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Man killed in shark attack while fishing in Hawaii
A man fishing from a kayak off a Hawaiian island has died after being bitten by a shark, authorities said Monday. The incident was the latest in an alarming spate of shark attacks in the state this year.
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Mauna Kea Site for World’s Largest Telescope
Plans for the construction of the largest telescope in the world moved ahead this week as the University of Hawaii’s Board of Regents approved the lease of school land atop the dormant Mauna Kea volcano on Hawaii, the largest of the eight Hawaiian Islands. The board’s vote was a near-unanimous 15-1.
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Hawaii Just Became the First State to BAN This Everyday Shopping Item
Plastic trash has always been a huge environmental problem, especially when the ocean is involved. But few states have seen the impact of maritime pollution quite like Hawaii. Now, Hawaii has become the first state to officially implement a ban on plastic bags at checkout counters. "Being a marine state, perhaps, we are exposed more directly to the impacts of plastic pollution and the damage it does to our environment," Sierra Club of Hawaii director Robert Harris, said in 2012.
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Hawaii's Using Lasers to Scare Endangered Birds Away From Power Lines
Hawaii has a bird problem. They keep crashing into power lines and dying. While that's not so grim when pigeons are involved, the situation gets more serious when the birds are endangered. And many of the species in Hawaii are. That's why they're busting out the lasers.
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Hawaii residents stock up ahead of 2 hurricanes
Hawaii residents were furiously stocking up on essentials as two hurricanes churned toward the islands Wednesday and weather officials asked the whole state to prepare for flash flooding.
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Larry Ellison Bought an Island in Hawaii. Now What?
Henry Jolicoeur is a retired French Canadian hypnotherapist and a glass-products importer who enjoys making very low-budget documentary films. In the summer of 2012, Jolicoeur read that Larry Ellison, a founder of the Silicon Valley giant Oracle and the fifth-richest man in the world, had bought 97 percent of the Hawaiian island of Lanai — not a 97 percent stake in some kind of company, but 97 percent of the physical place. Jolicoeur was curious, so he booked a flight and packed his camera.
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Gargantuan $1.4 billion Thirty Meter Telescope begins construction in Hawaii
After years of planning, construction of the $1.4 billion Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) has started in Hawaii. This gigantic next-generation telescope will provide astronomers with unparalleled power — about 10 times the resolution of Hubble — to observe the intricacies of the universe from the comfort of Earth. However, its location atop Hawaii’s Mauna Kea volcano has some local residents up in arms. It’s a case of the age-old clash of tradition with scientific progress.
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In a Dome in Hawaii, a Mission to Mars
On the way to Mars, Neil Scheibelhut stopped by Walmart for mouthwash and dental floss. “We’re picking up some last-minute things,” he said via cellphone last Wednesday afternoon from the store.
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In Hawaii, village residents prepare to evacuate as lava approaches
Since Kilauea turned toward this historic rural Big Island village on June 27, residents and business owners have feared lava could flow through their streets. That day is approaching fast.
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There's a blizzard warning in effect for ... Hawaii?!
The National Weather Service has issued blizzard warnings for the summits of Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea volcanic peaks, located on the Big Island of Hawaii.
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Teen pregnancies — and abortions — plummeted after Hawaii ditched abstinence-based sex ed
Public schools in Hawaii moved away from abstinence-based sex education about five years ago
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Hawaii Becomes First State to Raise Smoking Age to 21
Hawaii's governor on Friday signed a bill raising the legal smoking age statewide to 21, the first U.S. state to do so.
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5.2 quake shakes Big Island
A 5.0 magnitude earthquake shook parts of the Big Island Saturday but there are no reports of major damage.
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Earthquake Hits City of Volcano, Hawaii
An earthquake struck the Hawaiian city of Volcano on Saturday evening.
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Tropical Storm "Ela" - Central Pacific's First Named Storm of the 2015 Season
Tropical Depression 4E formed in the eastern Pacific ocean, crossed the 140 W longitude, which separates eastern from central Pacific Ocean, around 03:00 UTC on July 8 and entered the central Pacific Ocean.
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Hawaiian Natives have been waiting since 1920 for promised land
More than 29,000 on list for acreage set aside for ranches and homes while corporations jump ahead in line.
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Hurricane Guillermo Forms in Pacific Ocean, Possibly Headed for Hawaii
Hurricane Guillermo, a Category 1 storm with winds near 130 km/h, has formed in the Pacific Ocean and could be headed for Hawaii, although it is too soon to say if it is a danger to land, a forecaster says.
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Hilda Fizzling as it Approaches Hawaii; Twin Typhoons Coming to the Western Pacific
In the Western Pacific, a pair of tropical disturbances, 97W and 98W, appear destined to become twin typhoons early next week, according to the latest runs of the European and GFS models.
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Man trying to stop suicide plummets to his death
A man fell to his death while attempting to prevent a teenager from jumping off the ledge of a university dorm in Hawaii.
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21st August 1959 - Hawaii becomes 50th state
The modern United States receives its crowning star when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a proclamation admitting Hawaii into the Union as the 50th state. The president also issued an order for an American flag featuring 50 stars arranged in staggered rows: five six-star rows and four five-star rows.
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