Battered by what he termed, “one of the toughest economies we've ever faced as an athletic department,” University of Hawaii athletic director Jim Donovan said he expects to report a $2.58 million deficit for the fiscal year that closes today.

"Mighty Mo," the former USS Missouri, will be towed two miles from Pier Foxtrot-5 at Ford Island to Drydock No. 4 as early as October for more than $12 million worth of repairs.

Sgt. Eric Fraley is 7,500 miles away, at a military base in Afghanistan. But on Sunday night the Marine was in the room at Kapi'olani Medical Center when his first child was being born, coaching his wife through breathing techniques, thanks to video conferencing technology.