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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 ...
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 ...

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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 ...
Tucson shooting photos of crime scene evidence released

The Pima County Sheriff's Department released 580 photos of the Tucson crime scene where six people died and then-Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was among the wounded. The 580 photos include pictures of the handgun and high-capacity magazines used by Jared Lee Loughner in his shooting spree at the Tucson grocery store parking lot Jan. 8, 2011, photos of the motel room where he stayed before the ...
Arizona signs rookie free agent WR Hawkins

TEMPE, Ariz. -- The Arizona Cardinals have signed free agent rookie wide receiver Charles Hawkins and waived-injured wide receiver Javone Lawson.The 5-foot-8 Hawkins played at Southern under then-coach Stump Mitchell, now the Cardinals running backs coach on the staff of new head coach Bruce Arians.Lawson was waived with an Achilles ...
Juan Mendez Invokes Carl Sagan While Leading Arizona House Of Representatives Pre-Session Prayer

Mendez, who is an atheist , changed the course of the event held prior to the House of Representatives' afternoon session. He asked lawmakers to refrain from bowing their heads and instead to view their surroundings. "Most prayers in this room begin with a request to bow your heads," Mendez said, according to the Phoenix New Times. "I would like to ask that you not bow your ...
Tim Steller AZ grading system hurts 3 Edge schools

You can't say that schools for lower-performing students get no recognition.Edge High School in Tucson takes in students from difficult backgrounds - about one out of 10 is homeless, many are parents or pregnant, some are sixth- or seventh-year seniors - and helps them graduate.Last year the state recognized each of Edge's three charter high schools - with a D grade. Two more years of ...

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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. ...