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• Veterans Recovery Program to inter 29 at AZ Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery in Marana

  05-04-2018 23:59
  
  29 veterans will be honored in a ceremony held by the Southern Arizona Missing in America Project (MIAP) this weekend at the Arizona Veterans' Memorial Cemetery in Marana and the public is invited to attend.   
  
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• FBI releases new photos, video of 2011 Gabby Giffords shooting

  05-04-2018 23:57
  They document the 2011 shooting outside Tucson that left six people dead and 13 wounded, including former congresswoman Gabby Giffords. A small crowd had gathered that Saturday morning, Jan. 8, outside a Safeway store on Ina Road.
  
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• Economic impact is $7.4 billion for Tucson airports, study says

  05-04-2018 23:49
  
  A new study has valued Tucson's airports in the billions with regards to the economic impact in southern Arizona.
  
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• 'It really wasn't supposed to be like this:' Brothers killed in police pursuit, crash in Irmo remembered

  05-04-2018 23:44
  
  Trae, 13, and his brother, 15-year-old Travis Green Jr., were both killed in a crash Wednesday evening after the car they were traveling in left the roadway and struck a tree. 
  
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• Alligators return to Reid Park Zoo after 30 years

  05-04-2018 23:37
  
  After more than 30 years, alligators have arrived at the Reid Park Zoo. 
  
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• Laughing Stock: Architecture, Historic and Human

  05-04-2018 23:35
  “BBVN is a neighborhood that's more like a village,” says Richard Richard Roati, board member of the Broadmoor Broadway Village Neighborhood Association in the mid century modern heart of Central Tucson. “Casey Bynum offered the club for a fund-raising event for our historic designation.” The community-spirited Bynum lives in the neighborhood, and manages the nearby, family-owned Laff’s Comedy Caffe.…
  
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• UPDATE: TPD locates missing elderly Tucson woman with dementia

  05-04-2018 23:23
  
  The Tucson Police Department is asking for the public's help in locating 78-year-old Alicia Feliz Castaneda. She is a Hispanic female 5-foot-1 weighing 150 pounds.  Last seen around 2 a.m. Thursday, April 5. 
  
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• TPD searching for missing elderly Tucson woman with dementia

  05-04-2018 23:23
  
  The Tucson Police Department is asking for the public's help in locating 78-year-old Alicia Feliz Castaneda. She is a Hispanic female 5-foot-1 weighing 150 pounds.  Last seen around 2 a.m. Thursday, April 5. 
  
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• VIDEO: Bobcat vs. rattlesnake

  05-04-2018 22:56
  
  The classic battle between bobcat and rattlesnake took place in Scottsdale, AZ.
  
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• $1.5M worth of meth disguised as candy in Memphis man's car

  05-04-2018 22:45
  
  A Memphis man was arrested in Alabama while hauling 82 pounds of meth, according to investigators.
  
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• Claytoon of the Day: Drain the Sewer

  05-04-2018 22:30
  Find more from cartoonist Clay Jones here.
  
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• Tuskegee vet student charged in cruel 'horse scam'

  05-04-2018 22:14
  
   Investigators in Alabama are working what they call a case involving a disturbing scam aimed at animal lovers. 
  
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• McGregor turns self into police after backstage melee

  05-04-2018 21:46
  
  Conor McGregor was involved in a backstage melee and video footage appears to show the UFC star throwing a guard rail at a bus full of fighters on Saturday's card.
  
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• Laughing Stock: Unscrewed Theatre Has Moved!

  05-04-2018 21:00
  Chris Seidman, executive director of Unscrewed Theater, furrows his brow a little as he works at a yard-sale table in a vacant room of an empty 3,300 foot retail space. Voted Best Comedian in Tucson Weekly’s 2017 Best of Tucson™ poll, he’s now juggling some serious adulting, designing the space and raising money to build the company’s new, 100-seat theater.…
  
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• SC man battling Stage 4 cancer greeted by Tiger Woods at The Masters after stepdaughter's plea goes viral

  05-04-2018 19:48
  
  A dream comes true during Round 1 of The Masters. Lifelong golf fan and Columbia native Shane Caldwell met his favorite pro golfer, Tiger Woods.
  
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• Surveillance video shows Loughner outside store before 2011 Tucson shooting

  05-04-2018 19:35
  The FBI released photos, videos and documents on April 5 from the 2011 shooting in Tucson, Arizona, which left six people dead and former US Rep Gabby Giffords gravely wounded An Atlanta charter school has apologized for a black-history program in which second graders recited Paul Lawrence Dunbar's poem "We Wear the Mask" while holding up blackface masks. It sparked outrage from parents and on social media Model Fabio appeared on 'Tucker Carlson Tonight' on March 29, 2018 where he was asked to t
  
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• Woman called 'worst DUI offender' caught: 6 DUIs in 6 states

  05-04-2018 19:26
  
  After she was fingerprinted, police found out there were outstanding warrants for Tasha Schleicher in at least three states, and she'd been arrested at least six times, with six DUIs in six states.
  
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• Body of missing CDC worker found; no signs of foul play

  05-04-2018 18:44
  
  Atlanta police said on Twitter that the body of CDC employee Timothy Cunningham had been discovered Tuesday.
  
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• Here's how you can delete everything Facebook knows about you

  05-04-2018 18:30
  
  As the fallout from the Facebook, Cambridge Analytica scandal continues, many Americans are searching for clues on how much information Facebook has on them and may have shared.
  
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• BJ's Restaurant giving away free deep dish pizza today

  05-04-2018 18:27
  
  Your dreams have come true!  BJ's Restaurant and Brewhouse is giving away FREE small, deep-dish pepperoni pizzas today, April 5, when you order through the Doordash app. 
  
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• Masters golf fans hurt when bus overturns on interstate

  05-04-2018 18:16
  
  Authorities say a tour bus headed to the Masters golf tournament flipped over on a Georgia interstate, injuring at least a dozen people.
  
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• Conservative or Liberal? Facebook has already decided for you

  05-04-2018 18:07
  
  If you haven't decided what your political likeness is yet, look no further than your Facebook settings.  
  
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• Fans will find new security measures at Country Thunder Music Festival

  05-04-2018 17:45
  
  Safety and security at large-scale events are top of mind following the mass shooting at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas in October.
  
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• Madison County killer subdued as he received life sentence

  05-04-2018 17:44
  
  A man found guilty of the murder of his stepfather was sentenced to life in prison in Madison County, and had an outburst in the courtroom as he learned his fate behind bars.
  
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• Von Miller being investigated following hammerhead shark photos

  05-04-2018 17:38
  
  Miller posted photos on social media of him hauling and posing with a massive hammerhead shark. He later released the animal, according to ESPN.
  
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• Get ready: 'Above-average' hurricane season is forecast

  05-04-2018 17:10
  
  CSU predictions are for 14 named storms, 7 hurricanes and 3 major hurricanes.
  
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• 'Nightmare bacteria' found in 27 states, CDC says

  05-04-2018 16:37
  
  A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report released Tuesday said researchers found more than 200 genes that make some bacteria antibiotic resistant.
  
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• UA students aim to stop sexual assault, promote consent on campus

  05-04-2018 16:00
  
  Organizers of the campaign, run by the Associated Students at the University of Arizona, say they worked to do things a little differently this year - involving more of the faculty and staff.
  
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• A train filled with human feces has sat for months in an Alabama town. And summer is coming.

  05-04-2018 15:01
  
  Train cars containing millions of pounds of human poo have sat in an Alabama railyard since February.
  
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• Police: Three juveniles killed in crash identified following high-speed chase in Irmo

  05-04-2018 14:58
  
  Three juveniles are dead in Irmo following a crash that started as a traffic stop for speeding with a stolen car, according to the Irmo Police Department.
  
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• Teen speaks after being kept as 'pet'

  05-04-2018 12:52
  
  Kiara Holm was kidnapped and assaulted last June by a man she met on an anonymous dating app.
  
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• Tucson pain doctor indicted on charges involving opioids

  05-04-2018 12:42
  TUCSON, Ariz. - A state grand jury has indicted a Tucson doctor who owns a pain management medical clinic on fraud and drug charges.
  
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• Family reunited 24 years after daughter went missing

  05-04-2018 12:27
  
  In hopes his missing daughter might step into his car as a passenger, the girl’s father worked as a driver for a ride-hailing service before the two were finally reunited.
  
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• I-20/59 SB to remain shut down at I-65 interchange after emergency closure

  05-04-2018 11:35
  
  I-20/59 Southbound is closed at the I-65 Interchange due to unsafe conditions that occurred during construction, according to the Alabama Department of Transportation.  
  
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• Hundred of thousands of Delta customers possibly affected in data breach

  05-04-2018 11:30
  
  Delta said that potentially several hundred customers were exposed in the "cyber incident" through the online chat service for Delta, provided by the company 24]7.ai. 
  
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• Visions of Johanna

  05-04-2018 10:00
  In the rumbling merriment of The Buffet bar, Johanna Martinez and I sit surrounded by faces carved by heartache.In the rumbling merriment of The Buffet bar, Johanna Martinez and I sit surrounded by faces carved by heartache. It's a strangely cold day in Tucson.…
  
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• Ride and Seek

  05-04-2018 10:00
  After months of inquiries by The Chronicle of Social Change, it is unclear if Arizona is making good on the promise of the law's foster care provision.In Arizona, as in many other parts of the United States, school stability for foster youth is a significant problem. Forty-two percent of students in foster care switched schools during the school year, according to a 2015 West Ed report, and research has shown that each change costs a student at least three months of academic progress.…
  
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• On the Move

  05-04-2018 10:00
  The eventual passage of two bills affecting Arizona's medical marijuana industry could spell out some good news and some bad news for the business.As two bills affecting Arizona's medical marijuana industry continue to progress through the Legislature, their eventual passage could spell out some good news and some bad news for the business. In case you missed it, SB1420, introduced by Sen. Sonny Borrelli (R-Lake Havasu City), would put the Arizona Department of Agriculture in charge of testing m
  
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• Lame Game

  05-04-2018 10:00
  Rather than relishing the opportunity for '80s nostalgia, Spielberg opts for whiplash pacing and miscasting.Steven Spielberg goes for broke but leaves you bleary eyed in a bad way with Ready Player One, based on the very popular Ernest Cline novel. The film is so full of pop culture references that it doesn't so much deliver them as visually vomit them into your face.…
  
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• From Starter To Star

  05-04-2018 10:00
  It was a text from a chef friend that sent me driving to a small taqueria across the street from the Tucson Medical Center a while back.It was a text from a chef friend that sent me driving to a small taqueria across the street from the Tucson Medical Center a while back. He said that he had just eaten some of the best stripped-down Mexican street food in some time and, coming from him, I had to see and taste for myself.…
  
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• Class Struggle

  05-04-2018 10:00
  About 45 people recently made their case for keeping the school open: educators, students, graduates, neighbors and even entire families.Tears and heartfelt pleas dominated the Marana Unified School District Board Meeting last week, as over 300 people squeezed into Thornydale Elementary School to discuss its possible closure. Many were wearing shirts that read #SaveThornydale.…
  
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• Busting Stereotypes

  05-04-2018 10:00
  The movie focuses on a communal ranch founded in 1976 and still going today.When Beverly Seckinger was about 10 years old, she saw an anti-Vietnam protest for the first time. The daughter of a professor at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, Seckinger wandered out of a campus building and happened upon the striking spectacle of the political protest.…
  
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• A Record of Many Colors

  05-04-2018 10:00
  The story of Carlos Arzate's new record can be summed up in the story of how its centerpiece song came to be.The story of Carlos Arzate's new record Camaleón can be summed up in the story of how its centerpiece song came to be. "Broken Glass" is a big, bright soul tune, the type of sound that made huge hits in the 1960s and 1970s.…
  
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• YouTube shooter's bizarre videos key to suspected motive

  05-04-2018 08:36
  
  Nasim Aghdam posted videos under the online name Nasime Sabz, and a website in that name decried YouTube's policies, saying the company was trying to "suppress" content creators.
  
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• Police dog attacks missing teen with autism

  05-04-2018 08:32
  
  The K-9 was being used to search for the 13-year-old after he left his house because he was upset over a video game.
  
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• Missing teen with autism attacked by police dog

  05-04-2018 08:32
  
  The K-9 was being used to search for the 13-year-old after he left his house because he was upset over a video game.
  
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• National Guard benefit at border tough to quantify

  05-04-2018 07:37
  
  In 2006, President George W. Bush sent 6,000 National Guard soldiers to the border to bolster the efforts of the US Border Patrol.
  
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• Elected officials respond to National Guard at the border

  05-04-2018 07:37
  
  In 2006, President George W. Bush sent 6,000 National Guard soldiers to the border to bolster the efforts of the US Border Patrol.
  
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