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The Honolulu Advertiser - Local News Local News articles for Thursday, August 16, 2007

Local News
•	UH semester to bring traffic, parking snarls
•	Isle educators defend improved test scores
•	Student drug-use findings alarming
•	Crews gaining ground on Oahu fire
•	Hurricane's close call seen as 'great exercise'
MY COMMUNITIES
•	Kaimuki parking gets mixed reviews
•	UH orientation week resumes
•	Sports courts to be refurbished
•	Two new tenants at Pearlridge
•	Sunset festival this weekend
•	Monument to pandanus tree
•	Suggestions on hospital sought
•	Kilauea Refuge fee increase set
•	Lingle names advisory panel
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
•	Group petitions Hawaii to block ocean acidification
STATE GOVERNMENT
•	U.S. Agency will hold public hearings on Akaka bill
CITY GOVERNMENT
•	Chinatown park, statue honor Sun Yat-sen
EDUCATION
•	Junior 'Bows high on success, low on space
•	Spending on students rising
•	Ranking of colleges rankles some
•	HPU graduation tonight at Shell
COURTS
•	Hawaii AG seeks to end secrecy in starvation case
POLICE
•	Oahu church manager arrested in check fraud
OTHER NEWS
•	Oahu center sends warning
•	Community calendar
HAWAI'I BRIEFS
•	Art-theft case arrestees freed
•	Obituaries
LEE CATALUNA
•	T-shirts aren't what Hawaiians are all about