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Local News
•	Wet weather for eve fireworks
•	Obama, family end Isle vacation
•	11 flights delayed by phone outage
•	Bleak economy has many in Hawaii facing 2009 with uncertainty
•	Biking champ Lance Armstrong training in Hawaii for comeback
•	Forecasts suggest downturn will continue
•	Judge: Students' names must be revealed
•	Caldwell gets No. 2 post, praised for rail push
•	Kitch'n Cook'd owner Yasuo Deguchi
EDUCATION
•	Fall-prevention demo for seniors
•	Vietnam teacher fights graft, gets nothing but grief
•	Albuquerque jail includes high school
MAUI
•	Endangered nene dies after being hit on road
KAUA'I
•	Garden Isle folks will pay about $6.50 more for water
•	Youth basketball league registration starts Jan. 12
MY COMMUNITIES
•	Truck's driver sought after fleeing fatal crash
•	Stuff to do at library for grownups as well as kids
•	Road damaged by flood reopens after 3 weeks
•	Lost hiker rescued from area above Ha'iku Valley
•	Bow Yee Tong donates to schools, programs
OTHER NEWS
•	What's open and closed: New Year's Day
•	Mudslide blocks Tantalus Drive
•	Community calendar
•	Obituaries