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• Les Miles sells his $1.76 million Baton Rouge home

  16-11-2017 23:56
  
  According to the Business Report, Les and Kathy Miles have sold their Baton Rouge home located in Bocage Lake.
  
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• Facebook-Free Friday

  16-11-2017 23:18
  I enjoy Facebook. I really do.…
  
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• Road closures for El Tour de Tucson

  16-11-2017 23:11
  
  According to the Pima County Sheriff's Department, about 9,000 riders in El Tour de Tucson will be on the road from 7 a.m. until 5 p.m. all around the Tucson metro area.
  
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• List of road closures for Saturday's El Tour de Tucson

  16-11-2017 23:11
  
  According to the Pima County Sheriff's Department, about 9,000 riders in El Tour de Tucson will be on the road from 7 a.m. until 5 p.m. all around the Tucson metro area.
  
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• Getting calls from your own number? Don't pick up

  16-11-2017 22:44
  
  It can be a bit startling, to get an incoming call from your own number and see your own photo staring back at you. But if you get a call like this, the safest thing to do is not pick up.
  
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• Suspect in murder of 6-year-old Kingston Frazier released on bond

  16-11-2017 22:41
  
  The Madison County Sheriff's Office has confirmed that 17-year-old Dwan Wakefield has been given a $275,000 bond. 
  
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• Suspect in 6-year-old Kingston Frazier's murder to be released today

  16-11-2017 22:41
  
  The Madison County Sheriff's Office has confirmed that 17-year-old Dwan Wakefield has been given a $275,000 bond. 
  
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• After teen's overdose death, Cleveland County family wants to show the reality of addiction

  16-11-2017 22:33
  
  The 19-year-old overdosed on Fentanyl patches on Tuesday, November 7. He died in the hospital four days later. 
  
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• Tom O'Halleran's Tucson office is outside his district, breaks rules

  16-11-2017 22:32
  Congressman Tom O'Halleran's 1st District is one of the largest in the nation, but his office is located outside of it, which is against the rules. The Republic's politics team talks about the Don Shooter sexual-harassment scandal, how Foster Care Review Boards do not reflect their communities, and how Rep. Tom O'Halleran's office isn't in his district.
  
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• Rapper's death spurs more opioids conversation

  16-11-2017 22:32
  JUNE 24: Lil Peep attends the Balmain Menswear Spring/Summer 2018 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on June 24, 2017 in Paris, France. News of Lil Peep's death shocked fans and ignited a new conversation about mental health and the opioid epidemic in America, which President Donald Trump declared a national public health emergency last month.
  
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• Interstellar visitor shaped like giant fire extinguisher

  16-11-2017 22:32
  This undated photo made available by the University of Hawaii shows the Pan-STARRS1 Observatory on Haleakala, Maui, Hawaii at sunset. In October 2017, the telescope discovered an object from another star system that's passing through ours.
  
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• Police arrest mother of 3-year-old Sherin Mathews

  16-11-2017 22:20
  
  The Richardson Police Department said they have arrested Sini Mathews the mother of 3-year-old Sherin Mathews who's dead body was found after she went missing. 
  
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• Lil Peep Passes Away Before Show at The Rock

  16-11-2017 21:22
  The rap genre lost one of its up-and-coming artists on Wednesday.Fast-rising rap artist Gustav Ahr, or "Lil Peep" passed away before his show on Wednesday night at The Rock, with the exact cause of his death still under investigation.…
  
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• New movies hitting theaters Nov. 17

  16-11-2017 20:50
  
  Herb Stratford reviews "Justice League" and "Lady Bird."
  
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• Affidavit: Huntington woman sent letters to, followed, threatened man she wanted to date

  16-11-2017 20:31
  
  Deputies with the Angelina County Sheriff’s Office arrested a 47-year--old woman on stalking charges in connection to allegations that she sent threatening and harassing letters, set off car alarms, followed people, and spread rumors because she wanted to date a man after his wife died.
  
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• Affidavit: Huntington woman sent letters to, followed, threatened man she she wanted to date

  16-11-2017 20:31
  
  Deputies with the Angelina County Sheriff’s Office arrested a 47-year--old woman on stalking charges in connection to allegations that she sent threatening and harassing letters, set off car alarms, followed people, and spread rumors because she wanted to date a man after his wife died.
  
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• Rapper, fashion star Lil Peep dies; drug overdose suspected

  16-11-2017 20:07
  Rapper Lil Peep, a budding star whose emotional, downtrodden lyrics gained a cult following online, died of a suspected drug overdose Wednesday night. He was 21. Police in Tucson, Arizona, say Lil Peep, whose real name was Gustav Ahr, was found dead on his tour bus ahead of a scheduled concert in the city Wednesday night.
  
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• Is Google recording you without you knowing it?

  16-11-2017 18:54
  
  There is a way to see everything Google’s stored about you.
  
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• The Weekly List: 25 Things To Do In Tucson This Week

  16-11-2017 18:00
  Your Weekly guide to keeping busy in the Old Pueblo. Music…
  
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• Ex-con who inspired movie 'Catch Me if You Can' now offering advice to consumers

  16-11-2017 17:23
  
  Profiled in the movie "Catch Me if You Can," Frank Abagnale knows how scam artists operate.
  
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• Rapper Lil Peep found dead on tour bus in Tucson

  16-11-2017 17:13
  
  Rapper Lil Peep was found dead in his tour bus outside of The Rock on Park Avenue Wednesday night, Nov. 15, according to the Tucson Police Department.
  
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• Woman accuses Sen. Al Franken of unwanted kissing, groping

  16-11-2017 17:12
  
  Sen. Al Franken has been accused of a 2006 sexual assault while on a USO tour. 
  
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• Mass murderer Charles Manson hospitalized

  16-11-2017 15:58
  
  The infamous mass murder was taken to a California hospital on Wednesday. 
  
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• Lil Peep dies; Long Beach rapper who blended hip-hop and Emo was 21

  16-11-2017 15:15
  A representative for the performer confirmed reports of his death Thursday. Lil Peep, whose real name was Gustav Ahr, didn't take the stage during his scheduled concert in Tucson, Arizona, on Wednesday night.
  
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• Family: Remains of Chilton Co. woman missing 6 months found in CA

  16-11-2017 14:59
  
  Sandy Giles' daughter confirms that human remains found in Earp, California are believed to be Giles, who went missing back in May.
  
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• Drake threatens alleged groper in middle of concert

  16-11-2017 14:30
  
  The performer pointed at the man and let him know it wasn't acceptable and he would not let it continue. 
  
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• Drake threatens alleged concert groper in middle of concert

  16-11-2017 14:30
  
  The performer pointed at the man and let him know it wasn't acceptable and he would not let it continue. 
  
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• Records: Man posed for photo with dead wife, then cut her up

  16-11-2017 14:18
  
  Court records say a man posed for photos with his dead wife and their two young children before dismembering her body in a Kansas City hotel room.
  
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• El Tour de Tucson cyclists impacted by NW side construction

  16-11-2017 13:35
  
  The El Tour de Tucson route will be the same as last year, taking cyclists around the Tangerine Road construction. Cyclists will again use Moore Road to complete the race, instead of Tangerine, which part of the route years ago. The work on Tangerine started last year and is expected to be completed in the fall
  
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• El Tour de Tucson cyclists affected by NW-side construction

  16-11-2017 13:35
  
  Cyclists will again use Moore Road to complete the race, instead of Tangerine Road, which was part of the route years ago. 
  
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• Two injured in car-to-car shooting on southwest side

  16-11-2017 13:32
  
  The Tucson Police Department said two people were injured in a shooting that ended at the Circle K near Irvington and Mission.
  
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• Baltimore police officer shot in head; manhunt underway

  16-11-2017 11:16
  
  Amid the manhunt, a $60,000 reward is being offered for information pertaining to the crime.
  
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• Baltimore police officer dies from injuries in shooting; manhunt underway

  16-11-2017 11:16
  
  Det. Sean Suiter was an 18-year veteran with the department and a husband and father of two.
  
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• Tucson Salvage: Portrait of a quiet man who long gazes at moments

  16-11-2017 09:00
  Alone in the world and full dark is falling soon, and he listens to the stupid cars and trucks pass by, their hypnotic low rumble, the severity and austerity.Alone in the world and full dark is falling soon, and he listens to the stupid cars and trucks pass by, their hypnotic low rumble, the severity and austerity. He leans in toward the unsettling traffic from just behind the curb, absolutely motionless and expressionless.…
  
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• Tragic Landscapes

  16-11-2017 09:00
  Migrants crossing the tragic landscape of the borderlands leave many things behind: backpacks, jeans, food cans, empty water bottles—and sometimes their lives.Migrants crossing the tragic landscape of the borderlands leave many things behind: backpacks, jeans, food cans, empty water bottles—and sometimes their lives. The Sonoran Desert has yielded more than 3,000 deaths since the turn of the century, with border crossers losing their lives to dehydration and exposure.…
  
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• Regional Attraction

  16-11-2017 09:00
  Yet again, we find ourselves in the rapture of another fantastic restaurant that began humbly rolling upon wheels and parking wherever they darn well please.Yet again, we find ourselves in the rapture of another fantastic restaurant that began humbly rolling upon wheels and parking wherever they darn well please. Thing is, when you sell tacos, especially here in the Sonoran Desert, those tacos better be mega-legit and inspire long queues and online rants and praise.…
  
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• Reefer Relief

  16-11-2017 09:00
  A salient solution to dispensaries' cash-only conundrum has surfaced in California.A salient solution to dispensaries' cash-only conundrum has surfaced in California. State-owned banks may be the answer to finally allowing marijuana businesses to open bank accounts.…
  
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• Picture of Youth

  16-11-2017 09:00
  Shelby Zismann seems older than 17 as she talks about processing the two-year relationship where she experienced emotional abuse.Shelby Zismann seems older than 17 as she talks about processing the two-year relationship where she experienced emotional abuse. One of her photos, framed on the wall of student-run Noble Street Gallery at Canyon del Oro High School in Oro Valley, shows a young woman holding a knife, looking at her poised arm, its hand in a fist.…
  
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• Native Tongue

  16-11-2017 09:00
  Before speaking with experimental electronic musician Elysia Crampton, she sent us an email briefing us about certain facets of her identity, so that there wouldn't be any awkwardness.Before speaking with experimental electronic musician Elysia Crampton, she sent us an email briefing us about certain facets of her identity, so that there wouldn't be any awkwardness. We appreciated the heads-up, truth be told, because we like to get things right from the off.…
  
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• NAFTA Nuances

  16-11-2017 09:00
  Growing stuff to feed hungry people has always been big business.Growing stuff to feed hungry people has always been big business. The latest figures in Arizona, released just last week at the annual Arizona Farm Bureau meeting in Mesa, show the economic contribution of agribusiness in the Grand Canyon state has reached a record $23.3 billion—a 25 percent increase over the last five years and a 60 percent jump over the last 15 years.…
  
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• Life Without Louis

  16-11-2017 09:00
  Last week, I got a message saying Louis C.K. was available for interviews along with a link to watch his latest film.Last week, I got a message saying Louis C.K. was available for interviews along with a link to watch his latest film, I Love You, Daddy. I also got a form asking for, among other things, my reaction to the movie.…
  
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• In the Blood

  16-11-2017 09:00
  Deep into the 2017-2018 Theater season, we are still being served up challenging and thoughtful, funny and sometimes downright perplexing fareDeep into the 2017-2018 Theater season, we are still being served up challenging and thoughtful, funny and sometimes downright perplexing fare by Tucson's impressive array of theaters. Last week curtains (figurative, of course) went up on the stages of Invisible Theatre and the Arizona Repertory Theatre, two of the best of the bunch.…
  
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• Days of Wine and Roses

  16-11-2017 09:00
  It wasn't all black tie, but it was an upscale event at last week's inaugural wine festival.It wasn't all black tie, but it was an upscale event at last week's inaugural wine festival honoring the early day pioneers of Arizona's now nationally recognized wine industry. Designed as a fund-raiser to develop a University of Arizona research library on wine making, 112 paid participants each anteed up $125 for a 4-course meal with appropriate crushed grape libations.…
  
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• A Box Full of Trouble

  16-11-2017 09:00
  I got home at dusk and saw the shoe box on the steps of my Airstream. It wasn't there when I left. The hackles went up on my neck.I got home at dusk and saw the shoe box on the steps of my Airstream. It wasn't there when I left.…
  
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• A book that will make you believe in murder again

  16-11-2017 09:00
  Brash Books just published my first novel, Double Wide. I wrote the first version of it in the 1980s. What are we looking at here—more than three decades? Sounds about right.Brash Books just published my first novel, Double Wide. I wrote the first version of it in the 1980s.…
  
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• Watch: Wasp Vs. Tarantula, Explained By a Nine-Year-Old

  16-11-2017 08:08
  The child and his family were on their way to a hike when they encountered a gruesome side of nature. A very astute child watched a tarantula hawk wasp attack a tarantula -and narrated the science behind the encounter beautifully for his family, who was watching it unfold live with him.
  
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• Mother's boyfriend found guilty in 8-year-old's torture, murder

  16-11-2017 07:53
  
  During the sentencing portion of the man’s trial, jurors will be asked if he should receive the death penalty or life in prison without parole.
  
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