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Honolulu offers rain forests, snorkeling and rich history

This Dec. 7, 2013 file photo shows a Navy rifleman standing at attention by the USS Arizon at the ceremony commemorating the 72nd anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor in Honolulu. The Pearl Harbor memorial is one of Hawaii's most popular tourist ... >> view original

United Airlines Flight Returns to Honolulu Due to 'Mechanical Issue'

A United Airlines plane from Honolulu to Washington, D.C., returned to Hawaii shortly after takeoff Saturday night after a "mechanical issue," the airline said. A passenger on the Boeing 767 posted on Twitter that the plane turned around an hour and a ... >> view original

Honolulu picks Massachusetts firm to replace 52k streetlights

The City and County of Honolulu has chosen Massachusetts-based Ameresco Inc. to replace about 52,000 of its streetlights with more efficient LED lighting, an executive from the city confirmed to PBN. Late last year, the city released a request for ... >> view original

Honolulu's Chinatown may add more food-type tenants along rail route

The City and County of Honolulu is looking into bringing in more food vendor tenants, including food trucks, to the city's Chinatown as part of its transit-oriented development plan for the area. Transit-oriented developments are being planned along ... >> view original

Honolulu Restaurant Closed for Food Safety Violations

The Hawaii State Department of Health (DOH) Sanitation Branch has issued a red “closed” placard to Blue Water Shrimp and Seafood Market located at the Ala Moana Shopping Center in Honolulu. Numerous health inspections revealed chronic temperature ... >> view original

Has paradise disappeared? Chasing the Hawaiian ideal in modern Honolulu

But look at Honolulu today and you wonder whether paradise has disappeared. The boulevards' high-end shops mimic those in Vegas, as does the traffic; Honolulu's ranks among the worst in the nation. Northeasterly trade winds blow about 80 fewer days a ... >> view original

Arrivals from mainland add to demand for local services - Honolulu Star

Robert Wade's wife told him to get out of her life for good and bought him a one-way ticket from Tampa, Fla., to Honolulu, where Wade landed on Sept. 30 with no job, no home, no friends, no family and no plan. After four increasingly desperate calls ... >> view original

Why IBM lets certain countries, including China, review its source code

(By Joseph Menn, Reuters) – IBM said on Friday it allows certain countries to review, under strict control, portions of the U.S. technology company's product source code to detect any security flaws in its software. China is among those countries, a ... >> view original

Motorola Droid Turbo 2, Droid Maxx 2 Launching on October 27? [Specs, Features ...

NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 05: A person walks by a Motorola sign at the launch of three new Motorola smartphones under its Razr brand that will become available for Verizon customers on September 5, 2012 in New York City. The new phones, the ... >> view original

MIT's AI machine removes humans from big-data analysis

The spread of the Internet and prevalence of mobile devices have put data front and center today more than any age in the past. But with volumes of data comes the need to make sense of that data. Called big-data analysis, the process has mostly relied ... >> view original