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Who will drones target? Who in the US will decide?

Updated: May 22, 2012 12:05am

Who will drones target? Who in the US will decide?

WASHINGTON — White House counterterror chief John Brennan has seized the lead in guiding the debate on which terror leaders will be...

<p>Associated Press</p><p>Chicago police monitor demonstrators during a protest march and rally at this weekend’s NATO summit Sunday in Chicago.</p>

Obama on Afghan: Leave on time, no ‘perfect’ end

Updated: May 22, 2012 12:05am

By ANNE GEARAN

Associated Press

CHICAGO — President Barack Obama and leaders around the globe locked in place an Afghanistan exit path Monday that will still keep their troops fighting...

Catholic dioceses, colleges sue over Obama mandate

Updated: May 22, 2012 12:05am

Associated Press

NEW YORK — Roman Catholic leaders opened a new front against the Obama administration mandate that employers provide workers birth control coverage, filing federal lawsuits...

<p>HOLLYN JOHNSON/Tribune-Herald</p><p>Project Linus Chapter Coordinator Lynne Bautista (right) and Chapter Assistant Kathleen Stacey look at donated blankets during a Project Linus Blanketeers sewing event at Discount Fabric Warehouse Saturday afternoon. The donated blankets are given to Big Island keiki in need mostly through Hawaii Child Welfare Services and youth hospice programs. “Without our blanketeers we wouldn’t be able to do it,” said Bautista. Donations are excepted at Discount Fabric Warehouse year round.</p>

Project Linus

Updated: May 22, 2012 12:05am

Project Linus volunteers sew blankets for children in need.

Sheriff: Gang started prison riot in Mississippi

Updated: May 22, 2012 12:05am

Sheriff: Gang started prison riot in Mississippi

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A gang fight in a prison for illegal immigrants quickly escalated into a riot involving as many as 300 inmates, some...

<p>Associated Press</p><p>Dharun Ravi arrives at court for his sentencing hearing in New Brunswick, N.J., Monday. Ravi, a former Rutgers University student who used a webcam to watch his roommate kiss another man days before the roommate killed himself, was sentenced Monday to 30 days in jail.</p>

Ex-Rutgers student gets 30 days in webcam case

Updated: May 22, 2012 12:05am

Ex-Rutgers student gets 30 days in webcam case

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — A former Rutgers University student who used a webcam to spy on his gay roommate was sentenced Monday to just 30...

<p>JOHN BURNETT/Tribune-Herald</p><p>Alison Taylor appears Monday with attorney Christopher Bridges in Hilo Circuit Court.</p>

Hit-and-run suspect pleads not guilty

Updated: May 22, 2012 12:05am

By JOHN BURNETT

Tribune-Herald staff writer

A 40-year-old Volcano woman pleaded not guilty Monday to charges stemming from a hit-and-run collision that killed a 20-year-old bicyclist...

<p>Associated Press</p><p>Afternoon rain falls over South Kona on Monday. Despite it being the dry season, upland Kona, particularly the coffee belt, is unique because more rainfall is observed in the summer than in winter, according to the National Weather Service.</p>

Big isle drought persists

Updated: May 22, 2012 12:05am

By Carolyn Lucas-Zenk

Stephens Media

Drought lingered on the Big Island through another dry winter and is returning this summer to more deeply ravaged, already water-stressed places....

Keeping track of Kolten

Updated: May 22, 2012 12:05am

Kolten Wong’s stats:

• Monday: 1 for 4 in 2-0 win over Tulsa.

• Season (39 games): .331 avg., .401 OBP, .486 slug. percentage, 4 HRs, 21 RBIs.

• Wong, a 2008 Kamehameha graduate...

UHH names vice chancellor

Updated: May 22, 2012 12:05am

University of Hawaii at Hilo Chancellor Donald Straney announced Monday that Dr. Marcia Sakai has been named vice chancellor for administrative affairs. Sakai will assume her permanent duties on...

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