The six Kaneohe Marines that were killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan earlier this week have been identified by the Department of Defense. All were assigned to the Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 363, Marine Aircraft Group 24, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force at Kaneohe Bay. The names of the Marines...
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Pop music sensation and Hawaii born Bruno Mars was cleared of all cocaine chares stemming from an unfortunate event in Las Vegas a while back. His attorneys his attorneys told a state court judge the Grammy-winning pop star stayed out of trouble and met other conditions of a plea deal reached almost a year...
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The Hawaii produced movie “The Descendants” starring George Clooney scored big at the Golden Globe Awards last night. The movie walked away with trophies in two main categories; Best Picture in the Drama category, and a Best Actor nod for the film’s star George Clooney. The Descendants is a story about a family in...
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Miss Hawaii is having a very nice showing at the 2012 Miss America Pageant. Last night she even won the third round of the competition outright with her jump rope routine. Miss Hawaii Lauren Cheape won a $2,000 scholarship for her routine to “Hawaii Five-O” at Thursday night’s preliminary. The talent portion is 35...
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Scientists doing work in the Mauna Kea observatories of Gemini and Keck have just discovered the largest black hole known to exist. How big are the newly discovered black holes? Each one is 10 billion times the size of our sun. Yes you read that right, 10 billion. A team led by an astronomer...
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George Clooney is adding another award to his collection. The Palm Springs International Film Festival will present the 50-year-old actor with its Chairman’s Award in January. Festival chairman Harold Matzner said Friday that Clooney is “a consummate actor, director, producer and screenwriter (who has) demonstrated that no discipline within the film industry is beyond his...
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There were traffic jams all over the roads yesterday, yet you can expect more road closures today and into the weekend, as more world leaders arrive for APEC. The most notable road closures today will be the Nimitz viaduct and H-1 Freeway into Waikiki. The road closures are only expected to last until around...
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The International Space Station will make a grand appearance in the skies of Hawaii tonight, as you will be able to see if flying over Honolulu just after sunset. If the weather is clear enough, then you will be able to see the space station in the southwestern sky around 6:45 p.m. Appearing as...
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Hawaii’s very own Bruno Mars will be singing the title track on the new Twilight “Breaking Dawn” soundtrack. The local boy has already recorded and has actually already released the song. The R&B superstar has recorded a new number called “It Will Rain” for the disc, which will hit stores on November 8th. The...
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BJ Penn is a great fighter, and he has represented Hawaii very well for a long time now. However, Nick Diaz gave him arguably worst beating of his career last night during the main event at UFC 137 at Mandalay Bay. In even bigger news, Penn announced that he was “done” after tonight. “B.J....
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