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...lightning strike just after sunset Friday in Hawaii apparently pulled the plug on most of the island of Oahu, where President-elect Barack Obama and his family are vacationing. One power plant continued to operate and parts of the island's western sector continued to have electricity. The compound where the Obamas are residing in an $11 million home was reported to have a power generator. But the rest of the island, including the state capital Honolulu, was plunged into darkness and confusion for nearly twelve hours. (See pictures of Barack Obama's family tree...
...Hawaii-born Obama, his wife and daughters Sasha and Malia are staying at Paradise Point Estates, an enclave of homes at the end of a private road in the exclusive beachside community of Kailua, located on Oahu's Windward side. There are three homes in the compound where Obama is staying; the future first family is occupying a property featuring 5,000 square feet of interior living space and a 1,900 square foot lanai. With reporting by Betsy Burton/Oahu and Howard Chua-Eoan...
...Paradise Point Estates, an enclave of homes at the end of a private road in the exclusive beachside community of Kailua, located on Oahu's Windward side. Titcomb, Obama's childhood friend, arranged the rental properties for Obama's family and staff. There are three homes in the compound where Obama is staying; the future first family is occupying an $11 million property featuring 5,000 square feet of interior living space and a 1,900 square foot lanai...
...have been dealing with the daily motorcade that leaves sometime after 7 a.m. when Obama heads to the Semper Fit Ultimate Health and Fitness Club located at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, in nearby Kaneohe. Alan Shinn, who lives a block away from the security checkpoint leading to the Obama compound on Kailuana Place, says all day long cars drive down to the checkpoint and are turned away, usually with a passenger holding a camera inside. "Everybody is excited about him being that close," says Shinn, "There are a lot of people walking by, people we've never seen...
...bottom of the fall: "The Blackfoot term for a buffalo jump is pishkun, which translates roughly to 'deep blood kettle' ... Anyone whose sensitivities are disturbed by modern slaughterhouse practices would be utterly repulsed by the mayhem at the foot of a buffalo jump. In the fall, buffalo suffered compound fractures. Splintered femurs were driven far enough into bodies to puncture stomachs and spill contents. Buffalo landed on other buffalo. Their horns and hooves ripped into each other's hides and flesh. The backs of the buffalo's eyes turned red with blood. Unhurt animals were trapped under the weight...