Lights Out for Obama in Oahu Power Outage
The Hawaiian island of Oahu lost power during heavy rain and lightning last night, leaving the population of 800,000 and thousands of tourists, including vacationing President-elect Obama and his...
View ArticleWarm Welcome for Obamas in Hawaii
People carrying cameras, dogs and children lined the streets along the road as the president, first lady and their daughters came to the island of Oahu for a more-than-weeklong vacation yesterday. A...
View ArticleThird of Hawaii Albatross Colony Is 'Lesbian'
The good news is that mates in a famous Hawaiian albatross colony are faithful for life. The more interesting news is that one third of those couples are female only. "They were supposed to be icons of...
View ArticleHawaii's Mountainous Oahu Will Someday Be Flat
Hawaii's island of Oahu is renowned for its mountainous vistas, but someday it's going to be flat as a pancake, or at least as flat as Midway. So say researchers from Brigham Young University in a new...
View ArticleHawaii Drops Plan to Name Beach After Obama
The Hawaiian beach where a young Barack Obama bodysurfed is keeping its name after a plan to name it President Barack Obama Sandy Beach Park instead of Sandy Beach Park met with what officials say was...
View Article'Ghost Ship' Found Half-Mile Below Surface of Pacific
A torpedo sent the USS Kailua to a watery grave off the coast of Oahu in 1946. Nearly seven decades later, a small submersible vehicle last year discovered the surprisingly intact "ghost" ship, the...
View ArticleWomen's Suit: Kiss Got Us Arrested, Stranded in Hawaii
When Courtney Wilson and her girlfriend Taylor Guerrero visited Hawaii from California for the first time on vacation last March, they didn't realize they were about to be trapped on Oahu for six...
View ArticleDramatic Rescue After Pro-Surfer Goes Under at Deadly Spot
Florida pro surfer Evan Geiselman, 22, was riding a 20-foot wave at Hawaii's Pipeline—one of the world's deadliest surfing spots—on Sunday when he disappeared as the lip curled over him. The Pipeline...
View Article3 Fishermen Vanish Off Oahu
The Coast Guard is searching for three men whose fishing boat overturned off Oahu's North Shore. Authorities say Jensen Loo, Clint Oshima, and Derek Tomas—all aged 30—left Haleiwa around 5:45am Sunday...
View ArticleDad Dies Trying to Save Drowning Daughter in Hawaii
A father died trying to rescue his drowning daughter Saturday in Hawaii, CBS News reports. Six-year-old Mina Hornor of Berkeley, California, was walking along the rocks at the Makapuu Tide Pools on...
View ArticleNow Playing Everywhere: These Mountains
Kualoa Ranch is one of those places that few have visited but many have seen—currently a 100-foot-tall beast is rampaging through it as Kong: Skull Island pays across the big screen, notes Radio Times...
View ArticleArmy Helicopter Goes Down Off Hawaii With 5 Aboard
US Coast Guard and military crews are searching the ocean off Hawaii for five crew members of an Army helicopter that reportedly went down during a training exercise, authorities said Wednesday....
View ArticleHiker's Last Words: 'Don't Get the Hat. Let Me Get It'
"I thought it was a sick April Fools' joke." But Lexis Sweeney's Easter Sunday nightmare had no punchline. Sweeney's brother, Nathan Stowell, fell about 400 feet to his death Sunday while hiking on...
View ArticleWomen's Suit: Kiss Got Us Arrested, Stranded in Hawaii
When Courtney Wilson and her girlfriend Taylor Guerrero visited Hawaii from California for the first time on vacation last March, they didn't realize they were about to be trapped on Oahu for six...
View ArticleDramatic Rescue After Pro-Surfer Goes Under at Deadly Spot
Florida pro surfer Evan Geiselman, 22, was riding a 20-foot wave at Hawaii's Pipeline—one of the world's deadliest surfing spots—on Sunday when he disappeared as the lip curled over him. The Pipeline...
View Article3 Fishermen Vanish Off Oahu
The Coast Guard is searching for three men whose fishing boat overturned off Oahu's North Shore. Authorities say Jensen Loo, Clint Oshima, and Derek Tomas—all aged 30—left Haleiwa around 5:45am Sunday...
View ArticleDad Dies Trying to Save Drowning Daughter in Hawaii
A father died trying to rescue his drowning daughter Saturday in Hawaii, CBS News reports. Six-year-old Mina Hornor of Berkeley, California, was walking along the rocks at the Makapuu Tide Pools on...
View ArticleNow Playing Everywhere: These Mountains
Kualoa Ranch is one of those places that few have visited but many have seen—currently a 100-foot-tall beast is rampaging through it as Kong: Skull Island pays across the big screen, notes Radio Times...
View ArticleArmy Helicopter Goes Down Off Hawaii With 5 Aboard
US Coast Guard and military crews are searching the ocean off Hawaii for five crew members of an Army helicopter that reportedly went down during a training exercise, authorities said Wednesday....
View ArticleHiker's Last Words: 'Don't Get the Hat. Let Me Get It'
"I thought it was a sick April Fools' joke." But Lexis Sweeney's Easter Sunday nightmare had no punchline. Sweeney's brother, Nathan Stowell, fell about 400 feet to his death Sunday while hiking on...
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