At the first thought of Hawaii, a snowstorm rarely comes to mind.

However, the access road to the summit of Mauna Kea on the Big Island was forced to close, according to reports, due to snow.

Bible belters are among the most generous to the unfortunate, while New Englanders are the least likely to contribute to charities, according to the Catalogue of Philanthropy's Generosity Index.

For the fourth year running, New Hampshire was the most scrooge-like, with Mississippi remaining the most generous.

Despite the law against online gambling, officials in Hawaii and five other states fail to prosecute offenders.

Hawaiians have been able to wager thousands of dollars in poker tournaments and other games of chance without fear of arrest.

Experts in Hawaii are beginning work to identify the remains of a World War II airman found frozen atop a California mountain last week.

The airman's remains are being investigated at a laboratory that serves as part of the military's Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command in Hawaii. The lab identifies the remains of lost soldiers.

Researchers looking for ways to eradicate toxic cane toads have found a way to trap them using ultra-violet "disco" lights.

Introduced from Hawaii in 1935, the pests are now an environmental menace, spreading in the millions across Australia's tropical north. Cane toads, some as big as dinner plates, can even kill crocodiles and wild dogs with their hallucinogenic venom.