It's a shrinking world Nicole Scherzinger and her fellow Pussycat Dolls live in. Google the all-female song/ dance troupe, and you'll get nearly 7 million returns.

The 32nd annual Na Hoku Hanohano Awards took place Tuesday night, and like all awards shows, this one was ... long. But that's not all that stood out to us. Let's talk about Twitter. Or to be more specific, LiveTweeting.

To figure out exactly what it means to have "Sesame Street Live: Elmo Makes Music" at the Blaisdell Concert Hall over the next two weekends, we went to the streets for a little perspective.

The Brothers Cazimero bring their celebrated Island songs and dances to audiences in Washington, D.C., this weekend at Celebrate Hawaii, the third annual Hawaiian cultural festival held by a Smithsonian Institution museum.

The Pussycat Dolls lead singer Nicole Scherzinger took some time while on the road to answer a few questions.

The Aloha Cross Country Camp, directed by Chet Blanton and Jonathan Lyau, will be held from July 29 to Aug. 2 (5 days and 4 nights) at Camp Timberline in Makakilo.

Ezekiel Lau of Honolulu was king for a day in the Kewalo Basin surf last weekend.

The push to reduce participation numbers in state tournaments made it through the first day of the 49th annual Hawai'i Interscholastic Athletic Directors Association conference. A gathering of athletic directors representing 94 schools met in committees at Ala Moana Hotel

Recent Kapolei High graduate Kalani Brackenridge has a big decision to make now. Signed to play football for the University of Hawaii as a cornerback, the former Hurricanes shortstop was among four players with ties to Hawai'i picked up in

After surviving months of uncertainty to achieve success at the highest level, Zach Scott knows with certainty it is due to the support of his family.

The number of people receiving unemployment benefits has set another record, a development likely to weigh on consumer spending and slow the economy's recovery. While retail sales rose in May, the increase resulted largely from a spike in gasoline prices

Hawai'i's clean-energy sector is one of the fastest-growing in the United States, at least when measured by overall job growth. That's one of the findings of a new report from the Pew Charitable Trusts, which found the number of clean-energy

House lawmakers yesterday accused federal regulators of a gross misuse of power in orchestrating a "shotgun wedding" between Bank of America Corp. and Merrill Lynch & Co. that cost U.S. taxpayers $20 billion.

The state's economy will weaken a little more this year than previously expected given a proposed furlough for state workers and fewer visitors because of the H1N1 flu worries. An updated forecast from the University of Hawai'i Economic Research Organization

Hoku Scientific Inc. yesterday said cash problems could force it to close its doors or delay completing an Idaho-based polysilicon plant if it is unable to find more financing in the next year. The company, which has been broadsided by