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Local News
•	Civil-unions bill at pivotal point
•	Senate panel deadlocks on Kubo
•	Woman, 69, knocked out in attack in carport
•	Honolulu rail plan 'shaky,' says Lingle; review may delay start
•	Kauai County paying $7.5M to settle Kaloko dam lawsuits
•	Humpback whales thriving in Hawaii as annual count begins
CITY GOVERNMENT
•	City edges toward settlement in police, fire overtime case
COURTS
•	Mother was gambling, smoking ice, stealing on day toddler slain
•	Guilty plea in racing fatality
•	Man found not guilty in shooting
POLICE
•	Security guard dies after trying to detain suspect
•	3 charged in man's beating, stabbing
BIG ISLAND
•	Environmental Management office plans no fee increases
MAUI
•	Kīhei man dies after crash on Haleakalā Highway
KAUA'I
•	Fast-acting neighbor saves Wilcox classroom from fire
MY COMMUNITIES
•	Fire destroys a duplex unit, leaving residents homeless
•	Arizona Memorial tour boat service will halt for 5 days
•	Hanabusa reports raising $252,812 in 4th quarter '09
OTHER NEWS
•	Lingle slams Obama on terror
•	Community calendar
OBITUARIES
•	Slain Marine 'stood out' in high school
•	Obituaries
LEE CATALUNA
•	Multitude of Isles' maladies vog's fault