Man saves kitten from Ala Wai canal, kitten saves man from a lonely holiday
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Craig Hardin and the kitten he dove into the Ala Wai to save, now healthy and happy.
Only 8,000 of 48,000 ballots for West Oahu’s City Council seat have been cast so far

Voters have until Wednesday, December 29

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Fishing outlawed in Waikiki in the New Year
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L.A. rally to draw attention to violent Rapa Nui evictions
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Signs were made for Thursday's protest by the Save Rapa Nui U.S.A. Coalition.
Kapahulu’s Volcano Vapor Café offers a welcoming home for Oahu’s ‘vaping’ community
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Volcano Vapor Café, located at 449 Kapahulu Avenue, #102, is open from 7:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m. daily.
‘Donate a Dollar, Save a Theatre’: One man reaches out to save his roots at Kumu Kahua
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Above: Vicky Kneubuhl as Nofo Peseola and D. Tafa'i "Fa'i" Silipa as her husband, Hone, in Albert Wendt's The Songmaker's Chair, performed in 2006 at Kumu Kahua Theatre. Below: Silipa as the Master Fisherman in Pericles.
U.S. Senate poised to pass New START nuclear pact with Russia
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Rep. Maile Shimabukuro, Malama Solomon appointed to State Senate
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New Hawaii laws ring in with the new year

Drunk drivers, political donors beware

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Obama may land in Hawaii as early as Wednesday evening
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