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The Honolulu Advertiser - Customer Service Back issues for Thursday, August 21, 2008

Articles for August 21, 2008

Breaking News
•	Public school summer break extended by two weeks
•	Air Force band featured in Maui concert
•	Kauai man heads national liquor administrators
•	Charges pending in Kaimuki sex assault
•	Animal-rights group urges court-martial for Schofield exercise using pigs
•	Missing Big Island girl, 10, found safe
•	Sierra Club Hawaii director resigning
•	Layoffs won't affect Maui housing project
•	Royal ceremony for Samoa leader open to all
•	$1.85M released for work at Hawaii schools
•	Army to burn part of its firing range at Schofield
•	Pearl Harbor Shipyard wins safety award
•	Wailuku man gets 10 years for sex assault
•	Things to do today, tonight on Oahu
•	Murder probe opened in Hilo death
•	Pedestrian accident reported at Ward and S. King
•	Surf: South shore may reach 6 feet today
•	Weather: Steady trades with a few light showers
•	Workshops offered on art grant application process
•	New phone number listed for Maui weather info
•	Minor quakes rattle portions of the Big Island
•	$2.7 million awarded to med school obesity study
•	Chemical odor detected near Pearl City school
•	Shelter opens in Wai'anae
•	Engine trouble turns back plane
•	Bryan Clay leads Olympic decathlon through eight events
•	Quarterback Graunke to be reinstated to Warrior football team
•	Waipio to play Louisiana in Little League World Series
•	Anju Jason loses taekwondo opener in Beijing
•	Kai, U.S. win Olympic soccer gold
•	UH alum Van Belkum helps Netherlands win water polo gold over U.S.
•	U.S. women to face Brazil for volleyball gold
•	Phillies’ Victorino is one of Waipio's biggest fan
•	Softball: Japan shocks U.S., 3-1, for gold medal
•	NFL: Players association head Gene Upshaw dies
•	Clay's feats continue to amaze other athletes
•	Ex-Warrior LaBoy thriving as Cardinals’ Predator’
•	Rams RB Jackson signs 6-year, $44 million deal
•	Athletics: Merritt upsets Wariner to win 400-meter gold medal
•	Basketball: U.S. women advance to gold medal game
•	Athletics: U.S. men, women both flub baton handoffs in relay
•	Diving: Chen wins on last dive to give China its 7th gold
•	Wrestling: Muradov beats out gold medalist, wins his own
•	Taekwondo: South Korea wins 2 golds
•	Athletics: Evora wins triple jump for Portugal
•	Patriots sign OL Mike Flynn
•	Redskins remember Bugel’s daughter, union’s Upshaw
•	Steelers sign LB Farrior to 5-year, $18.2M deal
•	MLB: ESPN signs digital rights deal with baseball
•	Who failed whom? Alex Smith or 49ers
•	Olympic TV schedule: Thursday''s events
•	Olympic TV schedule: Friday's events
•	Olympic TV schedule: Saturday's events
•	Olympic TV schedule: Sunday's events
•	Hawaii Tourism Authority retains Johnson as president, cuts his pay
•	Firm makes bid to buy Steve & Barry's out of bankruptcy
•	Wagonlit Travel rebrands as Travel Leaders
•	Free document shredding on Oahu, Big Island
•	Airgas Gaspro dedicates state's first commercial hydrogen plant
•	Maui onion festival stirs up some changes
•	Changes afoot for Maui Onion fest, slated for Saturday
•	Buddhist to discuss his spiritual journey at Interfaith Open Table
•	World Day of Prayer remembrances sought
•	Weekly '80s party gets name change and new home
•	Ichiriki restaurant adds a late-night lounge
•	Public input important in redefining Kakaako

Local News
•	Honolulu City Council votes to put rail transit on ballot
•	Waipio's Little Leaguers will play for U.S. championship Saturday
•	Hawaii judge again delays prison for felon in domestic violence
•	Lingle part of GOP hoopla
•	Boulder strikes again in Niu Valley
•	Most spills didn't reach waterways, city argues
•	Iowa man to plead not guilty to assaulting palace staffer
•	Deploying's no easier 2nd time around
•	Kamehameha's 'liaison to the South Pacific', 72
ELECTION
•	Negativity escalates as McCain, Obama launch new attacks
•	Wealthiest Americans shape candidates' tax plans
•	Two trying to unseat ailing Marshall
EDUCATION
•	Heading off to a frosh new start at college
•	Districts pay price for free meals
•	Fewer kids in Hawaii school lunch program
•	Artwork needed for student show
MY COMMUNITIES
•	Town festival is Aug. 30 and includes a health fair
•	Now more weather info in toll-free phone call
•	Kane'ohe Bay Drive lane closures on Saturday
•	Kailua-bound Pali tunnel to be closed this weekend
•	Ka'ahumanu Ave. section closed for repairs today
•	H-2 Freeway ramps, Meheula lanes to close
•	Frank DeLima performs at Senior Fair on Aug. 30
•	Crews to restripe lanes on H-1 tomorrow night
•	Big Isle mayoral forum protested
OTHER NEWS
•	Community calendar
HAWAI'I BRIEFS
•	Schools get $25M for renovations
•	Obituaries

Sports
•	Waipi'o reaches U.S. final
•	Robinson pushing for start at safety
•	U.S. to play Russia in semis
OLYMPICS
•	Clay in first after 3 events
•	USA women's volleyball to play for gold
•	Bolt gets unprecedented double
•	Bryant, U.S. pound Australia, face Argentina in semis
•	Olympics all day
•	Wednesday's results
UH FOOTBALL
•	Bryant's diligence starting to pay dividends
HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
•	Kaimuki, Roosevelt stepping up
GOLF REPORT
•	Repairs put Makalena up to par
•	Ching returns to defend OCC title
•	PGA Tour players from Hawaii
•	Holes in One
FOOTBALL
•	St. Louis back close to new deal
BASEBALL
•	Believe it, Cinderella wears cleats at this World Series
•	Anderson's late RBI lifts Angels
ISLE FILE
•	Hilo voted No. 1 in PacWest
•	Sports calendar
•	On the Air
•	For the Record
FERD LEWIS
•	It only cost Shoji shirt off his back

Island Life
•	Fit at any age
•	Web site to stream Wilson album
MOVIES
•	Movie openings
HEALTH/FITNESS
•	Health calendar
CHARLES STUART PLATKIN
•	Reviewing a few food products
PARENTING
•	Helping kids stay organized for school
PEOPLE
•	Child molester rejected again
PRESCRIPTIONS
•	Conventional, alternative medicine blends
ISLAND LIFE SHORTS
•	Pick a salsa party, start dancing today
•	Tube Notes
•	TGI Thursday
MOMS
•	Debating the safety of plastic bottles
•	HPV vaccine worth it for girls
•	Helping kids stay organized for school
WAYNE HARADA
•	Doc tends to ballet dancer's foot infection

Business
•	High occupancy for timeshares
•	Fed chief's hands-off policy on bad loans didn't last long
•	Food inflation to stay put despite relief in oil prices
CONSUMER
•	Debating the safety of plastic bottles
OTHER BUSINESS
•	Limits placed on recorded sales calls
•	American Air offers in-flight Net service
•	Hawaii Data Report \| Bankruptcies
BUSINESS BRIEFS
•	Egg, pork production down, beef up
•	N.Y.'s Cuomo shifts focus to 3 major banks
ROBBIE DINGEMAN
•	Debating the safety of plastic bottles

Opinion
•	Let's keep state focus on renewable energy
•	Pakistan upheaval calls for swift action
COMMENTARY
•	Public input vital to Kaka'ako's bright future
•	U.S. leaders send mixed signals on Russia
•	Letters to the Editor

Entertainment/TGIF

MOVIES
•	Movie openings
•	TGI Thursday

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