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The impending two-day-a-month furloughs of civilian employees at the Honolulu Police Department may require sworn officers to fill in, new Chief Louis Kealoha said yesterday. Full Story »

Proponents of alternatives to rail transit yesterday released a study contending that Honolulu's planned elevated commuter rail isn't as "green" as advertised. Full Story »

Hawai'i high school athletics programs could raise additional money in a competition in which schools could gain a share of as much as $150,000. Full Story »

For North Shore residents, big surf means traffic. And the surf doesn't get much bigger than it did yesterday. Full Story »

A combination of soaring need and dwindling income has taken a toll on nonprofit groups in Hawai'i, forcing nearly six in 10 to lay off staff and more than a third to eliminate services to the needy, according to results of a November survey released yesterday. Full Story »

Some parkgoers at Magic Island Beach Park last night gave thumbs-down to a plan to rename the 30-acre Magic Island section of Ala Moana Beach Park after Honolulu-born President Obama. Full Story »

Dozens of University of Hawai'i students rallied at the state Capitol yesterday against what they say are disproportionate budget cuts at the university level compared with other areas of government. Full Story »

The Quiksilver In Memory of Eddie Aikau big-wave surfing contest ran yesterday for the first time since 2004 on the North Shore of the Hawaiian island of Oahu. Full Story »

Thousands from around the island and the world converged on O'ahu's North Shore yesterday to see the giant rollers that made this shoreline famous — and the surfers who became famous by riding them. Full Story »

Big Island police are asking for the public's help in finding a man reported missing after apparently going kayaking off South Kohala. Full Story »

KN Andereas and Jally Sally were living in Chuuk with their young son and daughter when Sally had a stroke early last year that left him disabled. Because he was unable to receive the care he needed in Chuuk, Sally came to Hawai'i for medical treatment. Full Story »

Having recently obtained County Council authority to sell 737 acres of the county's Hämäkua lands, Hawai'i County Mayor Billy Kenoi's administration is delaying the liquidation effort until after the holidays. Full Story »

A motorcyclist died early yesterday in Kailua after he crashed into a telephone pole and hit a concrete wall. Full Story »

The federal government is offering up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for killing a Hawaiian monk seal in April on Kaua'i. Full Story »

The Molokai Metals Recycling Facility at the Moloka'i Landfill has reached its permitted storage capacity and will be closed temporarily beginning Friday, Maui County announced yesterday. Full Story »

One of Myanmar's best-known monks will give a free public Dhamma talk on "Compassion and Buddhism" today from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Roosevelt High School auditorium. Full Story »

The city is hosting a community informational meeting about the North Shore Sustainable Communities Plan on Monday. Full Story »

PEARL HARBOR — The front row of seats at Kilo Pier was full of grandfatherly men with canes, walkers and white hair. But their caps, embroidered with ship names such as Oklahoma, Utah, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Arizona, told a different story — one of terrible trial by fire in their youth, when they, and the nation, were suddenly thrown into war. Full Story »

KANEOHE, Hawaii — Some 68 years have passed since John Finn picked up a .50-caliber machine gun to fend of the Japanese attack on what was then known as Naval Air Station Kaneohe Bay. But the 100-year-old Medal of Honor winner said there are some things he'll never forget. Full Story »

Federal marine officials freed a young humpback whale from a tangled web of rope Sunday in waters west of Moloka'i. Full Story »

More monster waves are forecast today for O'ahu's North Shore, where thousands fought traffic and battled for parking yesterday to catch the kick-off of a swell that brought surf of up to 40 feet. Full Story »

The likes of Laird Hamilton, Dave Kalama and Darrick Doerner challenged the monster waves yesterday while three photography helicopters made swooping runs over the swells and several thousand spectators trampled cane grass, stood on their vehicles, climbed trees and found any space available on the Pe'ahi cliffs to observe the action in the water. Full Story »

A top federal education official told Hawaii parents yesterday to keep the pressure on for a solution to teacher furloughs, but also said the crisis could be used as an opportunity to improve quality at some of the state's poorly performing public schools. Full Story »

With the second wave of H1N1 infections having crested in the United States, leading epidemiologists are predicting that the pandemic could end up ranking as the mildest since modern medicine began documenting influenza outbreaks. Full Story »

Until a few months ago, Jae-Lyn Kamake'eaina, 33, was a homeless woman living at an emergency shelter with her 4-year-old son, Kaimi-La'akea, who suffers from chronic asthma. Full Story »