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General Growth Properties Inc. has received proposals to receive an additional $3.9 billion from two separate investment firms, an infusion of capital the company hopes will help speed its reemergence from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. (GGP) (SPG)

Hawaiian Airlines on Tuesday said it has bought another Airbus A330-200 in order to expedite its expansion into Asia and other markets.

4.5 temblor on Mauna Kea Civil Defense reported no immediate reports of damage from a magnitude-4.5 earthquake that hit 19 miles beneath the eastern flank of Mauna Kea in the Hamakua district on Monday.

Not that long ago, county officials thought they'd be trucking Hilo's garbage across the county to West Hawaii by now.

The recent rainfall in East Hawaii has been a welcome respite for farmers and those on water catchment, but it doesn't mean that El Nino or the associated drought that's plagued the Big Island is over.

Kids can't smoke on school buses, and if one Hawaii County Council member gets her way, they won't be allowed to light up when riding with parents or cruising with friends.

Nationwide, health care providers are reeling from a potent cocktail of spiraling costs and an increase in demand from the uninsured and indigent populations.

HILO -- Nationwide, health care providers are reeling from a potent cocktail of spiraling costs and an increase in demand from the uninsured and indigent populations.

HILO -- Not that long ago, county officials thought they'd be trucking Hilo's garbage across the county to West Hawaii by now.

HILO -- The recent rainfall in East Hawaii has been a welcome respite for farmers and those on water catchment, but it doesn't mean that El Nino or the associated drought that's plagued the Big Island is over.

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake shook the Big Island at about 6:30 p.m. Monday, Hawaii County Civil Defense said. The quake did not generate a tsunami. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the quake was located five miles south southwest of Keanakolu in the Hamakua District, 7 miles east northeast of the Mauna Kea summit and 20 miles west northwest of Hilo. West Hawaii residents reported feeling the temblor as well. The quake was about 19 miles below the surface.

Waikoloa fire contained, still burning The 400-plus acre brush fire near Waikoloa was contained but not under control Monday afternoon, West Hawaii Battalion Chief Dennis Iyo said. Wind, weather and temperature conditions were preventing firefighters from completely extinguishing the blaze, he said.

Editor's note: This log of 3rd Circuit Court convictions is a regular feature of West Hawaii Today and is compiled using 3rd Circuit Court and Hawaii County Police Department records.

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In just a couple of months, Master Sgt. William Chang and other Hawaii Air National Guard members have collected and distributed more than 450 soccer balls to Iraqi children on the streets.

Tax exemptions worth an estimated $56 million would be chopped if the Legislature adopts a plan already approved by the state House.

House lawmakers completed their first attempt at closing a $1.2 billion budget deficit, passing a supplemental operating budget that trims $41 million from the governor's proposed spending plan.

Project Prevention, a national organization that pays drug addicts and alcoholics $300 cash to get sterilized or use long-term birth control, will be in Honolulu for the first time today, tomorrow and Thursday in an ongoing effort to eradicate substance-exposed births.

Detective Paul Nagata Jr.'s father played a cop on the original "Hawaii Five-0." Now Paul Jr. is anxiously awaiting word whether he'll be able to carry on from Paul Sr., a retired Honolulu police sergeant, by landing a part in a pilot of the upcoming CBS-TV remake of the iconic series.

Big Island residents experienced a good shaking from an earthquake yesterday, but no tsunami was generated from it.