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  • No tapering Federal Reserve to continue stimulus

    The Federal Reserve gave no indication Wednesday that it plans to scale back its purchases of bonds and other assets, as it continues its efforts to boost the U.S. ...

  • Hundreds promote learn model for community-service based learning

    "In design thinking you learn a new way of solving problems. One of the big differences is that sometimes we're problem solvers not problem finders," said Maureen Carrol, founder of Lime Designs, which teaches Design ...

  • Honolulu mayor to ride bike talk transportation

    HONOLULU (AP) - Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell is going for a bike ride. Caldwell plans to ride a bicycle through the Moiliili, downtown and Kakaako neighborhoods on Wednesday. City, state and federal officials will join him along with bicycling advocates. The group will ride along King and Beretania streets as well as Richards and Halekauwila streets. They'll stop at the site of the ...

  • Staffing concerns amid Oahu prison guard death

    HONOLULU (AP) -- Oahu Community Correctional Center officials couldn't find the key to a secured post where a guard was alone when he apparently had a heart attack and ...

  • Drones proving to be a benefit for Hawaiis agriculture industry

    ING farming. U-A-Vs - also known as Drones - are coming to a farm near you. But as KITV4's Lara Yamada explains ....it's providing the kind of food safety local farmers needto survive. Less than a few feet wide, launching from the grounds of Kualoa Ranchthey are the minature flying machines...using high-tech cameras to reaveal everything from weed density, to disease, ...

Movie Review

Bamboozled [DVD]

Bamboozled [DVD]

Spike Lee may veer into overstatement when he has the central character of Bamboozled, an outwardly successful, but inwardly self-hating, African-American TV executive, recite in voice-over narration at the beginning of the film the dictionary definition of "satire": "a literary work in which human vice or folly is ridiculed or attacked scornfully." I guess it just goes to show that L ... ...

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  • HART unveils train model asks public for input

    Scaling back and saving millionstonight rail planners are offering a first look at what the new train stations could look like. They're smaller than first envsioned-- a direct result of public involvement. And as KITV4's Andrew Pereira explains, rail planners say speak now as station design kicks into high gear. The cars in the 3-D model are not exactly modern, but the West Loch ...

  • Arson suspected in sugar cane field fires

    HONOLULU (AP) - Maui County fire officials say arson is suspected in eight fires that have scorched sugar cane fields. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports investigators have found no obvious ignition points. The first fire was May 19 along Holomua Road near Makawao Union Church and the last occurred Tuesday along North Kihei Road near a parking triangle. Firefighters say the fires have ...

  • AMA declares obesity as a disease

    LA Times reports the group voted to approve that decision Tuesday. The declaration recognizes obesity as a medical condition that requires treatment and prevention. ...

  • Partners to restore historic Kings Trail

    KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii (AP) - The National Park Service with the help of state and local partners will spend the summer restoring a historic Hawaii path. West Hawaii Today reports work will begin in about two weeks on Kiholo-Puako Trail, known as the "King's Trail." The western Hawaii Island trail is part of the 175-mile Ala Kahakai, or "trail by the sea." The trail ...

  • Physicians group labels obesity a disease

    The American Medical Association adopts a new policy on obesity The change diagnoses nearly one-third of Americas with a medical condition AMA decision could increase funding for future research, doctor ...

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