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| Lightning didn't necessarily cause shock that killed Sahuarita boy, 8 Coaches and others said Saturday that they did not believe lightning was the cause, either directly or indirectly, of the boy’s electrocution, saying there were no signs of a strike close enough and that the sustained current shows the boy was not just shocked with a quick burst of electricity. |
| Police officer critically injured in I-19 crash south of Tucson A Tohono O’odham police officer was critically injured in an early morning accident that shut down and then Arestricted Interstate 19 for hours Saturday. |
| Infant, other child among 4 shot, wounded; Tucson police suspect gangs Tucson police have arrested two men in connection with early morning shootings on two houses Saturday that wounded two women, a 6-year-old boy and a 9-month-old infant. |
| No panic seen at Tucson branch of failed Arizona bank Tucson customers of the failed First National Bank of Arizona weren’t panicking Saturday. |
| Volunteers search Tucson wash, river for man swept away a week ago More than 100 volunteers and police officers searched a Downtown wash and the Santa Cruz River Saturday for the body of a man apparently swept into the neighborhood wash during a downpour a week earlier. |
| Death sought in Hite's killing The Pima County Attorney's Office will be seeking the death penalty for a man accused of killing a Tucson police officer in June. |
| Lightning strike at Reid Park kills baseball fan, 8 An 8-year-old boy was electrocuted Friday evening as fellow spectators and ball-players were rushing to get out of a rain and lightning storm at the ballfields at Reid Park. |
| 4 border counties to get $9.85M Southern Arizona's four border counties will receive $9.85 million in federal money that will allow them to continue paying law enforcement officers overtime to focus on border enforcement. |
| Bell honors a guy who loves to help everyone, every cause The recipient of this week's Ben's Bell is Jim Kuzel, who helps his family, friends and just about anyone else with just about anything they need. |
| 3 in I-10 chain wreck charged with smuggling immigrants Federal authorities have arrested three suspected immigrant smugglers involved in Thursday's multi-vehicle wrecks on Interstate 10. |
| Mom's trial turns to grim details of autopsy of boy, 5 Jurors in the trial of a Tucson woman accused of killing her 5-year-old son spent most of Friday listening to the gruesome details of his autopsy. |
| Nogales tunnel barrier inspected, but findings unreleased It is still not clear if a concrete barrier built in a storm-water tunnel beneath Nogales is in the United States or Mexico. |
| Tot nearly drowns in bathtub A 1-year-old boy nearly drowned in a bathtub in his family's Southwest Side house Friday afternoon, authorities said. |
| 2 hurt in shooting near PCC Downtown Two men seriously wounded in a shooting stumbled into the lobby of a motel across the street from the Pima Community College Downtown Campus on Friday morning. |
| Lane closures expected for traffic signal, widening work Some weekend closures are scheduled as part of the Fourth Avenue underpass reconstruction on the east end of Downtown. |
| Deaths The deceased are from Tucson unless otherwise noted. Occupations are stated when available. |
| City urged anew to take over, repair old Marist adobe Racing against a ticking clock, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson is again trying to give the crumbling adobe Marist College building to the city, in hopes it will save the 93-year-old Downtown building from collapse. |
| Political Notebook by Daniel Scarpinato : Bee gets photo-op with Bush, sort of When President Bush dropped in last week for Republican congressional candidate Tim Bee, everyone wondered whether the duo would appear together, providing the media — and Demo-crats — with a photo-op. |
| State probes care home after fight led to death The state is investigating a Tucson nursing home after authorities said this week that one of its elderly residents was the victim of a homicide. |
| Rio Rico conference a gathering place for tarantula enthusiasts |
| Litter-charge hearing held on desert-rescue water jugs A federal judge in Tucson is considering whether full water jugs left in the desert for illegal immigrants should be classified as litter. |
| World's poorest children have a friend in Tucson woman When Jackie Semar became interested in adoption almost 30 years ago, she had no idea she would become a champion for poverty-stricken children around the globe. |
| Get involved Browse hundreds of volunteer opportunities at the Volunteer Center of Southern Arizona's Web site, www.volunteersoaz.org. |
| Guilty verdict and death sentence in '03 slaying upheld PHOENIX — The state's high court affirmed the conviction and death sentence of Cody Martinez in the 2003 killing of a Tucson teen after robbing him. |
| Assistant city manager to join ranks of departed There's another top vacancy at City Hall as Assistant City Manager Karen Masbruch submitted a letter of resignation earlier this month. |
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| Where to look for photo radar The city's police radar van is scheduled to snap photos of speeders at these locations today, according to the Tucson Police Department's Web site: |
| Blood Donations The American Red Cross will be seeking blood donors at these times and places next week. |
| Jimmy's forecast A flash-flood watch is in effect for all of southeastern Arizona through Sunday afternoon. Remnant moisture from tropical system Dolly will bring numerous showers and thunderstorms this weekend. Heavy rain may occur today and into Sunday. More-normal activity will be back next week. |
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| In heart-health move, California bans trans fats in restaurant food SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California on Friday became the first state to ban trans fats from restaurant food, following several cities and major fast-food chains in erasing the notorious artery-clogger from menus. |
| Housing rescue bill set to clear Congress WASHINGTON — The Senate cleared the last hurdle Friday to passing a housing rescue aimed at sparing hundreds of thousands of homeowners from foreclosure and bolstering troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. |
| In speech to vets, McCain ridicules Obama's 'audacity of hopelessness' DENVER — Republican presidential candidate John McCain, ridiculing Barack Obama for "the audacity of hopelessness" in his policies on Iraq, said Friday that the entire Middle East could have plunged into war had U.S. troops been withdrawn as his rival advocated. |
| Obama camp ties Pentagon to troop snub PARIS — An aide to Barack Obama said Friday that the Democratic presidential contender believed he could visit wounded troops at a military hospital in Germany without involving them in a campaign controversy but scrapped his plans after the Pentagon raised concerns. |
| Sarkozy all but endorses Obama PARIS — Barack Obama, nearing the end of a fast-paced international campaign trip, warned Iran on Friday, "Don't wait for the next president" to take office before yielding to Western demands to dismantle its nuclear weapons program. |
| Term limits keep 21 off ballot CARSON CITY, Nev. — In two rulings issued a day before the start of Nevada's early voting, the state Supreme Court held Friday that at least 21 veteran public officials have completed 12 years in office and can't seek re-election this year. |
| Bang! And down goes a 747 MANILA, Philippines — The 346 passengers were cruising at 29,000 feet Friday when an explosive bang shook the Qantas jumbo jet. |
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| Museum submarine that sank last year being raised to surface PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Military salvage teams used hydraulic pumps and pontoons Friday to raise a Russian submarine once featured in a Hollywood film that sank in the Providence River last year during a storm. |
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| Mexican soldiers cause own kind of violence OJINAGA, Mexico — This hardscrabble Mexican border town welcomed 400 soldiers when they arrived four months ago to stop a wave of drug violence that brought daytime gunbattles to its main street. |
| Uranium leaks at nuclear plants in France revive safety concerns For years, Sophie Delmas took her horse and her four dogs for a swim in the Trop-Long lake, a stone's throw away from the Tricastin nuclear site in southeastern France. Not anymore. |
| Proposal for DNA testing of Chopin's heart nixed WARSAW, Poland — Like a religious relic, the heart of composer Frederic Chopin rests in a Warsaw church, untouched since it was preserved in alcohol after his death in 1849 at age 39. |
| 50 groups ask pope to allow birth control VATICAN CITY — More than 50 dissident Catholic groups from around the world have written an open letter asking Pope Benedict XVI to lift the church's ban on birth control. |
| BLM scathed for perilous abandoned mines WASHINGTON — The government has endangered the public's health and safety by failing to clean up abandoned mines on federal land in the West, according to a scathing audit released Friday. |
| Iraq war's cost nears expense of Vietnam The total cost of the Iraq war is approaching the Vietnam War's expense, a congressional report estimates. |
| Corrections The title for Our Family Services employee Victor Quiros was wrong in "Skrappy's youth club may be moving to new Downtown site" Tuesday on Page B1. Quiros is the program manager for education and mediation at Our Family Services. |
| 'Last Lecture' prof dies at 47 PITTSBURGH — Randy Pausch said obstacles serve a purpose: They "give us a chance to show how badly we want something." Confronted with incurable cancer, he devised a last lecture that became an Internet sensation, a best-selling book and a celebration of a life spent achieving his dreams. |
| FDA narrows salmonella source to jalapenos grown in Mexico WASHINGTON — Only jalapeno peppers grown in Mexico are implicated in the nationwide salmonella outbreak, the government announced Friday in clearing the U.S. crop. |
| Veterans' peaceful colony in a wrangle WILBURTON, Okla. — Nestled among the lush forests and mountain foothills of rural southeastern Oklahoma is a soldier's utopia, a sleepy enclave where U.S. veterans can claim their share of the American dream for pennies on the dollar. |
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