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Popular Hawaiian Swimming Hole a Deadly One

Gorgeous Kipu Falls can be quite the 'tourist trap'

(Newser) - Travel guidebooks call Kipu Falls "a glorious little hidden place" and a "swimming hole extraordinaire." But the alluring beauty of the Hawaiian waterfall and natural pool conceals a deadly side: Five visitors have drowned at Kipu Falls in the past five years, including two since December. In...

Tourist Sucked Into Deadly Maui Blowhole

Californian David Potts bobs up once, vanishes

(Newser) - Horrified onlookers watched helplessly as a Northern California man was sucked into a tourist-touted "blowhole" on the shores of Maui. David Potts was clowning around close to the geyser-like phenomenon when a sneaker wave knocked him off his feet and he disappeared down the spouting hole. He bobbed to...

Veteran Skydiver Dies After Midair Collision

Ash White was jumping for fun, not for work, when he collided with another diver

(Newser) - A 40-year-old skydiving instructor collided with another jumper in a dive over Hawaii yesterday, knocking him unconscious and causing him to plummet to his death, Hawaii News Now reports. Ash White was on a "fun jump," a non-working first jump of the morning. Skydive Hawaii’s president witnessed...

Obama's Dad Told Feds Baby Would Be Adopted Out

His father told immigrations officials he'd be given up at birth

(Newser) - Barack Obama’s father once told immigration officials that he and Ann Dunham were planning to give their then-unborn child up for adoption, writes Sally Jacobs for the Boston Globe . The elder Obama had been under scrutiny from federal immigration officials, who feared that he had another wife in Kenya....

And the Least-Stressed US State Is...

Hawaii, Wyoming top list

(Newser) - America is about as stressed as it was last year, a recent poll finds: Some 39.4% of 352,840 respondents called themselves stressed “a lot of the day,” compared to 39.9% last year. The year before was just a little more relaxed, with 38.8% saying...

Humans Wiped Out Hawaii Land Crab

They vanished about the time people arrived

(Newser) - Hawaii used to have land crabs that lived high up in the hills and wandered down to the ocean now and then—until humans came along and wrecked the party. Newly discovered fossils show that the creatures, which lived farther inland than most crabs and dined on insects and small...

Proud Family Learns Dad Delivered President

Obama birth certificate surprises kin of Honolulu Dr. David Sinclair

(Newser) - The long-form birth certificate President Obama released yesterday was short on surprising information—except for the family of Dr. David Sinclair. Relatives of the late Honolulu obstetrician say they were "blown away" and "honored" to learn that Sinclair was the doc who delivered the future president in 1961,...

The Day America Lost Its Mind

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BRIT VIEW ON BIRTHER MANIA
Apr 28, 2011 3:15 AM CDT

The Day America Lost Its Mind

And it's all caused by 'puffed up bullfrog' Donald Trump: Independent

(Newser) - The British newspaper the Independent for one is shocked, shocked that President Obama finally succumbed to birther mania and released his long-form birth certificate to shut up the fringe ( a strategy already failing ). "Has there ever been a more absurdly surreal moment, even in US politics, that...

CNN Investigation Determines President Obama 'Absolutely' Born in Hawaii; Donald Trump Still Says Birth Certificate Is Missing
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Apr 26, 2011 7:59 AM CDT

Obama ‘Absolutely’ Born in Hawaii: CNN

CNN conducts extensive investigation, but Trump not convinced

(Newser) - Case closed—at least as far as CNN is concerned: President Obama was, in fact, born in Hawaii. The network conducted an investigation, and talked to the Republican former director of Hawaii's Department of Health. A state law let her examine Obama's actual birth certificate, which is stored...

Obama: I Was Born in Hawaii, Don't 'Have Horns'

President thinks birthers will end up hurting GOP

(Newser) - President Obama doesn't generally address the birther movement , but he took a rare shot at it today in an interview with George Stephanopoulos on ABC . Upshot: The whole issue is ridiculous, and because most Americans realize that, it's going to backfire on Republicans in the long run. Asked...

Japan Earthquake Sends 'Island' of Debris to Hawaii, US West Coast
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Apr 10, 2011 6:09 AM CDT

'Island' of Earthquake Debris Headed for US

Tires, cars, and human remains to wash up in Hawaii, west coast

(Newser) - If oceanographers are right, a veritable island of cars, houses, human remains, and other debris from Japan’s earthquake will soon wash ashore in Hawaii, and from there travel to the west coast of the US. Using computer models developed by tracking buoys across the ocean, researchers at the University...

Stranded Women Saved By SOS in Sand

Nearby Navy rescues pair on hard-to-reach Hawaiian shore

(Newser) - An “SOS” note scrawled in the sand actually worked for two stranded women in Hawaii. A tour helicopter noticed the letters and notified naval aviators who were training nearby; they saw the inscription and flashes from a mirror and sent a helicopter and swimmer to pick up the stranded...

Trump Operatives Probing Obama's Birth in Hawaii

Investigators can't believe what they're finding, GOP maybe-contender claims

(Newser) - Donald Trump has operatives working on an important political mission. He has people in Hawaii probing President Obama's birth, "and they cannot believe what they're finding," The Donald notes ominously. Obama's family "doesn't know which hospital he was born in," and "in the hospital itself,...

Obama Buddy Busted in Prostitution Sting

Bobby Titcomb in hot water in Honolulu

(Newser) - President Obama's old friend and golfing buddy Bobby Titcomb may not get an invite the next time the Obamas have a family picnic in Hawaii. Titcomb, who went to school with Obama in the '70s, was arrested on suspicion of soliciting a prostitute during a sting operation in Honolulu earlier...

Legendary Big-Wave Surfer Drowns in California

Sion Milosky went under at famed surf break Mavericks

(Newser) - The man credited in surfing lore with paddling into the biggest wave of all time (a 60-footer in Hawaii) has been killed in a surfing accident near San Francisco, reports the San Jose Mercury News . Sion Milosky, a 35-year-old Hawaii native, was surfing 20-foot waves at the renowned Mavericks surf...

Tsunami Warning Extended to Entire US West Coast
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Mar 11, 2011 11:15 AM CST

Tsunami Waves Hit US Mainland

But no major damage reported

(Newser) - The first tsunami waves triggered by Japan's massive 8.9-magnitude earthquake have hit the US mainland, the AP reports. Waves surged slightly along the northern coast of California and could reach seven feet; Oregon also saw high water. The tsunami was earlier moving through all the Hawaiian islands, according to...

Hawaii Kilauea Volcano Spews Lava After Puu Oo Crater Floor Collapses
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Mar 7, 2011 11:31 AM CST

Hawaii Volcano Spews Lava

Crater floor collapses, followed by new fissure, eruptions

(Newser) - A new vent opened in a Hawaii volcano Saturday, spewing lava some 80 feet in the air, scientists say. The fissure near Kilauea volcano’s Puu Oo crater in the Big Island’s Hawaii Volcanoes National Park expanded to a whopping 1.4 miles in length yesterday with lava eruptions...

Another Democratic Senator, Hawaii's Akaka, Is Retiring

86-year-old opts to retire at end of this term

(Newser) - Democrats have another open Senate seat to defend: Daniel Akaka of Hawaii says he won't run for re-election in 2012, reports the Honolulu Advertiser . The 86-year-old is a beloved political figure in Hawaii, having served in the Senate since 1990 and in the House for 14 years before that. He...

Hawaii Governor Signs Civil Unions Into Law

Becomes 7th state to recognize legal status

(Newser) - Hawaii governor Neil Abercrombie signed same-sex civil unions into law yesterday, calling it "a triumph for everyone" that gay and lesbian couples will have the same state rights as married partners. Civil unions in the Rainbow State will start Jan. 1, 2012, making Hawaii the seventh state to permit...

Honolulu to Limbaugh: Apologize for China Insults

Council says Rush's comments were offensive to Chinese Americans

(Newser) - Honolulu's City Council passed a resolution yesterday calling on Rush Limbaugh to say he's sorry for mocking Hu Jintao and the Chinese language during the Chinese president's visit to Washington, DC, last month. The resolution, which passed 8-1, cites the fact that 58% of the city's population is of Asian...

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