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• UPDATE: More details released about Marana mom accused of stabbing toddler

  07-12-2017 23:41
  
  A Marana woman has been accused of stabbing her young son, city police said.
  
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• Marana mom accused of stabbing toddler

  07-12-2017 23:41
  
  A Marana woman has been accused of stabbing her young son, city police said.
  
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• AZ GOP Rep. Trent Franks announces resignation over possible sexual harassment allegations

  07-12-2017 23:23
  
  He reportedly talked about surrogacy with two female staffers.
  
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• Deputies: Man on trial for meth possession comes to court with meth in pocket

  07-12-2017 22:36
  
  The Newberry County Sheriff's Office said a man convicted of methamphetamine possession was discovered to have brought more meth into the courtroom.
  
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• Hello, Winter! Tips For Surviving Tonight's Big Chill

  07-12-2017 22:00
  Happy winter ladies and gentlemen, as the scorching torrent of summer slams into the muscle-stiffening months of winter. We'll get our first real taste of winter tonight, with the National Weather Service issuing a Freeze Warning for Tucson, with a low of 34 degrees in Tucson, which puts those who live in the elements in immediate danger.…
  
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• Help the Salvation Army make a child's Christmas

  07-12-2017 21:47
  
  Each year, the Salvation Army Christmas Angel Giving Tree program provides toys and gifts to children in need in the Tucson community.
  
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• LIST: Schools closed for winter weather

  07-12-2017 21:26
  
  School officials in South Mississippi are deciding what to do next as the area prepares for the possibility of snow, sleet, and freezing rain Thursday night and into Friday morning.
  
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• White House responds after Reps. Lewis and Thompson decline to attend opening of MS Civil Rights Museum

  07-12-2017 21:20
  
  In the statement, the Congressmen said that their absence is due to the announcement of President Donald Trump's attendance earlier this week stating his "hurtful policies are an insult to the people portrayed in the civil rights museum." 
  
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• It's Going to Be an Education Election in Arizona

  07-12-2017 21:00
  Since I write about education, I try to see everything written about schools and schooling that pertains to Arizona. (You can too.…
  
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• TIPS: Staying safe, saving money during freezing temps

  07-12-2017 20:59
  
  The KOLD News 13 weather team has called for a First Alert Action Day as freezing temperatures are expected to hit southern Arizona between Thursday night and Friday morning.
  
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• Gov. Ducey honors veterans during Pearl Harbor Day remembrance

  07-12-2017 20:42
  
  "Today we remember the lives lost 76 years ago at Pearl Harbor." Gov. Doug Ducey paid tribute to veterans Thursday as a ceremony in Phoenix commemorated one of the most tragic days in American history.
  
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• Operation Deep Freeze in effect tonight

  07-12-2017 19:46
  
  The Salvation Army's Operation Deep Freeze is in effect tonight, as freezing temperatures are expected for most of southern Arizona.
  
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• Students hid in classrooms during shooting that left 3 dead

  07-12-2017 19:41
  
  Authorities say a shooting at a high school in a small New Mexico town left two students and the suspect dead.
  
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• 'Not a drill': Students hid in classrooms as shooter kills 2

  07-12-2017 19:41
  
  Authorities say a shooting at a high school in a small New Mexico town left two students and the suspect dead.
  
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• List of public schools closing Friday due to weather

  07-12-2017 19:24
  
  Updated list of public schools that will be closed Friday. 
  
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• The Weekly List: 26 Things To Do in Tucson This Week

  07-12-2017 19:06
  Your Weekly guide to keeping busy in the Old Pueblo.
  Ho, Ho, Shows
  Season of Light.…
  
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• Road closures for Fourth Ave. Winter Street Fair

  07-12-2017 18:44
  
  As The Fourth Avenue Winter Street Fair kicks off this weekend, drivers can expect closures in the downtown area. Fourth Avenue closes to traffic between University Boulevard and Eighth Street From 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 7 to about midnight on Sunday, December 10. The following roads will also shut down starting on Thursday, December 7: Fourth Street between Third and Fifth Avenues Seventh Street between Third and Fifth Avenues Fifth Street from Third Avenue to Herbert...
  
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• Atheist group installs controversial billboards in Albuquerque

  07-12-2017 18:35
  
  A national atheist group is making national news again with a set of controversial billboards installed in four U.S. cities, including Albuquerque.
  
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• 2 killed, suspect dead in shooting at high school in New Mexico

  07-12-2017 17:28
  
  New Mexico State Police said the two people killed were students at the high school in Aztec, NM.
  
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• Sex offender, cousin accused of selling toddler to create child porn

  07-12-2017 17:05
  
  Warning: Details in this story could be disturbing to some.
  
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• Prostitution bust stemming from internet ads leads to two teens' rescue from child sex trafficking

  07-12-2017 16:06
  
  The Lexington Police Department says undercover officers working a prostitution bust managed to not only arrest two on child sex trafficking, but the rescue of two 16-year-old girls forced into prostitution.
  
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• Shoplifter leaves naked 1-year-old daughter in store while trying to escape

  07-12-2017 16:01
  
  A woman has been arrested in Stark County after leaving her nude toddler in a store restroom while she attempted to escape with stolen merchandise.
  
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• Kids work harder when dressed like Batman, study says

  07-12-2017 14:38
  
  Having young children practice self-distancing - or "taking an outsider's view of one's own situation" - boosted their perseverance.
  
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• County seeks input about a sales tax that could help fix roads

  07-12-2017 13:21
  
  The Pima County Sales Tax Advisory Committee is seeking input about enacting an half-cent sales tax to help with road repairs. Pima County is the only county in the state without a sales tax yet has the highest primary property tax rate. Enacting a sales tax could lower property taxes throughout the
  
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• Baby dies after dad 'explodes' over crying

  07-12-2017 12:37
  
  Police believe the 19-year-old father physically harmed his son to the point where the 7-week-old just couldn’t hold on.
  
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• Survivors, families mark 76th anniversary of Pearl Harbor attack

  07-12-2017 10:58
  
  The crowds will be smaller this year. There will be fewer headlines and cameras and big names. But none of that matters to the survivors of the attack on Pearl Harbor and their families, who will gather — as they do every year — in the place where everything changed in an instant 76 years ago Thursday. Thousands visited the islands a year ago to mark the 75th anniversary of the attack, gathering at Pearl Harbor's Kilo Pier for a landmark ceremony filled with moments of...
  
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• Tucson's Red Letter Day

  07-12-2017 10:49
  Piloting early mechanically powered aircraft across the United States proves thorny for pioneer aviators. Not only do winds, air pockets, temperature variations, and the like challenge flyers, but their land-bound demands often come even harder met.
  
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• Michael Slager sentenced to 20 years in fatal shooting of motorist Walter Scott

  07-12-2017 10:04
  
  Michael Slager, the former North Charleston police officer who fatally shot and killed Walter Scott in 2015, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.
  
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• Ex-cop Michael Slager sentenced to 20 years in fatal shooting of motorist Walter Scott

  07-12-2017 10:04
  
  Michael Slager, the former North Charleston police officer who fatally shot and killed Walter Scott in 2015, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.
  
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• Franken announces resignation from Senate amid allegations

  07-12-2017 10:01
  
  Sen. Franken, the former comedian who made his name on "Saturday Night Live," faces a chorus of calls to step aside, and Democratic senators said they expected their liberal colleague to resign.
  
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• Town known as 'Shangri-La' threatened by California fire

  07-12-2017 09:40
  
  Southern California has already been hit hard by three major fires that have put tens of thousands of people under evacuation orders and destroyed at nearly 200 homes and buildings, a figure that is almost certain to grow.
  
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• Major Southern California freeway closed amid wildfire fight

  07-12-2017 09:40
  
  Southern California has already been hit hard by three major fires that have put tens of thousands of people under evacuation orders and destroyed at nearly 200 homes and buildings, a figure that is almost certain to grow.
  
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• Largest wildfire eyes communities northwest of Los Angeles

  07-12-2017 09:40
  
  Southern California has already been hit hard by three major fires that have put tens of thousands of people under evacuation orders and destroyed at nearly 200 homes and buildings, a figure that is almost certain to grow.
  
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• XOXO...

  07-12-2017 09:00
  Xavier previews new shows, albums and other music happenings.Mark your calendars... Tonight, Thursday, Dec 7: Backed by a cast of veteran musicians, Amy Mendoza and Strange Vacation dish out straight up rock 'n' roll at Tap + Bottle...…
  
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• Student Housing Shakedown

  07-12-2017 09:00
  Presentation did little to convince some Tucsonans that tearing down 12 historic homes in favor of five-story student housing is a good thing.Tucson residents groaned as developers showed them slides of fancy modern high-rises coupled with words like "vision," "analysis" and "refinement." The blowback was probably not what the Tempe-based architect had hoped to hear when showing a PowerPoint presentation at a neighborhood meeting last week.…
  
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• Step on the Gastronomy

  07-12-2017 09:00
  In 2015, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) added 47 locations to its network, including Tucson for gastronomy.In 2015, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) added 47 locations to its "Creative Cities" network. Alongside Liverpool for music, Baghdad for literature and Budapest for design, Tucson was added for gastronomy.…
  
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• Sinister Scheduling

  07-12-2017 09:00
  Insys Therapeutics made headlines again this week over the DEA's classification of their new marijuana-derivative drug.Insys Therapeutics made headlines again this week not for their slew of lawsuits over pushing deadly opioid drugs and exacerbating the country's opioid crisis, but for the DEA's classification of their new marijuana-derivative drug. The new synthetic THC spray, Syndros (surprisingly not the name of main villain in the recently released Justice League movie), received a Schedule
  
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• Nutcrackers Galore

  07-12-2017 09:00
  There's still plenty of time to see The Nutcracker, a fixture of the American holiday season.Christmas is a little more than two weeks away, but there's still plenty of time to see The Nutcracker, the 19th-century Russian ballet that's become a fixture of the American holiday season. Nutcrackers are cracking open all over the country in dance troupes large and small—and Tucson is in on the fun.…
  
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• Mindful Minimalism

  07-12-2017 09:00
  After Scott Girod came up with the notion to open his own pizza shop, he went to Italy to figure it out.What's in a name, really? When pizzaiolo and Anello owner Scott Girod came up with his plan to open a welcoming and unique pizzeria, he was originally set on Monello, which basically means brat or street urchin in Italian.…
  
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• Make It Sew

  07-12-2017 09:00
  Quinlan Wilhite's dedication just won him the Phoenix Fashion Week 2018 Lifestyle Designer of the Year award.Quinlan Wilhite's workspace is colorful mayhem. Thread, bobbins and fabrics adorned with shooting stars, dancing skeletons and sunset skies are piled four feet high.…
  
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• Law and Disorder

  07-12-2017 09:00
  Frances McDormand delivers another Oscar-caliber performance in Martin McDonagh’s latest masterpiece.Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri marks three films, and three masterpieces, for writer-director Martin McDonagh. It also marks another astonishing film achievement for Frances McDormand, who will bore into your chest cavity and do all kinds of crazy shit to your heart as Mildred, a justifiably pissed-off mother who has a few issues with the cops in her town.…
  
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• Keeping the Magic Alive

  07-12-2017 09:00
  When the recession hit in 2008, Roland Sarlot and Susan Eyed launched a new magic show.When the recession hit in 2008, Roland Sarlot and Susan Eyed weren't fazed. In fact, they saw it as an opportunity to take a chance and make some magic—literally—by launching a new magic show.…
  
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• Brilliant Disguise

  07-12-2017 09:00
  The Great Cover Up is an (semi-)annual event where dozens of local Tucson bands join forces to cover some of the biggest names in music.Queen, Michael Jackson, Jimi Hendrix: What if I said you could see all these artists, live and in Tucson this month? You'd probably say, "Well, that's impossible," and you'd be correct.…
  
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• A ‘Dreadful’ Tax Plan

  07-12-2017 09:00
  A Q&A with Jim Nintzel and Bruce BartlettBruce Bartlett served as an advisor in the Reagan Administration, and in the Department of the Treasury in the George H. Bush Administration. He later worked at the National Center for Policy Analysis and is now a newspaper columnist and a New York Times bestselling author.…
  
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• A 2017 Reading List

  07-12-2017 09:00
  A great way to finish out your holiday shopping list Spent Saints and Other Stories…
  
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• Are you ready for some soccer?

  07-12-2017 08:36
  Miss watching the LA Galaxy play? Wanting to know how the 2018 version of the squad is to look? Don't fret! The Galaxy today announced their "home" preseason games for next season. The squad reports to training on January 22nd and will depart for Tucson, Arizona the following week on the 29th.
  
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• Teacher on leave after 'I want to kill children' messages go viral

  07-12-2017 07:49
  
  The school district is investigating the matter, during which the school’s principal says students were never in any danger.
  
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• Gun bill passes making conceal carry permits valid across state lines

  07-12-2017 06:23
  
  The U.S. House has approved a bill that would make concealed carry permits valid across state lines. House Bill 38 passed with a vote largely along party lines, but critics on both sides of the issue would like to see some serious changes. 
  
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