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Wednesday, June 19, 2013 |
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Full Text: Hawaii Democrats' Lawsuit Demanding Closed Primary
By Robert Thomas @ 4:03 AM :: 7939 Views :: Democratic Party, First Amendment, Office of Elections
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Here are the Complaint and the Motion for Partial Summary Judgment and Preliminary Injunction, filed yesterday....
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Wednesday, June 19, 2013 |
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HART West Oahu Community Meetings to Discuss Rail Station Design
By News Release @ 12:31 AM :: 4652 Views :: Rail
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Tuesday, June 25 6pm at Waipahu Intermediate School, 94-455 Farrington Hwy....
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Wednesday, June 19, 2013 |
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Joe Trippi to Speak in Hawaii: "Better Schools Aren't a Partisan Issue"
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:12 AM :: 5496 Views :: Education K-12
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Joe Trippi – heralded on the cover of The New Republic as the man who “reinvented campaigning” – is widely recognized as one of America’s leading and most influential political strategists....
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Wednesday, June 19, 2013 |
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Spying: Obama Loses 17% Among Youth
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:04 AM :: 4075 Views :: National News
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CNN/ORC poll showed a dramatic 17-point decline in the President’s approval rating among 18-34 year-olds....
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013 |
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Hu Honua Biomass Construction Halted as Pipefitters, Boilermakers Fight for Control
By News Release @ 11:00 PM :: 6072 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Rumors had been circulating for the last couple of weeks that the construction company had pulled its workers off the site as a result of failure to be paid...
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013 |
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NCTQ Report: UH Education Departments Among Nation's Worst
By Andrew Walden @ 9:52 PM :: 6721 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education
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the National Council on Teacher Quality 2013 Teacher Prep Review has bad news for Hawaii Universities' Schools of Education....
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013 |
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National Governors Assoc to Assist Hawaii Early Learning Program
By News Release @ 7:47 PM :: 3917 Views :: Education K-12
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Hawaii will receive guidance and technical assistance from NGA staff and faculty experts, as well as consultants from the private sector, research organizations and educators....
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013 |
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‘Bureaucratic abuse’: Molokai vets wait a decade for center, services
By Malia Zimmerman @ 2:29 PM :: 7497 Views :: Maui County, Development, Military
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As a part of the 2011 settlement, Maui County had to issue the permit, pay the veterans $200,000 and the mayor was required to issue an apology....
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013 |
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U.S. Oil Notches Record Growth
By NCPA @ 1:50 PM :: 3209 Views :: Energy
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U.S. crude oil production grew by more than 1 million barrels a day last year, the largest increase in the world and the largest in U.S. history....
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013 |
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3 Things You Should Know About the Supreme Court and Voter ID
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:43 PM :: 5941 Views :: National News, Office of Elections
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Yesterday, the Supreme Court handed down one of its first major decisions of this term, striking down Arizona’s measure requiring proof of citizenship for voter registration....
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013 |
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Supreme Court to Review Kawaiahao Church Cemetery Case
By Robert Thomas @ 1:43 AM :: 7982 Views :: Akaka Bill, Land Use, OHA
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What's the difference, if any, between a "cemetery" and a burial....
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Monday, June 17, 2013 |
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SB482: Cutting Red Tape Helps Small Business, Honey
By News Release @ 11:38 PM :: 6142 Views :: Agriculture, Small Business
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“Many small beekeepers have been unable to successfully navigate current regulatory hurdles required to operate a certified food-processing establishment on their own premises for the extraction and bottling of honey, which has resulting in many giving up beekeeping entirely,” said Hawaii Board of Agriculture Chairperson Russell S. Kokubun.
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Monday, June 17, 2013 |
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Tesoro Finds Buyer to Own, Operate Kapolei Refinery
By News Release @ 10:40 PM :: 5554 Views :: Energy
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This is a defeat for Abercrombie who did everything he could to kill the refinery....
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Monday, June 17, 2013 |
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UHERO: Hawaii Costs 16% More than US Average
By UHERO @ 5:11 PM :: 4587 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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Regional Price Parities (RPPs) measure differences in the price levels of goods and services across states....
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Monday, June 17, 2013 |
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Hawaii AG Joins 'Secure Our Smartphones' Initiative
By News Release @ 5:04 PM :: 4636 Views :: Law Enforcement
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encouraging the cell phone industry to adopt technologies that would deter theft by drying up the secondary market on which stolen devices are sold....
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Monday, June 17, 2013 |
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Abercrombie Signs 37 Bills into Law
By News Release @ 4:59 PM :: 4408 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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Abercrombie enacted the following bill on Friday, June 14, 2013....
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Monday, June 17, 2013 |
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Hawaii Foreclosure Starts up 108%
By News Release @ 4:32 PM :: 4978 Views :: Economy
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RealtyTrac today released its U.S. Foreclosure Market Report....
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Monday, June 17, 2013 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 17, 2013
By Congress.org @ 2:19 PM :: 2766 Views
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- Senate: Farm Bill Passage
- House: FY 2014 Defense Authorization Passage
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Sunday, June 16, 2013 |
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Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Rules Hawaii Schools Can’t Pass-the-Buck
By Selected News Articles @ 10:10 PM :: 7767 Views :: Education K-12
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“…an agency cannot eschew its affirmative duties under the IDEA by blaming the parents.”
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Sunday, June 16, 2013 |
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Call for Audit: 51,000 Water Dep't Customers May Have Been Overcharged
By Selected News Articles @ 8:54 PM :: 6136 Views :: Honolulu County
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daily usage was only 492 gallons when he says the Board of Water Supply's estimated usage was pegged at 2,500....
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Sunday, June 16, 2013 |
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Neither Age nor Disability is an Indication of Financial Need
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 6:01 AM :: 5460 Views :: Honolulu County, Taxes
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Nearly a year and a half ago, a commission appointed by the Honolulu City Council to study some of the inequities in the real property tax ordinance dropped its findings on the desks of Council members....
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Sunday, June 16, 2013 |
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Lawsuit: Hawaii Gambling Machine Contract Guaranteed ‘No problem from Vice-Squad’
By Andrew Walden @ 2:41 AM :: 9486 Views :: Gambling, Law Enforcement
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Despite this assurance, the record also reveals that the parties also made jokes about being “locked up” because of these games....
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Sunday, June 16, 2013 |
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Abercrombie Quietly Orders More Pay Hikes, Publishes HGEA, UPW Contracts
By Andrew Walden @ 1:24 AM :: 4664 Views :: Labor
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Abercrombie’s office quietly slipped three more executive orders onto its webpage this week....
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Saturday, June 15, 2013 |
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Hawaii County PD Community Satisfaction Survey Released
By News Release @ 5:58 PM :: 6734 Views :: Hawaii County , Law Enforcement
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608 members of the public participated in the Hawai’i Police Department’s Community Satisfaction Survey....
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Friday, June 14, 2013 |
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Want Land? DLNR Will Buy it for You
By News Release @ 10:53 PM :: 4610 Views :: Land Use
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State Land Conservation Fund to support the protection, through acquisition, of lands....
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Friday, June 14, 2013 |
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Hawaii Appeals Court Thwarts State's Massive Land Grab
By Robert Thomas @ 8:06 PM :: 7638 Views :: Judiciary, Land Use
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the State of Hawaii's attempted land grab would have undermined the sanctity of all Land Court titles....
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Friday, June 14, 2013 |
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Tea Party Maui leaders call for special prosecutor to investigate IRS
By Malia Zimmerman @ 8:05 PM :: 6134 Views :: Taxes, TEA Party
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Sen. Sam Slom was the guest speaker at the Tea Party Maui meeting Thursday where Jim Wagoner was elected president of the organization....
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Friday, June 14, 2013 |
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JSC Announces Nominees for 1st Circuit Court
By News Release @ 7:20 PM :: 4378 Views :: Judiciary
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The Chief Justice, with the consent of the Senate, shall fill a vacancy in the district courts....
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Friday, June 14, 2013 |
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Lawsuit: Act 163 Discriminates Against Disabled Students
By Selected News Articles @ 6:45 PM :: 5831 Views :: Education K-12, Health Care
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The Hawaii Disability Rights Center went to the 9th Circuit this week to challenge a state law preventing disabled students from receiving special education services after turning 20....
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Friday, June 14, 2013 |
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Census: Asians Fastest Growing Group in US
By News Release @ 4:14 PM :: 4457 Views :: National News
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Asian American population rose by 530,000, or 2.9 percent, in the preceding year, to 18.9 million....
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Friday, June 14, 2013 |
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Hawaii Home Health Medicare Margins on Steep Decline
By News Release @ 3:53 PM :: 4005 Views :: Health Care
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By 2017, Hawaii is facing Medicare Home Healthcare payment at least 11.7% below cost, and up to 27.8% below cost....
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Friday, June 14, 2013 |
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Morning Bell: The Government vs. YOU
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:45 PM :: 4521 Views :: Environment, Law Enforcement
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In addition to groups targeted by the IRS, upstanding citizens going about their normal lives are suddenly targeted by law enforcement authorities and charged as criminals....
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Friday, June 14, 2013 |
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If Obamacare Collapses: How States Can Protect Their Citizens
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:46 AM :: 4327 Views :: Health Care
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In preparation for the likely collapse of Obamacare, states should advance their own patient-centered, market-based solutions that stimulate more affordable coverage, better access, and superior quality and innovation....
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Friday, June 14, 2013 |
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Deadline to apply for City grants next week
By Councilmember Kymberly Marcos Pine @ 2:05 AM :: 4354 Views :: Honolulu County
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the City will be awarding non profit Grants in Aid, totaling about $5.5 million for this upcoming fiscal year....
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Thursday, June 13, 2013 |
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Slom All Alone: "Yippee!"
By Selected News Articles @ 3:29 PM :: 5525 Views :: Politicians, Republican Party
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“I got a lot of condolence calls and sympathy cards that said, ’Oh no, you poor thing, you’re going to be all alone, and I’m saying to myself, ’Yippee!’”
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Thursday, June 13, 2013 |
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Before Waikiki Shooting, Chris Deedy in Benghazi
By Selected News Articles @ 2:15 PM :: 9132 Views :: Law Enforcement
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They soon settled into a formerly government-owned hotel where other foreign missions and international journalists were lodged, but had to move when a car bomb exploded in the hotel parking lot....
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Thursday, June 13, 2013 |
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Farm Bill: Ask John Boehner Why
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:44 PM :: 4460 Views :: Agriculture
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...Boehner said yesterday that he will support the bloated farm bill....
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Thursday, June 13, 2013 |
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Email Chain Reveals Hawaii Obamacare Leaders Debating “Inevitable Failure”
By Andrew Walden @ 12:32 AM :: 8471 Views :: Health Care
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... HHA continues to meet, without a budget, working on developing a universal, cost-effective health care system that will be ready for implementation when the Affordable Care Act inevitably fails....
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Wednesday, June 12, 2013 |
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Hawaii Rifle Assn. 20th Annual Shooting Sports Fair
By News Release @ 9:37 PM :: 4831 Views :: Second Amendment
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SATURDAY, JUNE 15 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and SUNDAY, JUNE 16 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the KOKO HEAD SHOOTING COMPLEX....
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Wednesday, June 12, 2013 |
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What does a buck get you? A strange deal, ex-Hawaii regent says
By Malia Zimmerman @ 8:06 PM :: 6565 Views :: Ethics, Development, Higher Education
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While $1 a month looks like a good deal for taxpayers...the campus construction has been subjected to 83 change orders that cost $19 million ....
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Wednesday, June 12, 2013 |
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Hawaii’s GE tax mark-up
By Rachelle Chang @ 7:58 PM :: 5549 Views :: Taxes
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Wednesday, June 12, 2013 |
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Video: Debating Same-Sex Marriage on Island Insights
By Video @ 7:54 PM :: 4764 Views :: Family
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Glenn Stanton and James Hochberg vs Justice Steven Levinson and Renea Stewart....
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Wednesday, June 12, 2013 |
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Amnesty: Spread the Word About What the Senate Is Doing
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:28 PM :: 4324 Views :: National News
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The Senate voted yesterday to move forward on the Gang of Eight’s immigration plan—which would grant amnesty to 11 million illegal immigrants....
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Wednesday, June 12, 2013 |
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Honolulu Revealed As Highest-Priced U.S. City This Summer
By News Release @ 4:15 AM :: 4573 Views :: Tourism
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Honolulu rings up the biggest tab as the most expensive U.S. destination with a TripIndex cost of $504.94, while Las Vegas offers the most affordable stay at $272.94...
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