Hawaii lawmakers want release of Obama birth info
HONOLULU — Hawaii's government would charge $100 for a copy of President Barack Obama's birth records under a bill introduced in the state Legislature by five Democrats.

Hawaii protecting coral reefs with big fines
HONOLULU - Wrecking coral will cost you in Hawaii. A Maui tour company is paying the state nearly $400,000 for damaging more than 1,200 coral colonies when one of its boats sank at Molokini, a pristine reef and popular diving spot. Another tour operator faces penalties for wrecking coral when it illegally dropped an anchor on a Maui reef.

Hawaii's prospects dimmed by budget cuts
HONOLULU - Hawaii public schools are closed most Fridays, rats scurry across bananas in uninspected stores and there may not be enough money to run the next election.

Hawaii Dawg-O
The show - or, in this case, the luau - must go on. For the past five years, the folks at the Grace Memorial Foundation have donned their loudest tropical shirts for the Hawaii Dawg-O fundraiser, which celebrates the veterinarians and other animal advocates who support the G.R.A.C.E. Fund, an endowment that helps needy pet owners pay for medical care for their pets at the University of Georgia's College of Veterinary Medicine Small Animal Teaching Hospital.