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Family of Doctor Who Delivered Obama 'Blown Away'

Apr 28th 2011 – 5:26AM

HONOLULU - The family of a Honolulu doctor whose signature appears on President Barack Obama's birth certificate woke up to the news Wednesday that the late obstetrician had delivered Obama. Relatives of Dr. David Sinclair told The Associated Press that they were "blown away" and "honored." So-called "birthers" have...

Hawaii U Posted Private Info of 40,000 Students Online

By Mara GayOct 29th 2010 – 2:08PM
Carol Cunningham, AP

Carol Cunningham, AP

(Oct. 29) -- More than 40,000 former University of Hawaii students now know what plenty of others before them have regrettably experienced firsthand: Security online can be elusive. The students' Social Security numbers, grades and other private information were made public after a faculty member at the school...

Chile Earthquake Moved Entire City 10 Feet West

By David KnowlesMar 8th 2010 – 4:42PM
AP

AP

(March 8) -- Last month's earthquake did more than kill hundreds and devastate a large swath of Chile. It also hurtled the entire city of Concepcion 10 feet to the west, according researchers at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Using precise GPS measurements taken before and after the magnitude-8.8 earthquake,...

Background on University of Hawaii

The University of Hawaii System, formally the University of Hawaii and popularly known as UH, is a public, co-educational college and university system that confers associate, bachelor, master, and doctoral degrees through three university campuses, seven community college campuses, an employment training center, three university centers, four education centers and various other research facilities distributed across six islands throughout the state of Hawaii in the United States.

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