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Local News
•	High surf draws crowd
•	Grandmother needs help with 4 kids she's raising
•	Aloha to the queen of feathers
•	Marines map out a bold energy plan
•	Students’ need to take out loans on rise amid slumping economy
•	Finance Factors has huge Mainland real estate stake
•	Share your thoughts of statehood's impact
MILITARY AFFAIRS
•	Marines start over in Afghanistan
•	Sailor who died failed to heed warnings
EDUCATION
•	For new graduates, bigger bills already piled up
BIG ISLAND
•	Prisoner, 47, dies in custody of Hilo police
•	Big Isle woman dies after hit by car
OTHER NEWS
•	Brilliant Venus and Jupiter pair up in the night sky
HAWAI'I BRIEFS
•	Three divers rescued off Mokunui isle
•	Obituaries
LEE CATALUNA
•	Aloha to the queen of feathers
WILLIAM COLE
•	Hawaii-based combat team settles into Kuwait
ADVERTISER CHRISTMAS FUND
•	Grandmother needs help with 4 kids she's raising