Navy Sonar Restricted Off Hawaii Coast

March 1, 2008 By SUDHIN THANAWALA, Associated Press Writer

(AP) -- A federal judge has ordered the Navy to take additional precautions when conducting sonar exercises off Hawaii that environmentalists say can seriously injure or kill marine mammals.

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