The first New Century charter schools will open this year in Hawaii, offering parents choices in education for their children. But experts are divided over how well such schools perform and how much they will cost the Department of Education. In the next 18 months, the H-1 Freeway and other key thoroughfares across Oahu will undergo construction projects that are sure to frustrate motorists and cause long delays. But officials say patience will be rewarded with safer roads.
Insanity is a complicated legal term, one expert says.
The case of Byran Uyesugi, accused in the killings of seven Xerox workers, has renewed interest in the insanity plea. A judge must decide if he is competent to stand trial and whether he was legally insane at the time of the shootings. Hawaii's law on the subject may be changed in the wake of the case. A special sports report on the Sony Open Continuing coverage of the Mercedes Open in Kapalua Kauai range testing market as launch for mini-satellites Finding a new market for the Pacific Missile Range Facility at Barking Sands is important, its backers say, and they want to develop the site for small rockets and satellites. City officials say they're being asked for too much money with too little data.