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• 141-year-old fruitcake is a Michigan family’s heirloom

  14-12-2019 22:21
  
  TECUMSEH, Mich. (AP) — Some families pass down jewelry, watches or even recipes. But a Michigan family has its own heirloom: a 141-year-old fruitcake.“It’s a great thing,” said Julie Ruttinger, the great great granddaughter of Fidelia Ford, who baked the cake in 1878. “It was tradition. It’s a legacy.”The cake was initially preserved to honor Ford. She established a tradition of baking the cake and letting it age for a year before serving it during holid
  
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• 13-year-old charged in fatal stabbing of Barnard student; others sought

  14-12-2019 21:48
  
  A 13-year-old has been arrested and charged in the stabbing death of Barnard College freshman Tessa Majors in a New York City park, according to multiple senior law enforcement officials.The teen faces charges of second-degree murder, robbery and a weapons-related charge, the officials said. His specific role in the death was not immediately clear.The juvenile was apprehended at about 11 p.m. Thursday, and as of Friday was not being charged as an adult.Investigators are seeking two oth
  
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• Women make up the majority of U.S. medical students for the first time

  14-12-2019 20:53
  
  The future of medical care is increasingly female.For the first time ever, women now make up the majority of medical students enrolled in U.S. schools, the Association of American Medical Colleges announced this week.Women comprised 50.5% of all medical school students in 2019. Across applicants and new enrollees, the number of women increased, while the number of men declined.“The steady gains in the medical school enrollment of women are a very positive trend, and we are delighted t
  
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• Daughter says former Gary, Indiana, Mayor Richard Hatcher has died.

  14-12-2019 20:50
  
  GARY, Ind. (AP) — Daughter says former Gary, Indiana, Mayor Richard Hatcher has died.
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• Opening of new Phoenix freeway nears; celebration scheduled

  14-12-2019 18:57
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Cross-country travelers and local commuters will soon have a new route to traverse metro Phoenix with opening of an east-west freeway that will skirt the often-congested section of Interstate 10 through downtown Phoenix.Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey and other government officials will gather Wednesday at new bridges over the Salt River to celebrate the imminent opening of the 22-mile (35-kilometer) South Mountain Freeway.The new South Mountain is part of the Loop 202 fre
  
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• Sudan court convicts Omar al-Bashir of money laundering, sentences him to 2 years in rehabilitation facility.

  14-12-2019 10:46
  
  KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Sudan court convicts Omar al-Bashir of money laundering, sentences him to 2 years in rehabilitation facility.
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• Sabino’s Edwards expected to be active for Army-Navy Game

  14-12-2019 09:21
  
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  TUCSON - Tucson's Marcus Edwards is chomping at the bit for one last shot at Army.The 2015 Sabino High School grad will be Tucson's lone representative when Army and Navy square off on the gridiron for the 120th time on Saturday in Philadelphia.Edwards was not active on the Midshipmen's varsity roster when Navy last beat Army in 2015. The Cadets have won America's rivalry the last three years.Not to mention Edwards has not played in a game since October due to
  
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• Sabino’s Edwards expected to active for Army-Navy Game

  14-12-2019 09:21
  
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  TUCSON - Tucson's Marcus Edwards is chomping at the bit for one last shot at Army.The 2015 Sabino High School grad will be Tucson's lone representative when Army and Navy square off on the gridiron for the 120th time on Saturday in Philadelphia.Edwards was not active on the Midshipmen's varsity roster when Navy last beat Army in 2015. The Cadets have won America's rivalry the last three years.Not to mention Edwards has not played in a game since October due to
  
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• Things to do this weekend: Dec. 14 and 15

  14-12-2019 09:00
  
  Breakfast with Santa at Dutch Eatery. For the holiday season, The Dutch Eatery & Refuge is hosting a special meal with THE Santa himself. At the special stop, you can enjoy caramelized French toast, chile eggs, chia pudding and eggs Benedict.…
  
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• AHL: Schnarr knocks out Rampage in 15th round

  14-12-2019 08:49
  
  SAN ANTONIO -Nate Schnarr scored the game-winning goal for Tucson in the bottom of the 15th round of the shootout Friday night as Tucson beat San Antonio 2-1 for a 5th straight win.Rookie goaltender Ivan Prosvetov stopped 13 straight shots in a shootout and a total of 40 of the 42 shots against him in the game.When all was said and done, it was the second-longest shootout in AHL history and the longest in Roadrunners franchise history.Jalen Smereck celebrates as the Roadrunners prevail in a 15 r
  
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• GIRLS: Katie’s 3 for Foothills “burns” Cholla 50-49

  14-12-2019 07:51
  
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  TUCSON - Freshman Katie Burns hit a three-point shot with six seconds left to play to cap a 50-49 comeback win for visiting Catalina Foothills over Cholla.It's the Falcons second victory this season over the Chargers. Catalina Foothills beat Cholla 49-40 in the season opener.The Chargers had for the most part dominated the first half of the game, holding leads of 12-7 at the end of one quarter and 29-18 at halftime.But the Falcons trailed by just one point at
  
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• North Korea says it conducted another ‘crucial test’ at its long-range rocket facility

  14-12-2019 07:35
  
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says it conducted another ‘crucial test’ at its long-range rocket facility.
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• Child body found at Roosevelt Lake confirmed to be 6-year-old Willa Rawlings

  14-12-2019 06:48
  
  TONTO BASIN, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities in rural Arizona on Friday recovered the body of a 6-year-old girl swept away two weeks ago when her family tried to cross surging creek waters.The body of Willa Rawlings was found in Roosevelt Lake about 20 miles (32 kilometers) south of Tonto Basin, where the girl initially went missing, according to a news release from Sheriff J. Adam Shepherd.The announcement from Gila County sheriff’s officials came on the same day as scheduled funeral servi
  
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• FCC to change National Suicide Prevention Lifeline number, make it more accessible

  14-12-2019 06:21
  
  TUCSON - The Federal Communications Commission recently approved changing the national suicide prevention hotline number to 9-8-8, the idea is to make the hotline more accessible to those in need at a critical time.Over the past two decades, suicide rates have gone up by 30 percent in most states and it's estimated that more than half a million suicide attempts will be made this year alone.Shortening the number to 988 makes it easier and more accessible and according to local mental health exper
  
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• Melania Trump appears to condone husband’s criticism of Greta Thunberg

  14-12-2019 05:23
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Melania Trump on Friday appeared to condone her husband’s criticism of 16-year-old Greta Thunberg, saying through a spokeswoman that her 13-year-old son, Barron, is in a different category than the teenage climate activist “who travels the globe giving speeches.”“He is a 13-year-old who wants and deserves privacy,” spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham said in an emailed statement the day after President Donald Trump lashed out at Thunberg 
  
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• Phoenix judge to rule after man pleads guilty of planning to kill Power Ranger actor at Comic-Con 2017

  14-12-2019 05:08
  
  PHOENIX (KPNX) - Jason David Frank enjoys the thrill of skydiving and breaking boards with his hands. What happened at Phoenix Comic-Con in 2017 scared him.Frank is the actor behind the Green Power Ranger and White Power Ranger in TV shows and movies. Frank was at Phoenix Comicon, now called Phoenix Fan Fusion, meeting fans.Mathew Sterling also came to Phoenix Comicon. Police say Sterling had a reminder on his phone: "Kill Jason David Frank."Sterling was arrested in a struggle with Phoenix polic
  
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• TUSD awarded over $1M from Arizona School Safety Program Grant

  14-12-2019 04:55
  
  TUCSON - Tucson Unified School District shared that it is one of the recipients of the Arizona School Safety Program Grant on Friday.
  Earlier this year, the Arizona State Legislature passed a bill to increase the available funds in the school safety program to $32 million.The available funds had been $12 million and only covered trained school resource officers and juvenile probation officers.The program has been expanded to also include school counselors and school social workers this year.
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• Local students to protest City plans to put parking meters next to high school football field

  14-12-2019 03:58
  
  TUCSON - The Tucson High Human Rights Club is calling on students and other members of the community to attend the Tucson City Council meeting on Tuesday evening to speak out against plans to install parking meters next the THS football field.
  Students feel negatively about being targeted, especially since Tucson High is a school "where more than 70 percent of students qualify for free or reduced lunch,"according to a representative of the Tucson High Student Council.
  Marea Jenness, a faculty sp
  
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• TPD asking public to help identify robbery suspect, demanded sexual favors from cashier

  14-12-2019 03:34
  
  TUCSON - The Tucson Police Department is asking the surrounding community to help them identify a male suspect who approached a female employee while armed at TitleMax located at 615 E. Grant Rd on Wednesday morning.
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  On 12/11/19 this suspect entered the TitleMax on E Grant. He told the employee he had a gun & demanded sexual favors from her. When she refused, the susp took money from the register & fled.SEE LINK FOR MORE DETAILS https://t.co/H9UXMK5qgp Call 88-CRIME w
  
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• TPD investigating fatal collision on eastside, identifies victim

  14-12-2019 03:03
  
  TUCSON -The Tucson Police Department is investigating a fatal collision that occurred at the intersection of E. Speedway Boulevard and N. Huntington Park Drive on Wednesday evening.Officers from Operations Division East were dispatched to the intersection just before 7 p.m. and upon arrival, they learned two vehicles were involved in the collision, according to Sgt. Pete Dugan of TPD.
  Tucson Fire was on-scene and transported the drivers from both vehicles to the hospital.
  The adult female driver
  
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• 13-year-old boy arrested, charged with murder of NY college student

  14-12-2019 02:43
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A 13-year-old boy was arrested Friday in the stabbing death of a Barnard College freshman who was approached in a park by as many as three youths as she ventured from her New York City campus on the eve of final exams.The arrest of such a young suspect added another tragic element to the slaying of 18-year-old Tessa Majors, a case that has troubled city and campus leaders.The boy, whose name has not been made public, is among just a handful of people in their early teens to
  
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• Winterhaven lights up Tucson starting Saturday

  14-12-2019 01:27
  
  TUCSON - With the weather getting a little chillier and Christmas tree lots starting to set up shop, there is only one thing missing from getting the winter holiday season into high gear in the Old Pueblo - houses covered in holiday lights!Luckily for holiday celebrants, the 70th annual Winterhaven Festival of Lights is officially lighting up at its historic midtown location this Saturday.Since 1949, community members and Tucson visitors alike have walked through the neighborhood on Front Lowell
  
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• Tech Tips: What to look for in headphones, earphones, earbuds, or earpods

  14-12-2019 01:19
  
  New 4 Tucson's Quincey Hobbs dives into what to look for when buying headphones.
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• Body of child found at Roosevelt Lake amid search of missing 6-year-old

  14-12-2019 01:00
  
  TONTO BASIN, Ariz. (KPNX) — Searchers found a child's body on the north side of Roosevelt Lake on Friday afternoon. Authorities have not yet confirmed the identity of the body they found, but the Gila County Sheriff's Office said it is believed to be missing 6-year-old Willa Rawlings.Willa went missing after the vehicle she and her family were in was swept away in floodwaters in Tonto Basin after a rainstorm on Nov. 29.The family was trying to cross the overflowing Tonto Creek in a mi
  
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• ‘Do The Right Thing’, ‘Moonstruck’ actor Danny Aiello dies at 86

  14-12-2019 00:37
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Danny Aiello, the blue-collar character actor whose long career playing tough guys included roles in “Fort Apache, the Bronx,” “Moonstruck” and “Once Upon a Time in America” and his Oscar-nominated performance as a pizza man in Spike Lee’s “Do the Right Thing,” has died. He was 86.Aiello died Thursday night after a brief illness, said his publicist, Tracey Miller, who runs Tracey Miller & Associates. “The famil
  
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• Firehouse Subs celebrates Friday the 13th by giving free sandwiches to all Jasons, Crystals and Richards

  14-12-2019 00:06
  
  TUCSON - Friday the 13th is typically notorious for being a day full of curses, ill-omens and unluckiness. Well for the last Friday the 13th Day of the year, it is definitely a lucky one if your name is Jason, Crystal or Richard.In tribute to the Friday the 13th movie franchise, Firehouse Subs announced that it will give a free medium sub with any purchase for people whose first name is Jason, Crystal and Richard.Free medium sub with any purchase today, Friday the 13th, IF your name is Jason or
  
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