Honolulu adds inspectors for vacation rental enforcement and other top stories.

• Honolulu adds inspectors for vacation rental enforcement

  

  HONOLULU (AP) - Newly hired inspectors are enforcing vacation rental rules in Honolulu, using complaints and online resources to investigate illegal operators.Two full-time and three part-time inspectors have been in the field since January. They issued a dozen citations over the course of about three weeks, The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports (http://bit.ly/1QyF6iE).In 2015, there were 37 violations.Estimates put the number of illegal vacation rentals on Oahu between 4,000 and 5,000.One offici..

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• Land leases to be transferred to Honolulu developer

  

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• Queen Liliuokalani Trust buys 2 office spaces in Downtown Honolulu

  

  The Queen Liliuokalani Trust has purchased two commercial condominium units at the Alakea Corporate Tower in Downtown Honolulu from Mid-Pac Petroleum ...

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• Obama spending Valentine's Day weekend golfing with Hawaii friends

  

  Secret Service members keep a watchful eye while President Barack Obama arrives at Palm Springs, Calif., International Airport aboard Air Force One today.

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• Bush: Obama missed opportunity in not showcasing his family more ...

  

  By Ashley Killough CNN GREENVILLE, South Carolina (CNN) -- Jeb Bush said Friday that President Obama hasn't done a good job of promoting his own family as an example for others to follow.The former Florida governor made the comment as part of a discussion on strengthening families and lifting people out of poverty during the Faith and Family Presidential Forum at Bob Jones University."This is a place where I think President Obama missed a real golden opportunity, because he has a stable family, ..

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• FIFA Fast Facts

  

  CNN Library (CNN) -- Here is a look at FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association), international soccer's governing body and organizer of global tournaments including the World Cup. The U.S. Justice Department is conducting a criminal probe of the organization, investigating allegations of widespread bribery, fraud and other offenses.Other Facts:When FIFA was founded in 1904, there were seven member countries: France, Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Switzerlan..

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• Alabama woman convicted in granddaughter's running death dies

  

  In this March 10, 2015 file photo, Joyce Hardin Garrard walks to the Etowah County Judicial Building from the Etowah County Detention Center in Gadsden, Ala.

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• Manhole cover crashes into SUV's windshield, killing driver

  

  A police vehicle is parked in front of a manhole cover at the Thomas P. O'Neill Tunnel today in Boston. The manhole cover that weighs more than 200 pounds ...

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• Pressure mounts on Russia over choice of targets in Syria

  

  By Faith Karimi, Yousuf Basil and Don Melvin CNN (CNN) -- Pressure is mounting on Russia to work with the international community in determining which groups in Syria to attack -- and which, instead, deserve a seat at talks on a peaceful future for the country.U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Saturday that Russia's attacks in Syria have been largely "against legitimate opposition groups" and that it was critical for the country's method of targeting to change.The entire International Syr..

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• Judge: Park ranger's use of taser on drone operator was justified

  

  A federal judge upheld a park ranger's use of a Taser on a man who tried to run away after being told not to fly his drone in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.

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Ocean conservationists hold global think tank in Honolulu .	HPD yet to test hundreds of rape kits .
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