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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — ‘Apono: Endorse
PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY — Mun i kilim: Menstruating
HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “Only dogs stare.”
HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “Hollywood is high school with money.“ – Martin Mull

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WEB SURF SPOT OF THE WEEK — Anchorage Daily News
WEB VIDEO OF THE WEEK — Keating Economics
NETCAST OF THE WEEK — McCain’s Voicemail to Obama
GOOD DEED SITE OF THE WEEK —  World Rainforest Network

EVENTS ON THIS DAY — October 18th
1867: The United States took possession of Alaska from Russia – Alaska Day
1962: Dr. James D. Watson of the United States, and Dr. Francis Crick and Dr. Maurice Wilkins of Britain, were named winners of the Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology for their work in determining the double-helix molecular structure of DNA.
1968: The U.S. Olympic Committee suspends two black athletes, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, for giving a “black power” salute as a protest during a victory ceremony in Mexico City
2007: Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto returned to Pakistan, ending eight years of self-imposed exile; a suicide bombing in a crowd welcoming her killed more than 140 people, but Bhutto escaped unhurt.