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18 min ago | The Arizona Daily Star

Man linked to 2 rapes last year pleads guilty

A Tucson man pleaded guilty Monday to raping two women in separate incidents last year and agreed to spend the next 30 years in prison.

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Related Topix: Tucson Metro, Pima County, AZ

8 hrs ago | Arizona Daily Sun

Greenhouse gas emissions increase in Tucson

An increased population in southern Arizona means more greenhouse gas emissions.

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15 hrs ago | Arizona Daily Star

Time to meet ourselves

You might think that after all the years and all the food Tucson Meet Yourself would be showing its age.

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Related Topix: Costa Rica, World News, Central America

Sat Oct 11, 2008

KVOA-TV Tucson

UA freezes state-funded hiring, reviews costs

The University of Arizona has initiated an across-the-board hiring freeze as the Tucson school tries to avoid deeper cuts in a souring economy.

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Related Topix: University of Arizona, Tucson Metro

Seattle Times

Close-up | Asteroid's path predicted for the first time

Scientists for the first time predicted the arrival of an asteroid before it entered Earth's atmosphere.

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Caliente

Cagle: Tucson incident was self-defense

Country singer Chris Cagle faced a misdemeanor assault charge after an altercation in December.

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Related Topix: Theater, Arts

Fri Oct 10, 2008

The Arizona Daily Star

Longtime Tucson school photographer found dead in Mexico

A local photographer who recently disappeared has been found dead in Mexico. Larry Lurie apparently hanged himself in a hotel room, said Alejandro Palacios, a spokesman for the city of Nogales, Sonora.

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Related Topix: Tucson Metro, World News, Mexico

The Arizona Daily Star

Home fire on Tucson's Southwest Side investigated

The Drexel Heights Fire District is investigating the cause of a fire that broke out at a mobile home on the far Southwest Side this morning.

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Related Topix: Drexel Heights, AZ, Tucson Metro

PR-inside.com

TEP Criticizes City of Tucson's Release of Faulty Report on Electrocution

According to TEP, that report contained factual errors that may have contributed to incorrect or unsubstantiated conclusions made by the City's consultant, George J. Hogge.

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Thu Oct 09, 2008

WTHI-TV Terre Haute

Fraternity suspended following student's death

The Wabash College chapter of Delta Tau Delta has been suspended following the death of an 18-year-old freshman.

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Related Topix: Wabash College, Student Society, Delta Tau Delta, Fraternities, Delta International, Tucson Metro

The Arizona Daily Star

Report: Boy's electrocution blamed on faulty wiring

A city investigation blames Fluoresco Lighting and Signs for the electrocution death of 8-year-old Deshun Chance Glover, at Hi Corbett Field on July 25.

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Related Topix: Hurricane, Natural Disasters, Tucson Metro

KMSB-TV Tucson

Gov: Arizona can remain a major trading partner

Gov. Janet Napolitano says she remains confident Arizona can remain a key player in international trade despite cuts in the state budget.

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Related Topix: Janet Napolitano, US Governors, Tucson Metro

News 13 KOLD-TV Home

Fire chief leaving Arizona for California job

The chief of the Tucson's Northwest Fire/Rescue District has taken a job with a fire department in California.

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Related Topix: Fire

KVOA-TV Tucson

Tucson school photographer found dead

Tyler Wing reports Tucson school photographer found dead A Southern Arizona photographer who took school pictures for over a decade in Tucson has died.

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Related Topix: Tucson Metro, Flowing Wells, AZ, Marana, AZ

Wed Oct 08, 2008

KVOA-TV Tucson

Tucson school fails for the third straight year

Two Tucson-area schools are failing and that means the state can step in and take drastic measures.

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Related Topix: Tucson Metro

ABC15.com

Pima County approves funding for desert water stations

Pima County supervisors have approved a $25,000 grant to help maintain emergency water stations in desert areas near Tucson.

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Related Topix: Pima County, AZ

Tri-cityherald.com

Feds to use computer chips to foil cactus thieves

Some of the thousands of saguaro cactus plants that dot the vast landscape in Saguaro National Park are about to get some security Monday, Oct.

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Related Topix: US National Parks, Saguaro National Park, Tucson Metro

KVOA-TV Tucson

Pima County deputies rescue mom, 2 kids from fire

A sheriff's spokeswoman in Pima County says deputies rescued a mother and two young children who were trapped in their burning home.

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Related Topix: Pima County, AZ, Kids, Family

Tue Oct 07, 2008

Tuscon Citizen

Memorial 6 p.m. at Desert View for Tucsonan who died at Ind. college

A memorial for Desert View High School graduate Johnny Smith, 18, will be held Tuesday at the school, according to his grandmother, Monya Ballah.

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Related Topix: Wabash College

The Arizona Daily Star

Man charged in mom's slaying near Tucson has long criminal record

Jacob Isaac Bynog, 32, faces a charge of first-degree murder in connection with his mother's death southwest of Tucson The Arizona Daily Star 3500 N CAMPBELL AV ,TUC HIT AND RUN ACCIDENT NEG INJ 12:02 E 22 ST/S ...

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Related Topix: Tucson Metro, Pima County, AZ, Prison

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