RSVP Vacations coming to Hawaii for the first time

2010-03-16T07:00:12Z

<div id="subtitle">Gay and lesbian RSVP Vacations coming to Hawaii for the first time to mark 25th anniversary</div><div><p>The company that created the gay and lesbian cruise concept is commemorating its 25th birthday with a Silver Anniversary Cruise in Hawaii.</p><p>RSVP Vacation said that it will be the company's first cruise in the islands.</p><p>The seven-day cruise aboard NCL's Pride of Alice Greenwood is seen in Honolulu, Hawaii. Greenwood used to live on the beach is currently living in the Ulu Ke Kukui Transitional Shelter located in Waianae on the Leeward Coast area of Honolulu on the island of Oahu. (AP Photo/Eugene Tanner)

Gas prices up 9.58 cents nationwide over 2 weeks

2010-03-07T11:00:21Z

<div id="subtitle">Survey: Average gas prices up 9.58 cents to $2.73 from 2 weeks ago</div><div><p>The average price of regular gasoline in the United States is up 9.58 cents over a two-week period to $2.73.</p><p>That's according to the national Lundberg Survey of fuel prices released Sunday.</p><p>U.S. or Japan, spend close to 11 billion dollars a year in this tropical archipelago.<br /><br />Defense, centered on U.S. military bases at Pearl Harbor, is the second...

16th annual Honolulu Festival set for March 13-14

2010-03-03T12:00:10Z

<div id="subtitle">16th annual Honolulu Festival expected to provide boost for Hawaii's visitor industry</div><div><p>The 16th annual Honolulu Festival is expected to provide a much-needed boost for Hawaii's visitor industry.</p><p>Organizers say more than 4,700 people are coming, mostly from Japan, specifically to take part in ...

Tsunami response costs Honolulu taxpayers $330,000

2010-03-02T18:30:40Z

<div id="subtitle">Tsunami response costs Honolulu taxpayers $330,000; mayor says it was well worth it</div><div><p>Although the tsunami that dealt a glancing blow to Hawaii on Saturday caused no physical damage or injuries, it did manage to hit Honolulu taxpayers' pocketbooks.</p><p>But Mayor Mufi Hannemann sa...

Social media helped with Hawaii tsunami evacuation

2010-03-01T14:00:17Z

<div id="subtitle">Tsunami tweets: Social media credited for helping evacuation of up to 50,000 people in Hawaii</div><div><p>Tweets and other forms of social networking helped create a relatively smooth evacuation of as many as 50,000 people on Oahu as a tsunami raced toward Hawaii.</p><p>Honolulu Emergency Management Department spokesman Honolulu. Hawaii State Civil Defense canceled the tsunami warning Saturday. After an initial wave surge, there was no reported damage state wide. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)

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Quake Tsunami Alert

2010-03-01T09:18:25Z

Visitors sit under the coconut trees at Waikiki Beach in Honolulu waiting for the arrival of a tsunami Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010. A massive magnitude 8.8 earthquake stuck Chile which has generated a tsunami of unknown height. (AP Photo/Eugene Tanner)

Obama Health

2010-02-28T06:00:28Z

FILE - In this Aug. 14, 2008, file photo Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., gets out of the ocean after body surfing in Honolulu, Hawaii, during a vacation from the presidential campaign. The 48-year-old commander in chief heads to the National Naval Medical Center in

Quake Tsunami Alerts

2010-02-27T18:17:59Z

Ron Dubois fills a container with fresh water before taking his boat, the CAP N Hook, out of the Ala Wai Boat Harbor in the Waikiki area of Honolulu and away from shore, Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010. A tsunami threatened the Pacific Rim on Saturday, with an 8.8-magnitude earthquake off Chile sending potentially dead...

APTOPIX Quake Tsunami Alerts

2010-02-27T18:17:55Z

Shoppers leave a grocery store with their purchases Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010, in Honolulu. Hawaii braced Saturday for a potentially damaging tsunami, after a massive earthquake off Chile sent waves across the Pacific Ocean. Some residents stocked up on food and emergency supplies, and topped off their cars' ...

Hawaii Under Tsunami Warning After Massive 8.8 Earthquake Strikes Chile

2010-02-27T17:47:58Z

HONOLULU - FEBRUARY 27: The Restaurant Keoni displays a sign saying that it was closed for safety concerns due to the Tsunami Warning affecting the State of Hawaii on February 27, 2010 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Residents stocked up on food and emergency supplies in preparation for a potentially damaging tsunami, after a massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake hit central Chile

Hawaii dodges tsunami after Chile quake

2010-02-27T17:15:23Z

<div><p>HONOLULU (Reuters) - Hawaii dodged serious damage on Saturday when a tsunami triggered by a powerful earthquake in Chile merely lapped ashore, although residents were warned to stay away from coastal areas because the ocean could remain unsettled for several more hours.</p>...

Hawaii on tsunami alert after massive Chile quake

2010-02-27T15:15:40Z

<div><p>Thousands of residents of coastal Hawaii evacuated on Saturday and rushed to stock up on food and water as the Pacific island chain braced for a tsunami following a huge earthquake in Chile.</p><p>President Barack Obama's native state sounded tsunami sirens for the first time in 16 years starting in the early morning, warnin...

For sale: a newspaper in paradise

2010-02-26T20:45:16Z

<div id="subtitle">Hawaii newspaper deal may lead to Honolulu becoming single-newspaper town</div><div><p>Honolulu barely escaped becoming a one-newspaper town about a decade ago. Many believe the death of one its two dailies is inevitable this time around.</p><p>The parent company of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin announced Thursday it was p...

Gas prices down 3.29 cents nationwide over 2 weeks

2010-02-21T12:00:21Z

<div id="subtitle">Survey: Average gas prices down 3.29 cents to $2.63 from 2 weeks ago</div><div><p>The average price of regular gasoline in the United States is down 3.29 cents over a two-week period to $2.63.</p><p>That's according to the national Lundberg Survey of fuel prices released Sunday.</p><p>Benny Hinn during a service at the Blaisdell Concert Hall in Honolulu, Hawaii. His wife, Suzanne Hinn, filed divorce papers in Orange County Superior Court on Feb. 1, 2010 citing irreconcilable differences...

Feds giving $24M to Honolulu Harbor

2010-02-22T09:02:42Z

<div id="subtitle">Feds giving $24M to Honolulu Harbor through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act</div><div><p>Honolulu Harbor will receive $24 million in federal stimulus funds through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.</p><p>Hawaii

Former Army Chief of Staff Frederick Weyand dies

2010-02-22T09:59:02Z

<div id="subtitle">Former Army Chief of Staff Frederick Weyand, last US commander in Vietnam, dies at 93</div><div><p>Former Army Chief of Staff Frederick C. Weyand, the last commander of U.S. military operatio...

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