http://www.mauinews.comTop Headlinesen-usFri, 16 May 2008 15:15:20 EDTFri, 16 May 2008 15:15:20 EDThttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rsshttp://www.mauinews.com/page/content.detail/id/503794.htmlHONOLULU - A Maui native praised as "one of the great human beings of our time" died Wednesday on Oahu.<br /><br /> John Keolamaka'ainanakalahuio-kalanikamehameha'ekolu Lake - kumu hula of Halau Mele, 32-year educator at St. Louis School in Honolulu and spiritual guide to Hawaiian Canoe Club of Kahului - succumbed to cancer of the larynx at 7:20 a.m. at Straub Clinic & Hospital, family members saiThu, 15 May 2008 16:09:34 EDThttp://www.mauinews.com/page/content.detail/id/503795.htmlWAILUKU - The Maui County Council set property tax rates for the 2009 fiscal year in a special hearing Wednesday, voting 5-0 for a resolution that will keep property tax rates at current levels in the coming fiscal year.<br /><br /> The action sets the estimated revenue base for the 2008-09 county budget, which runs from July 1 through June 30, 2009.<br /><br /> In a series of three hearings WednThu, 15 May 2008 16:12:05 EDThttp://www.mauinews.com/page/content.detail/id/503796.htmlA former Maui student said she was preparing for a dance class as part of a study abroad program Monday at the Sichuan Dance Conservatory in Chengdu, China, when she heard a loud rumbling.<br /><br /> It was "like a drum roll," said Brigham Young University senior Ashley Bowers, of the violent shaking that she felt.<br /><br /> Bowers, 23, and a couple of other female students ran to a bathroom doThu, 15 May 2008 16:17:04 EDThttp://www.mauinews.com/page/content.detail/id/503797.htmlThe Hawaii chapter of the American Red Cross said the national organization is working with sister agencies in Myanmar and China to assist in the recovery from disasters in the two countries.<br /><br /> In noting the effort, the Red Cross said it does not need volunteers or donations of goods that cannot be sent to the two countries, but it can use funds to continue to assist the recovery effortsThu, 15 May 2008 16:17:48 EDThttp://www.mauinews.com/page/content.detail/id/503798.htmlWAILUKU - State sheriff's deputies joined Maui police traffic officers to ticket motorists who weren't properly buckled up Wednesday morning in Wailuku, as Click It Or Ticket enforcement entered its first week.<br /><br /> During about 90 minutes on Main and Wells streets near Hoapili Hale, the 2nd Circuit Courthouse, 16 people were cited for seat-belt violations, said police traffic investigatorThu, 15 May 2008 16:20:42 EDT