A new Kaua'i grand jury is looking into potential criminal charges against retired car dealer Jimmy Pflueger over the collapse of the Kaloko Reservoir dam, which killed seven people. Led by state Attorney General Mark Bennett, the secret panel is meeting this week in Kaua'i Circuit Court to look into allegations that Pflueger altered the century-old earthen dam, causing the deadly March 2006 breach, people familiar with the proceedings said. More »

Sixth-ranked Hawai'i will take a decade of Western Athletic Conference volleyball dominance, and the humbling knowledge that it was swept by Utah State and New Mexico State in the Stan Sheriff Center over the last year, into this year's WAC Tournament, which opens here this morning at 9:30. More »

Former Marsh & McLennan Cos. executive Chad Karasaki violated his nonsolicitation agreement when, after being hired away last March by competitor Aon Corp. to run its Honolulu office, he launched an effort to lure away 23 Marsh clients, a federal judge in Manhattan ruled. More »

Americans aren't very good at recognizing reasonable portion sizes anymore. "If people could cut down on their portion sizes, this would be the single greatest way to combat the creeping obesity epidemic," says Madelyn Fernstrom, founding director of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Weight Management Center. "It's such a simple concept, but it's hard to do. There's so much hidden fat in food, it's hard to know what a serving size is." More »

Brevity is the soul of Bond. That's a truism producers mercifully remembered for Daniel Craig's second outing as 007. "Quantum of Solace" may have the most cryptic title of a Bond film. It may be so action-packed as to give the "This is more 'Bourne (Identity') than Bond" critics more ammo. More »

An estimated 175,000 veterans of the 1991 Persian Gulf War have long suffered from the debilitating effects of Gulf War illness. A new report, released on Monday, finally told them why. More »