Mayor's office plots $1.8B spending plan; Tax rebate could drop to $1; Central Pacific reports $44.5M loss; Leap year baby lands on extra day; Daughter blocks sale of Ho house in Lanikai; Tantalus murder case put on hold; Foes fight ferry's environmental OK; Navy sonar restricted; Sen. Whalen bows out of fall election; Keiki health care umbrella unfolds; Kauai doctor to plead guilty in drug case; Man acquitted of taking newspaper box

Reading, writing and ripping; Hawaii musician charged in ice bust; Man set for trial in alleged homicide; Thai Princess visits for a regal dedication; Proposal offers stadium to UH; Hawaii is ideal for Stryker unit, says Army; Isle lab gets remains found in Cambodia; North Korean battlefield yields remains of GI; Family is founded on cartography

Adventurer uses wave power to sail to Japan; Cemetery revivifies old Kauai village; Abuse claims plague juvenile detention; Isles top 4-state survey of sleep quality; Fur flies over trail ban; Internees are 'not so nostalgic'; Fire chief receives high grades; 3 Japanese whalers injured in protest; Fundraiser targets crime; Obituary: Vi Dolman / 1920-2008; How your lawmakers voted

Oahu home sales slow; Witnesses link victim to pest control truck; Marine tosses dog from cliff on YouTube; Voting machine pact stands despite appeal; Big Island operation nets 91 arrests; Man gets 20 years for killing wife; Lawmakers near deadline for bills; Senior center gives kin a free Saturday of care; Governing grade dragged down by planning; City boosts Chinatown with grant; What's the Law?

Turtle Bay buy touted; Close campaign keeps isle supporters excited; HMSA reimbursements lead to big losses in '07; Legislative crossover tightens focus on bills; Animal instincts fill Senate; State buries recalled burger; Lava viewing site might be steamy; Man's alleged plot scares ex-wife; Senior-housing tenants sue firm; Wave-powered journey; Trees give way to stores

Car crashes ding wallets; Murder trial lawyer hints at accident with pickup; Class ring returned to owner 33 years later; Tasers in demand by agencies; Lava makes final push to sea; Prof gets jail in Web sex sting; Rape case awaits fugitive; Pet owner flees after dog bites boy; Mayor slams Hanabusa on dump; State to study risks of Kailua boulders; Hawaii doctors study cancer; Pet Ohana: Pups are great etiquette students

Aloha, Aunty Genoa; Madame Pele ends another run to sea; Home prices likely to drop slightly; Isles feeling the blues the least; ATA might end isle service; Smell of pesticide sickens Pearl City kids; Lanai wind farm plan includes conservation; State park reopening on Maui; Lawyer hints death was accident; Tort reform remark brings retort from Lingle; State seeks resolution to landfill issue; Yellow flags to wave for pedestrian safety; Obituary: Interim mayor had role in ConCon

Donovan might be UH athletic director; Landfill closure postponed 18 months; Teens getting over-the-counter fix; Varsity Theatre is dangerously deteriorated; Lingle aggravated by Senate inquiries; Lava viewing opens; Doc saves lives 1 liver at a time; Confrontation with Lankford detailed; Ala Moana barber could face deportation

Governor courts prosecutors; Selection panel limits judgeship picks; Former trustee nabbed after car chase, crash; Racial differences in hospital death rates; Spectators love the lava; Foster child's memorial rallies support; 'Soldier of the blind' helps other wounded vets; Navy maps air squad update; Navy EIS discussed

Isles fear risk of invasive species; Campbell High to rally for relief from the heat; Replacing top judge is Lingle's jurisdiction; Panel can keep judges for subsequent terms; Gov pushes tax ideas; How your lawmakers voted; A 65-year-old doctor gets into jiujitsu; Obituary: 2 Memorials for a slack-key master

Vandals egged on Jervis, neighbors say; Don Ho house sells in $6.05M deal; Suspect buys shovel in video, officer says; Dorm ruling leads to suit; Turtle Bay bill advances; House OKs smaller budget; Hearing weighs waste-water proposal; Lava spectacle awes thousands; Molestation suit names priest; Bill sees 'green' buildings; Judge rules against paper; Advocate fears for Lindbergh house; Sea alarms set; Reporter owned housing beat; Foundation distributes scholarships; UH economic benefit estimated at $1.66B; What's the Law?

Maui gas hits $4; Judge jails convicted killer for life plus more; Farmers warned of water shortage; Kahuku Hospital in better health; West Oahu residents take issue with transit; Photo could be clue to attack; Fatal blast spurs GI widow's suit; Earthjustice claims win in Makua suit; Easing of sonar ruling sought; Inouye offers bill to ensure safe seafood imports

Honolulu roads take high toll on cars; Isle motorists recoup the price of potholes; Guns blaze, spray flies in Guard's harbor drill; Big Isle Council OKs smoking ban in parks; EPA's sewage demand meets strong resistance; Lava flow chars house as heat oozes eastward; Jervis pleads not guilty in attack; Suit filed over notorious beating; State budget needs trim as revenues contract; Family caregivers to rally for bills; Plan to stop services for seniors protested; Pet Ohana: Kitten training; Obituary: The Rev. Frank Chong / 1944-2008

Firearm registration up 60 percent since 2000; Obituary: Shizuya Hayashi / 1917-2008; Crisis coming in elder care, AARP warns; Holes remain in disaster's wake; Woman fit for trial on Big Isle; Lankford jury set to visit key sites; Council hesitant to extend TheBoat; Retirement proposal omits current judges; Biz. director admits error in awarding contract; Army considers increase in isle forces

Mainland airfares take off; New volcanic vent spewing toxic gas; Dad accused of rape; Jury retraces steps in Watanabe case; Saint Louis disciplines 4 boys who threw eggs; Hilo Hattie's move on hold, looking for investors; Zoo beefing up its tiger exhibit; 5 felons allegedly had guns; Dems will meet to finish business; 2 Superferry meetings draw 12 people on Oahu; House revives tort reform; Roadwork ahead

Rising oil prices spread beyond gas; Hokule'a voyaging could go worldwide; Tapes show go! pilots unresponsive in flight; Plan would rename park for Navy SEAL; State to control Maui streams; Quake funds concern hospitals

Students put Aikau's spirit in writing; Wiliwili pest will face wee assassin; Preservationists work to save UH's maps; Isle teens have big chlamydia risk; Wave-powered boat sets sail for Japan

Panels reject $200M OHA land settlement; Ritz-Carlton event sells $176M in condos; Glowing sulfur stumps brains at volcano site; Surfers fight ferry pier; Hepatitis likely did not stay in Vegas; Man flees Ewa blaze; Rescuers abort kayak search; Accident at Pipeline kills bodyboarder; Dig not prejudicial, judge says; Woman hurt trying to stop dog fight; Blogs need shield laws, expert says; What's the Law?

Couch potatoes costly in isles; Thieves leave H-2 in dark for near future; Trio apologizes in Jervis egg incident; Pele's poison gas could empty town; Haleakala bike tours still on hold; Kim and Council catch heat; Maui water floats to top of budget; Kaiser culls own data for insight; Social Security fraud brings probation; Student adds to scientific gains; Hospitals react to mock attack

Police kill man at Pearlridge; Halemaumau blast sends boulders aloft; Lankford to testify that death was accident; Population on Oahu down, up on other isles; Ferry furor flares; Council expands transit options; Tot's father charged in taped sex assaults; Man indicted in Mililani robbery; Iroquois Point beach to open to public; Lingle says economy slowing but growing; Park service considers isle site; Lightbulb recycling; Good Friday closures; Pet Ohana: Health insurance

Aloha air bankrupt; Volcano blast spews grit over 19 miles; Jervis to fight indictment; Man killed by police was a felon; Pathologist testifies at trial; UH medical students learn their futures; Hawaii Supreme Court upholds $1.1M lawsuit; Lingle vetoes bill for police officers; Senate unlikely to revisit OHA settlement; IRS helping facilitate stimulus payments; Gov wants homeless in public housing; Judge OKs injection of Tantalus suspect

UH finds water clues on Mars; Oahu's auto thefts declining; Aloha Air hunting for buyers; PUC increases limits for renewable energy; Ring found after being lost at sea off Maui; Hospital just says 'neigh' to horse; Oregon educator to lead Maryknoll High; HIV case reports must include names; Obituary: Helen Hifumi Morita / 1913-2008

A girl's arduous path to be able to walk; Shriners expanding charitable reach; Kakaako to get new biosafety facility; McCain backers start isle effort; Home Lands agency to celebrate in Kapolei; New wheels extend health clinic; Lawmakers honor fallen service members; Military jets rest while go! pilots stay silent

Cambodian teen reunites with kin; Mayor collects $2M for election coffer; Seminar teaches traditional way-finding; Hospitals get $17.7 million for charity care; More blasts possible as volcano spews gas; Study: Shipping trash poses little ecological risk; Tamaru is new Cherry Blossom queen

Molokai Ranch to quit island; Eruption is fascinating and frightening; Isles' delegation grabs $30M in UH earmarks; Tsunami experts prepare for waves; Aloha, Varsity Theatre; Pacific isles get U.S. flu vaccine surplus; 2 more arrests in break-in; Makiki rite will mark library's overdue return; Woman wins fight for public beach; Big Isle residents voice opinions on Superferry; Overthrow of 'Princess' film tax help sought; Big Isle project gets a grip on feral cats; Frustrated doctor leaving Maui; What's the Law?

Families accept isle Medal of Honor; Ranch's imminent closure brings uncertainty; Lingle leads team to help unemployed prepare; A pregnant man?; No place like home; Union organization bill heads to Lingle; No ban on genetically modified coffee; Tutors help dyslexics get Odyssey of reading; Compromise on shield law for reporters sought; Elite junior officers stick to cadence

Big Isle weighs evacuations; New hale for homestead hub; Population report says Honolulu declined; Case-detection efforts spot 122 isle TB cases; Audit finds no evaluation of NHEA; OHA stirs doubts about its finances; Doctors says 'pregnant man' possible; Study: Fast-growing koa aids biodiversity; TheBoat to get updated schedule; Pet Ohana: Flea allergies

Rail transit gets $900M promise; Officials visit Molokai to assist ranch staff; Weakened dollar helps isle visitor industry; Chester the monk seal found dead on island; Volcano's white gas tells staff it's not ash; Hawaii Kai sets July 4 bash; Marine pleads not guilty to 14 counts of ID theft; Officials roll out tsunami plans; Superferry's dry dock pau; Ferry has Kawaihae residents skeptical

3- to 4-ton boulder smashes home; City's top wages to rise; Victoria's Secret makes plans for Ala Moana; Hospital-care satisfaction is low in isles; Big Isle residents warned to prepare; 22-year-old found not guilty of murder; Lawmakers plot study for stadium in West Oahu; Whiz kids engineer bright future; Statewide science fair planned for Blaisdell hall; Obituary: Frank Ward Hustace Jr. / 1914-2008

Chance at big 'Deal' draws extroverts; Fears follow news of ranch closure; Robot action, calculated success; House smashed: Kauai trip might have saved life; Lava talk abided Sunshine Law, state says; Honoring WWII service of Japanese Americans; Inn owners preserve Maui history

Aloha Air shuts down; Government searches for ways to help airline; Industry bigs try to help carrier's customers, staff; Merrie Monarch participants coping; Staff, passengers hope airline can survive; Saving Maunalua Bay; Addicted and pregnant but not alone