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Tort Liability

Eugene Volokh | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cheating Relationships, Marriage, Court Case, Divorce, Family Law, Libel, Hawaii, Cheating, Hawaii Supreme Court, Affairs, Politics News
Eugene Volokh

People should be free to leave their lovers, and even "flaunt[]" their new relationships, without a government agency deciding whether such behavior was "unreasonabl[e]".

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The Birther Movement: Beyond Unreasonable Doubt

Tina Dupuy | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lou Dobbs, Birthers, Hawaii, Obama Birth Certificate, John McCain, Birther-Movement, Bill Posey, Politics News
Tina Dupuy

Birthers don't want proof of what they don't believe. They want to hold onto doubt regardless of evidence.

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The Only Thing Weirder Than The Birthers....

Mark Joseph | Posted 08.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Appalachians, Hawaii, Birthers, Reality-Based, Faith-Based, Americans, Birth Certificate, Mark Sanford, Argentina, Barack Obama, John McCain, Politics News
Mark Joseph

Weirder than the Birthers are the anti-Birthers, who call Birthers conspiracy theorists yet feed the conspiracy by refusing to call for Obama to release his birth certificate.

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The Bachelorette: Season Finale Recap

Tasha Gordon-Solmon | Posted 08.28.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Helicopters, Hawaii, Abc, Hula Dancing, Volcanoes, Final Rose, Fantasy Suite, After the Final Rose, Ed, Kiptyn, Canada, Bikinis, The Bachelorette, Jillian Harris, Season Finale, Reid, Reality Television, Reality TV, True Love, Entertainment News
Tasha Gordon-Solmon

This week's episode was billed as "The most emotional season finale in Bachelorette history." But unless bikinis make you teary, it was pretty tame.

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Hawaii Again Declares Obama Birth Certificate Real

AP | JAYMES SONG | Posted 08.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hawaii, Birthers, Barack Obama Birth Certificate Controversy, Barack Obama Birth Certificate, Barack Obama, Politics News

HONOLULU — State officials in Hawaii on Monday said they have once again checked and confirmed that President Barack Obama was born in Hawaii an...

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"Birthers" Hit a Nerve

Tamar Abrams | Posted 08.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hawaii, Birthers, Elections, Air Force, John McCain, Hokkaido, Indonesia, Obama Hawaii, New Mexico, President Obama, Canada, U.S., Panama, Japan, Politics News
Tamar Abrams

I vote to eliminate this antiquated requirement. Presidents should be chosen for their acumen and not for a word or two on a birth certificate.

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Reading the Pictures: As if This Puts Birthers to Bed

Michael Shaw | Posted 08.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hawaii, Birthers, Obama Birth Certificate, Obama, Daily Show, Jon Stewart, Politics News
Michael Shaw

2009-07-24-20090724obamabirthcertificatethumb.jpgSeeing is believing?

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Chris Matthews: A Deeply Closeted Birther?

Mark Joseph | Posted 08.22.2009 | Media

Read More: Birthers, Birth Certificate, Kenya, Barry Goldwater, Usa, Hawaii, Chester Arthur, Chris Matthews, Barack Obama, John McCain, Media News
Mark Joseph

Everyday I drive home from work, walk in the door and ask my four kids under the age of 8 "guess what time it is?" to which they groan in near unison ...

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More GOP Lawmakers Sign Onto Obama Birth Certificate Bill

The Washington Independent | Posted 08.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dan Burton, Obama Birth Certificate, Barack Obama, Birther-Movement, Kris Kobach, President Obama, Bill Posey, Randy Neugebauer, Hawaii, Obama, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Obama Citizenship, Politics News

Six months into Obama's presidency, after scores of embarrassing legal defeats, and even after tussles between the attoneys who've turned frivolous la...

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Top Destination Wedding Locations (VOTE!)

Huffington Post | Morgan Korn | Posted 08.14.2009 | World

Read More: Slidepoll, Bermuda, Wedding, Barbados, Hawaii, Punta Cana, Destination Weddings, Castle Leslie, Tuscany, Paris, Great Wall of China, Travel, Destination Wedding, Wedding Locations, Top Destination Weddings Locations in the Us, Best Destination Wedding Venues, Best Destination Wedding Locations, Destination Wedding Locations, Top Destination Wedding Locations, Vote on Wedding, Best Wedding Venue Bermuda, Top Ten Dream Wedding Locations, Best Destination Wedding Website, Top Destination Wedding Spots, Top Us Wedding Destinations, Best Bermuda Wedding Location, Top Destination Wedding Locations Us, World News

Many couples are eschewing traditional wedding venues and instead choosing to exchange vows in unique and tropical destinations. Here is the HuffPost'...

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North Korea Attacking Hawaii?

John Feffer | Posted 07.25.2009 | World

Read More: Nuclear Weapons, North Korea, Hawaii, North Korea Missle Test, North Korea Missile, South Korea, Obama North Korea, World News
John Feffer

I'm not sure who's giving the president his advice on North Korea, but it's all wrong. His show of "resolve" has only made matters worse.

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States Resorting To Extreme Measures In Budget Crisis

The New York Times | Posted 07.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, Taxes, State Budgets, California, Economic Crisis, Maine Budget Crisis, Hawaii, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Budget Crisis, California Budget Crisis, Hawaii Budget Crisis, Stimulus, Maine, Politics News

In Hawaii, state employees are bracing for furloughs of three days a month over the next two years, the equivalent of a 14 percent pay cut. In Idaho, ...

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Planned North Korea Missile Launch Has Hawaii Residents On Edge

AP | MARK NIESSE | Posted 07.22.2009 | World

Read More: North Korea Missile Launch, Hawaii, North Krea Missile Hawaii, North Korea, World News

HONOLULU — Comforted by the U.S. military's missile defense systems, Hawaii residents doubt a North Korean missile would light up the clear isla...

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North Korea May Fire A Missile Toward Hawaii

AP | JAE-SOON CHANG | Posted 07.19.2009 | World

Read More: Hawaii, North Korea Fires on Hawaii, North Korea Missile, North Korea, World News

SEOUL, South Korea — The United States has deployed anti-missile defenses around Hawaii amid reports that North Korea may fire its most advanced...

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Pua Aloalo: Secret Of Hawaiian Health

Alternative Health Journal | Posted 07.13.2009 | Home

Read More: Alternative Medicine, Health, Hawaii, Herbal Remedies, Pua Aloalo, Home News

The beautiful Hawaiian Haibiscus flower,Pua Aloalo has long been revered by the Hawaiian people....

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Top 10 Places to Stretch Your Dollar This Summer

Terry Gardner | Posted 07.10.2009 | World

Read More: Hawaii, Top Ten List, Europe, Australia, Iceland, Washington, New Zealand, Sydney, Stretch Your Dollar, Los Angeles, Brazil, New York City, Costa Rica, Maui, Peru, Bungy Jumps, Argentina, D.C., National Parks, The Carribean, Best Summer Travel Bargains, World News
Terry Gardner

If Bernie Madoff didn't waltz off with your money, and you can afford a trip this summer, start packing.

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Obama makes Multi-Racial Americans more Accepted

Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Nisei Generation, Hawaii, Democratic Convention, Michelle Obama, Purple Heart Batallion, Asian, Ethnicity, The Audacity of Hope, Multiracial, Multicultural, American, Kimono, Melting Pot, Race, Chuppah, Oy Veh, African-American, Bar Mitzvah, Shikseh, University High School, Japanese-Jew, Latino, Karma, Hwaii, Punahoe High School, 442nd Infantry, The Golden Gate Bridge, Woddy Allen, Knish, Hispanic American, Japanese-American, Politics News
Francesca Biller-Safran

As a Japanese-Jew, I have historically used self deprecating humor at my own expense as a way to explain and defend to others who I was and to feel ac...

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America's Newest State Holds America's Newest Election

Aaron Contorer | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Everyone-Counts, Hawaii, Honolulu, Right to Vote, Private-Ballot, Voting Problems, Voting, Politics News
Aaron Contorer

Right now, as you read this article, citizens of Honolulu are voting in America's first all-digital online and telephone election.

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The Amazing Race - Still the Best of its Genre: But the Itinerary's Not as Amazing as it Once Was

Michael Russnow | Posted 06.11.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Tammy and Victor, Hawaii, Europe, Home, Russnow, Switzerland, Beijing, Scotland, Emmy Award, Cbs, Thailand, China, Star Search, Margie and Luke, Bavaria, London, South Africa, Salzburg, Aberdeen, Russia, Ted Mack's Amateur Hour, Romania, Mexico City, Cancun, Survivor, Phil Keoghan, Siberia, Brazil, Bangkok, Munich, Maui, Michael Russnow, The Amazing Race, India, Namibia, American Idol, Major Bowes, Jaipur, Cambridge University, Reality TV, Andreas Stenschke, Entertainment News
Michael Russnow

The Amazing Race provides fewer decision-making opportunities and clocks less mileage in each episode, thus diminishing the potential for bad luck affecting the teams. What's the reason?

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Leukemia: The New Army Camouflage

R. B. Stuart | Posted 06.06.2009 | World

Read More: Hawaii, US Military, Casket, Andrew's Air Force Base, 14 Juliet, SPC Andrew Rounds, Burn Pits, Iraq, Ptsd, Kirkuk Iraq, Radioactive, Aml, Coma, Portland Oregon, Cancer, Du, Scholfield Army Barracks, Ohsu, Icbuw, World News
R. B. Stuart

While the country is ravaged by a crippling economy, it is a lightweight problem compared to what's happening to a portion of military families. Their loved ones are coming home with cancer.

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Green Jobs the Cure for Appalachia's Blues

Rob Perks | Posted 05.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Mountaintopremoval, Appalachia, Dirtycoal, Mtr, Mountaintopmining, Kentucky, Hawaii, Coal, Happiness, Green News
Rob Perks

Kentuckian Erik Reece postulates an interesting theory about the source of all the unhappiness in Kentucky and Virginia: coal.

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Nearly All Native Hawaiian Birds At Risk Of Extinction: Report

AP | AUDREY McAVOY | Posted 04.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Hawaii Birds, Hawaiian Birds Extinction, Hawaii Birds at Risk, Hawaii, All of Hawaii's Birds at Risk, Green News

HONOLULU — Hawaii's native avian population is in peril, with nearly all the state's birds in danger of becoming extinct, a federal report says. ...

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Hawaii Officials To Protest 'Saturday Night Live' Skit (VIDEO)

AP | AUDREY McAVOY | Posted 04.12.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Snl, Hawaii, The Rock, Video, Saturday Night Live, Dwayne Johnson, SNL Hawaii Skit, Entertainment News

**SCROLL FOR VIDEO** HONOLULU - Hawaii's lieutenant governor and some in the state's tourism industry aren't laughing over a "Saturday Night Live" sk...

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Utah, Hawaii, Wyoming Top "Happiness" Poll

AP | KEVIN FREKING | Posted 04.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Hawaii, States, Wyoming, Happiest States, Gallup Polls, Poll, Utah, Happy States, Happiness, Living News

WASHINGTON — Looking for happiness _ it's family-friendly communities for some, tropical paradise or the rugged West for others. A survey of Ame...

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Religio-Conservative Red States Secretly Love Their Blue Movies

Theresa Darklady Reed | Posted 04.09.2009 | Media

Read More: Arkansas, West Virginia, xxxchurch.com, Deputy Attorney General, Sami Harb, Movies by Mail, David Ogden, Utah, Utah Child Protection Registry, Benjamin Edelman, Pornography, Mississippi, Michael Harb, Harvard Business School, Oklahoma, Hawaii, Alaska, North Dakota, Media News
Theresa Darklady Reed

The most porn-loving state in the country appears to be Utah -- you know, the state with the anti-porn "child protection registry" law and a burning, bleeding loathing for same-sex marriage.

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