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SWEETEST 54 -l How your day goes depends on what you ate for breakfast TASTE focuses 2007 SPORTS p.r-r- I CPB pursues foreclosure on UtrAUL I Bay View Golf Park. BUSINESS Isle students again top national average on ACT. HAWAII EMmO SEASON 1 Fab 50 series today Sf -jJ on UH's 1 2-0 team of psn ho A WEDNESDAY dvertiser nit i i AUGUST 1 9, 2009 CALL 538-NEWS TO SUBSCRIBE HAWAII'S COMPLETE SOURCE O'AHU, $1 NEIGHBOR ISLANDS HOME HNAL HonoluluAdvertiser Connect to your community online. On the site today: LIVE CHAT TV mews merger a sngna of ttlfoe times SEX ABUSE ALLEGED Women prisoners returning to Isles "Mi" 1 THE HOT SEAT Mike McCartney of the Hawaii Tourism Authority answers your questions live at noon. POLL 7 rS2 -v-' A j) 1 "nihil vrT? NEWS STAFF: 55; Total staff: 91 I I BY DERRICK DePLEDGE Advertiser Government Writer Women inmates from Hawaii will be removed from a Kentucky prison for safety reasons after allegations that some were sexually abused by prison guards, the state Department of Public Safety announced yesterday.

Clayton Frank, the department's director, said 40 women inmates were transferred back to the Islands on Monday and most of the 128 women remaining at Otter Creek Correctional Center in Wheelwright will return within a month. Several women serving lengthy sentences will be moved to other Mainland prisons, according to the department Frank said many inmates wanted to stay at Otter Creek because they believe they are benefiting from its prison services. SEE PRISON, A6 TV STATIONS TO MERGE What do you think of the three-way consolidation? Go to the home page and vote. VIDEO ANCHORS: Tannya Joaquin, Stacy Loe, Keahi Tucker MAY RATINGS: '09 '08 6 p.m. local news la of households 9 7 mmmmmmmKMMiitlitTntKftVIFffa- rrJflW6i-'i mi-ij.

watching 1 Photos by BRUCE ASATO The Honolulu Advertiser Veteran KHNL reporter Minna Sugimoto works on a story in the newsroom of the NBC affiliate Channel 8. KHNL will merge newsrooms with KGMB and K5. i NEWS STAFF: 45; Total staff (including K5): 107 $1 STEAK PLATE Drive-Inn in the Ke'eaumoku Wal-Mart drew crowds with its cheap-eats offer, a fundraiser for "Save Our Sports." FACEBOOK AFGHAN ELECTION Tough task lies ahead for winner 'I 08 pJ OH KGMB9, KHNL and K5 will eliminate more than a third of their 198 employees BY RICK DAYSOQ Advertiser Staff Writer KGMB9, KHNL and K5 television stations will merge operations, eliminate more than a third of their staffs and simulcast news programs to cut costs and ensure they survive the current economic decline. Responding to a drop in ad revenue, the local CBS affiliate, NBC affiliate and the broadcaster of University of Hawaii sporting events will combine newsrooms to create what they said would be the state's largest television news department The three stations will continue as separate channels and non-news programming will remain largely as it is today. SEE MERGER, A2 ANCHORS: Stephanie Lum, Krlstine Uyeno MAY RATINGS: '09 6 p.m.

local newt of households 3 watching Source: KGMB9. KHNL, Nielsen Media Research Advertiser News Services KABUL Both the winner of tomorrow's Afghan presidential election and his international partners face a daunting game of catch-up if they are to turn the tide of the Taliban insurgency. They will all confront the added challenge of growing I 1 Consolidation biggest on-air change since '95 BE A FAN The Advertiser is on Facebook. Fan us and be linked to our content and discussion boards. PHOTOS See a video and more pictures from the stations at war-weariness among Afghans, Americans and other nations that provide troops.

Resources are INSIDE Media asked not to report violence on election day A3 H0N0LULUADYERTISER.COM 4 BY DAN NAKASO Advertiser Staff Writer The landscape of television news in Hawaii will undergo its biggest change in nearly 15 years as on-air talent disappears over the next few months and a new, single broadcast emerges for three separate stations. Television news depart- INSIDE KGMB9 staffers react to the news I A2 3 the same news team for separate news broadcasts tight among coalition members facing their own domestic economic problems. The international community is desperate for an Afghan president seen as capable of tackling the problems of insurgency, narcotics and government corruption. SEE AFGHAN, A10 mem uoui vv aMungi, times u.u,touieveianaioLos -lt t. nwnpr: nf Angeles recently have GMB9, KHNL and K5 agreed to share news now plan t0 create a sin- videos.

And in Hawai'i, KHNL and K5 already use KGMB9 will move from its Kapi'olani Boulevard offices, which have been sold, to KHNL's facilities in Kalihi. SEE CHANGES, A2 STUDENTS MOVE IN The newest tenants in UH dorms got settled in yesterday. CONTACT US News tips 525-8090 Missing paper 538-6397 Advertising 525-7653 COPYRIGHT, 2009 Driver in crash that killed 4 farm workers gets parole At John Szemkow, who went before the parole board Aug. 10, has serious medical conditions and has been in a prison infirmary since his conviction. Advertiser library photo request for parole are confidential "The information that they pass on to us doesn't include deliberations," he said.

"It's just that the parole board felt it could grant him parole and it wouldn't compromise public safety." Earlier this month Szemkow, 49, completed a one-year jail sen- SEE KUNIA, A5 has been granted parole, Paroling Authority administrator Max Otani confirmed yesterday. John Szemkow, who has maintained he was not involved in the crash, could be released within the next two to three weeks, the amount of time typically needed to complete and file paperwork. Otani said the parole board's reasons for accepting Szemkows Szemkow, who has been in prison 1 year, insists he's the 'wrong guy' BY WILL HOOVER Advertiser Staff Writer The man convicted of causing a vehicle crash three years ago that killed four people and injured eight others on Kunia Road ft. 0 3 A GANNETT NEWSPAPER.