Wednesday 10th March, 2010

• AZ trust fund for jobless benefits running dry

  News 13

  PHOENIX (AP) - The state trust fund that pays for jobless benefits is expected to run dry this week. That will force Arizona to borrow money from the federal government until unemployment subsides. T...

• Gateway names field after 2 Hall of Famers

  News 13

  MESA, Ariz. (AP) - A grassy courtyard at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport has been named after baseball Hall of Famers Bob Feller and Ferguson Jenkins. The two pitchers were on hand Tuesday to dedicate t...

• Owners of NY club where groom was shot are charged

  News 13

  NEW YORK (AP) - A mother and son who owned a New York City strip club made infamous by a 50-bullet police shooting of an unarmed man there on his wedding day have been charged in a mortgage fraud case...

• Fatal Arizona Bus Accident Points Out Need for Improvements in Charter Bus Safety

  PR Web

  Cliff Blackman, nationally renowned brain injury attorney, calls on transportation authorities to better protect charter bus passengers from catastrophic injuries in accidents

• Arizona Marriage Bill Extends the Time You Must Wait Before a Divorce

  24 / 7 Press Release

  An AZ bill would extend the wait time between filing for and actually receiving a divorce from two to six months, but it is unsure if the law may actually save marriages and lower state costs.

• Arizona Gains Yet Another 1-800-PLUMBING Affiliate: B K Plumbing and Bath Joins 1-800-PLUMBING Licensing Group

  24 / 7 Press Release

  B K Plumbing & Bath is one of the newest plumbing companies from across the USA and Canada capitalizing on the power of the vanity phone number, "1-800-PLUMBING"

• Arizona Marriage Bill Extends the Time You Must Wait Before a Divorce

  Earth Times

  An AZ bill would extend the wait time between filing for and actually receiving a divorce from two to six months, but it is unsure if the law may actually save marriages and lower state costs.March 10...

• Arizona Gains Yet Another 1-800-PLUMBING Affiliate: B K Plumbing and Bath Joins 1-800-PLUMBING Licensing Group

  Earth Times

  B K Plumbing & Bath is one of the newest plumbing companies from across the USA and Canada capitalizing on the power of the vanity phone number, 1-800-PLUMBING SURPRISE, AZ, March 10, 2010 /24-7Pr...

• AP source: No-fly list nearly doubles since attack

  News 13

  By EILEEN SULLIVANAssociated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - An intelligence official says the government has nearly doubled the number of people on the no-fly list since the attempted Christmas Day a...

• Report: States team up on new academic standards

  News 13

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Governors and state education leaders are proposing a new set of standards to define what should be taught in the nation's public schools, The Washington Post reported Wednesday....

• Dozen same-sex couple tie knot in DC

  News 13

  By JESSICA GRESKOAssociated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - At least a dozen couples tied the knot in the District of Columbia on the first day same-sex ceremonies were legally allowed, and many more ...

• Texas ed board set to take 1st vote since primary

  News 13

  By APRIL CASTROAssociated Press Writer AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas' state education board, rocked by primary electionsthat may push the influential panel's far-right leanings toward the center...

• UN report: Much of Somalia's food aid diverted

  News 13

  UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Much of the food aid intended for Somalia's poor is diverted to corrupt contractors, radical Islamist militants and local U.N. workers, according to a Security Council report...

• TUSD approves first merger under incentive program

  News 13

  email TUCSON, AZ (KOLD) – Not everything stays the same, and some Wrightstown Elementary School parents said that Tucson Unified School District could have closed the school anyway. "It should...

• Sunnyside school district votes to close elementary school

  News 13

  email TUCSON (KOLD) - The Sunnyside school district is finding a new use for an elementary school as it copes with reduced state funding. Tuesday night, the governing board voted 5-0 to close Ocotil...

• Glendale 4th grader suspended for knife at school

  News 13

  GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) - A Glendale fourth grader has avoided expulsion but will have to serve a nearly three-week suspension for accidentally carrying a pocket knife to school in a backpack. The gover...

• Feds to probe cause of runaway Prius in California

  News 13

  By ELLIOT SPAGATAssociated Press Writer EL CAJON, Calif. (AP) - The government sent investigators Tuesday to examine a Prius that sped out of control on a California freeway, and Toyota said it wante...

• Obama using 'bounty hunters' to root out fraud

  News 13

  By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVARAssociated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama said Tuesday he'll bring in high-tech bounty hunters to help root out health care fraud, grabbing a popu...

• Biden condemns new Israeli settlement plan

  News 13

  By ARON HELLERAssociated Press Writer JERUSALEM (AP) - Vice President Joe Biden condemned an Israeli plan to build hundreds of homes in disputed east Jerusalem on Tuesday - a disagreement that tarnis...

• Pope's brother: I ignored physical abuse reports

  News 13

  By ALESSANDRA RIZZO and MELISSA EDDYAssociated Press Writers BERLIN (AP) - The pope's brother said in a newspaper interview published Tuesday that he slapped pupils as punishment after he took ov...

• Help offered to struggling home owners

  News 13

  email Tucson, AZ (KOLD News 13) - It's generally agreed if home owners and lenders have problems and stop talking to each other, that's a bad sign. In Arizona, Mortgage foreclosures are up s...

• Residents vote to incorporate Grand Canyon town

  News 13

  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) - Residents of a small Arizona community that serves as a gateway to the Grand Canyon's popular South Rim have voted overwhelmingly to incorporate. Tuesday's election was the se...

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