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Hawaii Scores Pirate Booty and WAC is All That


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January 21, 2010
20 years
Length of the new franchise agreement between the state of Hawaii and Oceanic Time Warner; the cable giant and the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs finalized the deal last week

$85 million
"Direct and indirect spending" expected to be generated in Hawaii by Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, which will be filmed on Oahu and Kauai this summer

9
Number of University of Hawaii football players named to the Western Athletic Conference's "all-decade" team, more than any other school

$60
Cost of checking two bags on an American Airlines flight after a fee hike took effect this week; American has tripled its baggage fees in the last five months

Sources: Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Hawaii.gov/gov, Western Athletic Conference, American Airlines, Pacific Business News

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    January 21, 2010 | 10:36 PM

    Gee, reconsidering killing the Superferry now folks? $60 for TWO bags on United, vs. what, $59 to load up the car till the suspension is about to crumble under the weight? Hawaiian probably isn't better.

    Anonymous does not forgive
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