FLEEING THE STORM: A Hickam Air Force Base C-17 Globemaster cargo jet belonging to the 535th Airlift Squadron prepared to leave the tarmac at Wake Island yesterday after 104 people strapped in for the four-hour flight to Hawaii. The operation took 188 residents to safety as Super Typhoon Ioke approached.
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Wake Island evacuates as super typhoon bears down
188 are airlifted to safety from the path of Super Typhoon Ioke.
Homeless allowed to remain at 'Tracks'
A city cleaning crew lets most of the 60 homeless living there remain at Tracks Beach.
Case to Akaka, Akaka to Case: You're ineffective
Two members of Congress ranked as among the least effective are battling over who is worse on a national Web site.
Earthquake off Kohala rattles isle residents
There were no reports of damage and no threat of a tsunami.
in Features
Plugged in
A new breed of electric car poses an attractive alternative for drivers tired of pricey gas.
in Sports
Lenn Sakata to manage Waikiki in HWB
The North Shore team gets Mike Lum as a bench coach as the league returns Oct. 1
in Business
TV star Paige Hemmis advocates never taking "no" for an answer
WOMEN WHO LEAD
Coast Guard Rear Adm. Brice-O'Hara oversees an operation of 29 units
WOMEN WHO LEAD
in Editorial
Shooting should bring crackdown on prostitution
Police Chief Boisse Correa is asking the City Council to expand the downtown "prostitution-free zone" to include Chinatown.
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