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| Parents say effort, unity saved their tiny school Bright lights are said to accompany near-death experiences. |
| County weighs pact to put 911 capability on U.S. border towers A decision about whether border surveillance towers planned for Pima County will be equipped to receive emergency cell-phone calls will fall to Homeland Security officials if supervisors sign off on an agreement today. |
| Priest gets 10 years for abusing 3 His victims were young teens, altar boys who trusted the "hip" priest who drove a red Corvette, gave them beer and allowed them to see X-rated films in the rectory of St. Odilia's Catholic Church in Tucson. |
| Oracle wants action, not trash talk More than two years ago, a group of residents pointed out to Pinal County officials that Waste Management Inc. has for more than a decade operated a transfer station in Oracle without proper zoning. |
| Top health post at UA could go to Mo. finalist UA officials appear close to hiring the dean of the University of Missouri's medical school for a newly created position that will oversee growth of the Arizona Health Sciences Center. |
| Soil tests on Mars spawn a mystery If you plant asparagus in Martian soil, will it grow? |
| Mom found guilty in boy's death, but retrial a possibility Confusion over verdict forms submitted by jurors could mean a retrial for a Tucson woman convicted Monday of negligent homicide in the death of her 5-year-old son. |
| From Day One, he's on board with kids Emiline and Simon Hill were the first children to arrive at their school bus stop in the Rancho Marana neighborhood Monday, and new Marana Superintendent Doug Wilson was there to greet them. |
| No action yet on home's trashy yards, stagnant pool On the city's East Side, near East Speedway and North Harrison Road, neighbors are getting frustrated. For the past several months, the owners of a home in the 9300 block of East Calle Cascada have been accumulating a pile of trash that starts in the front yard and extends into the backyard. |
| Crossing guards get a refresher Tucson Unified School District crossing guards are armed with the tools they need to start another year on the streets next week. |
| Motorcyclist rear-ended; 'extreme' DUI suspected A 28-year-old man was arrested after authorities say he slammed into the back of a motorcycle while driving under the influence of alcohol Sunday evening. The motorcyclist suffered life-threatening injuries. |
| Police are holding suspect in robbery of credit union A man wanted in connection with the robbery of a credit union was arrested Sunday night, police said Monday. |
| Tucson Time Capsule: Top official visits |
| Send nominations for Student of Week Do you know students who are excelling in — and out — of the classroom? |
| Judge: Redo wording on 1-cent tax plan The group backing an initiative on the November ballot to raise the state sales tax to fund transportation won a battle to get the proposal's description rewritten in the voter information pamphlet. |
| Real estate-transfer-initiative signatures defended PHOENIX — Backers of an initiative to ban real estate-transfer taxes have gone to court to get more of their signatures recognized as valid. |
| County yanks letter seeking Santa Cruz River designation Pima County's top public works official has retracted a letter he sent to a federal agency about protection of the Santa Cruz River after learning that he hadn't had permission from the County Board of Supervisors to send it. |
| Tucson man gets life sentence, chance of parole in 2006 killing A 21-year-old Tucson man who says life in jail helped him discover God and what it means to be a man was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole Monday morning. |
| Douglas boy, 12, may be tried as adult in mother's slaying The Cochise County Attorney's Office has filed a motion to try a 12-year-old Douglas boy as an adult for the killing of his mother. |
| Deaths The deceased are from Tucson unless otherwise noted. Occupations are stated when available. |
| HIV-positive migrants accuse U.S. of neglect MEXICO CITY — Olga Arellano sobs as she recalls how her HIV-positive daughter spent two months succumbing to infections in a U.S. migrant detention center, complaining that she didn't see a doctor or get the right medicine. |
| TUSD athletes pay more to play this fall Rising gas prices and rising wages will make high school sports more expensive this year at nine Tucson high schools. |
| Go fast, go slow, get fit Elite athletes offer two words of wisdom to those of us who want to rev up our workouts and make big fitness gains: |
| Listing calorie counts reveals appalling info It's no mystery why Americans are fatter. We're expending less energy to work, play, travel and acquire food. And we're taking more calories in. |
| Use of psychotherapy may be in decline CHICAGO — Cartoons about the psychiatrist's couch were recently the subject of a museum exhibition. Now, the couch itself may be headed for a museum. |
| Study: Immigrant children exercise less than U.S.-born CHICAGO — Immigrant children of all backgrounds get even less vigorous exercise than their U.S.-born counterparts, the largest study of its kind suggests. |
| Ask Dr. Weil: Breathing techniques can be helpful Q I have chronic hyperventilation syndrome, which I find most distressing. Have you come across this condition? And, apart from Buteyko Breathing Therapy, what help might I seek? |
| U.S. is failing to lead by example on free trade The following editorial appeared Friday in the Dallas Morning News : |
| My opinion Bob Herbert : McCain viciously exploits race Gee, I wonder why, if you have a black man running for high public office — say, Barack Obama or Harold Ford — the opposition feels compelled to run low-life political ads featuring tacky, sexually provocative white women who have no connection whatsoever to the black male candidates. |
| My opinion Andrés Oppenheimer : Latin American politics may swing back to center Judging from the latest headlines, you might think that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's radical-leftist populism is gaining ground in Latin America, and that it will expand its influence in the region over the next few years. But, actually, the opposite may happen. |
| My opinion Paul Krugman : Slow economic crisis doing plenty of damage A year ago, as the outlines of the current financial crisis were just becoming clear, I suggested that this crisis, unlike a superficially similar crisis in 1998, wouldn't end quickly. |
| Cross-border truck program extended WASHINGTON — A contentious program allowing Mexican trucks unrestricted access to U.S. highways near the border with Mexico has been extended for two years, despite numerous attempts by Congress to quash it. |
| Dale Dauten: A lack of experience can lead to asking a brilliant question "Tradition is the most subtle form of necrophilia." |
| Unit arrives in Iraq, meets immediate danger EDITOR'S NOTE: National Guard troops reach their stations in Iraq while family members back home begin a hard adjustment. Part 2 of a seven-part series on the longest deployment of the Iraq war. |
| Bush is short on time to address 3 nuclear threats WASHINGTON — President Bush is rushing the clock and running out of time as he tries to stare down nuclear threats on three fronts. |
| Blasts in Baghdad kill 11, including 2 U.S. soldiers BAGHDAD — A roadside bomb killed two U.S. soldiers in a predominantly Shiite area in Baghdad on Monday, the first deadly attack against American troops in the capital in nearly a month. |
| 16 Chinese police die in Muslim- area attack URUMQI, China — In an audacious and deadly attack just days ahead of the Beijing Olympics, two men from a mainly Muslim ethnic group rammed a truck and hurled explosives at jogging policemen in China's restive far west Monday, killing 16. |
| Corrections ● George Carpenter is curator of the Interpretive Animal Collection at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. A Neighbors brief headlined "Museum's ringtail has a teaching role," Sunday on Page B3, gave only his last name and omitted his title. |
| Storm-weary Gulf Coast braces for another blow GALVESTON, Texas — Beth Bronson said Monday she's determined not to have her trip ruined as the second severe storm in two weeks approached a Texas Gulf Coast vacation hot spot at the height of tourist season. |
| Union Pacific sues to block $38M in fines tied to drugs discovered in border rail cars OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific Corp. wants a federal judge to set aside nearly $38 million in proposed penalties that a U.S. agency has assessed against the railroad since 2002. |
| Around the world CUBA |
| Surviving climber details deadly K2 descent ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Blinded by the glare off the snow and ice, attempting a perilous descent down K2 to save his life, the Dutch mountaineer came upon three Korean climbers. |
| Report: 125,000 gorillas found in African zone EDINBURGH, Scotland — More than 125,000 western lowland gorillas have been discovered deep in the forests of the Republic of Congo, dramatically increasing the estimated population, primatologists said today. |
| Actor Freeman in serious condition after car accident JACKSON, Miss. — Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman was hospitalized in serious condition Monday after the car he was driving left a rural road in the Mississippi Delta and flipped several times. |
| People publishes first photos of Brangelina twins NEW YORK — Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt say their four previous children are adjusting just fine to the arrival of a twin brother and sister last month, with cupcakes and "Dora the Explorer" to help ease the transition. |
| Dad charged in girl abduction going back to Massachusetts BALTIMORE — A Massachusetts man accused of abducting his 7-year-old daughter planned to start a new life in Baltimore, where his recent purchase of a nearly half-million-dollar home helped lead to his arrest, authorities said Monday. |
| Shoe containing bones found on Washington beach PORT ANGELES, Wash. — An athletic shoe containing bones and flesh has been found on a Washington state beach and authorities are investigating whether it may be linked to a series of human feet found in shoes along the coast of British Columbia. |
| Ohio officer acquitted of killing mom holding baby LIMA, Ohio — A white police officer was acquitted Monday in the drug-raid shooting death of an unarmed black woman that set off protests about how police treat minorities in a city where one in four residents is black. |
| Missouri sees second tiger attack in as many days ST. LOUIS — Three tigers attacked a worker at an exotic animal park in southwestern Missouri on Monday — the state's second tiger attack in as many days. |
| 19 indictments for accused underwear-survey conman CINCINNATI — A man accused of conning parents into allowing their children to remove clothing so he could conduct a "marketing survey" of their underwear has been indicted on 19 criminal counts involving 11 minors. |
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