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Family of Doctor Who Delivered Obama 'Blown Away'
By not in system - AOL NewsHONOLULU - The family of a Honolulu doctor whose signature appears on President Barack Obama's birth certificate woke up to the news Wednesday that the late obstetrician had delivered Obama. Relatives of Dr. David Sinclair told The Associated Press that they were "blown away" and "honored." So-called "birthers" have questioned Obama's birthplace, espousing theories that he was not born in the U.S., possibly his father's native Kenya, and therefore ineligible to be president. Obama released a short form copy of his birth certificate in 2008. Recently, potential Republican presidential ...
Federal Agency Sues Calif. Contractor, Farms in Human Trafficking Case
By not in system - AOL NewsLOS ANGELES -- A federal agency has sued a California-based labor contractor and farms in Washington and Hawaii alleging discrimination against more than 200 Thai workers in what was called its largest human trafficking case in agriculture. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed lawsuits Tuesday against Beverly Hills-based Global Horizons Inc. and six farms in Hawaii and two in Washington. Global Horizons lured workers from 2003 to 2007 with promises of steady jobs and agricultural visas but confiscated their passports and threatened to deport them if they complained, the ...
Gas Prices Top $4 in Nation's Capital, 5 States
By not in system - AOL NewsNEW YORK -- Drivers in Washington, D.C., on Saturday joined motorists in five states who are paying more than $4 per gallon for gasoline. The average price for gas in New York could top $4 by early next week. Hawaii, Alaska, California, Illinois and Connecticut already have pump prices above that mark, according to AAA's Daily Fuel Gauge. Hawaii has the highest price in the U.S. at $4.47 per gallon. Jae C. Hong, AP Gas prices are reflected on an SUV at a gas station in Los Angeles late last month. Gas prices have topped $4 per gallon in Hawaii, Alaska, California, Illinois, ...
Smash-Proof Glass Foils Hawaii Jewel Thieves [VIDEO]
By Lauren Frayer - AOL NewsTwo would-be robbers shot, hammered and kicked at glass display cases at a Hawaii jewelry store, but then were forced to flee when they realized the cases were made of bulletproof glass. A security video captured the men's futile mission, in which they battered at display cases at a Zales jewelry store in Honolulu, and eventually gave up and retreated. The attack happened around 8:40 last Saturday night. The men escaped, but a witness noted the license plate number on their getaway car. The car was later determined to have been stolen and was found hours later abandoned and engulfed ...
Death Toll Hits 5 in Hawaii Fireworks Bunker Blast
By not in system - AOL NewsWAIPAHU, Hawaii - The death toll from an explosion at a fireworks storage site in Hawaii rose to five after a bomb squad recovered the bodies of two missing men, officials said. The blast near the Waikele Business Center at a former military bunker where fireworks were warehoused occurred Friday, killing three people and leaving the two missing. KITV / AP This image provided by KITV shows the entrance to the fireworks storage bunker in Waipahu, Hawaii, where an explosion has killed five people. The bunker burned throughout the day and was too hot and unstable to enter until ...
Obama Friend Arrested on Suspicion of Soliciting Prostitute
By not in system - AOL NewsHONOLULU -- One of President Barack Obama's close friends has been arrested in Honolulu on suspicion of soliciting a prostitute. Robert "Bobby" Titcomb was one of four men arrested in an undercover sting operation late Monday and later released on $500 bail, according to Honolulu police. Titcomb, 49, attended Punahou School in Honolulu with Obama in the 1970s. The president graduated in 1979, a year before Titcomb. The two often golf, play basketball, go to the beach and dine together when the president returns home to Hawaii for vacation. Obama's family has also attended barbeques ...
Hawaii Investigates Dengue Fever Cases
By not in system - AOL NewsHealth officials in Hawaii are concerned about an outbreak of dengue fever after four cases were confirmed in Oahu. Three members of the same family and their neighbor in Pearl City became infected with the disease, according to Hawaii News Now. Dengue fever is a viral disease transmitted by mosquitoes in tropical and subtropical regions. Officials said results on 12 other possible cases are still pending in Oahu. The state Department of Health issued an alert about the disease late last month, after the first two cases were confirmed. Sponsored Links The first person to be diagnosed was ...
Japan's Tsunami Debris to Hit West Coast
By not in system - AOL NewsSEATTLE -- John Anderson has discovered just about everything during the 30 years he's combed Washington state's beaches - glass fishing floats, hockey gloves, bottled messages, even hundreds of mismatched pairs of Nike sneakers that washed up barnacled but otherwise unworn. The biggest haul may come in one to three years when, scientists say, wind and ocean currents eventually will push some of the massive debris from Japan's tsunami and earthquake onto the shores of the U.S. West Coast. "I'm fascinated to see what actually makes it over here, compared to what might sink or biodegrade out ...
States Hustle to Legalize Online Poker Despite Federal Roadblocks
By Steve Friess - AOL NewsLAS VEGAS -- First it was medicinal marijuana use. Then immigration reform. And now at least six states, most notably Nevada and California, are on the brink of taking action where they believe the federal government has failed -- legalizing Internet poker. Bills are percolating in legislatures across the country that would formally permit residents to play poker online within state boundaries, an effort to circumvent a 2006 federal law that crippled the fast-growing Web gambling industry. The bill most likely to be adopted first appears to be the one sponsored by Nevada Assemblyman William ...
Feds Deploy More Radiation Monitors in Western US
By not in system - AOL NewsSAN FRANCISCO -- Growing concern by Americans over exposure from damaged nuclear plants in Japan has prompted officials to deploy more radiation monitors in the western United States and Pacific territories, federal environmental regulators say. Officials with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said they do not expect harmful radiation levels to reach anywhere in the U.S. from Japan. "The agency decided out of an abundance of caution to send these deployable monitors in order to get some monitors on the ground closer to Japan," Jonathan Edwards, director of the U.S. Environmental ...
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