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• Bad News Hawaii Motorists! Highway Bill Passage This Fall Is Unlikely

  Wayne Parsons | September 12, 2009 2:13 PM | 1 CommentHonolulu, HI

  JOSH MITCHELL of the Wall Street Journal writes that federal funding for interstate highways across the country is in trouble: Highway-Bill Passage This Fall Is Unlikely. Recent articles have...

• Obama opens door to tort reform in healthcare speech.

  Wayne Parsons | September 10, 2009 3:23 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  The AP (9/10) reports that in his speech before a joint session of Congress last night pushing his ideas for healthcare reform, President Obama said that he wants to look at a 'range of ideas' to...

• Deteriorated Interstate Highways And Roadways In Every State Add To Fatalities

  Wayne Parsons | September 10, 2009 2:55 PM | 3 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  One of my pet peeves is potholes. How about you, readers? Any of you like potholes? Catch a 6-inch deep 2 foot wide pothole at 45 mph and you'll feel $45 slip out of your wallet on car maintenance...

• Hawaii Highway Chronicles: Are Our Roads The 4th Worst in the Country?

  Wayne Parsons | September 09, 2009 3:27 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  I just read the report, “Future Mobility in Hawaii: Meeting the State’s Need for Safe and Efficient Mobility,” and it does not bode well for those of us who use Hawaii Highways and...

• Hawaii Child Passenger Safety

  Wayne Parsons | September 09, 2009 4:20 AM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  Aidon Ng, 5-years-old, is dead today. I sadly wrote about his death in an article yesterday: Was the Death of 5-Year-Old Aidon Ng Due To A Seat-back Failure? KITV News reports today...

• Second Circuit chief judge rules no requirement of "bad faith" finding for attorney fees reward.

  Wayne Parsons | September 08, 2009 2:10 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  Law.com (9/8, Wise) reports, A finding of 'subjective bad faith' is not a prerequisite for an award of attorney fees in a dismissed market manipulation case subject to a 1995 law designed to curb...

• Zonulin Research Key To Cures For Autoimmune Disorders Like MS

  Wayne Parsons | September 08, 2009 2:00 AM | 2 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  Make a note: zonulin _ a mysterious human protein _ is a molecule in the human body called haptoglobin 2 precursor. According to a science news story University of Maryland researchers have found...

• University of Tennessee and NFL Player Jesse Mahelona Dies In Kailua-Kona Crash

  Wayne Parsons | September 07, 2009 5:10 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  Jesse Mahelona Football season has just started and Hawaii is football paradise. I'm a football fan and follow the talented local athletes who play in College and the Pros. Today we all are sad to...

• Trailer Hitch Failure Leads to Death of Michael Davison in Kona on Sunday

  Wayne Parsons | September 07, 2009 4:27 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  Deadly automobile accidents continue to plague the Big Island roads. Our condolences go out to the family of a 49-year-old California man who was killed on Sunday in a freak accident on Queen...

• Was the Death of 5-Year-Old Aidon Ng Due To A Seat-back Failure?

  Wayne Parsons | September 07, 2009 3:24 AM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  Why do people die in car crashes? Some answers are easy. Some are hidden from view. I imagine myself tonight with the Ng family in Waimea. Three family members are dead. My wife died last year. I...