A Maui woman at the center of an alleged mortgage scam targeting Hawaiian homeowners is now demanding over $50 million in damages from the federal government. Mahealani Ventura-Oliver, whose home was one of several raided on April 7, 2009 by the FBI as part of its investigation of a mortgage fraud scheme, has filed documents [...]
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The main course–today’s Feline Friday foto gallery–is coming soon. But first a few items I’ve been setting aside all week. A web site devoted to cat ladders? Sounds like a stretch, doesn’t it? But here’s a site that has collected some 700 photos of cat ladders of all types and styles designed to get favored [...]
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Several media items to start the day. A reader called my attention to this first case. According to a “reader submitted” item in the Honolulu Advertiser last month from Su Shin, Sandwich Isles Communications held a “virtual field trip” to showcase its newly completed fiber optic cable linking five islands. The Advertiser item doesn’t tell [...]
