Honolulu Star Bulletin News
Fewer polls raise fear over turnout
Concerns are growing over this month's voter turnout as state elections officials continue to spread the word that there will be 97 fewer polling places across the islands for this year's elections.
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State flu vaccine in good supply
A sufficient supply of flu vaccine is available for Hawaii residents as the flu season approaches, health officials say.
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'This is an administrative job'
Mufi Hannemann knows it would have been easier for him politically not to push Honolulu's $5.5 billion rail project.
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Man who swindled deaf must pay $6M
A federal judge in Hawaii has ruled that a man who defrauded about 125 deaf people in a Ponzi scheme based in Honolulu must pay $6 million in restitution and penalties.
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Battleship Missouri closed for filmmaking
Film crews from the Universal Pictures movie "Battleship" have taken over the state's resident dreadnought, the Mighty Mo, forcing the Battleship Missouri Memorial Association to close the popular tourist attraction to the public for several days.
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Missing woman upset, friends say
Friends of Nola Rebecca Thompson said she appeared agitated when they last saw her the day before she turned 45 -- and days before she was reported missing on Kauai.
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Hanabusa raises more than Djou
The top two candidates in the race for Hawaii's 1st Congressional District continue to raise money but appear to be spending minimally in the primary season, keeping their main focus on the Nov. 2 general election.
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Abercrombie, Hannemann won't raise GET
Former U.S. Rep. Neil Abercrombie and former Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann, the two leading Democratic candidates for governor, said yesterday that they would not raise the general excise tax to help stabilize the state's budget.
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'Investors' taken for $8M in scam
A 34-year-old immigrant from Madagascar admitted yesterday to bilking "investors" of more than $10 million in a Ponzi scheme.
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Teen in cabbie murder facing adult charges
The second teenager accused of murder in the fatal beating death of a taxicab driver in Waipahu earlier this year will face charges as an adult in Circuit Court.
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