Hawaii beats MSU 68-57 in 1st game since fight

Renardo Sidney, Elgin Bailey Fight Video: Mississippi State Basketball Players Fight In Stands
Honolulu -- Two players from Mississippi State's Basketball team fought in the stands Thursday night between games at the Diamond Head Classic Sophomore forward Renardo Sidney and junior forward Elgin Bailey got into the altercation about 10 minutes before the tipoff of the game between tournament host Hawaii and Utah at the Stan Sheriff Center. Punches were thrown in the fight that lasted several minutes and was broken up by teammates. WATCH: Sidney was seen being escorted away by arena ushe...

Hawaii beats MSU 68-57 in 1st game since fight
HONOLULU (AP) — Zane Johnson had 19 points and eight rebounds to lead Hawaii over short-handed Mississippi State 68-57 in the fifth-place game of the Diamond Head Classic on Saturday, the first game for the Bulldogs since they suspended two players for fighting in the stands. The Rainbow Warriors (9-3) controlled the inside and the game with Bulldogs’ top big men Renardo Sidney and Elgin Bailey suspended indefinitely. Sidney and Elgin were involved in a fistfight after the Bulldogs&#...

Mississippi State Fight: Renardo Sidney, Elgin Bailey Suspended For Fighting In Stands (VIDEO)
Honolulu -- The two Mississippi State players caught on camera fighting in the stands of the Diamond Head Classic have been suspended indefinitely and sent home from Hawaii. Renardo Sidney and Elgin Bailey, who are roommates, were involved in a fistfight after the Bulldogs' game Thursday night. The altercation lasted for several minutes before being broken up by teammates and coaches. WATCH: MSU Athletic Director Scott Stricklin sent out a tweet on Friday saying "The actions that took place i...

Obama chilling out in Hawaii heat
KAILUA, Hawaii, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama's family Christmas Vacation in Hawaii isn't what most people would call restful. Obama's wife Michelle and their two daughters flew from Washington last week to the family's rental property in Kailua, on the northeastern shore of the main island. The president joined his family days later after waiting out the last days of this year's Congress. Media dogging Obama noted he skipped his usual morning gym Workout Christmas Day, but spent ...

Hawaii's New Governor Takes Up the Fight Against Birthers (The Atlantic Wire)
WASHINGTON, DC – On Friday, The New York Times reported that Neil Abercrombie, the new Democratic Governor of Hawaii, plans to take aggressive steps to address the "birther" movement--the Conspiracy theorists who believe Barack Obama was born overseas rather than in the United States. The Obama campaign has already posted a certificate of birth from the Hawaii Department of Health on its Web site, and two independent fact-checking organizations have verified its legitimacy, but Abercromb...

Obama visits Marines on Christmas
President Obama and the First Family made a surprise visit Saturday to a Hawaii Marine base to visit with Troops on Christmas Day.  Even though the trip to Marine Corps Base Hawaii was unannounced, Obama has traveled to the base the past two Christmases while vacationing with family and friends in his home state. The Obamas arrived at 3:32 p.m. local time Saturday, according to White House pool reports, and stayed for about 40 minutes, giving Christmas greetings, shaking hands and snapping p...

Johnson runs wild, Tulsa beats No. 24 Hawaii 62-35
HONOLULU (AP) — Damaris Johnson broke loose for 326 all-purpose yards to set an NCAA career record and Tulsa took advantage of six first-half turnovers to beat No. 24 Hawaii 62-35 in the Hawaii Bowl on Friday night. The Golden Hurricane (10-3) grounded the nation’s No. 1 passing offense most of the night and broke it open with a 21-point Third Quarter for their seventh straight win and third consecutive bowl victory. The short and speedy Johnson earned MVP honors, rushing for 98 yard...

Obamas Greet Marines at Christmas Dinner
Saul Loeb/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images President Obama and the First Lady, Michelle Obama, greeted members of the Military and their families at Marine Corps Base Hawaii on Saturday. Honolulu — If twice makes tradition, President Obama has a new one for Christmas Day: greeting Troops during dinner at the Marine Corps Base Hawaii. Mr. Obama, accompanied by his wife, Michelle, dropped by the base mess hall Saturday afternoon, as he did last Christmas. The commander in chief hoisted...

Two Miss. St. players suspended
HONOLULU, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- Mississippi State Athletic Director Scott Stricklin said Friday two of the school's Basketball players would be suspended for fighting. Elgin Bailey and Renardo Sidney threw punches at each other in the stands of the Stan Sheriff Center in Honolulu Thursday prior to Mississippi State's game against San Diego in the Diamond Head Classic. The incident was caught by television cameras and received nationwide publicity. Stricklin said the school had not yet determined how ...

Competition on for presidential library
HONOLULU, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Hawaii wants to be the location for President Obama's library and groups there are already scouting out possible sites, officials said. The library in Hawaii would open in 2019 or 2020, assuming the president is re-elected and picks it to be home to his library, Politico reported. "We have mostly a two-term strategy," said Robert Perkinson, an American studies Professor at the University of Hawaii leading the effort to locate the Presidential Library there. "It's like...

Obama Visits Marines, Families at Hawaii Base
Obama at the Marine Corps Base Hawaii President Barack Obama poses for a picture as he makes a Christmas Day visit to Soldiers and their families at Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kaneohe, Hawaii December 25, 2010 Reuters MSNBC Honolulu — President Barack Obama and the First Lady, Michelle, dropped by a Marine Corps base on Saturday to greet service members and their families during Christmas dinner . The president thanked the Troops at the mess hall at Marine Corps Base Hawaii for the sacri...

'Birther' Battle: Hawaii Governor Abercrombie Offended By Obama Citizenship Questions (Video)
Abercrombie: The 'dark side' is responsible... hawaiinewsnow Honolulu Hawaii Governor Neil Abercrombie said Friday the "dark side" is responsible for accusations Barack Obama is not or should not be president because he was not born in the United States. As governor Abercrombie is optimistic he will be able to quiet at least some of the questions surrounding Obama's birth place. "This has to do with the people in Hawaii who love him, people who loved his mom and dad. This has to do with the r...

Obama Pays Christmas Visit to Hawaii Marine Base
Source: Reuters Obama pays Christmas visit to Hawaii Marine base Sat Dec 25, 2010 10:36pm EST Honolulu (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle took time from their Hawaii Vacation to drop by a Marine Corps base on Saturday, where they greeted service men and women during Christmas dinner. Obama, who has otherwise kept a low profile during the 11-day family holiday and stayed almost completely out of public view, visited the same base last year and the year before on Christmas ...

The Girls Got Game: UConn's Women's Basketball Break Through the Hardwood Ceiling
The triumph of Connecticut Basketball makes geographical sense. The game was invented in Springfield, Massachusetts, as the New England blackbird flies, forty-miles northwest of UConn's Storr's campus. The genius of Springfield College's Dr. James Naismith to nail up peach baskets at either end of a local YMCA gym was matched by the equally brilliant notion of cutting out the bottom of the basket to eliminate the need for an assistant with a ladder to retrieve the ball after each successful ba...

Obama pays Christmas visit to Marines in Hawaii
Honolulu (AP) — President Barack Obama capped a quiet Christmas Saturday with a surprise visit to a Marine base to thank U.S. Troops for the sacrifices they've made, including being away from their families at the holidays. The president, along with his wife, Michelle Obama, spent more than an hour shaking hands and hugging service members who had arrived for Christmas dinner at the mess hall at Marine Corps Base Hawaii. It's the third year in a row the Obamas have visited the base on Christ...

Jarrett: Obama to travel more in 2011
President Barack Obama will be hitting the road more in the coming year, according to one of his top advisers. In an interview aired Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press," Obama senior adviser Valerie Jarrett said Obama is concerned that he's spending too much time in Washington and plans to spend more time mixing and mingling with the public. "He often says that this is his biggest regret is that when he took office, because of the crisis that was presented to him, he had to spend a...

COL FB: Tulsa 62, Hawaii 35
HONOLULU, Dec. 25 (UPI) -- First-half interception returns for touchdowns by John Flanders and Curnelius Amick Friday sent Tulsa storming to a 62-35 win over Hawaii in the Hawaii Bowl. In a game filled with big plays, five of the 13 touchdowns went for at least 30 yards and Tulsa Quarterback G.J. Kinne averaged more than 20 yards per completion. The teams combined for 1,077 yards -- 795 of them through the air. In a span of less than 2 minutes of the Second Quarter, Flanders returned an intercep...

Obama pays Christmas visit to Hawaii Marine base
Honolulu | Sat Dec 25, 2010 10:36pm EST Honolulu (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle took time from their Hawaii Vacation to drop by a Marine Corps base on Saturday, where they greeted service men and women during Christmas dinner. Obama, who has otherwise kept a low profile during the 11-day family holiday and stayed almost completely out of public view, visited the same base last year and the year before on Christmas Day. The president and First Lady shook hands, pose...

Biden reminds Sudan U.S. sees on-time vote as vital
Honolulu | Fri Dec 24, 2010 4:50pm EST Honolulu (Reuters) - Vice President Joe Biden stepped up pressure on Sudan on Friday ahead of its Referendum for southern independence that the United States says must be held in peace and on time. In a telephone call to Sudanese Second Vice President Ali Osman Mohamed Taha, Biden also expressed concern about violence leading to the January 9 vote and "underscored our ongoing concern about engagement with armed proxies," the White House said in a stateme...

Obamas plan quiet Hawaii Christmas
Honolulu — President Obama and his family plan to spend a quiet Christmas at their oceanfront Vacation Home in Hawaii, with hopes that outside events don’t interrupt their holiday. A year ago, the president’s Christmas was disrupted by the attempted bombing of a plane bound for Detroit, and that consumed the rest of Obama’s Vacation. This year, the president has his sights set on a more relaxing holiday after a volatile year and a frenzied lame-duck legislative session. ...

So Does This Make Me a Birther?
So Does This Make Me a “Birther”?Saturday, December 25th, 2010 I’m guessing not. It seems to exclude me from that group: Gov. Neil Abercrombie of Hawaii, who befriended President Obama’s parents when they were university Students here, has been in office for less than three weeks. But he is so incensed over “birthers” — the Conspiracy theorists who assert that Mr. Obama was born in Kenya and was thus not eligible to become president — that he is seeking ways

Obama pays Christmas visit to Hawaii Marine base
Honolulu | Sat Dec 25, 2010 10:36pm EST Honolulu (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle took time from their Hawaii Vacation to drop by a Marine Corps base on Saturday, where they greeted service men and women during Christmas dinner. Obama, who has otherwise kept a low profile during the 11-day family holiday and stayed almost completely out of public view, visited the same base last year and the year before on Christmas Day. The president and First Lady shook hands, pose...

Pakistan Food Centers Shut After Suicide Bombing
Dec. 25, 2010: Pakistani men weep as they stand beside their relative who was injured in the Suicide bombing in Bajur tribal region. KHAR, Pakistan - KHAR, Pakistan-- Authorities have temporarily closed food aid distribution centers in northwest Pakistan, an official said Sunday, a day after a female Suicide Bomber killed 45 people and wounded scores more outside a World Food Program depot in the region. Shafiq Khan, an official with the WFP food distribution project, said the regional gov...

Winner's circle: A look back at the champions of 2010
With these teams, what goes around, comes around - when it comes to titles. Most have won it all before, although the Saints and Rapids are newcomers, and the Giants and Blackhawks haven't been there in a while. To all, we salute! 16 L.A. Lakers NBA | The Lakers secured their 16th title with a fourth-quarter rally in Game 7 to defeat the Boston Celtics 83-79 on June 17. Finals MVP Kobe Bryant, below, scores 23 points in capturing his fifth crown. 8 Alabama BCS football | With a 37-21 victory...

Chicago, Hawaii Fight Over Obama Presidential Library
Politico reports: As President Barack Obama prepares to battle with Republicans for a Second Term, another fight is already brewing: where to enshrine his legacy once he leaves office. The effort to play host city to Obama’s Presidential Library is being complicated by the peripatetic life he has had. His diverse background — a fixture of his political brand — is now fueling a debate at a time when the White House would like to focus on anything but where to store the Obama archives. The