"DOES IT HAVE TO BE SO UGLY?" This photo-illustration shows what a proposed rail transit structure would look like along University Avenue.
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Hawaii News
Navy agrees to restrict sonar for war games
The federal guidelines are meant to protect marine mammals.
Rail line renderings ring alarm bells
>> A councilmember cries "ugly" at plans for a 70-foot-high station at H-1 and UH.
>> Estimates show construction of a 23-mile rail route could cost more than $3 billion
in Features
She's cookin'!
The O Lounge's Liz Watanabe will show her stuff at Taste of Honolulu.
in Sports
4 from Hawaii win in match play
Stephanie Kono is joined in the next round by Mari Chun, Amanda Wilson and Kimberly Kim.
in Business
Isle bank customers warned about data robbery
Personal information was stolen from Bank of the Orient in L.A.
in Editorial
Blaze a discouraging note for unique school
Authorities believe a fire at the University Laboratory School was intentionally set.
North Korea is crazy to plan rocket launch
North Korea maintains it has a right to perform long-range missile tests, despite a missile moratorium.
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