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The University of Hawaii has decided to unilaterally slash faculty salaries by 6.7 percent beginning this week to cope with state budget cuts, the school announced.University President M.R.C. Greenwood on Monday said in a letter to faculty that the cuts would take effect Friday and would be reflected in paychecks issued Jan. 15. Faculty will be informed of details in a payroll notification that the school plans to distribute early next month.
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The number of visitors traveling to Hawaii fell 1.4 percent in November from the same month a year earlier as the weak economy continued to drag down the state's tourism industry.The decline led visitor spending to shrink 2.2 percent from the year earlier to $771 million, the Hawaii Tourism Authority said Monday.
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President Barack Obama has ordered a review of how U.S. intelligence organizations keep the skies safe - or don't, as demonstrated by a failed Christmas Day attack on a Detroit-bound flight from Amsterdam.Obama has not yet tapped someone to head the multi-agency probe, but White House officials acknowledge the recent incident involving a 23-year-old Nigerian with alleged ties to terrorists has made clear there are plenty of failed areas to examine. The suspect, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, was on one advisory list, but never caught the attention of U.S. counter terrorist screeners despite his father's warnings to U.S. Embassy officials in Nigeria last month.
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The union that represents Hawaii's public school teachers has approved an agreement to reduce the number of furlough days in the current school year.Hundreds of parents protested a plan this fall to cut 17 instructional days, giving the state the shortest school year in the nation.
WAIOHAI
Officials on Kauai say two men visiting Hawaii apparently drowned in separate incidences.At Waiohai Bay in Poipu, Fire Chief Robert Westerman says, a 20-year-old man from North Carolina was found face down Monday about 20 feet from shore. Authorities say he had been snorkeling.
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A top national security official says the United States is reaching out to international partners in an effort to build support for a new round of sanctions against Iran's regime.National Security Council chief of staff Denis McDonough told reporters the administration will revisit its options against Iran in the new year and is gauging the views of U.S. friends and allies about "the next step in the process."
KAILUA
President Barack Obama abruptly ended his golf outing and sped in his motorcade to his compound Monday after he learned a friend's child was injured while playing on the beach.Members of the first family were fine, a White House official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity because of a reluctance to discuss personal matters involving the president.
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President Barack Obama on Monday vowed to use "every element of our national power" to keep Americans safe and said the failed Christmas Day plot to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner was "a serious reminder" of the need to continually adapt security measures against changing terrorist threats.But even as Obama spoke, word came that a State Department warning had failed to trigger an effort to revoke the alleged attacker's visa. And officials in Yemen confirmed that the would-be bomber had been living in that country, where terrorist elements quickly sought to take credit for his actions.
HONOLULU
Talking publicly for the first time since a failed Christmas Day plot to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner, President Barack Obama on Monday called it "a serious reminder" of the need to continually adapt to the terrorist threat.But even as Obama vowed to use "every element of our national power" to keep Americans safe, came word that a State Department warning had failed to trigger an effort to revoke the attacker's visa. And officials in Yemen confirmed that the would-be bomber had been living in that country, where terrorist elements quickly sought to take credit for his actions.
KAILUA
President Barack Obama has abruptly ended a round of golf and sped toward his family's vacation home for what is being described as a "personal matter." An ambulance was seen speeding toward their compound.White House aides said the speedy departure and return to the president's home was not a matter of national security or because of a threat to Obama's safety.
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