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Hawaii stories: 79 news summaries

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(AP) - Hawaii's mini-mashers got a little help from Mexico's miscues to win a fourth straight Little League World Series title for the United States. Tanner Tokunaga smacked two homers and Iolana Akau added a solo blast as the boys from Waipahu, Hawaii, defeated Matamoros, Mexico, 12-3, to take the biggest prize... More »

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Mexico • Hawaii • Little League World Series • Little League • baseball

Obama Is a Son of Hawaii, but a Man of Chicago

Island looms large among the forces that shaped him

Aug 23, 08 2:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hawaii and Chicago shaped the Barack Obama we know today in very different ways, David Maranis writes in a detailed look at the candidate's formative years in the Washington Post. Hawaii, multiracial but with its own social stratification, helped form the young Obama's outlook on life, but he found himself... More »

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Barack Obama • Chicago • Hawaii • Honolulu • Dreams From My Father • Stanley Ann Dunham Soetoro • Barack Obama Sr.

OPINION

A Few Lessons Obama Picked Up While on Vacation

Hawaii surely rejuvenated Dem for fall campaign ... but 3 tips just in case

Aug 20, 08 4:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - What did Barack Obama do on vacation in Hawaii, beside body-surf and eat shaved ice? He learned three important lessons, John Dickerson writes in Slate, about how to handle the coming phase of the campaign:
  1. “Keep it big.” The Democrat has decided to push the “turning-point
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Barack Obama • John McCain • vacation • Hawaii • campaign • election

ANALYSIS

 As Obama Surfs,
 McCain Owns Week

GOP candidate flexes muscles, Dem hits the beach

Aug 15, 08 8:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - As the conflict in Georgia wears on, John McCain has seized every opportunity this week to showcase his foreign policy chops, notes Michael Falcone in the New York Times, all but positioning himself as a putative commander in chief. McCain boasted of his multiple visits to the region and even... More »

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Russia • Barack Obama • John McCain • Georgia • Hawaii • foreign policy • South Ossetia

 Obamas Leave for Hawaii 

Trip is for family time, to see aging grandmother, Dem says

Aug 8, 08 4:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama departed for Hawaii today to kick off a week-long vacation with his family, Reuters reports. He’ll take part in a welcoming rally and fundraiser there, but will otherwise rest from campaign rigors. John McCain attacked his rival’s “beach vacation” in light of the hardships facing... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • politics • Michelle Obama • family • vacation • Hawaii • campaign • Obama family

Obama's Accepting Outlook Forged in Diverse Hawaii

Island state's tolerant spirit helped shape candidate's worldview

Aug 7, 08 12:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama spent his formative years in Hawaii and islanders say the unique and diverse nature of the 50th state helped shape the candidate's outlook on life, the AP reports. Obama's racial identity was forged in the state where everybody belongs to a minority group, and the accomodating nature of... More »

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Barack Obama • Hawaii • tolerance • ethnic diversity

analysis

Ethnic Media Proud of, Cautious About Candidate

A step for diversity, all agree, but will he show minorities the love?

Jun 6, 08 3:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ethnic media outlets are lauding Barack Obama's victory as a step for all minorities, but they're also holding him at arm’s length, waiting for personal attention. “The White House may not be a house for whites anymore,” said Korea Daily. Indeed, American minorities say glass ceilings broken... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Hawaii • Chinatown • the Hispanic vote • Filipinos

Kelsey Grammer Has Heart Attack in Hawaii

Actor is recovering in hospital after mild attack while boating

Jun 3, 08 4:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Kelsey Grammer suffered a mild heart attack while paddle-boating in Hawaii with his wife  over the weekend, Reuters reports. The star of Frasier and the recently-canceled Back to You is resting in a Hawaiian hospital and should be released this week. Grammer, 53, was recently cast in a pilot for... More »

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heart attack • Hawaii • actor • Kelsey Grammer

 The Nation's Best Beach? 

Florida's Caladesi Island is at the top of a professor's annual list

May 22, 08 7:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - With its fine, white sand and relative seclusion, Florida's Caladesi Island—on the Gulf of Mexico near Tampa Bay—is the nation's best beach, says a Florida professor who issues annual rankings. This year's runners-up, from the AP:
  • Hanalei Beach, Hawaii
  • Siesta Beach in Sarasota, Florida
  • Coopers Beach in
... More »

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Florida • beach • Hawaii • summer

 Lucky Alaska First to Hit $4 Gas 

Others could join '$4 club' after Memorial Day

May 15, 08 11:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - It's here. Alaska has the painful distinction of becoming the first state where gas is selling for an average of $4 a gallon, Reuters reports. The average for the rest of the US is hovering at $3.76, but Connecticut, California, New York, and Illinois could all join Alaska in... More »

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California • Alaska • New York • Michigan • Connecticut • Illinois • Hawaii • gas prices • Department of Labor • West Virginia • AAA • Memorial Day • Petroleum Marketers Association

  Forget US
 Tourists: Hawaii 
 Lures Euros 

State escapes slowdown by casting net wider for visitors

May 13, 08 9:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Domestic tourism is slowing down in the US as economic worries mount, but Hawaii appears to be surfing a wave of diversification through the downturn, the Wall Street Journal reports. Numbers of visitors from Canada, Europe, and some East Asian countries are picking up and offsetting a drop in tourists... More »

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travel • tourism • vacation • Hawaii • holiday • tourists

Hawaiians Protest Statehood; Vow to Take Over

Monarchists blockade royal palace

May 1, 08 4:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - A group of native Hawaiian activists seized the grounds of the state's old royal palace in Honolulu yesterday and vowed to take over, CNN reports. They locked the gates and announced they would rule the government from there. The group, one of several which rejects Hawaii's statehood and seeks to... More »

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monarchy • Hawaii • Honolulu • states' rights

 Evacuations Ordered
 Around Hawaiian
 Volcano 

Officials worry wind will push fumes into settled areas

Apr 9, 08 2:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Officials ordered the evacuation of Hawaii's Volcanoes National Park yesterday due to potentially poisonous fumes seeping from two craters. Voluntary evacuations of nearby towns were also announced, but few people have left, reports the Honolulu Advertiser. "We still remain on alert and we're going to monitor 24/7 to make... More »

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Hawaii • volcanoes • Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

 Obama's Grannie
 Trumped Bias 

Madelyn Dunham took on Hawaii's barriers
to women, whites

Apr 9, 08 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama wasn’t the first in his family to defy convention: His grandmother bucked prejudices in Hawaii against women and whites in the 1960s and '70s, USA Today reports. Madelyn Dunham, now 85, fought to become one of the Bank of Hawaii’s first female vice presidents. “... More »

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Barack Obama • feminism • Hawaii • gender bias • Madelyn Dunham

 Particle Collider
 Prompts Doomsday Suit 

Device could spark fatal black hole, claimants say

Mar 30, 08 2:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - A particle smasher in Switzerland could suck up Earth and possibly the whole universe, a US lawsuit claims. The suit warns that the $8 billion Large Hadron Collider near Geneva could spark a matter-sucking black hole or a "strangelet" that turns our planet into "strange matter." But... More »

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particle accelerator • physics • black hole • Hawaii • CERN • Walter Wagner • Luis Sancho • Large Hadron Collider

 Hawaiian Volcano Acting Feisty 

Halemaumau's eruption mild for now, but officials well aware of dangers

Mar 25, 08 2:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Halemaumau Crater on Hawaii's Big Island is acting up—venting gas and the occasional gobbet of lava. The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory is classifying the activity as the crater's first eruption since 1982, the Honolulu Star-Bulletin reports; scientists are unsure whether the trickle could turn into a larger, more dangerous convulsion.... More »

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Hawaii • Big Island • volcano • national park • Halemaumau Crater • Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

Equine Visitor Not Quite What Doctor Ordered

Hospital security corrals horse as
it gets off elevator

Mar 24, 08 3:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Hawaii hospital ejected the relative of a man recovering from surgery after he tried to bring the patient’s favorite pet—a full-grown horse—to visit, the Honolulu Star-Bulletin reports. Security staff stopped the visitors before they could get to the patient's room; the man was intoxicated, and the... More »

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surgery • horse • hospital • Hawaii • drunk relatives • good intentions • pet hospital visits

Wowie! Maui Gas Hits $4 

Hawaii is especially hard hit by rising oil prices

Mar 14, 08 9:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - The price of gas in the US hit another record this morning of $3.28 a gallon, CNN reports, but at least one part of the nation thinks that would be a great bargain. On Maui, $4 gas has already arrived in many places, and the island is on the... More »

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energy • oil • gas • Hawaii • gas prices • oil price • Maui

10 Amazing Places to Unwind

Forbes lists 10 US getaways from Maui to Maine

Mar 10, 08 3:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Americans need a vacation—badly—with fewer than two-thirds of workers using their allotted time last year, reports Forbes. But not everyone's idea of fun is vegging out . Here are top-notch US getaways for those who like active travel:
  • Kapalua Resort, Maui, Hawaii: Golf, bird-watching and a marine-life preserves.
... More »

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Florida • travel • Kennebunkport • Phoenix • Aspen • vacation • Hawaii • spa • resorts • Kapalua • CordeValle • White Barn Inn • Canoe Bay • St. Regis Resort • The Phoenician • Viceroy • Palm Springs • SanMartin • Maui • Golden Door Resort • Escondido • Walden Country Inn and Stables • Aurora, Ohio • Water Color Inn • Santa Rosa Beach • massage

Anti-Obama Asians Accused of Racism

They vastly prefer Clinton, but bigotry charge sparks outrage

Feb 20, 08 8:13 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama's low support among Asian-Americans is sparking cries of racism, Time reports. "On a gut level my reaction is that at least some Asian-Americans are uncomfortable voting for a black candidate," one analyst said. But some Asians resent the charge: A recent CNN show on the topic... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • racism • caucus • Hawaii • Election 2008 • Asian-Americans • African-Americans

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