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The film is based on Thomas ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214595686/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 23:20:01 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214595686/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Please provide any additional information regarding your situation which may help us determine why you were denied access to the ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214597345/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Sat, 18 May 2013 01:15:30 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214597345/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Please provide any additional information regarding your situation which may help us determine why you were denied access to the ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214597344/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Sat, 18 May 2013 01:15:30 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214597344/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a A man convicted of burglary without any physical evidence or eyewitness testimony was sentenced to 26 years in prison. Tim Casner had never been in trouble with the law, never even got so much as a parking ticket, when he was arrested, convicted and sent to prison in 1998. For the past 13 years, Casner has been locked up at the state prison in Kingman, Arizona. But the Prescott house painter has ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214597277/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Sat, 18 May 2013 01:04:58 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214597277/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a A new Arizona state law aims to hold drivers accountable behind the wheel. Senate Bill 1087 requires a driver of a taxi or limousine to submit to drug testing. New drivers must submit to drug tests, and each driver must submit to random drug tests once a year. Cab and limo company owners must keep drug testing records for all employees. Those records can be requested by the state at any time. ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214597278/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Sat, 18 May 2013 01:04:57 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214597278/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a We are sorry to inform you that you have been temporarily blocked from this website. Your IP Address or perhaps someone from the same geographical area as you has been tracked visiting one or more websites and requesting large amounts of content in a short amount of time. This has caused your IP Address to be flagged as a possible bot, spider, crawler, spyware, or some other malware. In ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214596639/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Sat, 18 May 2013 00:09:55 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214596639/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a I get these complaints every week. The checks look real, they use real business names, but they are all scams. You deposit the check, it appears to be good. The scammers ask you to send part of the money back, then the bank tells you it bounced. I've seen banks close accounts after this. No matter how tempting, don't bite... tear it up.. If you need help or need to warn others about a ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214595822/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 22:52:03 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214595822/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a US Airways flight 298 never got off the ground after the plane's captain went missing. The plane's co-pilot broke the news over the plane's intercom system to the 175 passengers who had already boarded the flight to Charlotte, NC. "He apologized and said that he'd never seen an instance, in all of his time working for an airline, where the captain went missing and they ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214595824/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 22:52:02 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214595824/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) -- A Scottsdale woman will spend the rest of her life in prison for killing her husband, dismembering his body and dropping pieces of it in at least three ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214595886/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 22:43:34 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214595886/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a her husband more than three years ago has been sentenced to natural life in prison. Shari Tobyne pleaded guilty and was sentenced on Friday. According to Scottsdale police, Shari shot and killed her husband, Dwight, at their home near Pima Road and Shea Boulevard on November 24, 2009. Police say Dwight was in the process of divorcing his wife and was set to move out the next day. After shooting ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214595168/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 21:43:12 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214595168/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a PHOENIX - At Iron Boy gym in Phoenix, you will find 18-year old Francisco "Panchito" De Vaca. Every day he trains, sweats, and fights, something he's been doing since he started boxing at age five. Over 13 years of fighting as an amateur boxer, with a record of 190 wins and 16 loses, Francisco finally has his shot. Friday night will be his first fight as a professional boxer, and ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214595167/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 21:43:11 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214595167/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a SCOTTSDALE, AZ - Looking for work? Amy's Baking Company is having a job fair. The Scottsdale bistro might have trouble filling the 30 spots it's hiring for after their ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214595169/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 21:43:10 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214595169/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) -- A Yavapai County sheriff's deputy whose actions were investigating following a brawl involving a motorcycle club at a Prescott bar has been ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214595238/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 21:35:23 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214595238/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a PHOENIX - An Arizona Senate battle over expanding Medicaid revealed a fractured Republican majority that is likely to be exposed next in the House of Representatives as it takes up Gov. Jan Brewer's top priority. Thursday's daylong Senate fight between conservative Republican senators and five GOP moderates who joined Democrats to vote to adopt a signature part of President Barack ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214594451/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 20:34:50 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214594451/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a GLENDALE, AZ - While working under the hot sun as a security guard at the University of Phoenix stadium late last summer, Julie Wilson found out the hard way that too much of a good thing can be a bad ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214594507/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 20:34:50 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214594507/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a ORO VALLEY, AZ - A teacher at Ironwood Ridge High School is being accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a female student. Oro Valley police say the department's school resource officers first began investigating Robert Brush in March. At the time, there wasn't enough evidence to make an arrest. This week, investigators received additional information, and the 31-year-old ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214594506/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 20:34:50 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214594506/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a This week, investigators received additional information, and the 31-year-old marketing and media arts teacher was taken into custody at the school. He was booked into the Pima County jail on one count of sexual misconduct with a ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214594509/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 20:26:51 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214594509/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a DJ Quinlan has been serving as interim director for five months. Party Chairman Bill Roe announced Friday that Quinlan's been hired to do the job ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214594508/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 20:26:51 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214594508/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Senate Bill 1178 , which passed the Arizona House of Representatives on Wednesday with a 32-24 vote along party lines and reportedly with little debate, seeks to strengthen the language of the already existing Religious Freedom Restoration Act.The bill seeks to strengthen religious freedom in the state in several ways, predominately by giving all denominations the ability to file a lawsuit over ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214594453/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 20:21:23 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214594453/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a FAIRFIELD, Conn. - A New York-area commuter railroad says two trains have collided in Connecticut, and there are preliminary reports of injuries. The Metro-North Railroad says emergency workers are arriving at the scene of Friday's accident. The rail line referred to it in a news release as a "major derailment." The railroad says the accident involved a New York-bound train leaving ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214593453/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 19:26:19 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214593453/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a PHOENIX - Maricopa County detectives arrested 15 suspected undocumented immigrants Thursday, 10 of whom were traveling in a single vehicle. Detectives from Maricopa County's human smuggling unit arrested 10 suspects in a Toyota Sienna van around 12:20 p.m. Thursday. Just about two hours later, detectives arrested five more people suspected of entering the country illegally that were ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214593452/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 19:26:19 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214593452/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a PHOENIX - It is the largest high school science competition in the world and it's happening right here in the Valley. Approximately 1,600 students from around the globe participated in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. However, these aren't your typical science projects and the students excel far beyond their grade levels. Aditya Khurana is a scientist researching ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214593454/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 19:26:18 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214593454/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a PHOENIX - Phoenix is hosting another gun buyback event this weekend thanks to an anonymous donation of $100,000. The buyback program's first two events, on May 4 and 11, were a big success--officers collected almost 1,000 firearms between the two dates. A third event will take place at three Valley churches on Saturday starting at 9 a.m. An anonymous donor funded the first two events with a ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214593451/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 19:26:18 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214593451/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a SCOTTSDALE, AZ - Scottsdale police are still looking for a 78-year-old who went missing Thursday after going on a bike ride. Edward Allen Brawley of Scottsdale left his home around 12:30 p.m. Thursday to go on a bike ride near Hayden Road and McCormick Parkway and has not been seen since. His wife said he usually is gone for no more than an hour, police reported. Brawley was last seen wearing ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214593455/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 19:26:17 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214593455/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a PHOENIX - Arizona Restaurant Week kicks off Saturday, and you can get a three-course meal for a set price of $30 or $40 at restaurants across the Valley More than 100 restaurants are participating in the week-long event, including Donovan's Steak and Chop House, The Stockyards, Pita Jungle and Chelsea's Kitchen. The deals will be good through May 27. Vegetarian and gluten free options ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214593539/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 19:26:15 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214593539/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a PHOENIX - Roadway improvements will require numerous closures this weekend, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation. Plan ahead with this summary of the closures and avoid the traffic this weekend. Here are the closures: Eastbound Loop 101 between 35th and Seventh avenues When: 10 p.m. Friday - 5 a.m. Monday Alternate route: Beardsley frontage road (eastbound). Access I-17 via Deer ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214593457/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 19:26:14 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214593457/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Police say the shooter, 27-year-old Brandon Shriner, claims he fired in self-defense. He has not been arrested, and police say the investigation is ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214593541/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 19:18:21 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214593541/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Casa Grande police spokesman Thomas Anderson says the man was standing on the tracks but did not move despite the train operator honking the horn and pulling the ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214593540/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 19:18:21 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214593540/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a PHOENIX - Supporters on Friday gathered in downtown Phoenix to rally behind the current Boy Scouts of America membership policy banning gay scout leaders and members. The rally comes less than a week before the national council is set to vote on a resolution potentially lifting a ban on allowing openly gay scout leaders and members into troops. The rally was held at the Boy Scouts of America ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214592273/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 18:17:05 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214592273/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a CROWNPOINT, N.M. (AP) -- Graduates at Navajo Technical College got to hear from Jill Biden, the wife of Vice President Joe Biden, during their commencement ceremony ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214592359/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 18:09:32 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214592359/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a PHOENIX-On May 15, 2013, Jon Phillip Carstens, 47, of Phoenix, Arizona, was sentenced by visiting U.S. District Judge Linda R. Reade to 235 months in federal prison for robbing a Wells Fargo Bank in Yuma, Arizona. Carstens pleaded guilty on February 8, 2013 to armed bank robbery. According to the plea agreement, Carstens entered a Wells Fargo Bank in Yuma wearing a hat and a scarf which covered ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214591192/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 17:12:23 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214591192/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Phoenix police say one of four men who were part-owners of a Vietnamese restaurant has been arrested in the stabbing deaths of two brothers who were also part-owners of the business.Police said two pairs of brothers owned the restaurant and that one brother from each pair argued for several hours about hiring and firing of restaurant staff before the fight began.Brothers Brandon and Timmy Hoang ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214591118/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 17:08:19 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214591118/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a PHOENIX - The Powerball lottery has risen to $600 million, but that number would be dwarfed by the $925 million it's expected to jump to if no one wins the jackpot on Saturday. There was no winning ticket in Wednesday's jackpot of $360 million, and the prize has now become the second-largest lottery jackpot in U.S. ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214591119/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 17:07:34 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214591119/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Republican Rep. Trent Franks had introduced a bill that would ban such procedures only in the District of Columbia. But following the Kermit Gosnell case, he plans to amend it so it would apply nationwide. Gosnell is a Philadelphia abortion doctor who was convicted of killing three babies after they were born ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214591193/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 16:58:45 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214591193/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Team Needs While the Magic take no satisfaction in finishing with the NBA's worst record in 2012-13, there is now immense hope surrounding a franchise that was deep in drama this time last year. During the 2012 offseason, the Magic parted ways with former President of Basketball Operations Otis Smith and Head Coach Stan Van Gundy and instituted a new regime led by General Manager Rob ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214591194/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 16:53:48 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214591194/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a TORONTO - A 5.2 magnitude earthquake centered northwest of Ottawa rattled buildings Friday in Ontario and Quebec and was felt across upstate New York from Buffalo to the Vermont border. Canada's government agency that monitors earthquakes said the quake it registered a 5.2-magnitude temblor with an epicenter located about 11 miles (17 kilometers) northeast of Shawville, Quebec, about an ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214589874/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 15:55:06 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214589874/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a PRESCOTT, AZ - A 32-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly sexually abusing two women in a downtown Prescott bar and then fleeing. Kt. Ken Morley of Prescott Police Department said 32-year-old Antonio Lopez Perez has been booked into the Yavapai County Jail on two felony counts of sexual abuse after an incident that occurred on Thursday, May 16, 2013. Perez allegedly grabbed two women--ages ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214589947/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 15:55:06 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214589947/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a After President Obama opened the door to temporary legal status for more than a million young immigrants who came to the United States as children, Arizona and other ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214589209/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 15:54:03 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214589209/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a CASA GRANDE, AZ - Authorities say a man has died after he was struck by a train in Casa Grande Friday morning. Thomas Anderson with the Casa Grande Police Department said that at around 7:45 a.m. an empty Union Pacific cargo train was traveling westbound through Casa Grande when the conductor saw a person standing on the railroad tracks and wasn't able to stop the train before hitting and ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214588574/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 14:43:32 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214588574/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a DES MOINES, IA - Powerball officials say the jackpot has climbed to an estimated $600 million, making it the largest prize in the game's history and the world's second largest lottery prize. Lottery officials say the prize is growing quickly Friday because so many people have been purchasing the $2 tickets. The jackpot has grown by an estimated $236 million since the last drawing on ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214588575/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 14:43:32 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214588575/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a MESA, AZ - A motorcyclist was killed when he crashed into a car in Mesa Thursday night, according to authorities. Police say the motorcyclist, a man in his 20s, was speeding on Rio Salado Parkway when he hit the car near Country Club Drive. The rider was thrown from the bike and ended up about 50 yards away. Police say a mother and infant were in the car. They were taken to the hospital. Police ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214588576/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 14:43:31 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214588576/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a BP Wind Energy North America had proposed building 283 wind turbines on BLM and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation land that could produce up to 500 megawatts of ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214588638/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 14:34:57 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214588638/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a PHOENIX (AP) -- A lawsuit challenging a 2012 state law that would require Arizona's local governments to move their elections to even-numbered years is now on track to go to ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214588639/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 14:34:57 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214588639/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a NASHVILLE, TN - Sugarland's Jennifer Nettles is releasing a solo album. Nettles says Friday in a news release that she is working with Rick Rubin and will release the album in the fall. Rumors that Nettles would release a solo album have been prevalent for a while. Grammy Award-winning Sugarland includes Kristian Bush and is one of country music's most successful and honored acts. The ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214587163/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 13:24:35 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214587163/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a TUCSON, AZ - A 22-year-old convenience store clerk in Tucson is hospitalized in critical condition after being found early Friday with life-threatening injuries after being stabbed. Police say a customer found the wounded clerk at about 1 a.m. and call 911. The incident was initially reported as an armed robbery but Sgt. Chris Widmer says police now don't think it was connected to a robbery. ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214587164/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 13:24:34 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214587164/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a WASHINGTON - Solid hiring helped lower unemployment rates in 40 U.S. states last month, the most since November. The declines show the job market is improving throughout most of the country. The Labor Department said Friday that unemployment rates increased in only three states: Louisiana, Tennessee and North Dakota. Rates were unchanged in seven states. California, New York and South Carolina ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214587231/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 13:24:34 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214587231/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a NEW ORLEANS - Days after a burst of gunfire brought a chaotic and bloody end to a Mother's Day neighborhood parade in New Orleans, news of six arrests gave an organizer of the traditional event reason to celebrate again. "I'm just ecstatic," Edward Buckner, president of the Original Big 7 Social Aid and Pleasure Club, said Thursday. Two brothers were booked with 20 counts each ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214587166/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 13:24:34 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214587166/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a PEORIA, AZ - A man was injured near a construction site in Peoria Friday morning after he reportedly fell several feet. Amanda Jacinto, of the Peoria Police Department, said a male in his 40s fell between seven to 15 feet near a construction site at Lake Pleasant Parkway and Jomax in Peoria, Ariz. The individual was unconscious at first, but then regained consciousness. The victim was flown by ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214587167/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 13:24:33 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214587167/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Direct Energy is expanding in the Phoenix area. Direct Energy is ready to start talking a bit more about deregulated utilities in Arizona. The Houston-based company, which announced earlier this year it was opening another call center in the Valley, is ready to join in on the discussion of giving consumers a choice in who their electric providers will be. Heres a hint: Direct Energy believes ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214587935/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 13:22:32 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214587935/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -- A 22-year-old convenience store clerk in Tucson is hospitalized in critical condition after being found early Friday with life-threatening injuries after being ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214587232/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 13:15:11 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214587232/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a 'Grey's Anatomy's' Sarah Drew on April's Sweet (and Sudden) Surprise Arizona Robbins made a heartbreaking confession during Thursday's ninth season finale ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214586467/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 13:10:11 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214586467/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a California's Fiscally Disciplined Budget Positive Fitch Ratings views California's fiscal 2014 budget as continuing the disciplined approach to fiscal management shown by the state in recent years. California's economic outlook cautiously forecasts that the expiration of the federal payroll tax holiday and federal sequestration cuts will have a modestly negative impact on personal ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214587209/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 13:09:36 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214587209/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Americas small businesses want comprehensive immigration reform, according to a new survey. A vast majority of U.S. small businesses believe immigration reform is vital to their businesses, according to a survey from the National Association for the Self-Employed. The NASE survey found that 77 percent of the nations small companies called the issue of immigration reform important to their ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214586418/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 13:03:53 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214586418/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a The Field family: Austin, 5, Sharon, Brayden, 9, Jarrod and Mason, 7, are excited for tomorrow's Suns family fun day. Pic: Mike Batterham FOUR families will have the chance to get up close and personal with Gold Coast Suns players tomorrow.Club representatives hope the Suns' recent wins will help attract children to the Suns Family Fun Day, a joint initiative between the club and the ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214585559/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 12:12:59 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214585559/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a TRENTON, N.J. - Authorities say the gun used in a 37-hour standoff between New Jersey police and a man holding three children and two dead bodies was fake. State Police Lt. Stephen Jones says hostage-taker Gerald Tyrone Murphy had a replica semi-automatic handgun. Jones says that doesn't change the way officers responded. Jones says Murphy also was holding a large kitchen knife and other ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214585669/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 12:06:45 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214585669/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a LOUISVILLE, KY - Officials say one U.S. Navy sailor was killed and several others were hurt in a training exercise at Fort Knox in Kentucky. Lt. David Lloyd, a spokesman for Naval Special Warfare Group Two in Virginia Beach, Va., said Friday morning that the accident happened Wednesday night. The six sailors assigned to the group were riding in a Humvee when the accident happened, though Lloyd ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214585560/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 12:06:45 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214585560/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2011 photo, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio speaks to the media after his deputies conducted a raid at a printing company in Phoenix, arresting six suspects out of 17 they were allegedly looking for. The immigration debate in Arizona reached a boiling point when the state passed a groundbreaking law in 2007 targeting those often blamed with fueling the nation's ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214585562/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 11:50:04 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214585562/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Hester, Heitel & Associates, an independent insurance agency in Phoenix, Ariz. was chosen to represent "the path to the future for all independent agencies," announced Consumer Agency Portal LLC, also known as Project CAP, creator of the Agency 2020 program. Through early 2014, industry service and product providers will work with Hester, Heitel to explore pathways to future ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214584667/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 11:40:45 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214584667/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said in a statement on its web site that Frances B. Monson died at 6:35 a.m. Friday at a hospital in Salt Lake City. She was ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214584085/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 11:07:23 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214584085/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a PHOENIX - The Powerball jackpot jumped to $550 million on Thursday -- the third largest lottery in history -- as dreamers in all but the seven states where the game isn't played snatched up tickets for the minuscule chance at a life on easy street. Thursday's announcement by the Iowa-based Multi-State Lottery Association means ticket sales have soared since Wednesday night's ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214583911/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 10:48:00 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214583911/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a WASHINGTON - The Internal Revenue Service's improper use of tougher scrutiny of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status seems part of a broader pattern of intimidation and cover-ups by the Obama administration, a top House Republican said Friday. The House Ways and Means Committee, led by Rep. Dave Camp, R-Mich., held the first congressional hearing into the tax agency's improper ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214583986/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 10:48:00 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214583986/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) -- A former NASCAR driver who led police on a high-speed chase through Nevada, Arizona and Utah has been ordered to appear in Utah state court next ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214583987/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 10:38:55 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214583987/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Arizona 's Republican governor from denying driver's licenses to young immigrants granted temporary legal status by the federal government. Civil rights groups had filed a lawsuit in US district court in Phoenix in November against Governor Jan Brewer and two state transportation department officials on behalf of five Mexican immigrants who qualify for deferred deportation status under ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214583127/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 10:34:07 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214583127/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a LAS VEGAS (AP) -- O.J. Simpson’s former lawyer has some explaining to do. Miami attorney Yale Galanter is scheduled to testify Friday in Simpson’s bid for a new trial. Galanter, according to Simpson, advised the former football star that it was his legal right to retrieve personal items from two memorabilia dealers; told Simpson not to testify in the Las Vegas trial that eventually ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214583831/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 10:26:31 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214583831/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a 1900: An Arizona and New Mexico Railroad freight train crashes through a bridge near Clifton. Three people are killed and nine injured.1910: The Douglas police chief arrests the mayor on a charge of failing to hitch his horse.Also in 1910: The Hotel Adams in Phoenix is destroyed by fire, withtwo people killed and the loss estimated at $275,000. Then-Governor and Mrs. Richard Sloan, who were ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214583988/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 10:25:55 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214583988/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a approved a measure which expanded the city’s existing anti-discrimination law to include LGBT and disabled citizens. This affects contracts, housing, public accommodations and employment but only for the city of Phoenix proper, the rest of Arizona can continue to legally discriminate. It was a smart move on the part of the council and Mayor Greg Stanton since Phoenix, the 6th largest city ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214582427/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 09:32:37 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214582427/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a GILBERT, AZ - Police are investigating a shooting that left one man dead in Gilbert on Thursday night. Lt. John Lyle with Gilbert Police said, authorities responded to a shooting call at a home near Greenfield and Guadalupe Roads around 9:45 p.m. on Thursday night. When police arrived on the scene they found an adult male outside the home suffering from a gunshot wound. Lyle said the victim was ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214582428/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 09:32:29 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214582428/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a PHOENIX - The immigration debate in Arizona reached a boiling point in 2007 when the state passed a groundbreaking law targeting those often blamed with fueling the nation's border woes: Employers who hire immigrants living in the U.S. illegally. The law marked a bold step by a state into an area that had long been the domain of the federal government, and it paved the way for Arizona's ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214582429/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 09:32:28 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214582429/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) -- A federal judge in Arizona is refusing to reconsider a ruling upholding the Interior Department's authority to ban new hard rock mining claims on federal ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214582492/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 09:22:25 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214582492/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Approximately $3.4 billion of long term debt is affected by the rating action. The upgrade reflects strong operating performance in 2012 and the constructive outcome of APS' settled 2010 General Rate Case (GRC), which will provide a tailwind for improved earnings and credit ratios this year. The ratings also consider APS' solid liquidity position, manageable debt maturities, low ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214582661/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 09:20:43 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214582661/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Mike Settles, a customer serviceman for Arizona Public Service Co., checks on a smart meter. The Arizona Corporation Commission is looking into whether smart meters designed to help people learn about their energy use pose health threats. It cant be too soon for Judy Staab and Warren Woodward, who both say there is evidence smart meters pose substantial health problems. The commission is ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214581822/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 09:00:06 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214581822/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a State gaming agents have seized approximately two dozen illegal slot and video poker machines in the Phoenix and Tucson ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214581636/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 08:58:06 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214581636/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Michael DiMino Michael DiMino, who has served as president and CEO of Scottsdale-based Rural/Metro Corp. since May 2010, has been replaced. This video was uploaded on May 13 of DiMino thanking employees for their contribution to the company during National EMS Week. But on the same day, Rural/Metro appointed Scott Bartos as president and CEO of Rural/Metro. A corporate statement simply says ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214582431/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 08:19:49 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214582431/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a NOGALES, AZ - Federal agents intercepted more than 2,300 pounds of marijuana following a traffic stop in Nogales. Special agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations seized some of the drugs Wednesday after stopping a cargo van for a traffic violation in an area known for smuggling. A search of the van turned up 12 boxes containing more than 930 ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214581104/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 08:18:58 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214581104/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Jason Rose and his PR firm, Rose+Moser+Allyn Public and Online Relations is now representing Amy's Baking Company, When beleaguered restaurant owner Amy Bouzaglo called Jason Rose Wednesday, the publicist and crisis management expert thought it was a joke. After all, the principal with Scottsdale-based Rose+Moser+Allyn Public and Online Relations had spent some time yesterday on KDKB-FM 93.3 ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214581594/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 08:12:19 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214581594/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Cox Communications is holding its second annual Cox Conserves Heroes awards program. Cox Communications is looking for nominations for its second annual Cox Conserves Heroes awards program. In partnership with the Trust for Public Land, Cox is accepting nominations for volunteers in the Phoenix metropolitan area and southern Arizona who are creating, preserving or enhancing outdoor ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214581593/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 08:01:32 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214581593/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is warning customers of phishing emails that may seek personal and credit card information Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is warning customers of phishing emails that may seek personal and credit information. There was a false email sent to a number of people this morning claiming to be from Walmart.com. This email looks like a confirmation of a purchase made on Walmart.com, but is ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214580339/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 07:54:24 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214580339/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Chandler Mayor Jay Tibshraeny hailed Earnhardts decision to open the new Cadillac dealership in his city, adding it will be a boon to the citys economy. Cadillac is rolling into Chandler. Construction will begin this summer on Earnhardt Chandler Cadillac at the Chandler 202 Auto mall at the Loop 202 and Gilbert Road. The Cadillac dealership will join existing Honda, Toyota, Nissan and Subaru ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214581105/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 07:49:06 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214581105/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a FLINT, Mich. (AP) -- The sister of an ex-Marine incarcerated in Iran for nearly two years has met with a Swiss ambassador about her brother's case as part of an effort to seek his ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214579996/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 07:02:04 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214579996/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2011 photo, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio speaks to the media after his deputies conducted a raid at a printing company in Phoenix, arresting six suspects out of 17 they were allegedly looking for. The immigration debate in Arizona reached a boiling point when the state passed a groundbreaking law in 2007 targeting those often blamed with fueling the nation's ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214577791/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 05:02:24 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214577791/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Jurors deciding whether convicted murderer Jodi Arias will get the death penalty heard the victim's brother describe Thursday how he was hospitalized for ulcers, lost sleep and separated from his wife after his brother was ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214577793/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 05:02:23 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214577793/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Josephine Johnson, manager of Rio Tinto's Argyle Pink Diamonds, poses with the Argyle 'Phoenix' red diamond, one of the world's rarest gems, during a private viewing at a Sydney hotel May 17, 2013. The Phoenix, which could fetch several million dollars, is included in the 2013 Argyle Diamond collection, named after Rio Tinto's Argyle diamond mine in Western Australia ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214577229/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 03:48:41 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214577229/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a At 26, Reno Roethle is going through a time of life when people make big decisions - about careers, lovers, moves.But he's got a big obstacle.His surgically repaired lip, damaged in 2007 by a blast in Sadr City, Baghdad, doesn't look or work quite right. Half of his lower lip is white, due to skin grafts used to repair it, and it's flat so sometimes he drools.It's not exactly ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214577207/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 03:26:29 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214577207/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a For the third time this season and sixth time in the past two years, Northern Arizona director of track and field and cross country Eric ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214576178/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 02:39:51 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214576178/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Spring is typically the driest time of year in Arizona, and the lack of rainfall over the last two months has caused our drought to worsen. Unfortunately, little to no improvement is expected before the monsoon arrives this summer. Seventy percent of the state is now in severe or extreme drought. That is a big jump from the 44 percent reported last month by the U.S. Drought Monitor. This time ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214576256/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 02:39:15 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214576256/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a PHOENIX A judge on Thursday refused to halt Gov. Jan Brewer's order that denies driver's licenses for young immigrants in Arizona who have gotten work permits and avoided deportation under an Obama administration policy. The decision by U.S. District Judge David Campbell rejects the argument by immigrant rights advocates who said Brewer's policy was unconstitutional because ... http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214575681/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fri, 17 May 2013 02:22:52 -0400 http://www.tucsonnews.net/index.php/sid/214575681/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a We are sorry to inform you that you have been temporarily blocked from this website. 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