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• Scottsdale cop adopts puppy she rescued, anonymous donor helped with fees

  16-03-2018 23:49
  
  After several puppies were rescued from filthy conditions in Scottsdale last week, the officer who responded to that scene is giving one of them a forever home.
  
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• Unbelievable. Biggest upset reveals best in college hoops

  16-03-2018 23:26
  
  Banish March Madness? Nunsense! NCAA tournament reveals best of a sport in trouble.
  
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• Sonic Drive-In announces pickle flavored slush

  16-03-2018 23:13
  
  Sonic Drive-In restaurants are bringing an unusual, sour treat to customers this summer. Food and Wine recently reported that the popular food chain is releasing a pickle juice slush nationwide this June. The article noted the slush as being very sweet, salty and containing a strong dye that can turn your tongue green. According to a Sonic spokesperson, the pickle flavored syrup used in the slush can be added to anything on the menu including burgers, shakes, and sun...
  
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• Owner: Burglars steal $30,000 in accordions from Chicago Music Store

  16-03-2018 22:59
  
  Chicago Music Store owner Mark Levkowitz said the location on the corner of Broadway and 6th Avenue was burglarized and five accordions worth $30,000 were taken.
  
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• AZ Republican Legislators Say No To 17 Minutes of Silence

  16-03-2018 22:44
  They were in a political bind on March 14. The Arizona House Republicans could have stood for 17 minutes in silent remembrance of the 17 students killed in Florida and risk angering the Second Amendment absolutists who vote for them, or they could leave and risk showing disrespect for the slain Parkland students and the local students who filled the visitors gallery.They chose disrespect.Politicians face damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don't situations all the time.…
  
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• Cochise SWAT and street crimes team make drug bust in Sierra Vista

  16-03-2018 22:26
  
  Two Sierra Vista residents were arrested early Thursday morning by Cochise County Sheriffs Department. In a methamphetamine and heroin drug trafficking investigation by the Cochise Sheriffs Office SWAT team and Street Crimes units, officers arrested Roman Salaiz, 59, and Linda Sue Snedden, 63 for the possession of drugs and possession of drug paraphernalia.  While executing a search warrant on a residence in the 1100 block of Meadows Drive, police found Heroine, Methamphetamine...
  
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• 5 doctors charged with taking kickbacks to tout painkiller

  16-03-2018 21:28
  Five New York City doctors have been charged with taking bribes and kickbacks from an Arizona-based pharmaceutical company to prescribe large volumes of a highly addictive painkiller.
  
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• Scottsdale boy gets the ball rolling for official state dinosaur

  16-03-2018 21:03
  
  Hopi Elementary school student Jax Weldon takes on the case of the Sonorasaurus Thompsoni and pushes forward the idea of an official state dinosaur.
  
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• Prosecutor: Arizona drug courier gets 14-year sentence

  16-03-2018 21:00
  Prosecutors say a drug courier has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for transporting heroin pills across southern Arizona.
  
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• Affidavit: Lufkin man tried to run down fiancee with SUV after argument

  16-03-2018 20:57
  
  Officers with the Lufkin Police Department arrested a 50-year-old man Thursday in connection with allegations that he tried to run his 38-year-old fiancée down with an SUV on Medford Drive earlier this month.
  
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• Ducey signs bill barring cities from taxing sugary drinks

  16-03-2018 20:28
  Gov. Doug Ducey has signed legislation barring Arizona cities and counties from joining a growing national trend of taxing sugary drinks.
  
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• First bridge collapse victim ID'd as FIU student Alexa Duran, 18

  16-03-2018 20:07
  
  The Miami Herald's Spanish-language paper spoke to the father of 18-year-old Alexa Duran, an FIU student killed in Thursday's collapse.
  
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• Arizona, Arizona State and NAU propose tuition increases

  16-03-2018 20:04
  
  Arizona, Arizona State and Northern Arizona all released their tuition proposals for the 2018-19 academic year for consideration by the Arizona Board of Regents.
  
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• APNewsBreak: EPA may be overstating claims from mine spill

  16-03-2018 20:04
  The Environmental Protection Agency says it has almost finished a review of damage claims from a Colorado mine spill the agency accidentally triggered.
  
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• 12 charged in AL after multi-state child exploitation operation

  16-03-2018 19:17
  
  Twelve people are facing charges in Alabama and four children have been rescued or identified after a multi-state child exploitation operation.
  
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• SXSW 2018: Josh T. Pearson Works with the Chaos of SXSW

  16-03-2018 18:59
  Nothing should have worked with Josh T. Pearson’s set at SXSW: He lost his voice the previous night, there were some technical difficulties, he revealed he was working on probably an hour of sleep, and to top it off, his four-piece band was only about three days old. Despite all of these setbacks, Pearson delivered an enrapturing performance.…
  
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• SXSW 2018: Josh T. Pearson Embraces the Chaos of SXSW

  16-03-2018 18:59
  Nothing should have worked with Josh T. Pearson’s set at SXSW: He lost his voice the previous night, there were some technical difficulties, he revealed he was working on probably an hour of sleep, and to top it off, his four-piece band was only about three days old. Despite all of these setbacks, Pearson delivered an enrapturing performance.…
  
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• SXSW 2018: "Thank You, Music Lovers!"

  16-03-2018 18:44
  Los Lobos guitarist Cesár Rosas shouted his thanks across SXSW outdoor stage in downtown Austin: “Thank you, music lovers!” It’s a city full of music lovers. You can see it in the way that people play their music: During country artist Josh T. Pearson's set (which pretty much broke all of our hearts and put them back together again with every song), every member of the four-person band blurred the lines between human and instrument with their passion.…
  
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• Video: Malfunctioning ski lift sends people tumbling

  16-03-2018 18:26
  
  A malfunctioning ski lift forced people to evacuate. 
  
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• Festival goers wouldn’t unplug their phones so woman could charge bionic arm

  16-03-2018 18:26
  
  Everyone's arms get tired from time to time, but do yours ever lose power? For one woman, her arm needs to be charged every few hours. Angel Giuffria, an actress and bionics advocate, recently attended the popular South By Southwest Festival (SXSW) in Austin and encountered an unusual problem. According to a series of tweets, Giuffria had trouble convincing other festival goers to give up their charging outlets so that she could charge her arm.  &...
  
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• Casa Grande police: Male suspect shot; no officers injured

  16-03-2018 16:56
  Casa Grande police say a male suspect was shot in an encounter with police in which no officers were injured.
  
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• UPDATE: Stranger danger situation in Tucson over after man comes forward

  16-03-2018 15:45
  
  A strange danger situation in Tucson is over after the man at the center of the incident came forward, city police said.
  
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• Police investigating stranger danger incident near Desert View HS

  16-03-2018 15:45
  
  Police said the girl was walking near the I-10 underpass at the Valencia Road exit around 3 p.m. when a man in a white truck approached her and offered her a ride.
  
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• Calling, tech support company looking to hire 700 in Tucson

  16-03-2018 14:05
  
  Customer Contact Channels, which is planning to expand on a large scale in Tucson, is a communications company that acts as the call center for its clients.
  
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• St. Patrick's Day: where it's from, what it is

  16-03-2018 13:37
  
  With St. Patrick's Day once more upon us, here's a look at how the celebration began and how it developed over the many centuries.
  
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• Crash into power pole causes road closure on NW side

  16-03-2018 13:19
  
  The Pima County Sheriff's Department has closed a road on Tucson's northwest side because of an electrical hazard. West Overton Road is closed in both directions at La Cresta Road, west of North La Cholla Boulevard. The Sheriff's department says a vehicle crashed into a power pole. Drivers need to avoid the area. MOBILE USERS: Download the Tucson News Now app for Apple and Android devices. Copyright 2018 Tucson News Now. All rights reserved.
  
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• 100-year-old shipwreck found in Lake Erie

  16-03-2018 13:05
  
  A 100-year-old shipwreck has been found at the bottom of Lake Erie, WSPD reports.
  
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• Report: 2 Mexican wolves found dead in Arizona

  16-03-2018 11:25
  
  Federal wildlife managers are investigating the deaths of two endangered Mexican gray wolves. 
  
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• Arizona high court to rule on taxes for leased rooftop solar

  16-03-2018 11:14
  
  The Arizona Supreme Court is set to decide if rooftop solar systems leased to homeowners are subject to state property tax or are exempt from taxes just like rooftop systems owned by residents.
  
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• Sen. Jeff Flake eyes 2020 primary challenge to stop Trump

  16-03-2018 06:25
  
  Desperate to stop Trump, Arizona senator eyes 2020 challenge _ as Republican or independent.
  
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• Flake eyes 2020 primary challenge to stop Trump

  16-03-2018 06:25
  
  Desperate to stop Trump, Arizona senator eyes 2020 challenge _ as Republican or independent.
  
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• Pedestrian struck by hit-and-run driver near Pueblo High

  16-03-2018 05:40
  
  A pedestrian was seriously hurt Thursday night when she was hit by a vehicle near Pueblo High, city police said.
  
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• Tearful families wait as bodies remain under failed bridge

  16-03-2018 03:53
  
  As Florida authorities work to identify the people who died in Thursday's catastrophic bridge collapse, state and federal investigators will begin the task of figuring out how and why the five-day-old span failed.
  
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• Student watched helplessly as bridge came down on top of car

  16-03-2018 03:53
  
  As Florida authorities work to identify the people who died in Thursday's catastrophic bridge collapse, state and federal investigators will begin the task of figuring out how and why the five-day-old span failed.
  
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• State: Voicemail about cracks 2 days before bridge fell

  16-03-2018 03:53
  
  As Florida authorities work to identify the people who died in Thursday's catastrophic bridge collapse, state and federal investigators will begin the task of figuring out how and why the five-day-old span failed.
  
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• Fallen bridge: 'Stress test' preceded collapse that killed 6

  16-03-2018 03:53
  
  As Florida authorities work to identify the people who died in Thursday's catastrophic bridge collapse, state and federal investigators will begin the task of figuring out how and why the five-day-old span failed.
  
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• Memorial service announced for Tripp Halstead, boy critically injured by tree limb in 2012

  16-03-2018 03:45
  
  A young boy who battled through multiple surgeries after being critically injured when a tree limb fell on him during a storm in October of 2012, has passed away, according to his family.
  
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• States: US government to rewrite 2 endangered species rules

  16-03-2018 03:43
  States that challenged endangered species regulations say the Trump administration has agreed to rewrite rules about how to designate areas considered critical to a species' recovery.
  
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