A growing number of O'ahu tours are taking visitors to the sites where President-elect Barack Obama was born, went to school, scooped ice cream and ate plate lunches. Tour companies say there's a growing demand from visitors eager to learn more about ...

3 Dec 2008

ScienceDaily (Dec. 3, 2008) — Patients who have had the common chest wall deformity known as pectus excavatum corrected report improved body image and ability to exercise, according to a study published December in the journal Pediatrics. The study ...

3 Dec 2008

William J. "Bill" Bonk, University of Hawai'i at Hilo professor emeritus and combat veteran who devoted his life to working for peace after World War II, died Nov. 25 at age 84. A longtime resident of Kamuela on the Big Island, Bonk earned his master ...

30 Nov 2008

Washington, DC, November 28, 2008 --( PR.com )-- SMARTHINKING, Inc. (www.smarthinking.com), the market leader in providing online tutoring and academic support to students, has announced that its representatives will participate in Online Educa ...

27 Nov 2008

Residents are pushing the city to do more to address a homeless encampment in Kapi'olani Park, where, despite a new "illegal camping" ordinance, about two dozen people are still staying every night. The ordinance, which went into effect Sept. 5, has ...

7 Nov 2008

'Who is Barack Obama ?" In the last, desperate weeks, that question became the rallying cry of John McCain and Sarah Palin, as they sought to persuade Americans that they knew too little about the man who, in the early hours of yesterday morning, was ...

5 Nov 2008