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• Tips from residents help catch suspect in fraud investigation

  03-01-2018 23:55
  
  The Marana Police Department Public Information Officer Sgt. Chriswell Scott sent a tweet thanking Tucsonans for the tips that helped capture 40-year-old Matthew Farruggio. 
  
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• Alabama rides wave in 26-23 OT thriller against Georgia

  03-01-2018 23:45
  
  Tua Tagovailoa finds DeVonta Smith for a 41-yard touchdown pass to win the game in OT.
  
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• Alabama beats Georgia 26-23 with overtime touchdown

  03-01-2018 23:45
  
  Tua Tagovailoa finds DeVonta Smith for a 41-yard touchdown pass to win the game in OT.
  
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• REPORT: Les Miles, Arizona 'mutually interested' in each other

  03-01-2018 23:18
  
  According to several reports, former LSU coach and the University of Arizona have been in touch after the school fired Rich Rodriguez on Tuesday.
  
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• CBP K9 stops second largest drug smuggling attempt at Port of Lukeville

  03-01-2018 23:11
  
  Customs and Border Protection officers at the Port of Lukeville, 151 miles southwest of Tucson, pulled a 55-year-old man for further inspection after a CBP canine alerted to the RV he was driving.  
  
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• UPDATE: Eastbound Ajo Way back open after earlier crash

  03-01-2018 23:04
  
  The semi was the only vehicle involved, according to the TPD Public Information Officer.  No injuries have been reported.
  
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• Overturned semi trailer closes eastbound Ajo Way under I-10 bridge

  03-01-2018 23:04
  
  The area is expected to be closed for the next several hours. Drivers should avoid the area and use an alternate route if possible.
  
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• Explosive allegations in complaint against ex-UA coach Rich Rodriguez

  03-01-2018 22:29
  
  The University of Arizona fired football coach Rich Rodriguez, a week after a notice of claim was filed with the state attorney general's office alleging he ran a hostile workplace. Here are the details found in that claim.
  
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• Pres. Donald Trump plans to attend Alabama-Georgia title game

  03-01-2018 22:19
  
  If he attends, Trump will become the first sitting president to attend the College Football Playoff title game since it's inception in 2014.
  
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• SILVER Alert issued for Yavapai County woman with dementia

  03-01-2018 21:57
  
  The Yavapai County Sheriff's Office has issued a SILVER Alert for 59-year-old Deborah Erickson.   According to YCSO Erickson drove her vehicle to the Black Canyon area sometime around 4 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 3 and left it.  
  
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• SILVER Alert canceled after Yavapai County woman found

  03-01-2018 21:57
  
  According to the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office, Deborah Erickson had driven her vehicle to the Black Canyon area sometime around 4 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 3 and left it. 
  
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• Men in Oregon standoff violate their release conditions

  03-01-2018 21:52
  A judge is taking action against two Oregon refuge occupiers after Facebook photos showed they violated their release conditions by visiting the Bundy ranch in Nevada without permission.
  
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• Dog frozen to ground survives

  03-01-2018 21:28
  
  The dog has been through a lot. Authorities believe he was hit by a car, then frozen to the ground, yet somehow he survived.
  
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• Rich Rod's Accuser Filed $7.5 Million Claim for Sexual Harassment and Emotional Distress

  03-01-2018 21:08
  A former assistant to ex-UA football coach Rich Rodriguez, who was fired Tuesday night amid sexual misconduct allegations, is seeking $7.5 million for emotional distress, according to a notice of claim filed with the Arizona Attorney’s General’s Office on Dec. 28.
  The claim, filed by the attorney for Melissa Wilhelmsen, alleges that Rodriguez forced her to help keep an affair secret from Rodriquez’s wife and later made sexual advances toward her.…
  
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• Suspect in deadly 911 hoax has history of making phony calls

  03-01-2018 20:19
  
  A Los Angeles man suspected of making a hoax emergency call that led to the fatal police shooting of a Kansas man told a judge Wednesday he would not fight efforts to send him to Wichita.
  
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• Trump blasts Bannon over book, says ex-aide 'lost his mind'

  03-01-2018 19:29
  
  President Donald Trump is blasting his former chief strategist ahead of the release of a new, unflattering book.
  
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• Duplicate charges causing havoc for Capital One customers

  03-01-2018 18:58
  
  Customers of Capital One bank might think they are seeing double, or in some cases triple, as the same transaction is being subtracted from their accounts multiple times.
  
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• UPDATE: Names of carjacking suspects released by PCSD

  03-01-2018 17:48
  
  The Pima County Sheriff's Department is investigating a carjacking that involved a young child inside the vehicle, according to Deputy Cody Gress. The carjacking happened in the area of Country Club and 36th on Wednesday morning, Jan. 3.
  
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• PCSD investigating carjacking with child in vehicle

  03-01-2018 17:48
  
  The Pima County Sheriff's Department is investigating a carjacking that involved a young child inside the vehicle, according to Deputy Cody Gress. The carjacking happened in the area of Country Club and 36th on Wednesday morning, Jan. 3. Near Spectrum Mall where Calle Santa Cruz is blocked off. PCSD is currently investigating a carjacking which involved a young child in the vehicle. The vehicle has been found and the child is safe. They have two suspects in custody. Heading to med...
  
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• Viewer photos and video of the winter storm

  03-01-2018 17:24
  
  Viewers from around our area are sending in photos and video of how the winter storm is impacting them. 
  
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• The bomb cyclone: Ready or not, here it comes

  03-01-2018 16:58
  
  A powerful winter storm called a bomb cyclone is bringing the chance of snow, ice and, in some places, blizzard conditions to the East Coast, from Florida to Maine.
  
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• Arizona fires head coach Rich Rodriguez

  03-01-2018 16:49
  The decision was based on several factors, including "the direction and climate of the football program," according to a UA email co-signed by Heeke and UA president Robert C. Robbins. The UA will honor the separation terms in Rodriguez's contract - a $6.3 million buyout - and is initiating a national search for a new head coach, using a search firm to assist with the process.
  
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• Union, MO man charged with raping 8-year-old girl, forcing her to take meth

  03-01-2018 15:41
  
  A man from Union, MO has been charged for having sex with an 8-year-old girl and forcing her to take drugs in a motel room.
  
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• Virginia power company to buy SCANA, issue $1.3B in refunds and lower rates for VC Summer failure

  03-01-2018 14:09
  
  South Carolina residents woke up Wednesday morning to a major shake up in the state's energy sector with the news that a Virginia-based power company is buying SCANA in the wake of the VC Summer collapse. Dominion Energy out of Richmond, VA, will purchase SCANA through an all-stock merger with plans to immediately refund South Carolina Electric and Gas customers following the failure of the dual-nuclear power plant in Fairfield County. That $1.3 billion plan could mean up to $1...
  
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• Family of 4 dies from apparent carbon monoxide poisoning

  03-01-2018 13:27
  
  A contractor found a major failure in the family’s vacation cabin’s heating system, officials say.
  
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• Retired 747 makes final landing at Pinal Airpark

  03-01-2018 12:54
  
  An end of an era for The Queen of the Skies, Delta airlines has retired its 747. The famed aircraft will be landing at Pinal Airpark late Wednesday morning, The plane will be the last one to commercially fly for a U.S. airline. “For a long period of time, it was the mainstay of wide body,
  
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• Retired 747 makes final landing at Arizona airport

  03-01-2018 12:54
  
  An end of an era for The Queen of the Skies, Delta airlines has retired its 747. The famed aircraft will be landing at Pinal Airpark late Wednesday morning, The plane will be the last one to commercially fly for a U.S. airline. “For a long period of time, it was the mainstay of wide body,
  
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• Arizona DL Marcus Griffin to graduate, transfer from the program

  03-01-2018 12:03
  The redshirt junior will graduate in the spring and be eligible to play immediately at whichever school he decides to attend. His announcement isn't a surprise as Griffin was honored with the rest of UA's seniors throughout the season.
  
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• Buy liquor brands at discounted prices before they leave Ohio for good

  03-01-2018 11:56
  
  We've got some good news, and we've got some bad news. 
  
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• Football player paralyzed protecting girlfriend from stray bullet

  03-01-2018 11:04
  
  Police are attempting to track down possible suspects from the New Year’s Eve party where the athlete was shot.
  
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• Man charged in Phoenix's serial killings objects to tests

  03-01-2018 10:31
  Lawyers for a former city bus driver charged in a string of deadly nighttime shootings in Phoenix are objecting to any efforts to make their client take court-ordered IQ or sanity tests.
  
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• Arizona utility sending crews to Puerto Rico

  03-01-2018 10:15
  Arizona's largest electric utility is sending crews to help restore power to hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico.
  
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• Winter storm scatters sleet, ice and misery around the South

  03-01-2018 09:19
  
  The National Weather Service said a wintry mix of snow and freezing rain was expected Wednesday mainly along the Atlantic seaboard from Florida to North Carolina.
  
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• 'Like a hurricane': Coastal streets deserted in winter storm

  03-01-2018 09:19
  
  The National Weather Service said a wintry mix of snow and freezing rain was expected Wednesday mainly along the Atlantic seaboard from Florida to North Carolina.
  
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• Florida sees first snow in decades as storm hits the South

  03-01-2018 09:19
  
  The National Weather Service said a wintry mix of snow and freezing rain was expected Wednesday mainly along the Atlantic seaboard from Florida to North Carolina.
  
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• Arizona players, coaches, recruits react to Rich Rodriguez firing

  03-01-2018 07:40
  On Tuesday night, things went from 0 to 100 real quick in Tucson as the Arizona Wildcats wound up firing head football coach Rich Rodriguez. The move was sudden and unexpected, so naturally there were a lot of reactions from those close to the situation....namely players and coaches on the team and recruits that have already signed up to play for Rodriguez next year.
  
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• Woman accused of killing her New Year's Eve date

  03-01-2018 07:05
  
  The suspect claims the shooting was in self-defense.
  
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• Rich Rod Gets the Ax

  03-01-2018 05:39
  The University of Arizona fired football coach Rich Rodriguez Tuesday, according to a UA press release.No exact reason was given for the school’s decision, though the university will honor the separation terms of Rodriguez’s contract, which include a $10.2 million buyout, according to USA Today.Director of Athletics Dave Heeke cited the school’s investigation into allegations of sexual harassment against Rodriguez, which began in October.That investigation, according to Heeke,
  
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• Sahuarita Police, Border Patrol search for suspects

  03-01-2018 05:13
  
  The Sahuarita Police Department spent Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 2 searching for suspects in two incidents.   
  
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• Woman fighting cancer gets married 18 hours before dying

  03-01-2018 04:51
  
  A couple fulfills a bride's dying wish by getting married in the hospital, surrounded by friends and family.
  
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• UA fires Rodriguez amid sexual harassment allegations

  03-01-2018 04:37
  
  The University of Arizona fired football coach Rich Rodriguez, citing an investigation into allegations of sexual harassment as well as the climate and direction of the program.
  
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• Waffle House employee attacked by customers who wanted thermostat adjusted

  03-01-2018 04:15
  
  Police are searching for the teenager and two women who were caught on camera beating up a Waffle House employee. 
  
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• Trump tweets his nuclear button is bigger than Kim Jong Un's

  03-01-2018 02:28
  
  The president was referencing the North Korean dictator's New Year's Day speech in which Un mentioned a button on his desk.
  
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• Pima Co. approves budget for Phase 1 of Kino South Sports Complex

  03-01-2018 01:40
  
  Pima County has approved $1.5 million to design Phase 1 of the Kino South Sports Complex which will be located at Interstate 10 and Ajo Way. The complex, once complete, will be the largest soccer complex in the state with 20 fields and a stadium.
  
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