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Local News
•	Inspectors rechecking Chinatown
•	Obama orders air security to remain tight
•	Merrie Monarch Festival tickets go on sale
•	Hawaii's welfare numbers rising for first time in decade
•	Hawaii's counties rattled by plan to cut them out of hotel room tax
•	Obama low-profile on Hawaii vacation, but security isn't
•	Planning for new Maui jail on track
MILITARY AFFAIRS
•	Female vets face struggle
•	Academy's religious climate improves
OTHER NEWS
•	Economic woes dominated year
•	Day-after shoppers come to buy, browse
•	Distinguished in Käne'ohe
•	2009 wasn't perfect, but still a fine year
•	Men who drowned from Lä'ie, Waipahu
HAWAI'I BRIEFS
•	Realtors donate $10,000 for Isle libraries
•	Obituaries
WILLIAM COLE
•	Vietnam dog tags not MIAs