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Repeat deployments and a healthier economy made it more difficult in recent years for the Army to retain quality soldiers. The recession may be changing that. Hawai'i's Stryker brigade of about 4,300 soldiers is at almost 100 percent re-enlistment for two of its battalions in Iraq, with the other four at between 70 percent and 75 percent, said spokesman Maj. Al Hing. More »
Nancy Snider is proud of her talent for bouncing back and shifting careers, but, at age 60, even she's worried about her job prospects. "I've always seemed to excel in whatever I did and ended up in management positions," said Snider, who was laid off from her job as a telemarketing manager in October. More »
The state should prepare for a "wave" of new homeless if more isn't done to keep struggling families in their homes, social-service advocates warned lawmakers yesterday. More »
ECONOMIC CRISIS BOOSTS RE-ENLISTMENT
A soldier with the 25th Infantry Division re-enlists at Camp Buehring in Kuwait. Hawai'i units are seeing record rates for re-enlistments amid today's tough economic times. More »
MASTER SGT. SEAN MILHAUSER | U.S. Army
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic-dominated Congress convenes today to confront perhaps the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression and to grapple with a hugely ambitious agenda set by President-elect Barack Obama. (5:39 a.m.) More »
WASHINGTON (AP) — Orders to factories fell for a record fourth straight month in November, and analysts believe manufacturing will continue to suffer in coming months as the country slogs through a recession entering its second year. (5:46 a.m.) More »
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UH's Amis played the leading roleWhen you are a leader of the University of Hawai'i men's basketball team,... More »
ABOUT MEN: Mike Gordon
The realization came to me in the waning moments of last year while I stood on a dead-end street at the back of Palolo Valley. All around the New Year's Eve party where I was, chaos reached for a crescendo. Exploding firecrackers roared like a machine gun from a nearby home while illegal aerial missiles blew up overhead. More »
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President Bush yesterday declared a major disaster in Hawai'i due to the severe storms and flooding in December, which makes federal money available to people who experienced storm-related damages on O'ahu. More »
The latest University of Hawai'i football commitment was named Sacramento's Metro Football Player of the Year. More »
O'ahu's housing market ended 2008 on a surprise up note — albeit an anomalous one — with a rise in the median sale price for previously owned single-family homes. The median rose 2.7 percent to $626,500 from a year earlier, according to the Honolulu Board of Realtors. More »
The granddaughter of César Chávez remembers watching her older sister beg their Tata to take a sip of water. The legendary activist had begun his last hunger strike to gain attention for the civil rights of migrant workers. Julie Chávez Rodriguez was only 10, and her sister 13, when they stayed with him during this precarious time. More »
The holidays are over, we take a collective breath ... and TGIF looks back at 2008: On the cinema scene, we have two Rogers picking the cream of the crop. More »
To the greatest extent in recent memory, Hawai'i has the ear of Washington, D.C. — which means this is the time to make the message count. More »
The Kikaida Brothers, Hawaii's favorite Japanese Superheroes and friends will be one of the main attractions at the Annual JCCH (Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii) Ohana Festival on Sunday, January 11 at Moiliili Field. The newest superhero of the 1970's to hit Hawaii, "Inazuman" and "Sanagiman" will also participate in the live-action appearance. More »
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