The GOP trotted out 5 gimpy contenders for the upcoming primary for a debate in which Pawlenty, Cain, and Santorum contend that the US should continue down one of America's newest and dirtiest roads, that of torture and death for all, except them of course ...

Many of us know the bbq safety rule: Never add charcoal starter fluid when coals or kindling have already been ignited. So a news story tonight caught my attention. KITV had in their 5pm news a report about camping fees. They showed during an interview video a shot of a youth adding starter...

[uhwarrior23]The only person making no sense is you, letsgobows! Why in the heck would the Lakers trade Pau Gasol to a team that's in their same conference?? STUPIDEST comment I have read in a long time! Yes, Pau has struggled but he is not the soul reason for the Lakers struggles. I do see LAL making moves in the offseason. Artest and Bynum may not be back. I can see a sign and trade involving Bynum and Artest going to Orlando for Howard. I do not see Pau going anywhere! All the Laker haters can celebrate and enjoy this moment all they want but the Laker dynasty is not over by a long stretch! Add Howard to this Laker core and Phil Jackson may think twice about retiring! Oh one more thing, the Nuggets suck and no one gives a crap about them! Why do you think Melo wanted to go to NY? Because he knew he would never win a championship in Denver!!!!![/] Here we go......

wait i thought the lakers were suppose to flip the switch? wasn't this repeated over and over again everytime the bungled against patsies? [J-Rod]Man, uhwarrior23 is going to get it from you guys......Crazy how the Mavs just flipped on this switch.[/]

[tavarua88]wait i thought the lakers were suppose to flip the switch? wasn't this repeated over and over again everytime the bungled against patsies?[/] Yep and only when Kobe is in the mood do the Lakers actually win.

haha classic. im not even the one ripping the lakers. ur boy jrod is the one that is bringing up the dwight howard era. i just said that we have the ability to take gasol, howard, blah blah blah from any team bc we have a TPE. im not even sayin sh*t bout the lakers and this series. being over. the general thinkin is that a dirk led-team would be the team to lose a 3-0 series. and a kobe led-team would be able to overcome a 0-3 deficit. stop being a little b*tch. and classic. i could give a sh*t about melo. it aint like he ever gonna win a chip anyway. i rather cheer for a team of players that plays together and wants to be in denver. i aint a lil b*tch a** like u.

Okay well i been thinking , I hope we can bring in teams from the PAC12 and independents like Notre Dame again or even BYU.....I really dont like CUSA although Tulsa gave us dirty lickens LOL.....

[tavarua88]wait i thought the lakers were suppose to flip the switch? wasn't this repeated over and over again everytime the bungled against patsies? [J-Rod]Man, uhwarrior23 is going to get it from you guys......Crazy how the Mavs just flipped on this switch.[/][/] Hey tavarua, what happened to your young, energetic and spunky spurs? This was supposed to be their year right? It was but they just had to get a matchup w/ that buzzsaw known as the Memphis Grizzlies minus Rudy Gay in the 1st round, lol!

as opposed the buzzsaw known as the dallas mavs? you insult because you're just a clone of whatever you hear on the radio and are too stupid to read anything longer than a page. if you even bothered to read what has already been posted you'd know the grizzlies A) have a winning record against the top 4 teams in the west B) had one of the best records in the 2nd half C) tanked specifically to get the matchup they wanted against the spurs. these are the same pathetic grizzlies that have also taken a game on the road from OKC? you keep dogging the grizzlies yet you ignore the facts, so my question to you is are you that retarded? and please show where where i ever said the spurs were going to win it all or that THIS was their year? I need only flip a few pages back and see all the nonsense about your team turning it around and winning it all. did your poor little lakers forget to find the switch? how's that big broom taste? see the difference between you and everyone else is that we're not stupid enough to see past our respective teams flaws. so go ahead and delude yourself that phil is coming back, you're going to get howard, and so on and so forth, you're just another typical fairweather delusional laker fan who sees nothing but purple and gold. put away your stupid laker flag on your car, maybe use it to wipe those big tears away, i'm sure if you actually left the islands you'd be rioting along with your fellow idiots tearing down the downtown YMCA last year. [url=http://hubpages.com/hub/The-shameful-Lakers-Victory] [uhwarrior23][tavarua88]wait i thought the lakers were suppose to flip the switch? wasn't this repeated over and over again everytime the bungled against patsies? [J-Rod]Man, uhwarrior23 is going to get it from you guys......Crazy how the Mavs just flipped on this switch.[/][/] Hey tavarua, what happened to your young, energetic and spunky spurs? This was supposed to be their year right? It was but they just had to get a matchup w/ that buzzsaw known as the Memphis Grizzlies minus Rudy Gay in the 1st round, lol![/]

WOW.....talk about about hate and discontent....not to mention that David Stern had a hand in this puppet master game ...and what about Mark Cuban's long term plan of getting "Charlie Sheen" on his network ....WINNING, Duh?! Let's face it...Laker's have not played well defensively...and Pau Gausol's long minutes ( he had the HIGHEST minutes average per game) has finally caught up to him....Kobe's nagging injuries...Derek Fisher's game is not an asset to the starters( I would have benched him long ago)...and now the Zen Master turns the team over to Brian Shaw? L-A daze and confuse , cause they don't know what to do......Mavs have deserved each win in this series, and the difference was really the D-side of the ball......I'm still watching the NBA!

[wyokie] One more loss and the Laker Dynasty is thru! . PLEASE!!!!![/] Dude's got 3 more years on his deal that pays him $24 million dollars......I don't think he's walking away from that kind of paycheck, would you? Or do you think that him and David Stern will figure out a way of how to rebuild the Laker's with the next 3 years of the #1 DRAFT picks? Yeah......Let's watch the conspiracy theories spin now....

I heard that Punahou is planning on playing Vista High School in San Diego over the Labor Day weekend. Vista was apparantly the California San Diego District 1 champion last year. You can already see an announcement of the game already posted on Vista High's web site.

Earlier this week, Aqua Hotels & Resorts announced it would offer a special discount to guests who produce their birth certificates upon check-in at one of the chain’s hotels on Oahu, Maui, Kauai and Molokai. Bathing suit? Check. SPF 30+ sunscreen? Check. Birth certificate? Uh, check? Such is the age we live in. When President Barack Obama released his long-form Hawaii birth certificate 10 days ago — in an effort to end the ‘silliness’ around the issue that just won’t die — he seemed to trigger the complete opposite, which was plenty of...

Obama meets special forces who killed OBL

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. -- Brimming with pride, President Barack Obama embraced the U.S. commandos he sent after terror mastermind Osama bin Laden, saluting them Friday on behalf of America and people all over the world. "Job well done," he declared.

BY KAREN NELSON | MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE

VICKSBURG, Miss. -- Elaine Fuller walked through her empty home in a rural community near Yazoo City.

Do you live here? A stranger asked her.

She looked them straight in the eye and said, "I did."

STOCKS RISE ON BETTER-THAN-EXPECTED EMPLOYMENT REPORT

BY NEIL IRWIN | THE WASHINGTON POST

Employers ramped up their hiring in April, the Labor Department said Friday, giving hope that recent signs of weakening growth have not undermined job creation. But the unemployment rate also rose, showing that American workers are still having a rough time finding jobs.

BY HENRY CHU | LOS ANGELES TIMES

LONDON -- A party advocating independence for Scotland has won a surprising mandate in the regional assembly there, according to election returns Friday that also showed the junior partner in Britain's governing coalition, the Liberal Democrats, getting thrashed in local races across the country.

BY MOLLY HENNESSY-FISKE AND ROULA HAJJAR | LOS ANGELES TIMES

CAIRO -- Demonstrations broke out in about a dozen Syrian cities following Friday prayers, with thousands braving a security crackdown in what protesters dubbed a "day of defiance" against the regime of President Bashar Assad, according to witnesses and videos posted online.

BY BRADLEY BROOKS | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SAO PAULO -- Brazil's high court ruled that same-sex civil unions must be recognized, a decision welcomed as a watershed by gay-rights activists who also hope it will cool rising violence against homosexuals in Latin America's most populous nation.

DAVID CRARY | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The images are striking: Overweight boys and girls staring somberly from billboards and online videos, real-life embodiments of the blunt messages alongside.

"Chubby kids may not outlive their parents," for example. Or: "Big bones didn't make me this way. Big meals did."

Most of rural Hawaii's hospitals began long before statehood as plantation-owned medical clinics and hospitals. Some were built by the counties themselves as tuberculosis sanitariums. From 1950 to 1965, the State began to give small subsidies and grants to the different counties to help run these facilities.

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Friday

Aloha Fridays

at the Kona Coast Resort

Donald Kaulia

5:30 p.m.

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Bamboo, Hawi

John Keawe

6:30 p.m.

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Banjy's Paradise Bar

and Grill, Waikoloa

Matthew Brown

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Big Island Brewhaus

Nonami

The Makalei Fire Station groundbreaking is scheduled for Monday, May 9th, 2011 at 10:30am above Makalei Drive by m.m 32. CTS Earthmoving Inc. is Maryl KPRS Hawaii Joint Venture‘s excavation subcontractor for this 6.2 million dollar project.

A planned tree-fueled bioenergy plant on the Big Island has cleared a major hurdle by getting a special management area use permit.

BY JIM DOOLEY – The Legislature did not pass a $2 million budget request for security expenses related to the upcoming Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Conference, but officials of Gov. Abercrombie’s administration are refusing all comment about the issue. Instead, the office Attorney General David Louie, which is coordinating APEC security planning for the state, [...]

by Larry Geller The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear Hawaii’s appeal of the preliminary injunction that was granted by Judge J. Michael Seabright in October 2010. The oral arguments in Yamada v. Kuramoto will take place in Honolulu on Jume 15. Seabright’s order allowed the plaintiffs’ company, A-1 A-Lectrician, Inc., to contribute to the Aloha Family Alliance-Political Action Committee in

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HHSAA State Track and Field Championships - 5/6/2011 to 5/7/2011                                              War Memorial Stadium - Wailuku Maui                   Boys Discus Throw                                                              1 Lopeti Fonokalifi            Kaiser High School    161-02     162-03q   2 Kevin Marshall Adkisson      Kapaa High School     163-11     161-06q   3 Shane Brostek             JR Hawaii Prep           163-01     159-10q   4 Paulay Asiata             SR St. Louis             159-07     [...]

Media release | Department of Land and Natural Resources DLNR STARTS IMPROVEMENTS AT HAPUNA BEACH STATE RECREATION AREA HAPUNA BEACH, WEST HAWAI‘I —Starting Monday, May 9, 2011, the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) will begin construction on park improvements at Hapuna Beach State Recreation Area in the makai ...

Media release | Hawaii State House of Representatives Honolulu, Hawaii – The legislative session ended with the passage of some major bills to help lessees in the Kanoelehua Industrial Area as well as Banyan Drive. HB 331, introduced by Rep Jerry Chang (Hilo-Waiakea-Kaumana-Keaukaha), will help stabilize and support Hilo’s economy ...

Media release | American Savings Bank, HELCO (Hilo, HI – May 5, 2011) — Hawaii Electric Light Company (HELCO) and American Savings Bank (ASB) have donated $35,000 to Hospice of Hilo to support the construction of the first neighbor island in-patient hospice facility. Hospice of Hilo’s capital campaign is to ...

Governor Abercrombie and Department of Human Services (DHS) Director Patricia McManaman today announced plans to expand access to a new model of health care delivery that will focus on patient care and technology. The new model, referred to as “patient-centered healthcare homes” or “medical homes,” enhance access to physicians and improve coordination of services through technology, such as electronic health records. Related Posts National Healthcare Decisions Day set for Friday (April...

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Chelsea Ryan is described as Caucasion, about 5’ 8” tall and weighing about 125 lbs. She has shoulder length blonde or dirty blonde hair, green eyes and a fair complexion. She has a tattoo of a dove on one of her ankles. Ryan was last seen on Thursday (April 28, 2011) in Hilo at about 2:00 pm. It is unknown why type of clothing Ryan was wearing at the time. Related Posts Police searching for 46 year-old Hilo woman reported missing Police searching for 16 year-old girl reported...

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Rain in Kealakekua is falling at 3.4 inches per hour according to National Weather Service rain gages. Kona is experiencing heavy rain due to a nearly stationary system. Hawaii County Civil Defense reports heavy ponding on Alii Drive and Mamalahoa Highway. Drivers should use caution on roadways and should not try to cross fast moving water. Related Posts Flash flood watch in effect through Friday (Feb 25) Flash flood watch issued tonight through Thursday (April 5-7) Flash flood watch...

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I think Hawaii in the Las Vegas bowl would be a really nice idea.......The payout to both teams is $1 million dollars were we would make a profit of $250,000 were the Hawaii Bowl payout is only $750,000. I think we do have a big fan base on the 9th island and I think alot of us locals fly up their for the Holidays....I think it would be a excellent idea OR i would like to see PAC12 teams back into the Hawaii bowl. Any thoughts!

Tonight we saw the "real" Atlanta Hawks.

Only if we've been in the Hawaii bowl about 3 years in a row, that way less of a chance to put them in too deep a hole

Welcome to Hawaii guys. Enjoy your yrs here cause the mainland ain't the same. Yeah, I think English surfed. Every time I see his name with Hawaii, I just think what a waste. Dang, and double dang...

HEY H20 WILL ASK JIM DONOVAN IF WE WILL EXPLORE OTHER BOWL GAMES OTHER THAN HAWAII FOR ME IN THE NEXT CHAT WITH JD....THANKS

One win doesn't make a series! UH will lose game two! Pitching is going to fall to pieces. Nevada is going to bomb Arakawa today. Batting practice pitches at high altitude = slaughter!

if you happened to notice my absence this week, our home is in the midst of a major spring cleaning which is disrupting my writing time. my hope is to reclaim all the nooks and crannies so that our space is only filled with things which we absolutely adore (along with the necessities, natch). it promises to be a lengthy process but the eventual prize will be a little makeover for our wee beach flat. perhaps by writing it down for all the world to see our little endeavor will be a success!

first friday highlights:

• get your sugar rush at the newly opened let them eat cupcakes with a menu filled with red velvet & li hing mango baked goods. {35 south beretania street; mahalo isla!}
• maoli arts month and a roster of native hawaiian contemporary artists arrive at the arts at marks garage. {1159 nu'uanu avenue}
• owens & co. reveals a new collection of prints by maui artist noa emberson. {1152 nu'uanu avenue}
• buy a spring/summer 2011 style from roberta oaks and enjoy 40% off off the second look. clearance items too! {19 north pauahi street}

our friends at so'mace are hosting a kama'aina sale with 10-to-20% off gorgeous design thrills including designer kaypee soh's in-house collection of pillows and furniture.

• when: now to mon, may 9th
• where: 1115 young street
• shop hours: mon to fri, 10a to 6p & sat, 10a to 3p

say hello to the lovely ladies at drift and enjoy 40% off tiare hawaii and 10% off machinemachine. plus, a complimentary puka bracelet is all yours with the purchase of a drift tote.

• when: sat, may 7th - 1p to 6p
• where: 3434 waialae avenue, suite 4, kaimuki

frugal mamas will appreciate the 20% off savings on all mu'umu'u heaven styles and goods during the kailua label's one day sale.

p.s. enjoy complimentary gift wrap with your purchase!

• when: sat, may 7th - 10a to 6p
• where: 767 kailua road, kailua

soha living hosts a limu printing demonstation to inspire your diy home decor projects.

• when: sat, may 7th - 11a to 2p
• where: soha living, kahala mall

on sunday, revel in the wonderfulness that is rosalind russell's auntie mame when the film classic screens at the doris duke theatre.

• when: sun, may 8th - 11:10a & 4p
• where: academy of arts, 900 south beretania street
• tix: $3 grown-ups / $1 keiki

on maui, the 38th annual seabury craft fair returns with island loveliness from agua de flora, maui thing, paradisus, sierra dew, stacey lee designs, wings hawaii & more!

• when: sat, may 7th - 9a to 5p
• where: seabury hall, 480 olinda road, makawao

hello molokai! kealopiko will be on island with styles from their new ku collection during the saturday farmers market.

p.s. online orders can knock 10% off with secret code mamas (expires sun, may 8th)

• when: sat, may 7th - 8a to 12p
• where: ala malama street, kaunakakai

and, find blushing peonies and roses for your mama at sweet blossoms this weekend!

• where: 1014 kapahulu avenue, suite 210
• shop hours: mon - sat, 8a to 6p & sun, 10a to 2p
• delivery area: koko head to aloha stadium ($10 fee)

happy weekend . . . especially to all the mamas out there!

In Levine v. Town of Sterling, No. 18470 (Apr. 12, 2011), the Connecticut Supreme Court held that a property owner need not show that his property was rendered worthless or that he made "capital investment" to prove that he relied...

The stocks for Hoku Corp. and Maui Land & Pineapple Co. saw the biggest percentage gains Friday, a day when Hawaii companies ended mixed. Hoku grabbed 6.63 percent, and Maui Land & Pineapple added 5.63 percent. The broader markets ended Friday with gains: The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 54.57 points to close at 12,638.74, and the Nasdaq was up 12.84 points to close at 2,827.56. Gainers: Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc. (NYSE: HE) closed at $26.00, up 37 cents. Central Pacific Financial...