FLOSSIE IS HERE: This satellite map depicted Hurricane Flossie's position as of about 11:30 p.m. yesterday. Hurricane track courtesy UH Dept. of Meteorology.
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Hawaii News
FLOSSIE HEADS FOR BIG ISLAND
The Category 3 hurricane will likely spare the rest of the island chain, forecasters say
Earthquake rattles tense Big Island
A 5.4-magnitude earthquake shook Big Island at about 7:38 p.m. last night
North Shore brush fire devours 3,000 acres
It sweeps from Mount Kaala to Waialua
ERS gains record 17% in fiscal year
The state pension fund boosts its assets to $11.6B
in Features
Big wave, Duke, queen will be pictured on mural
A skylight featuring "curved blocks of aqua jeweled glass" will add to the transparency of the wave
in Sports
Lads in full pads
The first day of full pads found the Hawaii football team in a variety of attire yesterday
in Business
ML Mac posts net loss on price shift
Its profit loss widened, but the company had an uptick in its nut harvest for the year
in Editorial
Require Bush to report on redeploying troops in Iraq
While Basra city is falling into control by Shia militia, the House rejected a proposal to report on redeployment of U.S. troops
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