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General Growth to get $3.9B in new funding

Pacific Business News (Honolulu) - 9 hours 2 min ago
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)
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Hawaiian speeds up Airbus purchase

Pacific Business News (Honolulu) - 10 hours 36 min ago
Hawaiian Airlines on Tuesday said it has bought another Airbus A330-200 in order to expedite its expansion into Asia and other markets.
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Big Island Report

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.
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Hilo landfill's life extended

Not that long ago, county officials thought they'd be trucking Hilo's garbage across the county to West Hawaii by now.
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Recent rain doesn't quench isle's thirst

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.
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Bill targets youth smoking in cars

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.
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Bay Clinic expands services

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

West Hawaii Today - Local News - 11 hours 57 min ago
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.
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Life and times of Hilo's landfill

West Hawaii Today - Local News - 11 hours 57 min ago
HILO -- Not that long ago, county officials thought they'd be trucking Hilo's garbage across the county to West Hawaii by now.
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Rain a welcome respite on Big Island

West Hawaii Today - Local News - 11 hours 57 min ago
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.
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Earthquake jolts Big Island

West Hawaii Today - Local News - 11 hours 57 min ago
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.
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In Brief - Big Island

West Hawaii Today - Local News - 11 hours 57 min ago
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.
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3rd circuit court convictions

West Hawaii Today - Local News - 11 hours 57 min ago
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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Ward Centre fire quickly doused

Honolulu Advertiser - Local News - 12 hours 22 min ago
Photos by Bruce Asato | The Honolulu Advertiser
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Aloha reaches Iraq through soccer balls

Honolulu Star Bulletin News - 13 hours 19 min ago
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.
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Bills would cut $112M in tax breaks

Honolulu Star Bulletin News - 13 hours 19 min ago
Tax exemptions worth an estimated $56 million would be chopped if the Legislature adopts a plan already approved by the state House.
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House budget plan trims $41M

Honolulu Star Bulletin News - 13 hours 19 min ago
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.
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Program pays addicts to get sterilized

Honolulu Star Bulletin News - 13 hours 19 min ago
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.
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Some of HPD's finest want to 'book 'em' on 'Five-0'

Honolulu Star Bulletin News - 13 hours 19 min ago
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.
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5.0 quake rattles Big Island area

Honolulu Star Bulletin News - 13 hours 19 min ago
Big Island residents experienced a good shaking from an earthquake yesterday, but no tsunami was generated from it.
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