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• Police ID three young children, parents killed in northern Kentucky crash

  26-10-2017 23:55
  
  Police are investigating a head-on accident in Independence that killed at least five and injured another on Thursday. 
  
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• THINK ABOUT IT EDITORIAL: Viewer feedback - Governor’s Aide Pay vs Teacher pay

  26-10-2017 23:36
  
  My most recent commentary raised some passion among many of you. Earlier this week I said that it pays to work for Governor Ducey, but it doesn't pay to be a teacher.  All based on a report the governor gave his staff raises of up to 20 percent while only giving a one percent raise to Arizona's teachers this year.  
  
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• STDs at all-time high: Where does Arizona rank?

  26-10-2017 23:30
  
  According to a new report released by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) the number of cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis reported in the United States reached all-time highs in 2016.  
  
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• Half of the 10 most sexually-diseased states in the U.S. are in the South

  26-10-2017 23:24
  
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently released their findings of sexually transmitted diseases in the United States - and shows that the South isn't protecting itself very well. 
  
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• Birmingham police officer on desk duty after 'fill Legion Field with cement' FB event post

  26-10-2017 23:03
  
  A Birmingham police officer whose Facebook post is stirring up controversy about how some police officers may feel about protecting the crowd at this weekend's Magic City Classic has been placed on desk duty pending an investigation into the matter.
  
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• 2 women describe 'hopeless' months lost at sea before their rescue

  26-10-2017 22:06
  
  A pair of women from Hawaii and their two dogs spent five months lost at sea in the Pacific Ocean, surviving off of water purifiers and a year’s worth of dry food like pasta and oatmeal. 
  
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• Mystery in the morgue: Butler Co. coroner’s quest to ID Jane Doe

  26-10-2017 22:03
  
  Two faces have been haunting the Butler County Coroner's Office.
  
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• Quick Bites: Macabre Miscellany

  26-10-2017 22:00
  Yume Japanese Gardens Tea Ceremony. There’s something inherently mindful about drinking a cup of tea.…
  
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• Free tacos for everyone, and Houston's Cameron Maybin is to thank

  26-10-2017 21:56
  
  Houston's Cameron Maybin stole second base Wednesday night during the World Series, which means free tacos for everyone in the country on Nov. 1.
  
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• Vineyard event offers Halloween fun for kids, parents

  26-10-2017 20:59
  
  Kief-Joshua Vineyards' Grapes and Goodies event is on Saturday Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  
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• Fox News Poll: Trump approval rating hits all-time low

  26-10-2017 20:53
  
  According to a Fox News poll, President Donald Trump's approval rating has hit an all-time low.
  
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• Tucson announces new bike share program: TUGO

  26-10-2017 20:35
  
  Starting next week, 36 rental stations will begin to go in around the downtown and university area. 330 bikes will be available for the public to use. 
  
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• Pearl judge resigns, youth court permanently closed after barring mother from baby over unpaid court fees

  26-10-2017 19:35
  
  According to Cliff Johnson, Director of the MacArthur Justice Center’s Mississippi office, Judge Shirley entered an order on August 22, 2016, prohibiting Johnson’s client, referred to as “Mother A” due to strict youth court confidentiality laws, from having any contact with her baby until she paid court fees in full. 
  
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• Sen. John McCain marks 50 year anniversary of being shot down in N. Vietnam

  26-10-2017 19:32
  
  Today marks 50 years that now Arizona Senator John McCain was shot down and captured in North Vietnam. He spent more than five years in captivity as a prisoner of war.
  
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• Quick Bites: Frightnin' Feasts

  26-10-2017 19:00
  Devil’s Night Dinner at Hotel Congress. Hotel Congress isn’t limiting its Halloween festivities to one night—they’ve got a whole Halloweekend thing going on.…
  
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• Moss Point mayor, wife both charged with simple assault

  26-10-2017 18:49
  
  Moss Point Mayor Mario King and his wife, Natasha, are both facing charges of Simple Assault-Domestic Violence following an incident at their home Thursday, October 19. 
  
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• Florida lawmaker faces threats after criticizing Trump

  26-10-2017 18:35
  
  Democratic Rep. Frederica Wilson is still in Florida following threats her office has received since she criticized President Donald Trump's conversation with the widow of a soldier killed in Niger.
  
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• Conneaut baby murder suspect spotted at a Sheetz in Pittsburgh

  26-10-2017 18:28
  
  The man wanted for the rape and murder of a 13-month-old was spotted Wednesday night in a suburb outside of Pittsburgh.
  
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• Prosecutor: Pair kidnapped, killed gender-fluid Iowa teen

  26-10-2017 17:36
  
  A prosecutor says a gender-fluid Iowa teenager was kidnapped, suffocated and shot by two cousins who believed he was a cute young female.
  
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• 10-year-old steals car, leads police on high-speed chase (VIDEO)

  26-10-2017 17:05
  
  For the second time this month, a 10-year-old Cleveland boy stole his family's car, leading his mom and the highway patrol on a high speed chase. 
  
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• Mudslide kills 5 children in southern Mexico

  26-10-2017 16:52
  
  Five children are dead after a mudslide overtook a house in Chiapas state in southern Mexico, according to an AP report.
  
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• Parents charged in death of infant found rotting in swing

  26-10-2017 16:26
  
  Authorities have charged an Iowa couple with murder in the death of their 4-month-old son, whose maggot-infested body was found in a baby swing in their home in August.
  
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• Tucson man shares story of opioid addiction as topic moves to national stage

  26-10-2017 15:50
  Patrick Hogan, 28, was an honor-roll student and had dreams to become an engineer. He said he was prescribed pain killers after getting his wisdom teeth removed.
  
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• Local man shares story of opioid addiction as topic moves to national stage

  26-10-2017 15:50
  President Donald Trump plans to address the nation Thursday on the deadly opioid crisis that kills thousands of people every year. Tucson News Now spoke with a man who struggled with addiction for several years and now works to be a light to those who struggle with the problem. Patrick Hogan, 28
  
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• 'Healing Through Harvesting': Gleaning Unwanted Fruit Helps Refugees In Need

  26-10-2017 15:36
  Tilahun Liben thought he was seeing things. Surely that mound of orange orbs under those trees near his church couldn't be oranges.
  
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• 10-year-old detained by Border Patrol after surgery

  26-10-2017 15:07
  
  The girl, 10, crossed a border checkpoint on her way to get emergency gall bladder surgery. 
  
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• Suspect accused of shooting ex-girlfriend and boyfriend gets no bond

  26-10-2017 14:39
  
  Ridgeland Police Chief John Neal says 39-year-old Sam Johnson, who is accused of shooting his ex-girlfriend and her current boyfriend, has been taken into custody by Grenada police. 
  
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• Fallen SC Trooper laid to rest Sunday after killed in collision with pickup truck

  26-10-2017 13:33
  
  SC Highway Patrol Trooper Daniel Keith Rebman Jr. was laid to rest on Sunday.
  
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• Man confesses to wife's murder, leaves map to body in suicide note

  26-10-2017 12:57
  
  The man had been named a person of interest after his wife’s disappearance in May.
  
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• APNewsBreak: Georgia election server wiped after suit filed

  26-10-2017 12:55
  
  APNewsBreak: Georgia election server wiped clean by custodians shortly after lawsuit filed against officials.
  
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• Uneasy Street

  26-10-2017 10:00
  Pima County Supervisor Steve Christy wants a countywide half-cent-sales-tax increase to deal with the county's dilapidated roads.Pima County Supervisor Steve Christy wants a countywide half-cent-sales-tax increase to deal with the county's dilapidated roads.Christy's "Just Fix the Roads Plan" also calls for repealing the property tax increase the county passed in June and send the revenues from his proposed 10-year sales tax to the Regional Transportation Authority so that agency can manage the
  
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• TMA Transformation

  26-10-2017 10:00
  A striking statue of a dying horseman, crafted in fiberglass by the late, acclaimed Luis Jimenez, has long languished in a distant downstairs gallery in the Tucson Museum of Art.A striking statue of a dying horseman, crafted in fiberglass by the late, acclaimed Luis Jimenez, has long languished in a distant downstairs gallery in the Tucson Museum of Art. Made of the same brilliant fiberglass used in lowrider cars, Jimenez's "End of the Trail with Electric Sunset" has a Native American warrior sl
  
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• Single Mom Scholars

  26-10-2017 10:00
  Helping Hands Tucson integrates with Interfaith Community ServicesWhile struggling to make ends meet at her teaching job, local mom Heather Burke decided that it was time to go back to college to improve life for she and her daughter. Inspired by the caring and helpful nurses that she met while pregnant, Burke discovered her true calling to be in nursing, and enrolled in a dual program with Pima Community College and Northern Arizona University.…
  
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• Saving Sisley

  26-10-2017 10:00
  Our Friendly Neighborhood scientist, Sue Sisley, who has been studying the effects of marijuana in treating PTSD, needs some help.Our Friendly Neighborhood scientist, Sue Sisley, who has been studying the effects of marijuana in treating PTSD, needs some help. Sisley has worked tirelessly to get her Phoenix-based operation off the ground after battling government agencies and now faces a shortage of patients.…
  
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• Parr in the Park

  26-10-2017 10:00
  Children's author Todd Parr has a way with words.Children's author Todd Parr has a way with words. Sometimes they come in the form of useful, timely do's and don'ts, like "Do wear underwear when you go trick-or-treating.…
  
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• Mother Knows Best

  26-10-2017 10:00
  The mornings here in Tucson are beginning to get that early autumn chill.The mornings here in Tucson are beginning to get that early autumn chill. And "chill," for us anyway, means temperatures nearing the 60-degree mark, so lifelong desert dwellers break out the long sleeves and go in search for some hot beverage respite in the daybreak repose.…
  
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• Fermented Tranquility

  26-10-2017 10:00
  It was hard to tell which was brighter at Starr Pass' monthly Full Moon Beer Meditations...It was hard to tell which was brighter at Starr Pass' monthly Full Moon Beer Meditations: the full moon, the saline pool lit up with a rotating selection of soothing colors, or the smiles and personalities of the women in charge, Julie Vernon and Marissa Bernal. The monthly event has so many features tacked onto it that it's easy to lose track: it's meditation, but you're drinking beer.…
  
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• Creepy and Kooky

  26-10-2017 10:00
  If you need a friendly reminder, the season of Halloween is upon us.If you need a friendly reminder, the season of Halloween is upon us. It's a festive time in which usually ordinary, ho-hum folks break out of their usual ho-hum routines and throw lots of money at costume rental shops and dressing up their yards with all manner of stuff intended both to delight and scare.…
  
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• Come to an Adios

  26-10-2017 10:00
  Many of ustedes must be scratching your heads right now. "What happened to ¡Ask a Mexican!" you're preguntando yourselves.Dear Readers: Many of ustedes must be scratching your heads right now. "What happened to ¡Ask a Mexican!" you're preguntando yourselves.…
  
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• Best Margarita

  26-10-2017 10:00
  Guadalajara GrillMultiple locations Guadalajara Grill doesn't just serve a margarita.…
  
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• Arcane Soundscapes

  26-10-2017 10:00
  Thirty-year-old Tucson electronic producer Altrice moves gazelle-like through the pulsing field of instrumentals and drinkers gathered at R BarThirty-year-old Tucson electronic producer Altrice moves gazelle-like through the pulsing field of instrumentals and drinkers gathered at R Bar for a late-night reprieve. Sonoran-silhouetted scenes glow red.…
  
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• Alt vs. Indie

  26-10-2017 10:00
  The race to replace Ward 3 Democrat Karin Uhlich on the Tucson City Council pits a Democrat against an independent candidate.The race to replace Ward 3 Democrat Karin Uhlich on the Tucson City Council pits a Democrat against an independent candidate. Democrat Paul Durham, an attorney and passionate solar-power advocate, is facing Gary Watson, a firefighter who recently quit the Republican Party to seek office as an independent.…
  
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• Trump declares opioids a public health emergency

  26-10-2017 09:45
  
  During his campaign, Trump had pledged to make fighting addiction a top priority at rallies in some of the hardest-hit states in the nation.
  
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• Police: Mother on drugs abandoned 9 kids in van in mid-winter

  26-10-2017 09:16
  
  The woman faces 18 criminal counts of child neglect.
  
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