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The decision to shoot or pass when both options are available, can severely impact a team should a player decide “me” is more important than “we.”

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It’s Friday the 13th. Don’t walk under any ladders, kick any black cats or talk to guys in hockey masks. We’ve gathered up all the best there is to do in the meantime.

A 59-year-old man is dead after an apparent fall in the remote East Maui area of Kīpahulu. Maui police have since identified the man as 59-year-old Philip Chang of Kaupō.

A Pāʻia man indicted earlier this year for the alleged sex assault of a minor under the age of 14 was located in Thailand and extradited back to Maui today, where he is being held without bail.

The agency responded by launching two MH-65 Dolphin helicopters and one HC-130 Hercules airplane from Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point on Oʻahu; Cutters Ahi and Galveston Island, home-ported in Honolulu; and two 45-foot Response-Boat Medium crews from Station Maui.

The cause of a small plane crash off of Kalaupapa, Molokaʻi Wednesday afternoon will be investigated by both the Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board personnel.

All nine individuals are now accounted for, with one individual suffering fatal injuries in a plane crash off of Kalaupapa, Molokaʻi on Wednesday afternoon.

In an exclusive interview this week, Mayor Arakawa said it’s difficult to create rules and regulations when shark movement and how they react to people has varied.

Road improvements and related road closures are scheduled to start on Monday, Dec. 16, in the remote Kahakuloa area on Maui, and continue through April 30, 2014, county officials announced.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Health announced the finding of “minute amounts of organic chemicals” in a Haleakalā National Park water system tank on Maui during routine sampling.

Andrew Young was arrested at 11:40 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 9, for a warrant issued by the Sacramento Sheriff’s Office in California for 9 counts of alleged molestation of a family member.

A 15-year-old juvenile male was reportedly assaulted by seven individuals while walking alone at night on the University of Hawaiʻi Maui College Campus near the Harbor Lights Condominium complex, police said.

Lonely Planet described Lāna’i as an island that boasts empty beaches, snorkeling, diving, shipwrecks, petroglyphs, hiking, and their favorite poke market in the state.

Maui police Lt. Jayson Rego, with the department’s Criminal Investigation Division said an investigation is still underway and the department is looking into finding the homeless victim’s next of kin.

There are several construction projects taking place across Maui this week. Maui Paving Co. continues work on road resurfacing and street improvements on Wākea Avenue. Work will impact traffic on the section of Wākea Avenue just south of Kaʻahumanu Avenue, across the entrance of the University of Hawaii Maui College Campus.

Rita’s Finest Steak and Fish House took over the space left behind by Lulu’s Kihei last summer. Perhaps inevitably, there are some bumps in the newly paved road.

Two structure fires at Maui High School this morning appear to have been intentionally set. In the first fire, officials say the perpetrators tried to ignite a barrel of used motor oil with a piece of cardboard.

The students were among a list of 23 classes from 16 schools in Maui County that competed in the event, which is dedicated to the cultural preservation and perpetuation of Hawaiian mele, language and the arts.

A blessing was held on Thursday morning for the new Kīhei Police Station, which houses a detective bureau, a criminal investigation division, a training division, uniform services and executive offices.