In a comment heard 'round the sports world, University of Hawai'i football coach Greg McMackin yesterday made an admittedly "offensive" slur that not only created widespread stir but rebuke from one local gay and lesbian support group.

The Army will take its lifeguards off a stretch of beach fronting Hale Koa Hotel in Waikiki to cut costs, starting Oct. 1.

Thirteen new deputies graduated yesterday from the state Sheriff's Academy in Pearl City and are ready to join the approximately 300 state sheriffs already on the job.