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Local News
•	O�ahu turns focus to combatting graffiti
•	New smoking law may shock many businesses
•	For top state job, a muted campaign
•	Judges' jobs at stake in vote
•	500 turn out to make a difference
ELECTION
•	Politicians play up patriotism
EDUCATION
•	$1.7 million grant aims to lure minorities into scientific fields
SCIENCE
•	In rare event, Mercury will transit sun on Nov. 8
ETHNIC AFFAIRS
•	Hawaiian leaders: Give us more say
KAUA'I
•	Kaua'i to consider 'big box' ban
OTHER NEWS
•	State aiming for timely results
•	Grant will help end nursing crisis
HAWAI'I BRIEFS
•	Kona man killed after truck crash
OBITUARIES
•	Minoru Shinoda, historian of Japan
•	Obituaries