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More than a dozen farms in Hawaii were involved in what the FBI is calling the largest human trafficking case ever prosecuted in the U.S., according to a sweeping federal indictment unsealed yesterday.

The battleship USS Missouri bombarded Iwo Jima, Okinawa and finally, mainland Japan, with its big guns as the Allies reclaimed the Pacific in World War II.

The state Office of Elections today will mail corrected ballots to 1,600 absentee voters in Portlock and Hawaii Kai after they were sent ballots that omitted the entire state Senate District 25 race.

An organization of religious and community leaders yesterday called on Gov. Linda Lingle to give rail transit the green light.

A Beretta 9 mm semi-automatic handgun that was stolen from a family member was used by Clayborne Conley in the fatal shooting a Makiki woman and her teenage daughter before he turned it on himself, police said.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has designated the 2011 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders meeting as a national special security event that will be coordinated by the Secret Service.<

The University of Hawaii season opener brought together old friends in the Aloha Stadium parking lot yesterday, many of them Hawaii residents donning the cardinal and gold of the USC Trojans.

Gov. Linda Lingle's appointment of Associate Justice Mark Recktenwald as chief justice sailed through Senate confirmation yesterday, but she won't get to name his replacement on the five-member Hawaii Supreme Court.

Federal authorities have charged a Japanese citizen with smuggling after customs inspectors at Honolulu airport allegedly found 42 exotic turtles in his suitcase Monday.

Tambry Young and Suzanne King have traveled across the nation seeking marriage equality. They were wed last November in Massachusetts, one of five states that allow same-sex couples to marry. They recently visited Washington, D.C., which recognizes their union.

A dramatic decrease in rainfall has turned Ponoholo Ranch's pastures into "wasteland."

No charges will be filed against a Hawaii County police officer who was allegedly involved in a May sex assault in Kona.

Kweli played Aug. 27 -- not tonight Talib Kweli played a show at Rockstarz in Kailua-Kona on Aug. 27. In a cutline on Page 2C of today's paper, the date was incorrect. He is not playing today.

Alleged artifact theft sparks indictment HILO -- A Hilo grand jury has indicted a Waimea man for allegedly possessing stolen Native Hawaiian artifacts belonging to a South Kohala luxury hotel.

West Hawaii boaters are claiming victory in their fight against parking fees at Honokohau Harbor and increased mooring fees at all state harbors, but the state's top boating official says the proposals could return.

Hawaii County plans to build six new water spigot stations, including one in South Kona, over the next 20 months, according to a county news release.

Deferral to community development plans, increasing the branding of Hawaii grown products and stronger protections for agricultural lands were key themes of a County Council forum Thursday evening.

Maui may have seen the worst from the recent economic downturn, and it shouldn’t be long before the county starts seeing job growth again, according to economist Leroy Laney.

Voters will get a chance to decide whether the city should re-establish a housing office that would tackle homelessness and affordable-housing issues.

SILVER SPRING, Md. » A man who railed against the Discovery Channel's environmental programming for years burst into the company's headquarters with at least one explosive device strapped to his body yesterday and took three people hostage at gunpoint before police shot him to death, officials said.