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iaiAKiiuiiciin.bUM OBAMA INAUGURATION taV-Buiitin -V WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON 12109 SINCE 1882 50C 1 BUSINESS Matson will lay off 60 nonunion employees Matson Navigation the state's largest ocean cargo carrier, says it will lay o(f 10 percent, or 60, of its nonunion workers by the end of the first quarter due to an expected slowdown in business. Hawaii Page 7 HTA CUTBACKS: The Hawaii Tourism Authority's budget committee lowers its fiscal year 2009 budget to $71 million from $88 million. Hawaii Page 8 1 I HAWAII Lawmakers cite tight budget 6 The state's money woes dominated opening day speeches at the Legislature today. House Speaker Calvin Say called the situation the worst he's seen in 32 years. He proposed cutting the 4 percent excise tax while Senate President Colleen Hanabusa proposed deferring the transit tax.

Page 1 NATION WORLD Guantanamo to close within a year President Barack Obama's administration is circulating an executive order calling for closure of the detention center at Guantanamo Bay. He also froze salaries of White House employees who earn more $100,000 annually. Page 3 w. Brushing up on Scottish cuisine At the Hawaii Convention Center, plans are afoot to feed a crowd for Burns Night, honoring Scottish poet Robert Burns. For chef Doug Rothenburger, this means studying up on delicacies such as haggis and Tipsy Laird.

Page 1 1 I i i 1 1 i 1.. A CRaiG T. CkOjimaSTaRBullETin.COm SVvtLT i.itAT: A new Chinese bakery has opened on Maunakea Street to replace the dear, departed Shung Chong Yuein. Run by relatives of the Ng family that closed the old shop in 2007, the new store called Sing Cheong Yuan Bakery offers the same goodies. Page 1 iv, ihmiAm ftWifitffiilititfk 'MV'in- 'MU SPORTS Sports steps aside for politics From LeBron James watching Barack Obama make history, to Steelers coach Mike Tomlin pushing back a Super Bowl news conference, sports stopped to watch.

Page 1 ASSOCIATED PRESS ALSO IN TODAY'S PAPER President Barack Obama flashed the "shaka" sign several times as the marching band of Punahou School, his Hawaii high school alma mater, led off yesterday's inaugural parade down Pennsylvania Avenue In Washington, D.C. Classifieds Inside Movies Today3 Comics Today8 Obituaries Hawaii6 Opinion Page 8 Prime-time TV Today6 Legal notices Weather Page 4 Vol. 127 No. 354 5 sections Copyright 2009 All rights reserved INSIDE OUR COMMEMORATIVE SECTION PEOPLE Hudson's relative pleads not guilty Aroundup "Aloha!" Fashionistas From Russia, In this section, of the day's President worldwide to Egypt, to Hawaii events historic events, Obama touts finally get to see Lebanon, the celebrate its plus perspective to the delight of what Michelle world reacts native son with on what this hundreds at last and Barack to the new aWaikiki gala momentous nights Home Obama president. And in ball, Punahou inauguration States Ball for wear to the gala Obama, Japan, parade, NAACP symbolizes Illinois and events.The some 200 event and a about our couple does not people joyfully festive party at country.

going on?" disappoint. mark the event, Aloha Tower. Page 2 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Pages 6-7 CHICAGO Jennifer Hudson's brother-in-law, William Balfour, right, pleaded not guilty yesterday to charges he shot to death the Oscar-winning actress's mother and brother and the 7-year-old son of his estranged wife. Balfour, 27, entered not guilty pleas to first-degree murder and home invasion charges after nodding to members of his family in the courtroom. Balfour is married to Jennifer Hudson's sister, Julia Hudson.

He is charged in the October deaths of the sisters' mother, Darnell Donerson, their brother, Jason Hudson, and Julia Hudson's 7-year-old son, Julian King. Prosecutors allege Balfour shot the three in a jealous rage because he was upset Julia Hudson had been dating another man. ASSOCIATED PRESS MORE PEOPLE, TODAY PAGE 7 INSIDE COLUMNISTS fit Simple macaroni-and-ham recipe offers comfort after holiday stress By Request: Betty Shimabukuro, right, experiments with a comforting casserole of ham and macaroni. Today Page 1 Opinion: Celebration of President Barack Obama's inauguration is deserved as an African-American milestone and as a re Water main break floods McCully home Traffic on a busy street is disrupted and dozens of customers lose water. Hawaii Page 4 TO REACH US Sllhvrlntinna IVKLvlQ.iq i i III I I ill I 1 Classifieds 524-STAR i till I ll il il il it ill Npmmnin 90-4747 flection of his Hawaii roots.

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