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Obama's Accepting Outlook Forged in Diverse Hawaii

Island state's tolerant spirit helped shape candidate's worldview

(Newser) - Barack Obama spent his formative years in Hawaii and islanders say the unique and diverse nature of the 50th state helped shape the candidate's outlook on life, the AP reports. Obama's racial identity was forged in the state where everybody belongs to a minority group, and the accomodating nature of...

Ethnic Media Proud of, Cautious About Candidate
Ethnic Media Proud of, Cautious About Candidate
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Jun 6, 2008 3:12 PM CDT

Ethnic Media Proud of, Cautious About Candidate

A step for diversity, all agree, but will he show minorities the love?

(Newser) - Ethnic media outlets are lauding Barack Obama's victory as a step for all minorities, but they're also holding him at arm’s length, waiting for personal attention. “The White House may not be a house for whites anymore,” said Korea Daily. Indeed, American minorities say glass ceilings broken...

Kelsey Grammer Has Heart Attack in Hawaii

Actor is recovering in hospital after mild attack while boating

(Newser) - Kelsey Grammer suffered a mild heart attack while paddle-boating in Hawaii with his wife  over the weekend, Reuters reports. The star of Frasier and the recently-canceled Back to You is resting in a Hawaiian hospital and should be released this week. Grammer, 53, was recently cast in a pilot for...

The Nation's Best Beach?
 The Nation's Best Beach? 
May 22, 2008 7:40 PM CDT

The Nation's Best Beach?

Florida's Caladesi Island is at the top of a professor's annual list

(Newser) - With its fine, white sand and relative seclusion, Florida's Caladesi Island—on the Gulf of Mexico near Tampa Bay—is the nation's best beach, says a Florida professor who issues annual rankings. This year's runners-up, from the AP:
  • Hanalei Beach, Hawaii
  • Siesta Beach in Sarasota, Florida
  • Coopers Beach in Southampton,
...

Lucky Alaska First to Hit $4 Gas
 Lucky Alaska First to Hit $4 Gas 
May 15, 2008 11:03 AM CDT

Lucky Alaska First to Hit $4 Gas

Others could join '$4 club' after Memorial Day

(Newser) - It's here. Alaska has the painful distinction of becoming the first state where gas is selling for an average of $4 a gallon, Reuters reports. The average for the rest of the US is hovering at $3.76, but Connecticut, California, New York, and Illinois could all join Alaska in...

Forget US Tourists: Hawaii Lures Euros

State escapes slowdown by casting net wider for visitors

(Newser) - Domestic tourism is slowing down in the US as economic worries mount, but Hawaii appears to be surfing a wave of diversification through the downturn, the Wall Street Journal reports. Numbers of visitors from Canada, Europe, and some East Asian countries are picking up and offsetting a drop in tourists...

Hawaiians Protest Statehood; Vow to Take Over

Monarchists blockade royal palace

(Newser) - A group of native Hawaiian activists seized the grounds of the state's old royal palace in Honolulu yesterday and vowed to take over, CNN reports. They locked the gates and announced they would rule the government from there. The group, one of several which rejects Hawaii's statehood and seeks to...

Evacuations Ordered Around Hawaiian Volcano

Officials worry wind will push fumes into settled areas

(Newser) - Officials ordered the evacuation of Hawaii's Volcanoes National Park yesterday due to potentially poisonous fumes seeping from two craters. Voluntary evacuations of nearby towns were also announced, but few people have left, reports the Honolulu Advertiser. "We still remain on alert and we're going to monitor 24/7 to make...

Obama's Grannie Trumped Bias
 Obama's Grannie
 Trumped Bias 
Apr 9, 2008 8:00 AM CDT

Obama's Grannie Trumped Bias

Madelyn Dunham took on Hawaii's barriers to women, whites

(Newser) - Barack Obama wasn’t the first in his family to defy convention: His grandmother bucked prejudices in Hawaii against women and whites in the 1960s and '70s, USA Today reports. Madelyn Dunham, now 85, fought to become one of the Bank of Hawaii’s first female vice presidents. “Was...

Particle Collider Prompts Doomsday Suit

Device could spark fatal black hole, claimants say

(Newser) - A particle smasher in Switzerland could suck up Earth and possibly the whole universe, a US lawsuit claims. The suit warns that the $8 billion Large Hadron Collider near Geneva could spark a matter-sucking black hole or a "strangelet" that turns our planet into "strange matter." But...

Hawaiian Volcano Acting Feisty
 Hawaiian Volcano Acting Feisty 
Mar 25, 2008 2:03 PM CDT

Hawaiian Volcano Acting Feisty

Halemaumau's eruption mild for now, but officials well aware of dangers

(Newser) - Halemaumau Crater on Hawaii's Big Island is acting up—venting gas and the occasional gobbet of lava. The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory is classifying the activity as the crater's first eruption since 1982, the Honolulu Star-Bulletin reports; scientists are unsure whether the trickle could turn into a larger, more dangerous convulsion....

Equine Visitor Not Quite What Doctor Ordered

Hospital security corrals horse as it gets off elevator

(Newser) - A Hawaii hospital ejected the relative of a man recovering from surgery after he tried to bring the patient’s favorite pet—a full-grown horse—to visit, the Honolulu Star-Bulletin reports. Security staff stopped the visitors before they could get to the patient's room; the man was intoxicated, and the...

Wowie! Maui Gas Hits $4
Wowie! Maui Gas Hits $4 
Mar 14, 2008 9:45 AM CDT

Wowie! Maui Gas Hits $4

Hawaii is especially hard hit by rising oil prices

(Newser) - The price of gas in the US hit another record this morning of $3.28 a gallon, CNN reports, but at least one part of the nation thinks that would be a great bargain. On Maui, $4 gas has already arrived in many places, and the island is on the...

10 Amazing Places to Unwind
10 Amazing Places to Unwind
Mar 10, 2008 3:00 AM CDT

10 Amazing Places to Unwind

Forbes lists 10 US getaways from Maui to Maine

(Newser) - Americans need a vacation—badly—with fewer than two-thirds of workers using their allotted time last year, reports Forbes. But not everyone's idea of fun is vegging out . Here are top-notch US getaways for those who like active travel:
  • Kapalua Resort, Maui, Hawaii: Golf, bird-watching and a marine-life preserves.
  • Golden
...

Anti-Obama Asians Accused of Racism
Anti-Obama Asians Accused of Racism
Feb 20, 2008 8:13 AM CST

Anti-Obama Asians Accused of Racism

They vastly prefer Clinton, but bigotry charge sparks outrage

(Newser) - Barack Obama's low support among Asian-Americans is sparking cries of racism, Time reports. "On a gut level my reaction is that at least some Asian-Americans are uncomfortable voting for a black candidate," one analyst said. But some Asians resent the charge: A recent CNN show on the topic...

Barack Sweeps Hawaii
Barack Sweeps Hawaii
Feb 20, 2008 3:03 AM CST

Barack Sweeps Hawaii

Obama chalks up 10th win in a row after record turnout

(Newser) - Barack Obama made it a clean sweep yesterday when he nailed a big victory in Hawaii on top of Wisconsin, tallying ten wins in a row, AP reports. Voters turned out in record numbers for the state's Democratic caucuses and early returns show that more than three-quarters of them favored...

Obama Takes 9th Straight
Obama Takes 9th Straight
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Feb 19, 2008 8:22 PM CST

Obama Takes 9th Straight

He defeats Clinton in Wisconsin to keep his momentum on pace

(Newser) - Barack Obama won the Wisconsin primary tonight to continue his impressive streak over Hillary Clinton, NBC reports. Obama has now won nine consecutive political contests, and early results suggest he's going to win his native Hawaii too. In Wisconsin, he led 56% to 43% with nearly all results in, and...

Hawaii Expects Record Turnout
Hawaii Expects Record Turnout
Feb 19, 2008 8:51 AM CST

Hawaii Expects Record Turnout

Obama's sis stumps for native son; Chelsea campaigns for mom

(Newser) - It's caucus day in the Aloha state, and Hawaiian election officials are expecting a record turnout, writes the Honolulu Advertiser—due in part to interest in native son Barack Obama, as well as the competitiveness of the race for the nomination. Neither candidate left wintry Wisconsin, which also votes today,...

Clinton, Obama Home In on Wisc.
Clinton, Obama Home In on Wisc.
Feb 18, 2008 4:06 PM CST

Clinton, Obama Home In on Wisc.

Primary shapes up as test of momentum

(Newser) - Tomorrow's primary in Wisconsin won’t decide the Democratic nomination, but Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are fighting tooth and nail anyway, Politico reports, airing their first negative ads of the campaign and taking shots at each other through aides. At stake is momentum: Obama doesn’t want to break...

Obama Drug Use Minimal: Old Friends

Candor about teenage 'bad decisions' may have been overstated

(Newser) - In his memoir Barack Obama makes a rare admission—for a politician—of  “some bad decisions” as a teenager, of indulging in drinking and drugs before political activism led him out of apathy. But friends remember an already-focused Obama: an eloquent, poised young intellectual, active against South African apartheid...

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