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WAILUKU Acknowledging reports that a Napili man had improved his life “tremendously,” a judge imposed an 18-month jail term instead of a longer prison sentence for a defendant who robbed one man and threatened two others in a Honokowai parking lot.
“I think you’ve seen what it means to be a real man wake up sober, pick up your lunch pail and go to work,” 2nd Circuit Judge Richard Bissen said in sentencing Duke Waring on April 6 “But mostly earn some pride.
“There’s no pride in pulling a gun on an unarmed man. There’s no pride in picking on someone half your size. That’s just being a bully.”
Houston sees long lines, limited supply of water and other essentials By Jacob Carpenter and Dug Begley, Staff writer
Alexandria Hampton got a rude welcome to Houston.
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In her first week living in the city, severe winter weather left Hampton without water pressure in her Sharpstown home Wednesday, necessitating an early-morning grocery trip.
After striking out at a Meyerland Wal-Mart, Hampton found an open Food Town on the city’s southwest side and jumped in line with a few dozen other shoppers. Once inside, the selection left the South Carolina native pleasantly surprised, with plenty of bottled water limit two multi-packs per shopper and canned foods.