ARMED AND READY TO PLAY BALL

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GEORGE F. LEE / GLEE@STARBULLETIN.COM McKinley High School's robotics team -- from left, Mark De Blois, Ike Nagamine, Blake Inouye, HECO computer scientist Tom Batista, Honda Wong, Ezra Ng and HECO electrical engineer Alan Ing -- tested the armature that shoots a soccer ball into the air on their creation "Naia III" yesterday shortly before its full-fledged demonstration.

FOLLOW THE LEADER

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FL MORRIS / FMORRIS@STARBULLETIN.COM Yesterday's Keiki Monday at the Mililani Town Center featured interactive storytelling with Bungie the Clown. Samantha Migliore, left, and Kendall Redwood listened and acted along with Bungie's story.

JANE AND JOHNNY ON THE SPOT

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RUSS LYNCH / RLYNCH@STARBULLETIN.COM Figures in "Passage," a sculpture on Punchbowl Street, seemed to be running for the toilets yesterday, an aesthetic effect surely unintended by sculptor Mamoru Sato. The portable potties were there for yesterday's Aloha Run participants.

TAKING A DRAG

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GEORGE F. LEE / GLEE@STARBULLETIN.COM In a demonstration of its strength, the ball-shooting robot "Naia III" dragged 110-pound Matthew Kunita and its 180-pound goal across the floor during yesterday's demonstration at McKinley High School.

GEORGE F. LEE / GLEE@STARBULLETIN.COM McKinley Robotics team members Honda Wong, left, and Blake Inouye worked out some last-minute bugs in their creation shortly before its full-fledged demonstration.

BAD-LUCK CAT BLAMED

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GEORGE F. LEE / GLEE@STARBULLETIN.COM The 19-year-old driver of this car told firefighters that he lost control of the vehicle last night after being distracted by a cat in the road. No injuries were reported after the car smashed into a house at 772 Aipo St. in Hawaii Kai. The car's two passengers were both teen males.

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