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Scientist at Work Blog: In the Kipuka, Birds Take Shelter - Wed, 23 May 2012

David J. Flaspohler , an avian ecologist and conservation biologist at Michigan Technological University , writes from Hawaii, where he is studying the influence of human activities on birds and the natural ecosystems that support them.

GOP senators question judicial conference on Maui - Wed, 23 May 2012

Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., and Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, say the planned meetings of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals are excessive and strike the wrong tone in a time of government budget cuts.

Marine regiment to hold ceremony marking final combat deployment - Wed, 23 May 2012

Eight years of continuous war in Iraq and Afghanistan are over for the 3rd Marine Regiment's 3,000 Marines at Kaneohe Bay, officials said.

University of Hawaii Manoa names two new college deans - Wed, 23 May 2012

Peter Arnade has been appointed dean of the University of Hawaii Manoa's College of Arts & Humanities, while Donald Young has been appointed dean of the university's College of Education, Manoa Chancellor Virginia Hinshaw said Tuesday.

Birthers will never, ever die. Iowa GOP platform kowtows to the brainless pukes of its party - Tue, 22 May 2012

There were a couple of minutes back when Barack Obama released his long-form birth certificate that I actually thought the birther brigade would finally shut up.