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Honolulu stories: 11 news summaries
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 Best Layover Mini-Vacations 

Who needs the boring airport when you can get out and explore?

Sep 14, 09 5:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Stuck with a long layover? You don’t have to idle in the airport. Condé Nast Traveler presents its readers' best suggestions for killing an hour or 4:
  • Honolulu: Take a 25-minute cab ride to Waikiki Beach to enjoy the sand, surf, and views of Diamond Head
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Minneapolis • San Francisco • London • Los Angeles • Singapore • airport • Honolulu • Vancouver • Jay-ZTV

Honolulu Mulls Body-Odor Crackdown

City delays vote barring smelly people from riding public transit

Sep 3, 09 11:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Honolulu's city council has delayed voting on a measure to bar stinky people from public transit, reports the Advertiser. The ordinance would crack down on people with “odors that unreasonably disturb others or interfere with their use of the transit system.” Part of the reason for the delay... More »

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smell • Hawaii • Honolulu • public transportation • body odor • public transit • ordinance

Doctor Didn't Recognize
Own Dad After Beating

Only found out later she'd treated him; he later died

Jan 17, 09 8:02 PM CST
(Newser) - Dr. Shirley Domingo didn’t recognize the savagely beaten man she treated in the Intensive Care Unit Tuesday at Queen’s Medical Center in Honolulu. It wasn’t until her brother called later that evening that she realized the truth: It was her own father. “It was a shock,... More »

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crime • Hawaii • Honolulu • assault • beatings

Hawaii Tries in Vain to Cash In on Obama Fame

Obama tour operators say business is slow


Dec 23, 08 4:04 AM CST
(Newser) - The Hawaii tourist trade is doing its best to spin some dollars out of Obamania, Politico reports. Tour companies are hyping visits to the president-elect's old Honolulu neighborhood, and the Baskin-Robbins where Obama worked as a teen is selling a new "Swirl of Change" flavor: chocolate, caramel, and nuts... More »

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Barack Obama • tourism • Hawaii • Honolulu • holiday • President Obama

 Hey, at Least 
 Travel Costs 
 Are Plunging 

Airlines, cruises, hotels slash prices for those who can still afford it

Nov 10, 08 8:28 AM CST
(Newser) - There’s a spot of good news for travelers amid the barrage of dire economic reports: Those looking for a flight, cruise, or hotel stay may find surprisingly good deals. As financial woes keep many Americans grounded, the travel industry is forced to drop prices to fill space, the Los ... More »

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travel • airline industry • Los Angeles • Honolulu • airfare • cruise lines • economy • Walt Disney World • hotels • financial crisis

3 Dead, 1 Missing in
Hawaiian Helicopter Crash

Rescuers search for their own in Pacific Ocean

Sep 5, 08 12:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Three people are dead and one missing after a Coast Guard helicopter crashed during a training exercise in Hawaii last night, the Honolulu Advertiser reports. The Dolphin rescue chopper crashed into the water about 6 miles off of Sand Island in Honolulu. The cause is unclear. A massive search continued... More »

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Pacific Ocean • Coast Guard • crash • helicopter • Hawaii • rescue • Honolulu

 'Tony Soprano' Ties the Knot 

8-year-old son is best man

Sep 1, 08 9:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tony Soprano's alter ego, James Gandolfini, married Deborah Lin in her hometown of Honolulu Saturday. The actor’s 8-year-old son served as best man, People reports. "There was a nice big kiss at the end with both hands on the cheeks," a guest said. The Hawaiian wedding feast... More »

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Honolulu • James Gandolfini • celebrity marriage

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.

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

Where Do the Hotties Live?

Hotties pack these towns named by
Travel & Leisure

Oct 25, 07 7:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - If you want to see the most beautiful people in America, head to Miami or San Diego. That's what Travel & Leisure's readers think. Here are the 10 cities with the most head-turners:
  1. Miami
  2. San Diego
  3. Charleston, S.C.
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travel • Miami • Los Angeles • list • Charleston • Austin • San Diego • Honolulu

Minorities Become Majority

Nonwhites dominate in 10% of counties, new census figures show

Aug 9, 07 1:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nonwhites account for more than half the population in 10% of all US counties and in nearly one-third of the most populous ones, new census results show. Figures through mid-2006 demonstrate the suburban flight of blacks and Hispanics and fallout from Hurricane Katrina, the Times reports. And in three dozen... More »

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race • Chicago • African Americans • Washington DC • Asians • demographics • Honolulu • El Paso • immigrant • Hispanic

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