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US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta (R) speaks with the press onboard his plane May 31, 2012 enroute to Singapore from Honolulu, Hawaii.

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    have made it clear through the NFL Players Association that they would like the opportunity to continue to play the Pro Bowl in Hawaii," said NFL Executive Vice President of Football Operations Ray Anderson. "We will support the players on this initiative   Read more »

  • California's Coronado named nation's best beach

    Hawaii; No. 3, Main Beach, East Hampton, N.Y.; No. 4, St. George Island State Park, Florida Panhandle; No. 5, Hamoa Beach, Maui, Hawaii; No. 6, Coast Guard Beach, Cape Cod, Mass.; No. 7, Waimanalo Bay Beach Park, Oahu , Hawaii; No. 8, Cape Florida State Park   Read more »

  • GOP senators question judicial conference on Maui

    cost taxpayers more than $1.1 million in travel and accommodation expenses.The court serves Alaska , Arizona , California, Hawaii, Idaho , Montana , Nevada , Oregon and Washington , as well as Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands.The Hawaii Tourism Authority   Read more »

  • Obama's home-turf summits will test his leverage

    rotate around the globe, and Obama has ended up with a bounty of them -- first an Asia-Pacific gathering in his birthplace of Hawaii last November and now both the G-8 economic summit at the presidential retreat in Maryland and a NATO security conference in   Read more »

  • Allegiant adds 4 more cities to Hawaii service

    -- An airline that connects small cities with leisure destination is adding four mainland cities to its Hawaii service.Starting in November, Allegiant Air will offer nonstop flights between Honolulu and Bellingham, Wash., Eugene, Ore., Santa Maria, Calif.,   Read more »

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About Hawaii

Hawaii (ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi: Hawaiʻi) became the 50th state of the United States on August 21, 1959. It is situated in the North Pacific Ocean, 2,300 miles (3,700 km) from the mainland, at 21°18′41″N, 157°47′47″W. During roughly 1778–1898, Hawaii was also known as the Sandwich Islands.

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