ISLAND IMAGES » The USS Hopper, a guided-missile destroyer, left Pearl Harbor on a four-month deployment to the western Pacific. Above, a flag-waver bade aloha to the ship.

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Hawaii News
Tainted soil found on Navy site
A consultant alleges new Kaneohe housing is being built amid contaminated land.
Experiment's end
Lingle hopes legislators will consider regulating gas companies.
Ripple from Tonga raises deadly possibility
An unforeseen source of earthquakes suggests Hawaii maps might change.
Class of 2006
Your guide to school commencement exercises, which begin next week.
in Features
Tips to improve quality of life
Many diets try to lose. Here's one made specifically for gaining.
in Sports
Rain cancels Wie's third round
The SK Telecom Open will be completed today after poor weather cuts the event to 54 holes.
Costi keeps Rainbows winning in Louisiana
He wins for the seventh time in eight decisions.
in Business
47 units planned for NCR Building
A developer aims to turn the old commercial property into residences.
in Editorial
Soda ban is fine, lack of physical ed is not
State public schools' soft-drink restrictions go further than a national effort, but physical education requirements fall short.
Wie's success in Korea should silence skeptics
Michelle Wie became the first woman in 61 years to advance to the third round of an international men's tour event.
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