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  • UPHILL BATTLEArizona Sheriff to Appeal Racial Profiling Case Ruling

    Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio will appeal a federal judge's ruling that his agency systematically singled out Latinos in its trademark immigration patrols, marking the first finding by a court that the agency racially profiles people. Tim Casey, the lead attorney representing America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff in the case, said an appeal of the finding that the agency ...

  • Arizona authorities investigating threatening email sent lawmakers

    PHOENIX – Arizona's bitter debate over a signature part of President Obama's health care overhaul has sparked an investigation into lawmakers' safety after at least nine legislators received a threatening email over Gov. Jan Brewer's push to expand Medicaid access. The message referred to Second Amendment rights and shooting someone, but did not include any direct ...

  • Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio to appeal ruling in racial profiling case

    Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio will appeal a federal judge's ruling that his agency systematically singled out Latinos in its trademark immigration patrols, marking the first finding by a court that the agency racially profiles people. Tim Casey, the lead attorney representing America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff in the case, said an appeal of the finding that the agency ...

  • Bens Bells Jewish Center worker proves an invaluable team member

    The recipient of this week's Ben's Bell is Travis Fischer.Fischer, who works at the Tucson Jewish Community Center, was nominated by Kristin Taft and Barney Holtzman for his dedication to his work.Fischer has worked for the JCC for six years, five of which he's spent working for Special Needs Services, the letter said.Taft and Holtzman praised Fischer for his passion."He has ...

  • Letter carriers set personal best in food-bank drive

    The Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona received a record donation in food from the Stamp Out Hunger drive by mail carriers.The May 11 drive raised 381,142 pounds of food - a 16 percent increase over last year's drive, said Jack Parris, Community Food Bank spokesman.The drive raised $106,318 in monetary donations, which was about the same amount raised last year, Parris said."This ...


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Movie Review

Sorority Boys

Sorority Boys is a dumb comedy that takes a silly ideathree guys, thrown out of their cherished fraternity house after being accused of stealing party funds, disguise themselves as girls and join a sororityand makes it utterly inane. Full of witless jokes, dealing in broad stereotypes and outrageously unbelievable scenarios, and saddled with a general air of misogyny and emotional sadism t ... ...

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  • Whats closed on Memorial Day

    www.tucsonaz.gov/esd County garbage and recyclingo All county landfills and transfer stations will be closed Monday. This includes the Tangerine Road, Ajo and Sahuarita landfills, and the Ryan Airfield and Catalina transfer stations. All landfills reopen Tuesday; the transfer stations will reopen Thursday. For information, call 724-7400. For recycling or waste collection in Pima County, call ...

  • Need soars for foster parents in Pima County

    When Deb Boyce would hear about people involved in foster care, she simply thought they were doing good deeds to help children and didn't think twice about the issue."In our world it had nothing to do with us, it was just something that other people did," Boyce said.Until that day in 2009 when it became her world.When the 3-month-old son of Boyce's relative was taken out of ...

  • 911 memorial work gets debut at concert Sunday

    T ucson Chamber Artists will perform a special Memorial Day weekend concert on Sunday that includes a preview of the 9/11 memorial piece it commissioned from Stephen Paulus. The work will be included in a CD the professional choir is recording. All of the works are world premieres, including "Remembrance and Renewal," which TCA commissioned to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the ...

  • Woman 82 hit by SUV after granddaughters graduation dies

    A grandmother died after being struck by an SUV as she and family members left her granddaughter's graduation ceremony at Mountain View High School Thursday night.Dorothy Penrod, 82, was in a wheelchair, being pushed by her daughter, and a nephew was walking beside her as they left the graduation about 9:30 p.m., said Capt. Adam Goldberg, spokesman for the Northwest Fire ...

  • Arizona Sheriff Ruled to Unfairly Target Latinos

    A U.S. federal judge has ruled that an Arizona sheriff known for his tough policies has been singling out Latinos in immigration patrols and traffic ...

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