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| Motorcyclist killed in early morning wreck on I-10 near Benson A Benson-area man was killed early Sunday when his motorcycle slammed into the back of an 18-wheeler that had stopped for a wreck in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 10 near Arizona 90 east of Tucson. |
| Pima County plan makes utilities help curb spread of buffelgrass Pima County would like to make utilities more responsible for preventing the spread of buffelgrass. |
| Singer, songwriter Isaac Hayes dies at age 65 Isaac Hayes, the pioneering singer, songwriter and musician whose relentless “Theme From Shaft” won Academy and Grammy awards, died Sunday, the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office said. He was 65. |
| Iconic stone arch collapses in southern Utah park One of the largest and most photographed arches in Arches National Park has collapsed. |
| Internet travel site gives Tucson's desert museum high marks The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum beat out the famed San Diego and St. Louis zoos in a travel-recommendation Web site’s ratings of U.S. zoos and wild animal attractions. |
| Tucson gas-price tracker: Use the Star to save at the pump Find cheap, convenient gas by using our new gas-price tracker. |
| Tucson police photo radar van locations today |
| New principal makes a winner of school with nothing to lose Ana Gallegos was contentedly finishing her third year as principal of an East Side school when she got an offer both terrifying and intriguing. |
| Sad saga: Dad, 14, admits he hurt baby The first thing to catch the eye on 14-year-old Araceli Jiron's MySpace page is her family portrait, her hand resting on her pregnant belly. |
| U.S. is out $51M for flying 64,000 illegals to Mexico The U.S. government has spent more than $51 million over the past four summers flying nearly 64,000 illegal immigrants home to Mexico City. |
| Bicyclists beware More than 800 crashes between bicycles and cars caused injuries, property damage and 15 deaths in the metro area during the past three years. |
| Law shuts out some students Changing laws have made life tougher for illegal immigrants in Arizona, including young people giving up dreams of college and better lives because they are unable to pay out-of-state tuition as required by voters. |
| Memorial to honor the time of the old barrio Where the Tucson Convention Center stands was once a neighborhood, with old adobe homes and businesses. There were vegetable gardens, trees, a Mexican bakery, a dentist's office and a bus depot. |
| With Fire Dept.'s parking structure addition, cost of new headquarters jumps to $38.5M The price tag for Downtown's new Fire Headquarters has ballooned more than 48 percent to $38.5 million since early 2006. |
| Neto's Tucson by Ernesto Portillo Jr. : Cemetery job keeps Tucsonan close to his beloved grandmother Although Kenny Larson's beloved nana passed away 25 years ago, he can visit her every day at his work. |
| Political Notebook by Daniel Scarpinato : Is Kolbe the next Comeback Kid? There's no question the outcome of the presidential race could affect Arizona politics. |
| Boy, 11, locked in 'reeking' room; 2 held Authorities found an 11-year-old boy locked in his bedroom Saturday morning with a bucket, a jug of water and a sandwich, and later arrested his mother and her boyfriend on suspicion of child abuse. |
| Judge affirms order backing day laborers PHOENIX — A federal judge has made permanent her order blocking a law in the Phoenix suburb of Cave Creek that barred people from standing on public streets and soliciting employment from occupants of cars. |
| Murder charge sought in '01 death MESA — Phoenix police are seeking a charge of first-degree murder against an El Mirage woman who they say called a national radio talk show two years ago and bragged that she had fatally shot her ex-boyfriend. |
| Man, 37, arrested over boy's taking gun to school PHOENIX — Authorities have arrested a man who's accused of providing the gun a 12-year-old boy took to a school in Queen Creek last week. |
| Democrats, Republicans plan events this week Monday |
| Aide to Carroll runs afoul of law again An aide to County Supervisor Ray Carroll who was in a car accident last month while driving Carroll's county truck has a history of run-ins with the law, including drug and weapons charges, driving without a valid license and other traffic violations. |
| Pet-bed making fills spare time of family physician PHOENIX — Arizona's swelling pet population is keeping animal shelters' hands and kennels full. |
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| On the agenda Marana Town Council — Meets Tuesday at 6 p.m. at Marana Municipal Complex, 11555 W. Civic Center Drive. For more information, call 382-1900 or visit www.marana.com. |
| Here are this week's I-10 construction traffic challenges This week, drivers in the construction area should watch out for the now-typical assortment of closures and lane restrictions on I-10, the frontage roads and local streets. |
| Give great kids the spotlight Do you know students who are excelling in — and out of — the classroom? |
| Tucson Time Capsule : Gas Station Promotion |
| Speeders, beware – TPD's radar van is on the prowl The city's police radar van is scheduled to snap photos of speeders at these locations this week, according to the Tucson Police Department's Web site: |
| Jimmy's forecast Plenty of moisture, along with a favorable flow, will continue our good chance of afternoon and evening thunderstorms today. Thunderstorms will continue well into the week. Although the high today will again be below normal, tem-peratures in the upper 90s will return. |
| Our View Review ● The Star endorses Ann Day for the Pima County Board of Supervisors in District 1 in the Sept 2 primary election. Day, a Republican, is running for re-election against businessman Joe Higgins. We believe Day's regional approach will continue to serve the county well. |
| Somalis filling jobs left after 389 arrests in Iowa POSTVILLE, Iowa — Nearly three months after a federal immigration raid uprooted almost 400 employees at a meatpacking plant in northeastern Iowa, dozens of Somali immigrants are slowly but steadily filling the depleted ranks left by the arrested workers. |
| Dems' platform commits to guaranteed health care for all PITTSBURGH — Democrats shaped a set of principles Saturday that commits the party to guaranteed health care for all, heading off a potentially divisive debate and edging the party closer to the position of Barack Obama's defeated rival, Hillary Rodham Clinton. |
| Obama lacks traits needed to lead U.S., McCain maintains LAS VEGAS — Republican John McCain on Saturday issued a scathing critique of Barack Obama's judgment and readiness to be commander in chief, telling a veterans' group his Democratic rival had tried to "legislate failure" in Iraq and placed his own ambition ahead of military success there. |
| Obama rips McCain on Bush-style 'stay the course' path WASHINGTON — Barack Obama accused Republican rival John McCain on Saturday of embracing Bush administration policies that he said shortchange Americans by favoring an extended war in Iraq at the expense of fixing the nation's underfunded schools and crumbling roads and bridges. |
| No DNA test for baby in Edwards flap WASHINGTON — The ex- mistress of former presidential candidate John Edwards said Saturday that she will not participate in DNA testing to establish the paternity of her daughter. |
| Rio Nuevo must first earn the public's trust Suddenly there's a lot going on with Rio Nuevo and yet, as ever, there is not. There's movement both on the public-financing and private-development fronts. But the public officials involved have often let us down, and private developers face tremendous challenges during an economic and credit crunch. Thus, we wait and watch. |
| Growth values Envision Utah is the standard-bearer for regional planning for growth. It is a model to which our regional community could look for ideas and ideals to assemble our growth picture. |
| Suicide bombing kills 25 at town in northern Iraq BAGHDAD — The U.S. military blamed al-Qaida in Iraq Saturday for a suicide car bombing in the northern town of Tal Afar, and an Iraqi official said the death toll in the attack had risen to 25. |
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| Opinion by Bonnie Henry : Since when are reading and writing bad things? Were you bad yesterday? Perhaps you snarled at your mother-in-law or honked at a dawdling motorist. |
| More gays 'married with children' NEW YORK — The cost remains high, and a good lawyer is essential. Yet despite complications, the idea of becoming a biological dad with help from a surrogate mother is gaining allure among gay men as the status of "married with children" grows ever more possible. |
| Files detail Ford-FBI bond in JFK assassination inquiry WASHINGTON — Former President Gerald Ford secretly advised the FBI that two of his fellow members on the Warren Commission doubted the FBI's conclusion that John F. Kennedy was shot from the sixth floor of the Texas Book Depository in Dal-las, according to newly released records from Ford's FBI files. |
| Japanese-Latin Americans seek justice from U.S. LIMA, Peru — Augusto Kague was only 12 when the U.S. government reached far south to his Peruvian farming town and tore his family apart. |
| Weapons expert's killing a blow to al-Qaida ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The killing of an al-Qaida chemical weapons expert in a missile strike two weeks ago on a Pakistani border village has dealt a heavy blow to the terrorist group's ambitions to build weapons of mass destruction, a former CIA case officer says. |
| Bright U.S. girl has 'learning gap' in Britain — how can it be? LONDON — That's my girl, I thought, as Olivia tore away from us to join the other 5-year-olds for circle time — legs crossed, arm stick-straight in the air in response to the teacher's question about how the kids spent Father's Day. |
| Ancient city recalls Afghanistan's past glory CHESHM-E-SHAFA, Afghani-stan — Centuries-old shards of pottery mingle with spent ammunition on a wind-swept mountainside in northern Afghanistan, where French archaeologists believe they have found a vast ancient city. |
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| Russian tanks roll in as clash with U.S. ally Georgia worsens OUTSIDE TSKHINVALI, Georgia — Russia and small U.S.-allied Georgia headed toward a wider war Saturday as Russian tanks rumbled into the contested province of South Ossetia and Russian aircraft bombed a Georgian town, escalating a conflict that already has left hundreds dead. |
| Slaying darkens mood at Olympics BEIJING — The fatal stabbing of the father of a former Olympian at a Beijing landmark cast a sad shadow over the first full day of Olympic competition Saturday, just hours after China's jubilant opening of the Summer Games. |
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