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New Arizona law changes rules for notaries

A crusading Fountain Hills resident has helped to push through a new law in Arizona relating to rules governing notaries. The Fountain Hills Times has the full story on the new law. Check out the story ...
State Bar of Arizona investigating former U.S. Attorney for Arizona Dennis Burke

Dennis Burke The State Bar of Arizona is conducting an investigation into former U.S. Attorney for Arizona Dennis Burke. State Bar chief communications officer Rick DeBruhl confirmed to me Wednesday that there is an investigation into Burke. The State Bar and the Arizona Supreme Court handle ethics and disciplinary investigations of attorneys in the state. DeBruhl said he could not comment ...
De La Rosa sharp Gonzalez a power as Rockies top Arizona for series win

Carlos Gonzalez greets congratulations in the Rockies dugout after hitting a solo home run in the first inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Coors Field on Wednesday. (Justin Edmonds, Getty ...
Text of atheist prayer given in Arizona House

An atheist lawmaker's daily prayer Tuesday at the Arizona House of Representatives led a fellow lawmaker to ask for a do-over the following ...
Judge tells jury to keep deliberating in Jodi Arias punishment phase

Convicted murderer Jodi Arias said she's as prepared as she can be if jurors return a sentence of execution Wednesday. UPI// Rob Schumacher/Arizona ...

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"We must be ready to fight in Vietnam, but the ultimate victory will depend upon the hearts and the minds of the people who actually live out there."--President Lyndon B. Johnson In the nearly three decades since U.S. troops were withdrawn from Vietnam and the U.S.-backed South Vietnamese government fell to the communist North Vietnamese, there have been a plethora of expl ... ...

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Federal Court Protects Right To Choose In Arizona Strikes Down Abortion Ban

vicious anti-abortion law that bans abortion at 20 weeks and potentially as early as 18 weeks after conception. Pro-choice groups and women’s rights groups vowed to fight the strict law in court, and on Tuesday, a federal court handed them a ...
Arizona House non-prayer sparks Christian re-do

PHOENIX (AP) -- An atheist lawmaker's decision to give the daily prayer at the Arizona House of Representatives triggered a do-over from a Christian lawmaker who said the previous day's prayer didn't pass ...
Atheists Rising Wolf Blitzer Learns a Lesson and Arizona Lawmaker Says Dont Bow Your Heads

. But when Wolf Blitzer made a casual comment Tuesday, it turned out to be a teachable moment both for the newsman and television viewers. Speaking live to a survivor of the deadly tornado in Moore, Okla., Blitzer declared the woman "blessed," her husband "blessed," and her son "blessed." He then asked, "You've gotta thank the Lord, right? Do you thank the ...
May 22 Today in Arizona history

1894: Dr. A.E. Douglass selects a site in Flagstaff for the Lowell Observatory.1923: Four people die in an explosion at Benson's Apache Powder Plant.1925: A wolf-like pack of 15 or 20 wild dogs kill livestock and terrorize children in the Silverbell Road area near Tucson.Also in 1925: Citizens of Bisbee form the Bisbee Volunteer Forest Fire Fighting Corps, which consists of 13 groups of ...
Arizona restaurant becomes poster child for dark side of online customer reviews

This Monday, May 20, 2013 photo shows Amy's Baking Company in Scottsdale, Ariz. After a particularly ugly TV experience, Amy's is fighting back and trying to raise awareness for cyber-bullying. They are doing this after they cursed out critics of their TV experience on their Facebook page. The restaurant temporarily closed down their Scottsdale restaurant after the ';Kitchen ...

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Need more positive signs before scaling back stimulus, says Bernanke

WASHINGTON - Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke Wednesday said it was too soon ...
April sees Japan trade deficit jump to 879.9bn yen

TOKYO - Japan's trade deficit rose substantially more than expected in the month April to ...
Breakthrough research shows Vit C kills drug resistant TB

WASHINGTON - Adding vitamin C to existing tuberculosis drugs regime could shorten the therapy for ...
UK urged by IMF to bring forward high value spending

LONDON - In a critique of the United Kingdom's austerity programme, the International Monetary Fund ...

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Why some patients experience memory loss while taking statins

University of Arizona researchers have found a possible reason for the reversible memory loss that some patients experience while taking statins, a class of global top-selling cholesterol-lowering drugs.

They have made a novel discovery in brain cells being treated with statin drugs: unusual swellings within neurons, which the team has termed the "beads-on-a-string" effect.

The team is not entirely sure why the beads form, said UA neuroscientist Linda L. Restifo, who leads the investigation. However, the team believes that further investigation of the beads will help inform why some people experience cognitive declines while taking statins.

"What we think we've found is a laboratory demonstration of a problem in the neuron that is a more severe version for what is happening in some peoples' brains when they take statins," said Restifo, a UA professor of neuroscience, neurology and cellular and molecular medicine, and principal investigator on the project.

Robert Kraft, a former research associate in the department of neuroscience, is lead author on the article.

Restifo and Kraft cite clinical reports noting that statin users often are told by physicians that cognitive disturbances experienced while taking statins were likely due to aging or other effects. ...