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Sunnee Kim of Mac 24-7 Restaurant smiles while helping hungry customers lining up yesterday afternoon for one of the restaurant's Spam creations, like the Spam meatloaf and Spam saimin pictured at lower right, during the annual Spam Jam block party on Kalakaua Avenue in Waikiki. The event, which features Spam concoctions by some of Honolulu's top restaurants as well as entertainment and Spam memorabilia, raises money for the Hawaii Food Bank. CLICK FOR LARGE

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More than a thousand people waited in line to buy "The Lion King" tickets when they went on sale yesterday at 6 a.m. at the Blaisdell box office. Luella Suttle, right, first in line, was congratulated by Jack Lucas, president of West Coast Entertainment, and Mayor Mufi Hannemann. She said she had gotten in line at 9:45 a.m. the day before. People in line also got many freebies, including T-shirts, coffee, pastries and massages. The Disney stage production will run for six weeks at the Blaisdell Concert Hall, from Sept. 15 to Oct. 28. Tickets are also available at all Ticketmaster outlets, by phone at 1-877-750-4400, and online at www.ticketmaster.com CLICK FOR LARGE