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Yesterday, the family of Cynthia Star couldn't believe he had finally been convicted of her murder in a second trial.
Circuit Judge Wendell Huddy yesterday ordered Star held overnight pending his decision on a request for Star's release on bail after the jury's verdict.
While the evidence was basically the same, the more recent jury received a key instruction that was omitted last time around, prosecutors say.
Commissioners denied a Keeaumoku Street bar owner's request to change it into a hostess operation, then ordered two Kuhio Avenue open-air businesses to report back on their efforts to enclose their loud music and pacify neighbors.
"I live at Ground Zero," said Alex Preiss, one of several residents of Four Paddle Condominium across Kuhio from Caffe Valentino and Bikini Beach Bar and Grill. "I'm suffering from sleep deprivation."
Company spokesman David Glover said he expected the number of travelers originally scheduled to depart Honolulu on Monday and yesterday would be whittled from 2,400 to fewer than 800 last night.
"We'll be in good shape by the end of (today)," he predicted. "It's the middle of the week and the holiday is gone."
Glover said other airlines are contacting him now, offering seats to stranded Rich passengers.
A doorman notified police about 1:30 a.m. after someone spotted an 8-inch PVC pipe, 2 inches in diameter with caps on both ends, atop a trash bin.
Police bomb experts retrieved the device for analysis.
Two paddlers were flown to Kahului by Coast Guard helicopter. Seven paddlers got back into one of the canoes after bailing out the water and were escorted by a C-130 plane to Makena. Two others, accompanied by a rescue swimmer, were plucked from the water and taken to the Coast Guard station at Maalaea. All were safe on Maui by 2 a.m. today.
Coast Guard officials said the paddlers' lives could have been in danger if they hadn't activated a portable emergency locator signal that helped pinpoint via satellite their location. The paddlers spent 21/2 hours in 5-foot swells.
Four canoes were on their way to Kihei from Kawaihae Bay on the Big Island. They planned to continue on to Oahu when two of the canoes took on water.
The other canoes attempted to turn around to help but wind and weather stopped them, Coast Guard officials said.
A passing Aloha Airlines jet and a Coast Guard helicopter picked up the emergency signal at 5 p.m. yesterday. The Coast Guard received a satellite position about 20 minutes later. A C-130 reached the paddlers at about 6:45 p.m.
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