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  • Desert Museum retiring two aging mountain lions added a cub

    Two aging, arthritic mountain lions have been retired from exhibit at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum - and a mountain lion cub will go on exhibit in their place today."The two lions are about 13 years of age, and it was becoming hard for them to get up and down the rather steep slope of the exhibit space," said Craig Ivanyi, executive director of the museum west of Tucson."They ...

  • Tucson book events this week Rare and collectible book fair and more

    Rare and Collectible Book Fair : This fair features collectible and rare books from the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. 10 a.m. at Murphy-Wilmot Library - Murphy-Wilmot Branch Library Book Club: This month's book ...

  • Arias jury to weigh possible death sentence in Arizona murder trial

    Jodi Arias cries as she listens to Steven Alexander, brother of murder victim Travis Alexander, makes his victim impact statement to the jury during the penalty phase of the Jodi Arias trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix, Arizona May 16, ...

  • May 20 Today in Arizona history

    1862: The advance guard of the California Column reaches Tucson under the command of Lt. Col. Joseph West and establishes Camp Lowell.1910: The Arizona Daily Star announces incorporation papers are to be filed by a company of local promoters who plan to build a resort in Madera Canyon in the Santa Rita Mountains.1915: Teatro Carmen, Tucson's first theater devoted to Spanish drama, opens at ...

  • Pair of $1 million Powerball tickets sold in Arizona

    Two $1 million Powerball tickets were sold in Arizona over the weekend, easing the disappointment for at least two who tried their luck at the record $590.5 million grand prize. ABC 15 reports the two tickets were sold in Safford and Chandler. No one has stepped forward yet. Read more at the link ...


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Movie Review

Crash (1996)

It's rare that a controversial film deserves all the heated debate and hype surrounding its release, so when a film like David Cronenberg's "Crash" comes along, it's a shock in the truest sense. Here is a film that is genuinely disturbing, but not for the reasons you would immediately think of. While the sexual lives of the characters are deviant and often times repulsive, it's the film's cold, ca ... ...

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  • New Arizona law establishes benefit corporations

    Arizona has created a new class of corporation that focuses on more than just the bottom line. The Arizona Daily Star reports the state legislature passed a law establishing for-profit "benefit corporations," or companies that must have the purpose of creating a "general public benefit." The governor signed it into law late last month and it goes into effect in 2015. Read more at ...

  • Arizona unemployment holds steady at 7.9 percent

    Arizona's unemployment rate held steady in April at 7.9 percent. The East Valley Tribune reports the state's jobless rate remained at the level it has been at for the past three months, remaining higher than the national rate of 7.5 percent. Arizona added 5,200 jobs last month. Read more by clicking the link ...

  • Phoenix firefighter police officer die on duty on same day

    Ben Harper and Daryl Raetz marked the first time Phoenix lost a firefighter and police officer on the same day, officials said. Firefighter Harper, 23, died at 1:30 a.m. local time Sunday while fighting a mulch fire in west Phoenix, The Arizona Republic reported Monday. Harper, a newlywed, was crushed between two emergency vehicles while readjusting equipment. He died at St. Joseph's ...

  • Native Americans mined variety of minerals early on

    Arizona has a rich history involving aboriginal mining, sometimes digging for minerals and other times scouring the Earth's surface.The state's earliest known mines date to the latter centuries of the Aboriginal Period, between A.D. 1000 and the middle of the 16th century with the arrival of the Spanish.The Hohokam - known as the prehistoric people of the Southwest or the ...

  • Fund seeks $80000 as summer approaches

    The Arizona Daily Star's Sportsmen's Fund Send a Kid to Camp program raises money so children from low-income households and military families can attend overnight YMCA, Boy Scout and Girl Scout and Camp Courage burn camps.Our goal is to raise $170,000 to send 770 kids to weeklong overnight camps this summer. So far we have received 992 donations totaling $90,299 with the summer camp ...

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