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| Early intervention strategies can help students succeed Twenty-nine Pascua Yaqui students at Hohokam Middle School should have repeated eighth grade last year. |
| Man firing gun wildly is killed by policeman A man who was firing indiscriminately at people at a convenience store was shot to death by a Tucson police officer on Monday afternoon. |
| The people behind the series Jack Gillum is a business reporter and database specialist. His work has been honored by the Society of American Business Editors and Writers and the Arizona Press Club. |
| Businesses see skilled grads as critical to area's future Tucson business leaders these days worry about another issue amid a slumping economy and a cooling housing market: the quality of Southern Arizona schools. |
| Summer program helped her move to high school, but she still struggles Last year, Gabriela Galaz ended eighth grade with two surprises: She made the cheerleading squad at Sunnyside High School, but she was failing at Sierra Middle School and would have to repeat. |
| Star reporters answer readers' questions When the Star began its series on student achievement Sunday, we asked readers to submit questions about the project. Below are some answers. |
| Same-sex-marriage ban advances PHOENIX — Efforts to put a question on the November ballot asking voters to ban same-sex marriage overcame a major roadblock Monday — passing through a closely divided state House. |
| Thefts of copper wire put lights out along city roads Before the sun started rising earlier, Kirsten Lovette's daily commute to school and work was often dangerous. |
| TUSD eyes higher fees to balance new budget Cuts to gifted-student programs and higher fees for after-school activities will be on the menu tonight when the Tucson Unified School District Governing Board considers ways to close a remaining $5.5 million budget shortfall for the next school year. |
| Gifts replenish tools stolen at high school The Tucson community helped ease the pinch for construction students at Howenstine High Magnet School, donating cash and tools after learning of a burglary at the school. |
| T-Mobile sues county over tower Many Picture Rocks residents thought they preserved a precious piece of the desert skyline last month after the Pima County Board of Supervisors unanimously quashed a proposed 65-foot cell phone tower. |
| Suspect in cop shooting faces 3 attempted-murder counts A Tucson teen who police said shot one officer and stabbed another during a domestic-violence dispute Sunday afternoon is now facing three counts of attempted first-degree murder. |
| Permanent repair to start on wash that houses Nogales sewage pipe Work is set to begin this week in Nogales, Ariz., to permanently repair a damaged 150-foot section of concrete wash that connects Mexico and the United States and houses a pipe that carries millions of gallons of raw sewage. |
| Tucson Time Capsule: Costumed revelers gather |
| TPD officer cleared in man's shooting death The shooting of a man wanted in connection with an armed robbery in February has been ruled justified, an official said Monday. |
| Tucson man gets 26 years in cross-country drug-transport conspiracy A Tucson man involved in large deliveries of marijuana, cocaine and methamphetamine across the country was sentenced in New Jersey Monday to 26 years in federal prison. |
| Ex-driver of school bus pleads guilty to molesting A 64-year-old former school bus driver pleaded guilty to child molestation Monday and is facing anywhere from probation to 15 years in prison. |
| Send a Kid to Camp fund for 2008 is $6,674 richer The Arizona Daily Star Sportsmen's Fund Send a Kid to Camp program is proud to thank another 56 individuals, organizations and businesses for donating $6,674 to help send kids to camp. |
| Legislature votes to overturn emissions standards PHOENIX — State lawmakers gave final approval Monday to legislation overturning newly enacted vehicle emission standards for greenhouse gases, setting the stage for a showdown with Gov. Janet Napolitano. |
| Schools can order uniforms for kids, Circuit Court rules Public schools can impose uniform requirement on students, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday. |
| Driver held in wreck that killed sole passenger The driver of a pickup truck that crashed on the South Side Sunday, killing a passenger, was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter, an official said. |
| Committee on D-M will meet Wednesday A committee established to solve problems between Davis-Monthan Air Force Base and the surrounding community will meet on Wednesday. |
| Mesa-cases suspect tied to Phoenix rape PHOENIX — The rape and severe beating of a woman in Phoenix late last year has been forensically linked to two unsolved killings and a sexual assault in Mesa, police said Monday. |
| Ariz. Republicans firmly anti-Obama MESA — The Democratic nomination process continues on, with a primary today in West Virginia. |
| Glendale lost money hosting Super Bowl PHOENIX — Playing host to the last Super Bowl turned out to be an expensive proposition for Glendale. |
| Putting twins in same class not up to parents, veto says Parents will not be able to dictate whether their twins, triplets, quadruplets or whatever get to stay together or are put in separate classes at school. |
| Deaths The deceased are from Tucson unless otherwise noted. Occupations are stated when available. |
| Soldier, 18, from Parker is killed by grenade fire in Afghanistan Ara Tyler Deysie talked about joining the military when he was just 4 years old, his mother said Sunday. |
| Nominee to head state vets department pulls out PHOENIX — Gov. Janet Napolitano has withdrawn the name of her candidate for director of the Department of Veteran Services, an appointment that opened up last year after revelations of poor conditions at the state veterans home. |
| My opinion Andrés Oppenheimer : Dems need to back Mexico in drug war The murder of the acting chief of Mexico's federal police amid an unprecedented wave of drug-gang attacks on security officials will soon become a major issue in the U.S. presidential candidates' escalating war for Hispanic votes. |
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| Hundreds arrested in Iowa immigration raid CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Federal immigration agents raided a northeastern Iowa meat processing plant Monday, arresting more than 300 people and housing many of them at a converted fairgrounds. |
| TUSD should wait to ask for override vote Here's the quandary: TUSD needs to compete for students with charter schools and other school districts that can offer families smaller class sizes and fancy programs. Those things cost money. TUSD is in the hole for millions this fiscal year and next, so it has no money to pay for smaller classes and fancy programs. |
| Text messages remind teens to take medications WASHINGTON — 4gt yr meds? Getting kids to remember their medicine may be a text message away. |
| Study: Painkillers don't stem Alzheimer's CHICAGO — Results from a large government experiment are dimming hopes that two common painkillers can prevent Alzheimer's disease or slow mental decline in older people. |
| Ask Dr. Weil: Vitamins may help avert loss of hearing Q What's this I hear about vitamins to protect against hearing loss? True? |
| Clinton, Obama reach out to voters in W.Va. CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Wearing a flag lapel pin, Sen. Barack Obama emphasized his patriotism and support for a strong and humane military Monday, while Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton implored West Virginians to sustain her hopes of somehow denying him the Democratic presidential nomination. |
| Libertarian Barr launches campaign for White House WASHINGTON — As a Republican congressman who helped impeach President Bill Clinton in 1998, Bob Barr irritated the hell out of Democrats. |
| Giant quake in China kills about 10,000 CHENGDU, China — A powerful earthquake toppled buildings, schools and chemical plants Monday in central China, killing nearly 10,000 people and trapping untold numbers in mounds of concrete, steel and earth in the country's worst quake in three decades. |
| Twister deaths show car hazards in high winds SENECA, Mo. — More than a third of the 22 people killed by a tornado that smashed parts of Oklahoma and Missouri over the weekend died in cars, troubling experts who say vehicles are one of the worst places to be during a twister. |
| Fla. wildfire destroys dozens of homes; evacuation ordered near another big blaze DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Dry, windy weather fueled several wildfires on Florida's central Atlantic coast Monday, destroying about 50 homes and driving hundreds of residents away as the governor declared a state of emergency. |
| Q&A on the News Question: The Democratic National Committee is not allowing delegates from Michigan and Florida to be seated at the convention. Isn't it true that the Republican National Committee stripped those states of half their Republican delegates? |
| Fragile Sadr City cease-fire signed BAGHDAD — Iraq's main Shiite political bloc and supporters of firebrand cleric Muqtada al-Sadr signed a fragile cease-fire in Baghdad's Sadr City on Monday, hoping to end seven weeks of fighting that has left hundreds dead. |
| Corrections ● A story Sunday on A1, "Taxpayers paying for officials' guzzlers," should have said City Councilman Steve Leal has driven the most miles at taxpayer expense, not Pima County Supervisor Ray Carroll. |
| From Tibet to quake disaster, China rides rough PR path to Olympics BEIJING — China hoped 2008 would be a yearlong celebration, a time to bask in the spotlight of the upcoming Beijing Olympics. Instead, the Year of the Rat has also brought a wave of troubles — both natural and man-made — that are putting a heavy strain on the communist leadership. |
| Dem proposal expands college funding for GIs WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats are pushing what could become the most dramatic expansion of college aid for military veterans since World War II, with a bill they hope will buoy them this election season and become an albatross for Republicans. |
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| U.S. aid reaches Myanmar; U.N. criticizes junta's efforts YANGON, Myanmar — A U.S. plane ferried relief to Myanmar for the first time Monday to help nearly 2 million cyclone victims facing disease and starvation, but the U.N. chief criticized the military junta for its "unacceptably slow response." |
| Polish Holocaust hero dies at age 98 WARSAW, Poland — Irena Sendler — credited with saving some 2,500 Jewish children from the Nazi Holocaust by smuggling them out of the Warsaw Ghetto, some of them in baskets — died Monday, her family said. She was 98. |
| Haitian lawmakers reject president's pick for prime minister PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haitian legislators on Monday rejected President Rene Preval's pick for prime minister, extending a monthlong period without a functioning government for the troubled nation. |
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