The 25-foot waves expected on O'ahu's North Shore didn't materialize yesterday, but people still found plenty of reason to head for the country. And even though wave faces on the North Shore reached "only" 18 to 20 feet, the awesome walls of water at Sunset Beach didn't disappoint.

The Marines, who pride themselves on being bold, want to build the state's largest photovoltaic solar farm and a biofuel electricity-producing plant on base, both of which would not only meet all of the Marines' power needs by 2015, but exceed them, officials said.

University of Hawai'i graduate student Nolan Kido says he's lucky "Granny" loves him. "She allows me to live in her basement so I can afford to eat," said Kido, 29, of 'Aiea, who is in his second year pursuing a doctorate in accounting at UH-Manoa.