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Big Island police have initiated a coroner's inquest case in connection with the death of an infant. The baby was identified as 4-month-old Tainoa P. Sullivan of Kamuela. Full Story »

HONOLULU (AP) — Honolulu police have arrested a 71-year-old Windward Oahu man accused of shooting his 71-year-old wife at a hospital. Police say the woman was a patient at Castle Medical Center when she was shot Tuesday night. Full Story »

HONOLULU (AP) — A senior federal official predicts Hawaii's longline fishermen will be able to deliver bigeye tuna to the islands through the end of the year. Full Story »

HONOLULU (AP) — When it comes to spending money on public health and hospitals, the U.S. Census Bureau says Hawaii leads the nation. The agency says in a new report on state government finances that Hawaii topped the other states in spending as a percentage of total expenditures last year. Full Story »

HILO, Hawaii (AP) — Hawaii Electric Light Co. is seeking a rate increase that would go into effect late next year for its Big Island customers. Full Story »

The Hawai'i County Office of the Mayor, the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, the Impaired Driving Task Force , the Police Department, the Department of Liquor Control and the Mass Transit Agency have teamed up to provide 500 coupons, which the Department of Liquor Control will pass out to bars and nightclubs. Full Story »

HONOLULU (AP) — A report of a body bobbing around in high waves along Oahu's Waianae Coast drew a response from firefighters and a rescue helicopter. Full Story »

HONOLULU (AP) — A Honolulu beach may be renamed for President Barack Obama. Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann is asking the City Council to rename Aina Moana Beach Park, also known as Magic Island, as President Barack Obama Beach Park. Full Story »

LIHUE, Hawaii (AP) — The electric utility that serves Kauai says its contract with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 1260 has been extended while the two sides work on a new labor contract. Full Story »

HONOLULU (AP) — A federal judge has thrown out a constitutional challenge to the Jones Act, a law that requires domestic shipping to be performed by vessels owned and flagged by the United States. Full Story »

During the week of December 1, 2009, through December 7, 2009, Big Island police arrested 25 motorists for drunk driving. Five of the drivers were involved in traffic crashes. Two were under the age of 21. Full Story »

HONOLULU (AP) — The PBS science series "NOVA" is to broadcast a documentary that presents evidence that a torpedo fired from a Japanese midget submarine may have struck the USS Oklahoma during the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor. Full Story »

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — Dozens of survivors of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor solemnly remembered those who died in the aerial assault 68 years ago. Full Story »

HILO, Hawaii (AP) — Big Island police are asking for the public's help in locating a man reported missing in South Kohala. Sgt. Kenneth Quiocho said Monday that a green kayak was found floating upside down in waters off the South Kohala coast on Nov. 27. Full Story »

HILO, Hawaii (AP) — Big Island Mayor Billy Kenoi wants to withhold scheduled pay raises from the county's top government employees. Kenoi is asking the Salary Commission to freeze public executive pay at current levels to help deal with a projected $45 million budget deficit. Full Story »

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands (AP) — Gov. Benigno R. Fitial of the Covenant Party has been certified the winner of a runoff election to serve a second term as governor of the U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Full Story »

FREDERICKSBURG, Texas (AP) — Former President George H.W. Bush used gold scissors to cut a red ribbon and dedicate an expanded gallery that carries his name at the National Museum of the Pacific War. Full Story »

HONOLULU (AP) — A federal judge has cast doubt on the fate of a lawsuit that sought to bar enforcement of the Jones Act, a law that in part requires domestic shipping to be performed by vessels owned and flagged by the United States. Full Story »

HONOLULU (AP) — The prospect to seeing waves as high as 50 feet has drawn hundreds of people to Oahu's North Shore. There was only one report of sand and debris washing onto a roadway Monday morning. There were no reports of structural damage caused by the surf. Full Story »

The Hawai'i Police Department is asking for the public's help in locating a man reported missing in the South Kohala area. Full Story »

HONOLULU (AP) — The state plans to hold a hearing this week on a plan by Kauai's electric utility to minimize harm to protected native bird species. Full Story »

HILO, Hawaii (AP) — Hawaii County officials say more competitive bid specifications for roadside work could end up saving county taxpayers more than $1 million over the next two years. Full Story »

HONOLULU (AP) — The University of Hawaii will receive $420,000 in federal money to improve volcano monitoring on the Big Island. Full Story »

LIHUE, Hawaii (AP) — A 58-year-old Kauai man sentenced to life in prison in 2001 for killing his wife by setting her on fire has had the minimum amount of time he must serve before he can request parole doubled to 120 years. Full Story »

The Hawai'i Police Department will hold a community meeting on Tuesday, December 15, from noon to 2 p.m. at the North Kohala Intergenerational Center . Full Story »