5-yr old ingested methadone

Police are investigating the death of a 5-year-old Waianae girl who ingested methadone - a drug commonly used for heroin addicts. Victoria Sanchez died Oct. 29 after being found unresponsive in her home.

The father has 15 previous convictions, including four felonies. None of the convictions involved illegal drugs. In 1996, he was found guilty on three counts of family abuse as a misdemeanor, violating a temporary restraining order, second-degree theft and harassment. He was sentenced to five years in prison.

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Ben Cayetano Memoir to be released in Feb

If Gov. Cayetano has chosen to be revealing, this could shed considerable light on the Broken Trust scandal, the 1998 campaign, and more ...

EXCERPT: Honolulu Magazine, 2006

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Inaugural a metaphor for socialism

For hours, thousands of us stood there moving perhaps five feet every 30 minutes....  We went from one massive line to one massive mob....  There was no form of information, there was no help whatsoever. The lost were leading the lost.

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Lanternfish deaths investigated (your tax dollars at work)

NAWILIWILI — Don Heacock, the state marine biologist, is conducting an investigation into the cause of the death of hundreds of small lanternfish that was discovered Tuesday morning at the waterline of Kalapaki Bay.

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Inauguration: Top 10 media moments

Seconds before 5 PM EST Monday afternoon on MSNBC, anchor Tamron Hall asked a woman in the crowd around MSNBC's platform on Washington's Mall: "What do you think this next administration brings to the country?" The woman, wearing a Santa Claus hat more than three weeks after Christmas, excitedly replied: "I think they bring diversity. I think they bring a spirit of excellence. I think they bring unity and they bring love. Santa Claus loves them."

Is there anything President-elect Barack Obama's very aura cannot make better? Apparently, he has eliminated road rage -- and even honking.

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Global Cooling: Another record low for Maui

KAHULUI - Temperatures at Kahului Airport dipped down to 53 degrees Monday morning, tying a record set in 1951, according to the National Weather Service.

RELATED: Obama to review Bush regulations ... just six weeks ago, the Bush administration issued revised endangered species regulations to reduce the input of federal scientists and to block the law from being used to fight global warming.

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