Aloha shirts: 75 years of style, spirit
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Eating on the Edge: A trip to the Buzas' Kauai Family Restaurant delivers an authentic mixture of "Asian soul food."
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How World War II came to the Northwest: blackouts, interrupted broadcasts, and, finally, internment camps.
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Hawaiian luxury resorts in big mortgage trouble High-end island tourism is so slow that even the family investment company of Texas computer magnate Michael Dell, which owns The Four Seasons Resort Maui, is having trouble meeting its monthly mortgage payment.
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Time to look closely at Hawaii's health insurance system It isn't clear why, but results indicate the Aloha State has figured out a health scheme that works. Consider this: In a state with a sky-high cost of living, Medicare costs and health insurance premiums are the lowest in the nation while good health indicators for the population are among the best.
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Happy 50th birthday Hawaii! Paul Theroux on the pros and cons of living in the Aloha State You can't beat the weather and the state's entire glorious shoreline is public land. At the same time, this long-time resident says Hawaii suffers from a stifling provincialism, political buffoonery and an inability to address and fix legitimate problems.
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Hawaii sings the blues Times are hard in the Aloha State. And that was before North Korea threatened to use the islands for missile target practice.
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Hawaii hotels start the year one-third empty The islands' vacancy rate is the highest since the post-9/11 season of 2002.
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