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  • Jodi Arias now asks Arizona jury to spare her death penalty

    1 of 3. Jodi Arias addresses the jury during the penalty phase of her murder trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix, Arizona May 21, ...

  • Worm Allegedly Found In McMuffin By Derrick Holt At Arizona McDonalds

    Mealbreaker (n.): a nasty, non-edible surprise found in food while it is being eaten; often lawsuit-provoking, sometimes fabricated, always ...

  • Certification revoked for 2 law enforcement officers from Tucson

    Two law enforcement officers had their state credentials revoked last week.The Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Training Board voted unanimously on May 15 to revoke the peace officer certifications of:o Lynsey Gould Coutts, who was arrested a year ago on suspicion of driving under the influence while on her way to work as a Tucson Police Department officer.o Francisco Jimenez, who was ...

  • Penske Truck Leasing Opens Facility in Arizona

    has opened a new $6 million, 24,000 square foot facility in Phoenix. The facility, situated on 10 acres, provides truck leasing, consumer and commercial truck rental and contract truck fleet maintenance services. It features five truck service bays, an automated wash bay, a maintenance shop and a three-lane commercial truck fuel island with bulk diesel exhaust fluid dispensation. It also ...

  • Arizona ban on abortion after 20 weeks struck down by federal court

    Arizona 's ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, absent a medical emergency.The 9th US circuit court of appeals said the law violated a woman's constitutionally protected right to terminate a pregnancy before a foetus is able to survive outside the womb. "Viability" of a foetus is generally considered to start at 24 weeks; normal pregnancies run about 40 weeks. Nine ...


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Movie Review

Bringing Up Baby

When I watch screwball comedies like "Bringing Up Baby," there is a certain part of me that laments the fact that our culture has become so jaded and cynical that a movie like this could never be made again. Oh sure, there have been some attempts in the last ten to twenty years, most notably two Madonna vehicles: "Desperately Seeking Susan" (1985) and "Who's That Girl?" (1987), the second of which ... ...

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  • Photos of Tucson shooting scene show gun knife

    In this image released by the Pima County Sheriff's department, a Glock 9 mm pistol is seen in the aftermath of the Tucson shooting rampage that killed six people and wounded former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 12 others in January 2011. Authorities released more than 300 photos on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, made by investigators during their investigation in the parking lot of the shopping ...

  • Appeals Court Strikes Down Arizona’s 20-Week Abortion Ban

    permanently struck down Arizona’s ';fetal pain'; law that would have criminalized abortion services after 20 weeks of pregnancy. The panel of judges determined that the 20-week ban is unconstitutional ...

  • 9th Circuit strikes down Arizona abortion law

    A U.S. appeals court Tuesday struck down an Arizona abortion law banning the procedure after 20 weeks unless there's a medical emergency. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco said the law conflicts with federal decisions extending back to Roe vs. Wade. "Arizona may not deprive a woman of the choice to terminate her pregnancy at any point prior ...

  • Arizona woman who killed boyfriend tells jury what shed do if life spared

    Jodi Arias looks at her defense attorney Jennifer Wilmott on Monday, May 20, 2013 during the penalty phase of Arias' murder trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix, AZ. Jodi Arias was convicted of first-degree murder in the stabbing and shooting to death of Travis Alexander, 30, in his suburban Phoenix home in June 2008. (The Arizona Republic, Rob Schumacher, ...

  • Tucson museums participating in the 2013 Blue Star Museum Initiative

    The Blue Star Museum Initiative is back for the 2013 summer season. The initiative allows active duty military and their families to visit participating museums for free between Memorial Day (May 27, 2013) and Labor Day (September 2, 2013). Below are the museums in Tucson participating this ...

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