Tag: Hawaii
Power cut leaves Obama in the dark
US President-elect Barack Obama was without electricity for 12 hours at his holiday home on Oahu following a major blackout across Hawaii's most populous island, an aide said.[MORE]
Shirtless Obama whips up web frenzy
Shirtless pictures of Barack Obama are causing a stir during the traditional festive silly season.[MORE]
Gilmore wins Beachley's last event
Australia's world surfing champion Stephanie Gilmore has won the final event of the season in Maui.[MORE]
Hawaiian drillers hit magma chamber
A drill team looking for geothermal energy in Hawaii has inadvertently given scientists a rare opportunity to study geological processes usually hidden deep underground. [MORE]
Slater wins sixth Pipeline Masters
Kelly Slater has claimed his sixth Pipeline Masters title, defeating fellow American Chris Ward at the Banzai Pipeline in Oahu, Hawaii.[MORE]
Perfect Parkinson rides into history books
Joel Parkinson has joined nine-time world champion Kelly Slater as the only surfers to score two perfect 10s in a heat.[MORE]
Koby Abberton in solitary confinement in US jail
Professional bigwave surfer and Bra Boy gang member Koby Abberton has been detained by US immigration officials in Hawaii over a visa violation.[MORE]
Aussie Whitaker snares second place in Hawaii
Australian surfer Tom Whitaker has finished second at the O'Neill World Cup of Surfing event at Sunset Beach in Hawaii.[MORE]
Gilmore clinches back-to-back surfing crowns
Australia's Stephanie Gilmore has clinched her second successive women's world surfing title.[MORE]
Gilmore rebounds to reach quarters
Australian world surfing champion Stephanie Gilmore has rebounded from a first round hammering at the hands of Hawaiian Melanie Bartels to reach the quarter-finals of the Roxy Pro at Sunset Beach in Hawaii.[MORE]
Beachley accepts teen's apology
Layne Beachley has won official praise for her reaction to the controversial incident which cost her a surfing title chance in Hawaii.[MORE]
Bra Boy Abberton jailed in Hawaii
Bra Boy surf gang leader Koby Abberton has been handcuffed and escorted to jail in Hawaii to serve a three day sentence for assaulting an off-duty police officer outside a Honolulu nightclub.[MORE]
Obama to suspend campaign, visit sick grandmother
Barack Obama will suspend campaigning this week to visit his sick grandmother in Hawaii.[MORE]
Aussie Alexander wins Hawaiian Ironman title
Australian Craig Alexander won the Ironman World Championship in Hawaii, improving on his runner-up finish in the 2007 edition of the gruelling event.[MORE]
Santana to quit music for religion
Carlos Santana is on tour and has an album coming out, but in an interview with Rolling Stone posted online at the weekend the rocker said he sees himself one day heading up a church in Hawaii.[MORE]
Rudd, US in regional disaster relief talks
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has held talks with America's top military commander in the Pacific about his plan to improve disaster relief in the region.[MORE]
Growing fears for man missing in Hawaii
Bendigo man John Parsons has been missing in a mountainous area on the Hawaiian island of Oahu since last Thursday.[MORE]
Elderly Vic man missing in Hawaii
A search has begun in Hawaii for a missing 77-year-old Victorian man who has not been seen since setting out for a hike last Thursday.[MORE]
Humans to live on Mars 'within 25 years'
A professor of planetary science says humans could be living on Mars within 25 years.[MORE]
Frasier star Grammer suffers mild heart attack
Funnyman Kelsey Grammer hospitalised in Hawaii after suffering a mild heart attack.[MORE]
Telstra to lay 9,000km undersea internet cable
Telstra says it has begun the process of laying down 9,000 kilometres of cable from Australia to Hawaii in a bid to improve internet speed.[MORE]
Aussie Wright finishes third in Hawaii
Australian golfer Lindsey Wright carded a final-round 67 to grab third place at the LPGA Fields Open in Kapolei, Hawaii on Sunday afternoon.[MORE]
Popovic hoping for Pan Pacs consolation prize
Sydney FC captain Tony Popovic says his side is hoping to end its season on a high after being eliminated from the A-League finals.[MORE]
Sorenstam wins season-opening Open
Swedish star Annika Sorenstam had plenty of spark in her debut, by posting a three-under 69 to capture the season-opening SBS Open in Hawaii.[MORE]
Scientists investigate ocean 'plastic soup'
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Scientists are planning a study of a giant floating plastic mass in the North Pacific Ocean.[MORE]
