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• Operation Deep Freeze kicks in as temps dip below 35 degrees

  21-12-2017 23:52
  
  That means shelters across Tucson are open for the homeless or for people who need a place to get out of the cold. Most shelters will be filled to capacity.
  
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• Signed, Sealed, Delivered: A walk in the shoes of a mail carrier during the holidays

  21-12-2017 23:10
  
  Thousands of people have made their way to the post office this week. This only adds on to the heavy traffic mail carriers see during the holidays. The mail amount doubles for mail carriers at the United States Postal Service during the peak season between Thanksgiving and Christmas. 
  
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• Video released of angry bull ramming south AL deputy's SUV

  21-12-2017 23:06
  
  A Dale County Sheriff's Deputy and an angry bull went head-to-head and it was all caught on video.
  
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• Witness helps Tucson police nab suspect in robbery attempts

  21-12-2017 22:59
  
  Thanks to help from a witness, the Tucson Police Department was able to locate and arrest a suspect in two attempted and one successful robbery.   
  
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• John Schnatter to step down as Papa John's CEO

  21-12-2017 22:52
  
  Papa John's says its founder John Schnatter will step down as CEO next month, about two months after he publicly criticized the NFL leadership over national anthem protests by football players.
  
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• AP: John Schnatter stepping down as Papa John's CEO

  21-12-2017 22:52
  
  Papa John's says its founder John Schnatter will step down as CEO next month, about two months after he publicly criticized the NFL leadership over national anthem protests by football players.
  
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• Papa John's founder out as CEO weeks after NFL comments

  21-12-2017 22:51
  
  Papa John's founder John Schnatter, who appears on the chain's commercials and pizza boxes, will leave the CEO role next month, weeks after he publicly criticized NFL leadership for the ongoing national anthem protests by football players.
  
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• Papa John's founder exiting as CEO weeks after NFL comments

  21-12-2017 22:51
  
  Papa John's founder John Schnatter, who appears on the chain's commercials and pizza boxes, will leave the CEO role next month, weeks after he publicly criticized NFL leadership for the ongoing national anthem protests by football players.
  
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• PCSO: 'Violent and dangerous criminal' arrested in Pinal County

  21-12-2017 21:12
  
  The Pinal County Sheriff’s Office, along with with the Florence Police Department, helped take a "violent and dangerous criminal" into custody.
  
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• WATCH: Video of the World View balloon explosion

  21-12-2017 19:26
  
  The Arizona Daily Independent obtained video of the balloon explosion at World View in Tucson earlier this week.
  
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• BUSTED: Colorado man arrested after offering weed for sheriff's SUV

  21-12-2017 18:34
  
  Authorities said a Colorado couple landed in jail after trying to trade four pounds of homegrown marijuana for an SUV listed on Craigslist.
  
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• The Weekly List: 23 Things To Do In Tucson This Week

  21-12-2017 18:28
  Your Weekly guide to keeping busy in the Old Pueblo.
  MusicThe Nutcracker at Ballet Tucson.…
  
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• Dozens arrested in NOPD holiday roundup

  21-12-2017 18:24
  
  Local and federal law enforcement worked together for a holiday round-up of offenders to end the year on a good note. 
  
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• Report: Arizona teacher shortage worsens

  21-12-2017 18:18
  
  A new report by the Arizona School Personnel Administrators Association shows that Arizona's teacher shortage has gotten worse. 
  
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• Dad accused of trafficking his teen daughter on return from vacation

  21-12-2017 17:59
  
  The Smith family has three biological kids and one adopted daughter from China, 16-year-old Georgianna.
  
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• Tips to protect people, pets, plants, pipes in a freeze

  21-12-2017 17:56
  
  Temperatures are expected to drop below freezing in most of southern Arizona for the first time this season.
  
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• Judge calls Arizona prison health care system 'corrupt'

  21-12-2017 17:56
  A federal judge incensed by recent news reports says he believes Arizona's prison health care system may be so "corrupt" that it can no longer be trusted.
  
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• Healthy Heart: Prevent holiday stress from hurting your health

  21-12-2017 17:54
  
  Doctors are warning the stress we all experience during the holidays could affect our heart health.
  
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• Wisconsin girl convicted in Slender Man stabbing sentenced

  21-12-2017 16:51
  
  One of two Wisconsin girls who attempted to kill a classmate to win favor with a horror character named Slender Man will find out how long she must spend in a mental hospital.
  
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• Man accused of setting girlfriend on fire brought back to Mississippi

  21-12-2017 16:30
  
  The man accused of pouring gasoline on his girlfriend and setting her on fire in Pearl River County is back in Mississippi Thursday. Jerry Glenn Willis is now in the Pearl River County Detention Center after being extradited from Monroe County, Arkansas where he was arrested last month.
  
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• I-19 closed in Nogales after two crashes

  21-12-2017 15:41
  
  The Nogales Police Department warns drivers to expect long delay after two crashes on Interstate 19. Nogales police said I-19 is closed between Mariposa Road and the Nogales City limits.
  
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• I-19 back open in Nogales after two crashes

  21-12-2017 15:41
  
  The Nogales Police Department warns drivers to expect long delay after two crashes on Interstate 19. Nogales police said I-19 is closed between Mariposa Road and the Nogales City limits.
  
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• Tucson woman wants you to hear her story before you drink and drive

  21-12-2017 14:16
  
  Tucson, Arizona -- The holiday season is upon us and one local woman wants people to remember the dangers of drunk driving. In 2016, nearly 25 percent of fatalities in Arizona involved impaired or drunk driving. Advocates say the issue tears apart families, leaving behind deep voids. Jamie Leon-Guerrero kn
  
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• Prince Harry and Meghan Markle engagement photos released

  21-12-2017 14:01
  
  Britain's Kensington Palace has released two official photos of Prince Harry and his fiancé Meghan Markle to mark the couple's engagement.
  
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• Apple admits to slowing older iPhones over battery issues

  21-12-2017 13:34
  
  Apple said older batteries can cause iPhones to shut down without warning.
  
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• Preparing your home from the freezing temperatures

  21-12-2017 13:30
  
  Thursday and Friday are First Alert Action Day as Tucson prepares for the first freeze of the season. Hardware stores are starting to see an increase in people stopping by to keep themselves, their family and even their pets warm and their home safe. Mark's Ace Hardware, near Ft. Lowell and Campbell, is stocked with fire
  
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• Girl, 11, hospitalized after swallowing popular toy

  21-12-2017 12:51
  
  The toy magnets were banned in 2012 because children were ingesting them and dying, but after the company sued, they returned to stores.
  
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• Congress rushes to avoid shutdown, punts issues to January

  21-12-2017 09:21
  
  The upcoming short-term measure would fund the government through Jan. 19, giving lawmakers time next month to try to work out their leftover business.
  
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• AP FACT CHECK: Trump's 'middle-class miracle' favors wealthy

  21-12-2017 09:21
  
  Trump's penchant for exaggeration and sometimes pure fiction has clouded the realities of the overhaul, but as for Democrats, you wouldn't know to hear them talk that middle-class people are getting a tax cut out of the deal, too.
  
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• What To Do This New Year’s Eve

  21-12-2017 09:00
  There's a post going around online that the whole of 2017 was a real scooter to the ankle. And don't we know it.There's a post going around online that the whole of 2017 was a real scooter to the ankle. And don't we know it.…
  
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• Trial Balloon

  21-12-2017 09:00
  The Arizona Court of Appeals ruled in favor of a county’s lease agreement, overturning the lower court’s February ruling.Pima County's deal with space balloon company World View Enterprises is on better legal footing after the Arizona Court of Appeals ruled in favor of a county's lease agreement, overturning the lower court's February ruling. The Phoenix-based Goldwater Institute, a Libertarian think tank, sued the county in April, saying the deal with World View didn't follow the co
  
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• To Infinity and Beyond

  21-12-2017 09:00
  It's fair to say that Arizona has never been seen as the rap capital of America.It's fair to say that Arizona has never been seen as the rap capital of America. That's not to say that there aren't a good number of talented hip-hop artists in Tucson and Phoenix—there truly are—but the scene is perpetually playing catch-up with what's happening in New York, L.A., and Atlanta.…
  
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• The Kitten Collaboration

  21-12-2017 09:00
  When Copper Canyon Alzheimer's Special Care Center first took in a litter of kittens from the Pima Animal Care Center, things started to change pretty quickly.When Copper Canyon Alzheimer's Special Care Center first took in a litter of kittens from the Pima Animal Care Center, things started to change pretty quickly. The most stoic, hard-to-engage residents were coming into the kitten room to visit the new, furry residents every day.…
  
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• So This is Christmas

  21-12-2017 09:00
  On a bright and frosty morning decades ago, a young boy and his grandfather whip across the frozen Iowa farmland.On a bright and frosty morning decades ago, a young boy and his grandfather whip across the frozen Iowa farmland. With blankets covering their laps and snowflakes glittering their faces, their one-horse open sleigh pull them onward.…
  
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• So-So Star Wars

  21-12-2017 09:00
  In Star Wars: The Last Jedi, we get our older Luke and Leia movie.In Star Wars: The Last Jedi, we get our older Luke and Leia movie. Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher get to do what Harrison Ford did in The Force Awakens by spending a little more time (in the case of Hamill, a LOT more time) in their iconic roles.…
  
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• Sex and Violence

  21-12-2017 09:00
  A small group of Tucsonans have gathered at El Tiradito for the last 15 years to honor the women whose lives have been cut short.El Tiradito Shrine is full of red candles that won't be lit. After being smudged with sage, 20 men and women form the circle, as close together as their umbrellas allow.…
  
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• Open Season

  21-12-2017 09:00
  President and CEO of the Tucson Hispanic Chamber of Commerce announced her bid for Martha McSally's seat in Congress.Lea Márquez-Peterson, president and CEO of the Tucson Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, last week announced her bid for the Congressional District 2 seat currently held by Republican Congresswoman Martha McSally. While a flurry of Democrats—former U.S. representative Ann Kirkpatrick, former state lawmakers Matt Heinz and Bruce Wheeler, retired assistant secretary for the
  
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• Holiday Mixers

  21-12-2017 09:00
  Whatever holiday you favor, make sure that when you sit down to your feast, you give thanks to the farmworkers who provided the food on your groaning table.Merry Christmas! Happy Hanukkah!…
  
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• Good Cheer

  21-12-2017 09:00
  When Gaslight Theatre founder and head honcho Tony Terry thinks about Christmas, he remembers spending time with his family, particularly his father.When Gaslight Theatre (and Music Hall) founder and head honcho Tony Terry thinks about Christmas, he remembers spending time with his family, particularly his father. The Terry household was one of holiday traditions, he says, as he recounts watching A Christmas Carol every day, reading the book alongside others, family parades to hang stockings&mda
  
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• Gastro Giving

  21-12-2017 09:00
  Team TW is here with some gastronomical suggestions for your last minute gifts.With just a few shopping days left before Christmas, you might be wondering just how you're going to complete your holiday shopping. Why not give some local flavors?…
  
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• Cake and Ale

  21-12-2017 09:00
  At Tap and Bottle, the one-woman power proprietor of the Beer Geek Bakery hosted a pairing of some of her mini pies and tarts with beer.It's a random Thursday at the Northside Tap and Bottle, but the place is packed. The lucky patrons here tonight are in for a sweet, and sometimes malty, treat.…
  
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• Man claims father-in-law used toupee to scare him

  21-12-2017 08:51
  
  A New York City man who says he has a fear of the Tasmanian Devil claims his father-in-law repeatedly scared him with a toupee that looks like the cartoon character.
  
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• VIDEO: Women punch, slap, pull each other's hair at Chuck E. Cheese

  21-12-2017 08:16
  
  Police were called, but they say all the people involved in the fight were gone by the time officers arrived.
  
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• Car rams into pedestrians in Melbourne; 19 injured

  21-12-2017 08:11
  
  Police say the attack was a deliberate act but was not terror-related.
  
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• '33 & Beyond: the Royal Art of Freemasonry' Kicks Off Full U.S....

  21-12-2017 07:27
  National theatrical tour begins for "33 & Beyond: The Royal Art of Freemasonry" on January 4, 2018 in Phoenix and Tucson, AZ. After TriCoast Entertainment's successful red carpet screening of Johnny Royal 's '33 & BEYOND: THE ROYAL ART OF FREEMASONRY' at Laemmle's Ahrya Fine Arts Theatre in Beverly Hills on December 17th, the national theatrical tour moves to Arizona with two screenings in Phoenix and Tucson, both on January 4th.
  
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• Tucson Fire Department spreading joy this holiday season

  21-12-2017 05:49
  
  Firemen with Tucson Fire Department station 9 delivered a little holiday cheer to a family Wednesday night.  
  
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• UPDATE: AZ DPS now searching for driver in Red Rock standoff

  21-12-2017 05:09
  
  The Arizona Department of Public Safety troopers attempted to stop a possible stolen vehicle that had been heading eastbound on Interstate-10, the vehicle failed to yield to state troopers and a pursuit began.
  
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• UPDATE: Arizona DPS still looking for driver in Red Rock standoff

  21-12-2017 05:09
  
  The Arizona Department of Public Safety troopers attempted to stop a possible stolen vehicle that had been heading eastbound on Interstate-10, the vehicle failed to yield to state troopers and a pursuit began.
  
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• UPDATE: Authorities looking for vehicle connected to fatal east side shooting

  21-12-2017 04:12
  
  Authorities are looking for the vehicle connected to a fatal shooting on Tucson's east side Wednesday night.
  
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• TPD: Fatal shooting near Broadway, Camino Seco

  21-12-2017 04:12
  
  Tucson police are still searching for the vehicle and possible suspect. 
  
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