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| Arizona Wildcats football: New quarterback commit |
| Tucson in study to see if Super Mario is super teacher Libraries that already have mature gaming systems in place will be studied to gauge how electronic games improve players’ literacy skills. |
| Government shuts down mortgage lender IndyMac LOS ANGELES — IndyMac Bank's assets were seized by federal regulators on Friday after the mortgage lender succumbed to the pressures of tighter credit, tumbling home prices and rising foreclosures. |
| Coming Sunday: Win up to $30K in backyard makeover Star contest could win a yard makeover worth up to $30,000. |
| Tucson police radar van locations for this weekend |
| Former Bush press secretary Snow dies of cancer Tony Snow, a conservative writer and commentator who cheerfully sparred with reporters in the White House briefing room during a stint as President Bush’s press secretary, died Saturday of colon cancer. He was 53. |
| 3 arrested in slaying of Yuma teen Police in Yuma say they’ve made three arrests in the shooting death of a 16-year boy. |
| Monsoon rescue training |
| Report finds no plan to hike bus fares In the latest step toward healing the rift between City Manager Mike Hein and the City Council, the city released a report late Friday that said Hein didn't intentionally lower a subsidy for buses so he could raise rates for the poor. |
| Court sex allegation sparks city legal review A city public defender who worked on DUI cases has resigned, and a police officer who investigated DUI cases has been taken off the streets. Exactly why is unclear. |
| RTA offers to fund '06 election ballot recount The organization that oversees the county's 20-year transportation plan and associated sales-tax funds has asked for a recount of the paper ballots from the 2006 Regional Transportation Authority election. |
| More rain in forecast after soggy record falls A slow and steady overnight drenching combined with an afternoon storm burst and evening drizzle Friday to deliver 1.70 inches of rain to Tucson International Airport, easily breaking the record for the date. |
| UA sees new era for Biosphere 2 UA officials at Biosphere 2 are working to mold the site of the controversial experiment into a premier scientific hub that gives the public unprecedented access to climate and ecological research. |
| Firehouses going green The fire engines are still red, but the buildings that house them are going green. |
| Political Notebook by Daniel Scarpinato : Bush will raise funds for Bee at Foothills manse When President Bush stops in Tucson next week to raise money for Republican Tim Bee, he'll be welcomed into the Foothills home of William and Jackie Bell, a wealthy Republican couple with a palatial residence. |
| Mother and daughter work to honor seniors Rose Muzzy and her daughter Lisa Mach know that it is never too late for dreams to come true, and they helped establish the Arizona chapter of the Twilight Wish Foundation to prove it. |
| Electrical glitch imperils use of Mars craft's ovens Will the Mars lander's next baking test of soil and ice be its last? |
| 2 get prison in separate bids to smuggle children into U.S. Two women were sentenced to federal prison Thursday for smuggling attempts, authorities said Friday. |
| Police patrol car is struck by sedan A Tucson police officer responding to an emergency call shortly after 2 p.m. Friday was injured when his patrol car was struck by a motorist's sedan at East Speedway and North Country Club Road. |
| Tucson Time Capsule : pizza-based learning |
| Social services worker lauded for practice of kindness, respect The recipient of this week's Ben's Bell is Alice Krohn, who has helped countless homeless teens and young adults get the resources they need to get off the street. |
| Shooting on southwest side |
| Strip search of girl, 13, excessive, U.S. court says The strip search of a 13-year-old Safford school girl to see if she had drugs was unjustified and excessive, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday. |
| Here's a heads-up on road work next week Some local road work is delayed by recent rains, and other local road projects continue as scheduled. Here's an outlook for how the projects will affect traffic next week: |
| Shred-A-Thon this morning in Foothills Mall parking lot The Pima County Sheriff's Department is holding a Shred-A-Thon this morning so people can discard any documents with private information that could be used by identity thieves. |
| 12 indicted in alleged marijuana ring Ten Tucson-area residents have been indicted in connection with a marijuana-distribution ring that operated for more than five years, authorities said Friday. |
| Deaths The deceased are from Tucson unless otherwise noted. Occupations are stated when available. |
| Blood Donations |
| Godoy new judge pro tem Deputy Pima County Attorney Teresa Godoy has been selected to replace Pima County Superior Court Judge Pro Tempore Barbara Sattler, who retired last week. |
| Jimmy's forecast The low pressure system responsible for all this rain will gradually weaken today as it begins to break apart. We could still get some heavy rain from time to time through tomorrow. A decrease in activity can be expected for the first part of next week as high pressure builds in from the east. |
| Wave of violence in Mexico spurs asylum requests EL PASO — Dozens of Mexicans — including police officers, businessmen, at least one prosecutor and a journalist — are asking for political asylum in the U.S. in a desperate and probably hopeless bid to escape an unprecedented wave of drug-related killings and kidnappings south of the border. |
| Obama dismisses GOP criticism over his call for bilingualism DAYTON, Ohio — Barack Obama batted away conservative criticism Friday over a comment he made about Americans' lack of foreign language skills. |
| Mexico: Our tomatoes are salmonella-free MEXICO CITY — Mexico's Agriculture Department says its tests found no salmonella in Mexican tomatoes. |
| Teen birthrate rose 2.8 percent in 2006, 1st jump in 15 years The number of U.S. teenagers who gave birth increased for the first time in 15 years, raising what a health official called "a red flag." |
| Babies' heparin deaths challenge hospital protocols CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The case of 14 babies who received accidental overdoses while in intensive care has raised new questions about how a common blood-thinning medication could be given to infants repeatedly in the wrong dosage. |
| McCain asserts his tax cuts would give women a helping hand HUDSON, Wis. — Republican John McCain told a mostly female audience Friday that his plans to cut income, business and estate taxes would help women while Democrat Barack Obama's proposals would only erect new economic obstacles for them. |
| Rising gas prices stir talk of oil exploration WASHINGTON — More oil production suddenly has become the mantra for Republican and Democratic politicians alike as voters seethe over $4-plus gasoline — and the most powerful people in Washington can't find any way to provide relief. |
| Bicyclist-motorist clash jolts Portland PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland's reputation as a bike-friendly city went flat this week when a confrontation between a cyclist and motorist turned to blows. |
| Fannie, Freddie loan costs likely to rise Get ready to see mortgage rates rise somewhat as Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae are buffeted by turmoil, but don't sweat it if you have an existing mortgage that may be owned by the agencies, industry observers say. |
| Iranian missile tests were deceptive, analysts say Iran's war games this week featured more bluff and exaggeration than displays of menacing new power, military analysts said Friday. |
| S. Korean's death chills relations with North SEOUL, South Korea — A soldier fatally shot a South Korean tourist Friday at a resort in North Korea, prompting the South to suspend a high-profile tourism program just as the president was seeking to repair strained ties with his communist neighbor. |
| Bertha fans Bermuda area at 90 mph •Bermuda maintained a tropical storm watch Friday as Hurricane Bertha, packing 90 mph winds, approached the Atlantic island, U.S. forecasters said. |
| Pope begins pilgrimage to Australia today VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI departs today on a 10-day trip to Australia, the longest pilgrimage of his papacy and a test of the 81-year-old pontiff's stamina. |
| Corrections ● A headline Tuesday on A1 incorrectly identified the charge to which 11 former employees of a Panda Express restaurant pleaded guilty. |
| Tranquil island off L.A. upset by allegations of gang activity AVALON, Calif. — It seems even 22 miles of open ocean might not be keeping gangs off Catalina Island, a mist-shrouded outpost of Los Angeles County best known for its Hollywood history and crystal-clear harbors. |
| Bodies of 2 missing GIs found DETROIT — For more than a year, Gordon Dibler held out hope that his stepson, Army Pvt. Byron W. Fouty, would return home from Iraq. |
| 'Lob bomb' mystery in Iraq may be solved soon CAMP LIBERTY, Iraq — U.S. forces may be close to unlocking the mystery of who is behind a deadly innovation in Iraqi insurgents' weapons, a "lob bomb" now being used in Baghdad to target U.S. and Iraqi combat outposts, a senior American general said Friday in an Associated Press interview. |
| Around the nation Maine |
| Fire scorches California foothills; 1 found dead PARADISE, Calif. — One person was found dead inside a burned-out house Friday after a wind-fueled wildfire swept through a rural community in the Sierra Nevada foothills, a rare human casualty among the hundreds of blazes that have tormented the state for weeks. |
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