidelines, leaves room for some development
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Above: The historic twin-span "Rainbow Bridge" over the Anahulu River. Below: A panoramic view of Haleiwa Hotel, opened by Benjamin Dillingham in 1898, in a photographic print by Melvin Vaniman.
Curb and sidewalk work set for Wahiawa this week
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How China’s got us over a barrel on rare earths, the key to iPods and guided missiles
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Rare earths, used in everything from iPhones to guided missiles, are controlled primarily by China, alarming the United States and other western countries. Here, protesters in China burn an iPhone on May 25, 2010.