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  • Arizona jury foreman says believed Jodi Arias was abused

    Jodi Arias listens as the verdict for sentencing is read for her first degree murder conviction at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix, Arizona, May 23, ...

  • Humane Society offers special adoption rates this weekend

    The Humane Society of Southern Arizona is offering a Memorial Day Weekend promotion. Select dogs and cats will have a $25 dollar adoption fee. Animals will go home fully vaccinated, spayed or neutered, microchipped and licensed.The main shelter at 3450 N. Kelvin Blvd. will be open 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. It's closed Memorial Day.The HSSA is also offering 15 ...

  • June 2013 book club meetings at Tucson bookstores

    Kjersti is an avid book reader. She enjoys reading most genres. Her favorite genres include mystery (especially culinary mystery) and history (especially Antarctic exploration and American Revolution). When possible she likes to get her books from local bookstores, especially Bookman's ...

  • Arizona investigating angry email sent lawmakers

    A Republican member of the Arizona House who supports GOP Gov. Jan Brewer's push to expand Medicaid received an obscene and threatening voicemail at her office, a sign that the rancorous debate over embracing a signature component of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul in the state is far from ...

  • Craft events in Tucson this weekend Hats young flyer fun hero and more

    Color Me Mine Events Family Fun Day - Pay a flat $20 studio fee for a family of up to 5 on Sunday, May 26, 2013. Pajama Night - Save 50% on your studio fee when you go in wearing pajamas from 6 p.m. to close on Saturday, May 25, ...


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Movie Review

No End in Sight

No End in Sight

While there currently appears to be no end in sight for U.S. involvement in Iraq, the irony of the title of Charles Ferguson's sober-eyed documentary is that it didn't necessarily have to be that way. While the film doesn't offer any solutions to what can only be described as a mili ... ...

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  • Tim Steller Every leaker acts out of own interests

    Dennis Burke, the former U.S. attorney for Arizona, tried to undermine a whistleblower in the Fast and Furious gun-trafficking case by leaking a document to a journalist, but he failed.The reason is significant: The journalist, Fox News producer Mike Levine, checked out Burke's information and declined to pursue the story.Burke's episodes of leaking information about Operation Fast and ...

  • May 24 Today in Arizona history

    Sonoita sculptor Deborah Copenhaver Fellows never met the late Arizona senator and former presidential candidate Barry Goldwater - but she ...

  • Two new candidates file for run at Arizona Corporation Commission

    Two new candidates have filed paperwork to run in next year's Arizona Corporation Commission election, vying for a seat on the board that regulates state utilities. AZCentral reports Republican Dwight Jaeger of Prescott has filed papers to run and Democrat Nancy LaPlaca of Scottsdale has filed to form an exploratory committee. The ACC consists of five elected officials who oversee regulated ...

  • Arizona Memorial Day pump prices lowest in 3 years

    Pump prices are at the lowest levels in three years across Arizona this Memorial Day weekend. The price to fill up for a three-day getaway this Memorial Day weekend is the lowest it has been in three years across Arizona. AZFamily reports the average cost for a gallon of gas in the Grand Canyon State is $3.45, which is up by less than 1 penny from last ...

  • Crews set their own fires to slow 10775-acre blaze near Patagonia

    A wildfire in the Patagonia Mountains grew to 10,775 acres Thursday, as crews set fire to grass and brush to establish a perimeter around the blaze, southwest of Patagonia.Containment, the measure of how effectively that perimeter has been established, also grew, from 15 percent to 70 percent."Most of that fire was ours," said Michelle Fidler, spokeswoman for the team fighting the ...

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