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| Border agent hit by rock sent to Tucson hospital A U.S. Border Patrol agent was flown to a Tucson hospital Sunday night from Douglas after a rock thrown from Mexico struck him in the head. |
| Blog: Alicia Keys coming to Tucson in September Alicia Keys is set to play Centennial Hall on Sunday, Sept. 28. |
| Wreck on Interstate 10 early today kills 1 One person was killed in a one-vehicle rollover on Interstate 10 at mile post 315.8 — east of Benson — about 4:15 a.m. today, according to a news release from the Arizona Department of Public Safety. |
| Police officer injured in weekend car wreck identified A Tohono O’odham police officer critically injured in an early-morning Sunday crash on Interstate 19 remains hospitalized, but his condition has been upgraded from life-threatening to serious. |
| Fire damages Tucson gym A minor early morning fire did a significant amount of damage to a fitness club in the 3300 block of North First Avenue today, according to Capt. Norm Carlton of the Tucson Fire Department. |
| University of Arizona student finalist in political online video competition A University of Arizona student is one of five finalists in an online video competition that will send the winners to the national Democratic and Republic conventions to act as citizen journalists. |
| Tucson police photo radar van locations today |
| Farm animal rights law would require room to roam Kim Sturla began bringing goats, pigs, chickens and cows once slated for slaughter to his sanctuary 20 years ago, before supermarkets offered eggs from cage-free hens and beef was advertised on menus as being hormone free. |
| 'Energy boosting' eel drink for Japan's hot summer It’s the hottest season of the year in Japan, and that means it’s eel season. So, bottom’s up! |
| Arrest made in theft of Suprise police chief's gun Authorities say they’ve caught up with a man who stole the Surprise police chief’s gun, uniform, badge and vehicle two weeks ago. |
| Phoenix air-guitar champ going to nationals Julian Vlcan, known as Hardcore Henry onstage, won the first-ever regional qualifier at the Brickhouse Theatre in downtown Phoenix late last month, earning him a spot in the U.S. Air Guitar Championships. |
| Boy held in death of stepsister, 14 A Corona de Tucson teenager was being held in the Pima County jail Sunday in connection with the death of his 14-year-old stepsister, authorities said. |
| Path to achievement It all started with a $200 grant that helped Hohokam Middle School students buy a camera. |
| The journey was the object for this hiker It didn't matter if the destination was a Catalina mountaintop or a Mount Lemmon mud bog. Avid hiker Richard "Dick" Toups considered the trek worthwhile. |
| SkyCenter open to visitors on Mount Lemmon UA officials are hoping Mount Lemmon visitors want a little science with their pie. |
| Rosemont might disturb bighorn sheep, studies say One of the few studies conducted on mining's effects on wildlife found that a native desert-bighorn sheep population hung on despite the presence of a major copper mine northwest of Tucson. |
| Road Runner by Andrea Kelly : Motorists still enter rushing water — but why ? Sometimes on dark rainy days, I wish I could just stay home with a good movie, a good book and open window shades to watch the storm roll by. |
| 7-state cap-and-trade plan targets greenhouse gases Arizona utilities, gasoline distributors and other industries would start cutting carbon dioxide emissions in four to seven years under a proposed program aimed at curbing climate change. |
| House fire blamed on faulty AC wall unit A house fire on Tucson's South Side on Sunday caused tens of thousands of dollars in damage and left a family homeless, but no one was hurt. |
| Man's life in danger after he is shot at party A Tucson man is in a hospital with life-threatening injuries after a shooting on the Southeast Side early Sunday morning. |
| Man sought after failure to report charge The fugitive: Mario Roberto Figueroa |
| Cancer victim's kin help others When doctors diagnosed Sara "Chiquita" Machiche with ovarian cancer and gave her three months to live, her family asked her if she could have one wish before she passed, what it would be? She wished for a trip to Hawaii, but the family was unable to raise the money to send here there before she died. |
| Tucson Time Capsule: First Girl wins soap box derby |
| Navajos' council votes to ban use of tobacco in public, except in rites ALBUQUERQUE — The Navajo Nation Council has voted to ban smoking and chewing tobacco in public places on the vast reservation, including outdoor venues such as rodeos and fairs. |
| Funds may send extra 180 kids to camp Thanks to generous Star readers, we have surpassed our original goal and hope to send as many as 900 children to overnight camp before the camping season is over. |
| Protesters rally against immigration raid in Iowa POSTVILLE, Iowa — About a thousand protesters descended on a small town in northeastern Iowa on Sunday, decrying the raid of a meatpacking plant that arrested nearly 400 residents and calling for a change in federal immigration policies. |
| Some clothes can shield your skin from UV rays The solution to the hot summer sun? Wear more clothes! |
| VA hot line aims to prevent suicides WASHINGTON — More than 22,000 veterans have sought help from a special suicide hot line in its first year, and 1,221 suicides have been averted, the government says. |
| Exercise may slow Alzheimer's progression NEW YORK — Patients with early Alzheimer's disease who exercised regularly saw less deterioration in the areas of the brain that control memory, according to a study released Sunday at the 2008 International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease in Chicago. |
| FDA faulted over unapproved uses of medications WASHINGTON — When a state trooper pulls over a speeding motorist, the officer usually writes out a ticket on the spot. |
| Floods strip Midwest of tons of valuable topsoil MARTINSVILLE, Ind. — Jim Lankford's corn crops used to stretch to the White River. Now the river has stretched itself through his crops. |
| Cancer warning adds wrinkle to parenting debate on cell phones NEW YORK — When Amy Morris' twin boys, then 11, went on an academic trip to Washington last year, she agreed to give them cell phones at the program's request. But this summer she was dismayed to learn that girls at her 8-year-old daughter's day camp were using cell phones they'd taken along in their backpacks. |
| Obama criticizes McCain's approval of an Ariz. affirmative-action ban CHICAGO — Presidential candidate John McCain on Sunday endorsed a proposal to ban affirmative action programs in his home state, a policy that Democratic rival Barack Obama called a disappointing embrace of divisive tactics. |
| Huckabee, Clinton lead way in VP survey Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and New York Sen. Hilllary Clinton remain Star readers' favorite choices to be named the Republican and Democratic vice presidential nominees, respectively. |
| My opinion David Brooks : Obama's unity act has jumped the shark Radical optimism is America's contribution to the world. The early settlers thought America's founding would bring God's kingdom to Earth. John Adams thought America would emancipate "the slavish part of mankind all over the earth." Woodrow Wilson and George W. Bush preached their own gospels of world democracy. |
| PRO: Help from the government should not carry religious strings President George W. Bush's "faith-based" initiative has been a disaster. It has permitted taxpayer funding of religious groups that engage in rank forms of hiring discrimination, and it has failed to take seriously the issue of proselytism occurring on the taxpayer's dime. |
| CON: Framers wouldn't object to funds for religious good works No, there is no such "wall of separation" in the Constitution. That phrase comes from a letter written in 1802 by President Thomas Jefferson and did not become a substitute for the First Amendment until 1947. |
| Letters to the editor Parkway extension is a bad idea |
| Retailers expected to start passing high costs to you NEW YORK — Coming to a store near you: even higher prices. |
| Two die as gunman opens fire at Unitarian church in Tenn. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A gunman opened fire at a church youth performance Sunday and killed two people, including a man whom witnesses called a hero for shielding others from a shotgun blast. |
| Q&A on the News Question: What is the origin of the phrase "a piece of cake" in regard to something that is easy? |
| Wildfire near Yosemite uncontrolled MARIPOSA, Calif. — A wildfire burning out of control Sunday near an entrance to Yosemite National Park has destroyed eight homes and threatened thousands more as flames forced authorities to cut power to the park. |
| Ambush in Iraq kills 7 Shiite pilgrims BAGHDAD — Seven Shiite pilgrims traveling to a shrine in Baghdad were shot to death in an ambush in a Sunni town south of the capital Sunday as authorities tightened security ahead of a major religious festival that is expected to draw tens of thousands of worshippers. |
| Dem campaign buttons show wrong Larry LEWISTON, Idaho — Some Democratic campaign buttons made for distribution in Idaho show an unlikely pair: Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and Republican Sen. Larry Craig. |
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| Ferry owner acquitted in disaster CAIRO, Egypt — The owner of a ferry that sank two years ago in the Red Sea was acquitted Sunday of manslaughter charges in the deaths of more than 1,000 people who perished in the botched rescue. |
| Group says it triggered India bombs fatal to 45 AHMADABAD, India — An obscure Islamic militant group warning of "the terror of Death" claimed responsibility for bombings that killed at least 45 people, and authorities stepped up security Sunday after India's second series of blasts in two days. |
| 15 killed, 154 hurt in double blasts at Istanbul square ISTANBUL, Turkey — Two bombs exploded minutes apart in a packed Istanbul square Sunday night, killing 15 and injuring more than 150 in what the city governor said was a terror attack. |
| Turkish soap opera clashes with traditional Muslim norms RAMALLAH, West Bank — Every evening for the past four months, a tall young man with soulful blue eyes has been stealing hearts across the Middle East, from the refugee camps of the Gaza Strip to the gated mansions of Riyadh. |
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