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• 'Magnum, P.I.' actor John Hillerman dies at 84

  09-11-2017 23:44
  
  A spokeswoman for the family of actor John Hillerman says the co-star of TV's "Magnum, P.I." has died.
  
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• Laughing Stock: Creative Tucson Airs It Out Live

  09-11-2017 23:30
  You’re invited to be the laugh track when Creative Tucson broadcasts its first live comedy show, Airing It Out Live, at 8 p.m., Saturday, Nov 11. Next week, the show will be posted on Creative Tucson’s YouTube channel, home of Tucson Weekly editor Jim Nintzel’s weekly broadcast, ZONA Politics; the comedy news show, 5 on 20, with Rich Gary, ContantCon’s Frank Powers and others; and scores of classic cartoons and movies.
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• Deer crashes through driver's window, lands in front seat

  09-11-2017 23:11
  
  A Kilgore woman is recovering from shock after a deer crashed through her windshield.
  
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• Boy with dairy allergy dies after school allegedly gives him cheese sandwich

  09-11-2017 22:39
  
  Officials shut down the school while they investigate the 3-year-old's death.
  
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• Charges dismissed against former Marine sniper who urinated on dead Taliban

  09-11-2017 22:17
  
  A former Marine sniper won't faces charges for urinating on Taliban corpses, a military court ruled.
  
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• Gun used to kill Lorenzen Wright found in Mississippi lake

  09-11-2017 22:12
  
  Memphis Police Department found the gun they believe was used to kill Lorenzen Wright in July 2010.
  
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• Report: 5 women accuse Louis C.K. of sexual misconduct

  09-11-2017 21:34
  
  Comedian Louis C.K. is accused of sexual misconduct, including masturbating in front of them, in a New York Times report.
  
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• Quick Bites: Dogs, Dinners and Docs

  09-11-2017 21:00
  Sips for Seniors. Seniors are the homemade popcorn of the canine world: completely underrated.…
  
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• AZGFD caring for orphaned mountain lion cub

  09-11-2017 20:59
  
  The Arizona Game and Fish Department said an 8-week-old mountain lion is in the care of a wildlife rehabilitation. AZGFD said the female cub was reported by residents near Cornville three separate times. Wildlife officials said residents did the right thing by leaving the cub alone. Normally the mother would be nearby such a young animal, but in this case she failed to show up after two weeks, so AZGFD intervened, according to a news release. AZGFD veterinarians said...
  
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• UPDATE: Reid Park Zoo sales tax passes

  09-11-2017 20:39
  
  The sales tax to help the Reid Park Zoo has passed, according to officials.
  
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• The Weekly List: 30 Things To Do In Tucson This Week

  09-11-2017 20:01
  Your Weekly guide to keeping busy in the Old Pueblo.
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• Roy Moore on defense as woman claims sexual encounter at 14

  09-11-2017 19:52
  
  A woman says she had sexual contact with Roy Moore, the Alabama Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, when she was 14 years old in 1979, according to a Washington Post report.
  
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• WaPo: Woman claims Roy Moore initiated sexual encounter when she was 14

  09-11-2017 19:42
  
  Leigh Corfman says she was 14 years old when an older man approached her outside a courtroom in Etowah County, Ala. She was sitting on a wooden bench with her mother, they both recall, when the man introduced himself as Roy Moore. 
  
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• Picayune grandmother critical after boyfriend tries to burn her alive

  09-11-2017 19:33
  
  Agents of the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation and other south Mississippi law enforcement officers are looking for 43-year-old Jerry Glenn Willis, who is wanted for domestic aggravated assault and kidnapping after his girlfriend was found burned alive.  
  
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• Nosey the elephant headed to sanctuary in TN as custody battle heats up

  09-11-2017 19:20
  
  Health concerns have been raised in Lawrence County over a traveling circus elephant named Nosey. For the time being, she's headed to an elephant sanctuary in Tennessee.
  
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• KOLD INVESTIGATES: Too many teens eating up social dieting trends

  09-11-2017 19:06
  
  The push for protein, the juicing craze, detoxing, even keeping it clean, social media always has the skinny on the hottest diets of the day. But experts say they are concerned too many teens who crave their newsfeeds are eating up the trends they find there.
  
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• Pima County confirms some fish stranded by river diversion

  09-11-2017 19:04
  The flow diversion was necessary for a bridge construction project on Ina Road over the Santa Cruz River. 
  
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• Woman makes embarrassing car insurance mistake, owns it on social media

  09-11-2017 17:51
  
  Alyssa Stringfellow clearly has a great sense of humor. She posted a pretty embarrassing moment on Facebook for her friends to get a good laugh.
  
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• Now you and your dog can sleep in matching pajamas

  09-11-2017 17:39
  
  All four styles of matching human-dog pajamas sold out in days, but mark your calendar for restock day on Nov. 25.
  
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• Five sent to hospital after Tucson explosion

  09-11-2017 17:02
  Five people were taken to the hospital after an explosion caused a two-alarm fire late Wednesday night in Tucson, Arizona. HOTSPOTS IGNITING: Tucson Fire putting out flames that keep popping up here at the Desert Whale jojoba oil plant.
  
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• AP Exclusive: Russia Twitter trolls deflected Trump bad news

  09-11-2017 16:24
  
  AP Exclusive: AP analysis details how Russian agents on Twitter tried to deflect bad news around Trump's election campaign in 2016 and refocused criticism on mainstream media and Clinton campaign.
  
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• South Carolina lawmaker charged with assault following altercation with female lawmaker

  09-11-2017 15:33
  
  A South Carolina lawmaker has been arrested and charged following an altercation between himself and a fellow lawmaker, according to the Richland County Sheriff's Department.
  
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• U of A researchers working on alternative to opioids

  09-11-2017 13:55
  Researchers at the U of A are testing drugs that they believe could slow down the opioid crisis that kills thousands of people across the country every year. Rejesh Khanna is a professor at the College of Medicine. He said the drugs are being designed to be non-addictive and non-toxic. He said recently dis
  
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• 5 hospitalized after building explosion, fire

  09-11-2017 12:36
  
  The Tucson Fire Department said five employees from a jojoba oil processing plant were hospitalized after an explosion in the building before midnight on Wednesday Nov. 8. 
  
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• Prosecutors: German nurse may have killed over 100 patients

  09-11-2017 11:24
  
  German prosecutors say they believe a nurse who is serving a life sentence for two murders may have killed more than 100 patients.
  
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• Pregnant woman accused of baking roommate's pet ferret alive

  09-11-2017 11:24
  
  The woman is charged with animal cruelty.
  
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• Worthy of Worship

  09-11-2017 09:00
  Somebody was smoking some laced, wild shit and licking frogs when they put together Thor: Ragnarok.Somebody was smoking some laced, wild shit and licking frogs when they put together Thor: Ragnarok, a film so nutty it easily surpasses the Guardians of the Galaxy films as the screwiest offering in the Marvel universe. When you hand the keys to the Thor franchise over to a director like Taika Waititi, you know you are going to get something bizarre, and Waititi doesn't disappoint.…
  
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• They Have the Meats

  09-11-2017 09:00
  What I love about many Tucson restaurants these days is that they started out as a food truck.What I love about many Tucson restaurants these days is that they started out as a food truck. Doing so, you can see what works, and what doesn't, along with how you get by in a cramped and busy space.…
  
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• Musical Airs

  09-11-2017 09:00
  Now onstage at the Rogue Theatre is a humorous but perplexing piece that strives too hard to be too much.Now onstage at the Rogue Theatre is a humorous but perplexing piece that strives too hard to be too much. As a result, aside from some laughs and pleasant wit-bits, the play doesn't serve up the satisfactory banquet playwright Itamar Moses clearly thinks he has prepared.…
  
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• Minor Refugees, Major Challenges

  09-11-2017 09:00
  More than 5,400 juvenile immigration deportation cases were heard in Arizona between 2005 and July 2017, according to the Executive Office of Immigration Review.They arrive at the federal courthouse each Friday, their hair neatly combed, dressed in the best clothes they own or can borrow. The oldest is 17 years old.…
  
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• Marana Microbrew

  09-11-2017 09:00
  When Todd told his wife, Erika, that he wanted to stay in Tucson and open up a brewery instead, she was amenable to the idea.Todd Button had been in the printing industry for almost 20 years when the company he worked for relocated to Pennsylvania in 2013. They offered him great pay, help with moving expenses and even money for a down payment on a house.…
  
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• Invisible Touch

  09-11-2017 09:00
  Each Thanksgiving Day, one of Arizona's "48 Most Intriguing Women" becomes a clown.Each Thanksgiving Day, one of Arizona's "48 Most Intriguing Women" becomes a clown. But when it comes to her career, she's anything but clownish.…
  
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• Historic Parallels

  09-11-2017 09:00
  At the same time European Jews were forced to wear two yellow triangles to form a star, LGBTQIA+ individuals were forced to wear one pink triangle.At the same time European Jews were forced to wear two yellow triangles to form a star, LGBTQIA+ individuals were forced to wear one pink triangle. Both groups found themselves rounded up and sent to concentration camps during the Holocaust.…
  
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• Get It While You Can

  09-11-2017 09:00
  Local business owner Julie Simons is sick of the health care tug-of-war.Local business owner Julie Simons is sick of the health care tug-of-war. She's a member of the new health care advocacy group Arizonans United for Health Care Coalition, which is working to inform people about healthcare issues, including how to enroll in the Affordable Care Act.…
  
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• From War to Peace

  09-11-2017 09:00
  I had (and still have) an abiding love for the Peace Corps.I had (and still have) an abiding love for the Peace Corps—a passion I shared with Sargent Shriver—that manifested in many ways. I enjoyed bumping along for hours in a shock-free Jeep across rocky terrain to reach remote volunteers.…
  
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• Canna-Clash

  09-11-2017 09:00
  It may often seem like nothing can stop the tidal wave of marijuana legalization from washing over the country, but constant political battles remind us that it's a hard-fought battle.It may often seem like nothing can stop the tidal wave of marijuana legalization from washing over the country, but constant political battles remind us that it's a hard-fought battle. In New Mexico, an advocacy group is trying to convince the state to combat opioid addiction with medical marijuana.…
  
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• Both Sides Now

  09-11-2017 09:00
  Having two distinctly different sounds was never a plan for Deer Tick.Having two distinctly different sounds was never a plan for Deer Tick. But over the band's first decade, and the songs flowed out, there tended to be ones expressed in an acoustic folk style and ones that cranked the volume and distortion with a rock 'n' roll energy.…
  
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• Better To Give

  09-11-2017 09:00
  Let the Weekly staff be your helpful holiday elves with their picks for the best local shops. Pop Cycle.…
  
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• Advent(ure) Calendar

  09-11-2017 09:00
  Find the right event to get you in the holiday spirit.Advent(ure) Calendar How to jingle all the way through the holidays…
  
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• A Taste of Tucson

  09-11-2017 09:00
  If there's one thing that I learned on my recent food and beverage tour of France and Spain, it's this: Milieu matters.If there's one thing that I learned on my recent food and beverage tour of France and Spain, it's this: Milieu matters. The sense of place, the regions, the environments and the communities all collectively define the foods they eat and beverages they drink.…
  
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• Pastor: Texas church that was attacked will be demolished

  09-11-2017 07:15
  
  Eight of the fatalities were children or teenagers. The oldest of them was 16.
  
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• CMA Awards highlighted by political, emotional moments

  09-11-2017 06:14
  
  The 2017 Country Music Association Awards focused on unifying as a country during a year dominated by gun violence, hate crimes and natural disasters.
  
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• What's next for Naranja? Park plan will slowly move forward

  09-11-2017 05:49
  
  The Oro Valley bond may have been turned away on election night, but there is still hope for the park. They'll be headed down similar paths of other cities.
  
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• Upstate leaders weigh in on NAACP's proposal to remove national anthem

  09-11-2017 05:38
  
  The California chapter of the NAACP chapter is pushing to get rid of the “Star-Spangled Banner” as the country’s national anthem.
  
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• Zurik: Highest-paid cop in La. suspended after FOX 8 probe

  09-11-2017 05:10
  
  State Trooper Daryl Thomas makes more money than any other law enforcer in Louisiana - more than any district attorney, police chief, the attorney general, even his boss, the superintendent of state police. Last year taxpayers paid this trooper $240,000. But our undercover surveillance investigation, backed up by timesheets and traffic citations, shows Thomas may not have legally earned much of that money.
  
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• Marana PD uses Facebook to target distracted driving

  09-11-2017 04:41
  
  Facebook isn't just for socializing.  A local police department is using it to save lives. 
  
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• Police warn about human trafficking amid suspicious encounters

  09-11-2017 03:32
  
  The Morrow Police Department is using social media to warn the public about human trafficking following reports of suspicious encounters.
  
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