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Hawaii Becoming Hub For Spies

Clandestine agents. Foreign spies. Intelligence. Hawaii is better known for sunbathing on the beach or surfing than high-stakes sleuthing.

2013/04/03

President Barack Obama speaks during a signing ceremony for the Violence Against Women Act on March 7, 2013 in the Department of the Interior in Washington, D.C. (credit: MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)

21,000 Hawaiians Under Medicaid Will Need To Buy Own Health Insurance Due To ‘Obamacare’

Roughly 21,000 people in Hawaii who were previously covered under Medicaid will need to buy their own health insurance once President Barack Obama’s sweeping federal health care overhaul takes effect next year, the chief executive of the Hawaii Primary Care Association told a state Senate committee Monday.

2013/03/12

President Obama is set to spend a long holiday weekend vacation with friends in Florida. (Photo by Dennis Brack-Pool/Getty Images)

Obama to Spend Long Holiday Weekend With Friends in West Palm Beach

President Barack Obama will spend the long holiday weekend in Florida, relaxing with friends.

2013/02/14

A recent Gallup analysis of daily poll data finds that President Obama's approval is highest in his birth state of Hawaii and current home in Washington D.C.(Photo credit -- SAUL LOEB/AFP/GettyImages)

Gallup: Obama’s Highest Approval Ratings In Hawaii, Washington D.C.

President Obama’s highest approval ratings for 2012 came from his birth state of Hawaii and his current home in Washington, D.C.

2013/01/29

President Obama has returned to The White House from vacation. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

Pres. Obama Returns From Vacation In Hawaii

President Barack Obama has returned to Washington after a winter vacation in Hawaii that was interrupted by the “fiscal cliff” crisis.

2013/01/06

President Barack Obama enjoys a cup of shaved ice from Island Snow January 3, 2013 in Kailua, Hawaii. (Photo by Eugene Tanner/AFP/Getty Images)

Obama Urges Action On Debt Ceiling During Vacation

President Barack Obama is hailing a last-minute deal that avoids the fiscal cliff but says it’s just one step in a broader effort to boost the economy and shrink federal deficits.

2013/01/05

US President Barack Obama makes his way to board Air Force One on January 1, 2013 at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. Obama is returning to Hawaii to continue his vacation which he interrupted to deal with the "fiscal cliff" crisis. (Photo credit: MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)

Obama In Hawaii, Fiscal Cliff Standoff Behind Him

President Barack Obama is back in Hawaii for vacation after a tense, end-of-the-new-year standoff with Congress over the fiscal cliff.

2013/01/02

Senate Majority Leader Senator Harry Reid, D-Nev., listens to a question during a press briefing on Capitol Hill on Dec. 13, 2012 in Washington, D.C. (credit: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)

Reid: House ‘Being Operated With A Dictatorship Of The Speaker’

Lawmakers are engaged in a playground game of “who goes first,” daring each political party to let the year end without resolving a Jan. 1 confluence of higher taxes and deep spending cuts that could rattle a recovering, but-still-fragile economy.

2012/12/27

The late Hawaiian Senator Daniel K. Inouye waits for the start of the ceremony honoring the 64th anniversary of the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor December 7, 2005. (credit: Marco Garcia/Getty Images)

Hawaii Lieutenant Governor Picked To Fill Senate Seat

Lt. Gov. Brian Schatz of Hawaii was appointed Wednesday to succeed the late U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye.

2012/12/26

President Barack Obama looks down the fairway as he plays golf on the 9th hole at the Mid Pacific Country Club in Kailua, Hawaii, on Dec. 28, 2010. (credit: SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

First Lady Talks To Kids Tracking Santa While Obama Golfs

While Obama golfed, Michelle Obama spent about 30 minutes talking with kids who were tracking the progress of Santa Claus throughout the world through a site set up by the North American Aerospace Defense Command.

2012/12/25