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| Teen girls hit with machete at bus stop Two teenage girls were injured — one critically — Monday when a stranger attacked them with a machete as they waited for a bus in Midtown, police said Thursday. |
| Fans and non-fans flock to Sheriff Joe event here Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio came to Tucson on Thursday evening, but the wildly polarized greeting he got at a Midtown book signing probably made him feel right at home. |
| Supervisor debate raucous at times The Democratic candidates for the Pima County Board of Supervisors squared off over elections integrity, growth and budget oversight at a sometimes raucous debate Thursday hosted by the Pima County Democratic Nucleus Club. |
| Ariz. Episcopal bishop: Gay's exclusion 'insult' The bishop of Arizona's Episcopalians says it's "insulting" that an openly gay American bishop was not invited to next week's Lambeth Conference, a worldwide meeting of the Anglican Communion. |
| Kids age 11 must get shots to start class An alert to Arizona parents with children about to start sixth grade: You have an extra responsibility this summer. |
| Change of command Col. P.J. Johnson took command of Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in a Thursday morning ceremony attended by hundreds of airmen, civic officials and other military backers. |
| Coronado warns on weekend flood risk With rain being forecast into the weekend, the Coronado National Forest is taking precautions to ensure that visitors are safe. |
| Tucson Time Capsule : On track for a better track |
| Neighbors roundup EAST |
| light-rail system is tested in Phoenix |
| Helicopter pilot cites dust in June crash ASH FORK — The pilot of a medical helicopter that crashed while landing near Ash Fork told federal investigators he was blinded by dust and thought he was climbing in the seconds before he went down. |
| Fund reports shed light on Pinal campaigns Bryan Martyn is leading the race to raise funds for the pivotal District 2 supervisor seat in Pinal County, while the campaign of his possible Democratic competitor is just beginning. |
| Agency cooperation credited with curtailing measles here A coordinated county, state and federal response to a measles outbreak in Southern Arizona seems to have succeeded in curtailing the episode at 22 cases. |
| Mexico defends release of suspect sought in slaying of border agent The United States did not ask Mexico to arrange for a suspect's extradition in the death of a Border Patrol agent until the man had been freed, a Mexican government spokesman said Thursday. |
| Ken Starr to represent AZ in English case PHOENIX — The Legislature has hired an attorney best known for his role in the impeachment of Bill Clinton to take on its fight over spending more to teach English to those not proficient in the language. |
| Deaths The deceased are from Tucson unless otherwise noted. Occupations are stated when available. |
| Fired police official, 2 ex-sergeants allege Marana gender bias The former assistant chief of the Marana Police Department has filed a gender-discrimination complaint, alleging she was subjected to a hostile work environment and retaliation. |
| Mexican arrested in attempt to smuggle 47 lbs. of heroin A man was arrested Monday in connection with an attempt to smuggle more than 40 pounds of heroin into the United States through a Nogales port of entry, an official said Thursday. |
| Jimmy's forecast An upper-level low has moved into the central part of Pima County, bringing plenty of moisture along with it. This will give us a lot of shower activity, with some thunderstorms, through Saturday. This low will move north sometime later Saturday, getting us back to scattered showers and warmer. |
| UA pet-ed program teaches responsibilities of animal ownership Our tails are wagging over plans by the University of Arizona to raise students' awareness about the responsibilities of owning a pet. It's a paw-sitive (Sorry, we couldn't resist.) step that has the potential to significantly help Tucson animals. |
| Secondhand smoke fading away with growth of U.S. laws ATLANTA — Nearly half of non-smoking Americans are still breathing in cigarette fumes, but the percentage has declined dramatically since the early 1990s, according to a government study released Thursday. |
| Toxins threat in domestic caviar garners limited attention SMITHLAND, Ky. — The buzz of an outboard motor sends pelicans skyward as Charlie Hopkins' skiff glides along the Ohio River to paddlefish nets placed beneath the murky surface. |
| RTA election ballot recount: Bring it on! Instead of destroying or continuing to mothball the 2006 Regional Transportation Authority election ballots, let's recount them and put the whole controversy behind us. If they cannot be recounted at this time, then they must be preserved until any controversy surrounding that election is resolved. |
| Obama frames contrast on varied women's issues NEW YORK — Going after the women's vote, Democrat Barack Obama chastised Republican John McCain on Thursday over his opposition to an equal-pay Senate bill, his support for conservative-leaning Supreme Court justices and his abortion-rights objections. |
| McCain irked as campaign official says U.S. 'whines' WASHINGTON — Texan Phil Gramm handed John McCain a huge headache Thursday by calling America a "nation of whiners" whose economic complaints are mostly "mental." |
| EPA's pronouncement: Your life now worth less WASHINGTON — It's not just the American dollar that's losing value. A government agency has decided that an American life isn't worth what it used to be. |
| National Guard troops aid in battle against California wildfires ALBION, Calif. — Sweat rolled down Lisa Mirander's forehead as she hacked a tangle of saplings and brush down to bare dirt to prevent a wildfire from spreading in Northern California. It was a tough job, but no harder than the 13 months she served in Afghanistan. |
| U.N. leader OKs probe of Bhutto's Dec. killing UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. chief has agreed to Pakistan's request to establish an independent commission that will investigate the killing of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. |
| 9 are killed at body shop in Culiacan MEXICO CITY — Gunmen killed nine people at an auto repair shop in the gang-plagued city of Culiacan, while a police investigator was found shot to death near the city's police headquarters, prosecutors said Thursday. |
| DNA backlog may delay solving JonBenet death, other cases DENVER — Unless he has another brush with the law someday and a DNA sample is taken from him, JonBenet Ramsey's killer might never be caught. |
| Iraq's international status bolstered by visit of Turkish PM BAGHDAD — For years, security concerns and political suspicions kept the leaders of Iraq's neighbors away. But on Thursday, Iraq's prime minister picked up a VIP — his Turkish counterpart — at the airport, in a diplomatic victory for a country torn by violence just a year ago. |
| Dry spell hits Iraq's wheat crop BAGHDAD — It's been a year of drought and sandstorms across Iraq — a dry spell that has devastated the country's crucial wheat crop. |
| Q and A on the news Question: Are professional tennis players tested for steroids or other drugs at major tournaments? |
| Corrections ● "Free immunizations available before school starts," Wednesday on B4, contained a wrong starting time for the last of several immunization clinics for children. The clinic begins at 9 a.m. Aug. 2, and will run until 12:30 p.m. The clinic is at 2000 E. Irvington Road. |
| Iran 'bellicose' despite U.S. warning TBILISI, Georgia — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice warned Iran on Thursday that the United States will not back down in the face of threats against Israel. |
| 2 spacewalkers daringly disconnect explosive bolt from station's capsule CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — In a daring spacewalk, two space station cosmonauts cut into the insulation of their descent capsule Thursday and removed an explosive bolt that could have blown off their hands with firecracker force. |
| Around the nation DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA |
| Jury award in racial suit nearly $11M COLUMBUS, Ohio — Residents of a mostly black neighborhood were awarded nearly $11 million Thursday by a federal jury that found local authorities denied them public water service for decades out of racial discrimination. |
| Virginia's execution method is upheld RICHMOND, Va. — A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld Virginia's method of executing inmates by lethal injection, ruling that it prevents them from experiencing excruciating pain. |
| Turks nab 4th suspect in U.S. Consulate firefight ISTANBUL, Turkey — Turkish authorities Thursday captured a gunman wanted in the deadly attack on the U.S. Consulate after rounding up suspects who had communicated with three other assailants killed by police, local media reports said. |
| Major 9/11 suspect sees obstacles to his defense GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba — The alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks said Thursday that the U.S. military is making it difficult for him to serve as his own lawyer. |
| Around the world georgia |
| Zimbabwean rivals meet in South Africa JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Zimbabwean government and opposition officials met in South Africa on Thursday to try to find a way out of Zimbabwe's crisis, with the opposition pressing for an end to attacks on its supporters. |
| Past of man accused in Wis. abductions examined WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis. (AP) — Authorities in central Wisconsin are re-examining unsolved missing-persons cases to see if any are connected to a man accused of kidnapping two young men and sexually assaulting them. |
| French man pleads guilty in art theft case MIAMI — A French man pleaded guilty Thursday to attempting to sell four valuable paintings that were stolen last year from a French art museum in a brazen robbery by masked, armed thieves. |
| Man sues Tenn. church over spiritual fall KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A man says he was so consumed by the spirit of God that he fell and hit his head while worshipping. |
| Ex-diplomat: Sex with teens OK in foreign cultures ALEXANDRIA, Va. — An ex-diplomat convicted of having sex with teenage girls in the Congo and Brazil and taping the encounters is asking a judge for leniency, claiming that cultural differences in those countries make sex with girls more acceptable. |
| Christie Brinkley settles NY divorce case CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — Christie Brinkley's fiercely combative divorce trial ended Thursday following a week of salacious testimony about her fourth husband's affair with a teenager and his Internet porn proclivities. |
| In tucked-away Tulum, battle rages for one of Mexico's still untouched beaches MEXICO CITY — The soldiers seemed out of place in paradise. |
| 2 of 5 feet washed ashore in Canada from same body VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Two of the five feet that have washed up on the shores of British Columbia over the past year belonged to the same person, but no identities have been determined in any of the cases, police said Thursday. |
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