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Federal prosecutors are recommending that Honolulu telecommunications executive Albert Hee be sentenced to up to four years and three months in prison for skimming about $4 million from his company Waimana Enterprises to pay for his children’s college tuition; false salaries to family members; vacations to Disney World, Tahiti, Switzerland and France; and a million-dollar home in Santa Clara, Calif., among dozens of other personal expenses.

Die-hard shoppers gave thanks Thursday morning to door-buster deals and Bluelight specials at Kmart on Nimitz Highway.

In a show of support and solidarity with Paris in the wake of the deadly terrorist attacks, an effort is underway to deliver lei weaved on Maui that altogether measure a mile long to memorial sites honoring victims of the Nov. 13 attacks.

Here's what's open and closed on Thanksgiving.

Firearms stolen from truck in Waianae • Suspect caught with surfers’ belongings • Bus driver accused of braking hard to hurt rider • Rain runoff prompts brown water warnings

On Thanksgiving Day, it seems fitting that Kokua Line devotes its space to readers’ expressions of gratitude, which usually appear intermittently at the end of the column. Each “mahalo” reveals a slice of life in Hawaii today, a moment in time when a person in need was not left wanting.

Fishing for striped mullet will close Tuesday, Dec. 1 for four months to allow the fish to spawn. The state Department of Land and Natural Resources said Monday the fishing season for amaama, or striped mullet, will resume March 31.

A 40-year-old man fired two shots at his car repairman in Wahiawa last week after the mechanic held the suspect’s vehicle for payment, police said.

A gunman robbing a Pearl City game room over the weekend grabbed a plastic bin holding a purse, which later served as a piece of evidence used to identify the suspects.

Holiday meal preparation is expected to get underway shortly after sunrise this morning for a crowd of about 2,000 diners headed to the annual Salvation Army Thanksgiving dinner — a 45-year tradition on Oahu.