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  • Arizona bridge collapse kills one injures one

    Captain Forrest Smith of the Mesa Fire and Medical Department said. One man was found dead under the debris. Another worker was injured and taken to a hospital for treatment, Smith said. The cause of the collapse was unknown. (Reporting by Ian Simpson; Editing by Scott Malone and Gerald E. ...

  • Extreme Arizona wildfire burns 5000 acres in just 7 hours

    By Henry Austin, NBC News contributor Hundreds of people were evacuated in Arizona on Tuesday after a wind-whipped wildfire spread across 5,000 acres in just seven hours.More than 300 firefighters, along with multiple helicopters and aircraft, moved in to tackle the "extreme" blaze which started in "remote, rugged terrain" on the east side of Granite Mountain near Prescott, ...

  • Arizona Gov. Brewer secures Medicaid expansion

    PHOENIX (AP) -- Ending a six-month legislative session, Arizona lawmakers endorsed a key element of President Barack Obama's health care law in a huge political victory for Republican Gov. Jan Brewer, after a lengthy fight over Medicaid expansion that divided the state's Republican ...

  • Video Arizona wildfire scorches 8 square miles

    A wildfire that began Tuesday has scorched nearly eight square miles in Northern Arizona. The fire was within 400 yards of some homes by Tuesday ...

  • Arizona voting law loses

    The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned an Arizona law that superimposed citizenship proof on the state's voters as a condition of exercising the ...


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Everything Must Go

Everything Must Go

Writing five years ago about Will Ferrells initial step out of his comedic comfort zone into more dramatic acting in the off-beat Hollywood dramedy Stranger Than Fiction (2006), I described Ferrells performance as fine, although its really just subdued; Ferrell never g ... ...

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  • Girl Scouts looking forward to building resource center

    "Our dream is to have a place for girls," says Debbie Rich, CEO of Girl Scouts of Southern Arizona.The Girl Scouts have taken the first step in making that dream a reality by purchasing the property that once housed the 5 & Diner restaurant at 4330 E. Broadway to make way for a future resource center.Demolition of the run-down diner began Tuesday morning, with a ceremony that ...

  • Rio Rico man facing charges in shooting

    A Rio Rico man trying to protect his mother is facing charges of aggravated assault for shooting a man who was attacking her, the Santa Cruz County sheriff said.Raul Vega, 20, was jailed on $50,000 bond in the shooting of a 35-year-old man in the chest with a small-caliber rifle Monday. The shooting occurred at a home in the 500 block of Camino Kansas in Rio Rico."This started out as a ...

  • Refugee youths talk of their lives display talents

    Zamzam Hirsi, one of 26 refugee youths who became U.S. citizens at a ceremony Tuesday, had a simple message for her peers."One way or another, you have not succeeded all by yourself. Appreciate everyone who has helped you little or big," she said to a crowd of a few dozen people gathered at the Tucson High Magnet School auditorium for an event honoring World Refugee Day.Hirsi expressed ...

  • Woman arrested in husbands death

    A 58-year-old Tucson woman was arrested in the shooting death of her husband.Susan Thacker called 911 just after 9 p.m. Monday to report that she shot her husband, Gregory Thacker, 58, Sgt. Maria Hawke, spokeswoman for the Tucson Police Department, said in a news release."The couple engaged in a verbal argument, which escalated to a lengthy confrontation, lasting a few hours," before ...

  • Tim Steller 2 carpetbaggers hang their hats in Tucson

    Embrace the carpetbaggers. That's the message sent last night by the boards of Tucson's two biggest school districts, both of whom made new commitments to superintendents.The Tucson Unified School District board approved hiring H.T. Sanchez by a 4-1 vote.The Sunnyside Unified School District board approved extending Superintendent Manuel Isquierdo's contract by two years, through ...

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