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A Coast Guard rescue swimmer whose disappearance led to a massive search in Hawaii pleaded guilty to desertion Tuesday, saying he left work one day, decided never to return and spent the next three months camping in the mountains of Oahu.

Brian Schatz said. Schatz met for the first time Thursday with Charlotte, N.C., Mayor Anthony Foxx, who is poised to replace Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.

21. Chung, who turned 50 only a month before the incident, got the chance to publicly thank his seven co-workers during a ceremony Monday at City Hall, where they were honored by Mayor Kirk Caldwell and the city Department of Emergency Services with the 2013 EMS Lifesaver Award.

ASM Research, a leading provider of information technology solutions, opened a new office in Honolulu, Hawaii on May 1, 2013.

U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Martin Dempsey stands below flags of Japan and the U.S. as he talks to U.S. military personnel stationed at Yokota Air Base in Tokyo on April 25, 2013.

The Howard Hughes Corp. plans to redevelop the block at 404 Ward Ave. in Kakaako, including the two-story building shown here, into a 415-unit residential tower with commercial space and parking, the first project in its Ward Village master plan.

The City and County of Honolulu is planning to conduct a study on fare collection for TheBus and TheHandi-Van services as well as the city's rail transit project.

Hilo is at the end of the line but is finally about to get a full serving of Hawaii Public Radio.

Gov. Neil Abercrombie will sign two significant traffic safety bills into law Monday, one requiring all front- and back-seat occupants of a vehicle to buckle up, his office announced.

There's a moment, when you arrive at the parking spot in which your vehicle is not, during which you assume you've made a mistake.

When Manifest opened in 2009, in the former space of a risqu bookstore, the bar carried just one bourbon, Jameson, two gins, and at least 15 vodkas, many of them flavored.

The staff at Kaimuki High School will be honored Sunday at ceremonies where Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell presents the city's Civilian Lifesaver Awards.

Police have opened an attempted-murder investigation. ~~ A 20-year-old man was seriously injured when he was stabbed Saturday morning in Wahiawa.

HUNGERING FOR PARADISE: On a recent trip to Japan last month, Melvin Masaki and wife Clara Masaki of Salt Lake stumbled upon Hawaiian Diner in Nagano City.

The 50th State Fair is back with three new rides on the E.K. Fernandez midway of rides, racing pigs and performing puppies.

Members of Occupy Honolulu, an offshoot of the Occupy Wall Street movement that protests government policies on homelessness and other perceived social injustices, filed a lawsuit in December seeking to block the city's enforcement of the so-called stored property ordinance.

Much of what Tax Director Fred Pablo told the Honolulu Rail Transit Authority board echoed what department officials have already said: A lag in processing tax returns, thanks to the Department of Taxation being short-staffed, has led to the project receiving about $29 million less than anticipated so far from the 0.5 percent general excise tax ... (more)

Part of Aqua's Monogram Hotel Collection, Volcano House is a historic property located within Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.

More than any other single artist, Britney Spears was the driving force behind the return of teen pop in the late '90s. The blockbuster success of the Spice Girls and Backstreet Boys certainly paved the way for her own commercial ... Once dubbed "the Jay-Z of the South" by Pharrell Williams , T.I. gradually came into his own and established himself ... (more)

The Honolulu Star-Advertiser strives to make its news report fair and accurate. If you have a question or comment about news coverage, call Ed Lynch, managing editor/news, at 529-4758. >> A Page B3 photo caption Wednesday transposed the names of Clifton Mission and Dominick Abalos, two of the men who rescued a missing hiker Monday on Kauai.