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| University of Arizona announces program to help ease some student's debt The University of Arizona has created a program that will allow qualifying students to earn a four year degree without going into debt. |
| Tucson police radar van schedule for Thursday The city’s police radar van is scheduled to snap photos of speeders at the following locations this morning, according to the Tucson Police Department’s Web site. |
| Tucson Police Foundation to announce new officer safety initiative Friday Nearly two weeks after Tucson Police Officer Erik Hite was fatally wounded, the Tucson Police Foundation is rolling out a new program that will be used by the department when an officer is injured in the line of duty. |
| Two kids, ages 1 and 3, found on Phoenix freeway onramp A man was taken into custody by Phoenix police after two of his four very young children were found walking on a freeway onramp during morning rush hour. |
| Man seeks reimbursement after rain ruins graduation, jacket A man has filed a claim with the Gilbert Public Schools district after his son's high school graduation — and his own jacket — were ruined by rain at the outdoor ceremony last month. |
| Arizona man drowns in Gunlock Reservoir A 20-year-old Arizona man drowned in southern Utah's Gunlock Reservoir while swimming with friends. |
| Obama leads McCain in new poll of Wisconsin voters Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama leads Republican John McCain by 13 percentage points in a new poll of Wisconsin voters. |
| 5 arrested in rash of drive-by shootings A man and four Mesa teenagers have been arrested in connection with 17 drive-by shootings that left cars and homes riddled with bullet holes in Tempe, Mesa and Chandler, authorities said. |
| Mesa man arrested for threatening 2 policemen A 19-year-old man suspected of confronting and making death threats to two Mesa police officers has been arrested. |
| 2 charged in London with giving Amy Winehouse drugs Police have charged a man and a woman in London with supplying drugs to Amy Winehouse. |
| Not all Democrats supporting Obama Barack Obama, for all his attention and primary successes, does not go over so well in a fair number of Democratic lawmakers' home districts. So it seems there is little chance that some will endorse him for president. |
| Judge rules for Marana in sewer- system bid A Maricopa County judge ruled Wednesday that Marana has the right to own and operate its own sewer system, the first step in the town's effort to control wastewater produced by its residents. |
| Energy outlook bleak for Arizona and U.S., economist tells forum PHOENIX — Halting the rising cost of gasoline, now at a national average of $4.05 per gallon, has become a dominating theme of the 2008 election. |
| Astronomy group strokes poor Pluto's bruised ego The same group that demoted Pluto from planet to dwarf two years ago has decided to honor it by giving its name to potentially thousands of similar objects at the edge of our solar system. |
| TUSD Ethnic Studies targeted Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne will hold a press conference today to say why he thinks Tucson's largest school district should "abolish its Ethnic Studies Department." |
| North Side mobile-home fire kills resident A man on oxygen who officials say was smoking was killed Wednesday in a fire at his North Side mobile home. |
| Top professor leaving UA for UC-Riverside; cites cuts in budget The University of Arizona has lost a premier biochemistry researcher, who cited a continued lack of state support as one of his main reasons for heading to California. |
| New approach to juvenile crime If you had visited the juvenile lockup in Pima County a decade ago — at the height of the adult-time-for-adult-crime campaign — you'd have seen young people sleeping in the cafeteria because of overcrowding. |
| Alleged shooter's father writes to victims The father of a Tucson man accused of shooting three law-enforcement officers, killing one, has sent the men and their families letters of apology and condolences. |
| BP K-9 unit finds 1,700-plus lbs. of pot in Sonoita More than 1,700 pounds of marijuana were seized Tuesday at a checkpoint in Sonoita from a tractor-trailer. |
| Small fire forces 60 to evacuate from 2 South Side businesses About 60 employees from two businesses were briefly evacuated from a building Wednesday morning when a small fire broke out on the South Side. |
| Mars lander shakes its booty; soil test back on track For a beleaguered team working on one of the UA-led Phoenix Mars lander's premier experiments, the seventh time was the charm. |
| Memorial billboard to honor slain Tucson police officer A memorial billboard in honor of Tucson police Officer Erik Hite will be installed this morning at the southeast corner of South Kolb and East Golf Links roads. |
| Delich documents say searches turned up guns, ammo, pot Investigators found guns, thousands of rounds of ammunition and marijuana during searches of the home and car of the man accused of killing Tucson police Officer Erik Hite, according to search-warrant returns unsealed Wednesday. |
| Fortune cookies, Mexican-style SIERRA VISTA — Open a Dichos cookie and you will find a slip of paper with a message. |
| Thousands of stimulus payments confiscated PHOENIX — Thousands of people in Arizona have had their economic stimulus payments confiscated because of outstanding federal and state debts, government officials said. |
| Lawmakers to feds: Keep your Real IDs PHOENIX — State legislators gave final approval Wednesday to a ban on Arizona participating in the federal government's Real ID program. |
| New law shields Sky Harbor fuel supply, but only for now PHOENIX — A new state law could beef up security for Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport's sole source of jet fuel, but it's unclear who will pay for any future safety upgrades. |
| Renzi co-indictee is found guilty in unrelated Texas case A businessman named in an indictment with Arizona Congressman Rick Renzi has been convicted in Texas on unrelated charges of lying to a federally insured financial institution. |
| Body found in desert on South Side Tucson police are investigating the discovery of a badly decomposed body found Wednesday on the South Side. |
| Deaths The deceased are from Tucson unless otherwise noted. Occupations are stated when available. |
| Tucson Time Capsule : in the Valley of the moon |
| Jimmy's forecast High pressure will once again drive the temperature into the triple digits today. On Tuesday we had the hottest temperature of the year so far at 106. I expect we will equal that this weekend, probably on both Saturday and Sunday. Next week won't be quite as hot, but still in triple digits. |
| Plea deal implodes, strands Iranian in U.S. prison FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Indicted in a scheme to obtain night vision goggles for Iran, Shahrazad Mir Gholikhan decided after three years to turn herself in. |
| Raza Studies empowers youths As the daughter of two teachers, the value of higher education was instilled in me at an early age. However, receiving a fair and equitable education is a continuing challenge for my family and I. |
| U.S. life expectancy tops 78 years Americans are living longer, with life expectancy topping 78 years for the first time, as death rates dropped for a host of ailments, said U.S. health researchers. |
| Cutting-edge vaccine for bird flu looks promising The first experimental bird-flu vaccine made from lab-grown cells instead of chicken eggs shows promise in blocking the lethal virus, scientists report. |
| FDA cracks down on sellers of raw milk SAN FRANCISCO — Dairy owner Mark McAfee started selling raw milk in 2000, marketing it to customers who believe it contains beneficial microbes that treat everything from asthma to autism. |
| U.S. life expectancy tops 78 as serious diseases decline ATLANTA — For the first time, U.S. life expectancy has surpassed 78 years, the government reported Wednesday, although the United States continues to lag behind about 30 other countries in estimated life span. |
| I will win your state, McCain says in Pa. PHILADELPHIA — Speaking at a town-hall meeting in Philadelphia on Wednesday, Sen. John McCain promised a vigorous campaign to carry Pennsylvania in November. Earlier in the day, he said that it was "not too important" exactly when U.S. troops leave Iraq. |
| VP screener quits Obama campaign WASHINGTON — A former CEO leading Barack Obama's search for a vice presidential candidate resigned abruptly Wednesday after questions about his home mortgage deals became a distraction for a candidate who argues he's not influenced by special interests. |
| Libya's Gadhafi criticizes Obama TRIPOLI, Libya — Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi criticized Barack Obama on Wednesday, accusing the U.S. presidential candidate of not living up to his campaign slogan of "change" because of recent comments on Israel. |
| Space crunch hits 2 districts The state's budget deficit has put some local school projects in limbo as district and state officials wait for the Legislature's decision on whether it will pay for school construction. |
| L.A. obscenity trial suspended over judge's Web site PASADENA, Calif. — A federal judge overseeing a case exploring the extreme fringe of pornography suspended the obscenity trial after a newspaper reported he had posted sexually explicit photos and videos on his own Web site. |
| Community notes Sahuarita/ Green Valley |
| Waste-plant expansion to greatly cut smell, too Sahuarita is working to resolve its smelliest problem: expanding and modernizing the town's wastewater-treatment plant. |
| Opinion by Bonnie Henry : Uplifting airlift Two sticks of chewing gum would change his life — while brightening the lives of thousands of children in postwar Berlin. |
| Woman burns grocery store clerk with cigarette Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:47:04 GMT |
| Twister kills at least 4, hurts 40 at western Iowa Boy Scout camp DES MOINES, Iowa — A tornado struck a western Iowa Boy Scout camp Wednesday, killing at least four people and injuring 40, an Iowa Homeland Security spokeswoman said. |
| 11 Pakistani troops die, but 'how' is disputed ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan's army and the U.S. military gave widely differing accounts Wednesday of a clash on the Afghan border that left 11 Pakistani troops dead. |
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