Thanks to a perfect 10, Albee Layer received a perfect graduation gift yesterday. Layer received $2,000 for winning the Quiksilver Junior Pro surfing contest yesterday. The one-day contest was run in quality 3- to 5-foot waves at Kewalo Basin.

Players with ties to Hawai'i will be sitting tight the next couple of days for the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. The draft, a week later than usual, consists of 50 rounds spread over three days, a day longer

Another time and Emily Sheppard's name would be prominent in University of Hawai'i track and field history. She won 11 medals and scored 111 points at the WAC Championships, held the school's high jump and triple jump records and is

Kobe Bryant has changed his look. Gone is the teeth-baring, nose-flaring, eyes-on-the-prize scowl that the Los Angeles Lakers star showed again and again in Game 1 of the NBA finals. The intensity diminished after Game 2, his expression morphing into

A proposed mandatory student athletic fee at the University of Hawai'i is "dead" for at least the fall semester, parties involved said yesterday. The athletic department had proposed a $50 fee per student and hoped to have it implemented in

The developer of a planned Makiki condominium tower hopes to start construction this fall after opening a sales office on Sunday for the 176-unit project, about half of which is reserved for local resident buyers with moderate incomes.

About 40 percent fewer single-family homes and condominiums sold on Maui last month, and prices were generally lower compared with the same month last year, according to the Realtors Association of Maui.

Hawaii's ocean-related activities account for more than 10 percent of the state's gross domestic product.

In a surprise move, the U.S. Supreme Court ordered a temporary delay yesterday in the bankruptcy sale of Chrysler to Italian automaker Fiat, saying it needed more time to decide on complaints that the government-engineered deal is unfair to some

NEW YORK — Banks have been eager to pay back bailout money almost since the moment they first accepted it. Now the government is deciding which banks can return the cash — at the risk of setting up a system

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