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• Dog who beat cancer to star in special Super Bowl ad

  30-01-2020 23:56
  
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  (WMTV)  A dog named Scout being treated for cancer at the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine will be the star of a very special Super Bowl ad.Scout is a golden retriever who also serves as the unofficial mascot for the company “WeatherTech”. Weathertech makes automotive accessories like customized floor mats. They also manufacture home and pet care products. Scout belongs to the company’s founder and CEO David MacNeil."Most people know
  
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• New Burlington store set to open near Tucson Mall this spring

  30-01-2020 23:42
  
  TUCSON - Tucson will soon have one more store to help shoppers save on coats, clothes and shoes.This spring, Burlington will open a third location in the Old Pueblo.On Thursday, Burlington Stores announced that it will soon open a new store at 4255 N. Oracle Rd. near Wetmore Road. This was the former location of The Sports Authority in that area.Officials say over the 43,000 square feet of store space, the new store will offer hundreds of items up to 60 percent off of retail price, including lad
  
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• Baby on its way: Reid Park Zoo expects baby zebra to be born this spring

  30-01-2020 23:23
  
  TUCSON - Reid Park Zoo will soon have another adorable member of its family after the zoo announced Thursday that one of their zebras is pregnant.Anna the Grevy's zebra at her mate, Ben arrived at the zoo last spring as part of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums' Species Survival Plan. After noticing that Anna's behavior was changing. the zoo conducted a fecal hormone test and discovered a baby foal was on its way.Anna the Grevy’s zebra is pregnant and expecting her first foal late this
  
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• Work begins at Ruthrauff and I-10

  30-01-2020 23:20
  
  Less than a year after work was completed at the Ina Road Interchange, construction is underway at Ruthrauff Road and Interstate 10.The $79 million project, when completed, will allow drivers to pass over the interstate and Union Pacific railroad track, similar to the Ina interchange.…
  
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• Judge says Johnson & Johnson must pay nearly $344 million for deceptively marketing pelvic mesh devices for women

  30-01-2020 23:20
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Judge says Johnson & Johnson must pay nearly $344 million for deceptively marketing pelvic mesh devices for women.
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• PCSD arrests 2 for possession of cocaine, 87K M-30 pills

  30-01-2020 22:43
  
  Pima County Sheriff's DepartmentVeronica Jacquez and Odalis Leyva Pima County Sheriff's Department Pima County Sheriff's Department
  TUCSON - Two women were arrested Wednesday with nearly $600,000 worth of drugs following a traffic stop on the southwest side of Tucson.According to officials,Pima County Sheriff's Department pulled over a vehicle occupied by 45-year old Veronica Jacquez and 23-year-old Odalis Leyva in connection to a potential traffic violation near Ajow Way and South Camino De Oe
  
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• Cuban man gets nearly five years in prison for migrant smuggling operation

  30-01-2020 22:24
  
  MIAMI (AP) -A Cuban man has been sentenced to four years and nine months in U.S. federal prison for running a human smuggling operation from Cuba to Mexico to the United States.Court records show that 45-year-old Tomas Vale Valdivia was sentenced Tuesday in Miami federal court. He pleaded guilty last year to conspiring to commit migrant smuggling for profit.From 2013 to 2018, Vale Valdivia and at least five others smuggled more than 100 migrants, charging them about $10,000 a person.Prosecutors
  
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• UN agency declares global emergency over virus from China

  30-01-2020 21:19
  
  By KEN MORITSUGU
  BEIJING (AP) - The World Health Organization declared the outbreak sparked by a new virus in China that has been exported to more than a dozen countries as a global emergency Thursday after the number of cases spiked tenfold in a week.
  The U.N. health agency defines an international emergency as an "extraordinary event" that constitutes a risk to other countries and requires a coordinated international response.
  China first informed WHO about cases of the new virus in late Dece
  
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• Jennifer Lopez and Shakira vow ’empowering’ Super Bowl halftime show

  30-01-2020 20:45
  
  MIAMI (AP) -Jennifer Lopez and Shakira said their Super Bowl halftime show will pay homage to Latino culture, promising a joint performance that has an empowering message and also one that will remember NBA icon Kobe Bryant.Lopez and Shakira on Thursday held a press conference before Sunday's big game in Miami, telling media they worked hard to put together an eye-popping, high-energy 12-minute performance before San Francisco 49ers take on the Kansas City Chiefs at Hard Rock Stadium.The po
  
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• UN agency declares outbreak of new virus from China a global emergency after cases spike more than tenfold in a week

  30-01-2020 20:44
  
  LONDON (AP) — UN agency declares outbreak of new virus from China a global emergency after cases spike more than tenfold in a week.
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• Ex-Wildcat Luke Walton reflects on death of ‘friend, teammate’ Kobe Bryant

  30-01-2020 20:14
  
  TUCSON - Back in 2003, University of Arizona small forward Luke Walton began his NBA career after he was drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers with the 32nd pick.The Lakers made a huge move and acquired future Hall-of-Famers Gary Payton and Karl Malone to join their three-time championship duo, Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant.
  After an unsuccessful trip to the NBA Finals, O'Neal, Payton and Malone went their separate ways leaving Bryant and Walton in purple and gold. And after nine years and two ch
  
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• Lakers return to practice amid grief over Bryant’s death

  30-01-2020 19:20
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) -The Los Angeles Lakers have returned to practice while they continue to grieve for Kobe Bryant.The Lakers held a light shooting workout Wednesday as they resumed basketball activities after the death of Bryant, his daughter Gianna, and seven others in a helicopter crash.Coach Frank Vogel says the Lakers are all deeply saddened by the tragedy.The post Lakers return to practice amid grief over Bryant’s death appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• The Other Shoe Drops For Lee Enterprises

  30-01-2020 19:09
  
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• US reports 1st case of person-to-person spread of new virus

  30-01-2020 18:50
  
  NEW YORK (AP) - Health officials Thursday reported the first U.S. case of person-to-person spread of the new virus from China.The individual is married to the Chicago woman who got sick from the virus after she returned from a trip to Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the outbreak. There have been cases reported of the infectious virus spreading to others in a household or workplace in China and elsewhere.The new case is the sixth reported in the United States. The other five were travelers who dev
  
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• Kobe Bryant helicopter crash investigation shifts to Phoenix

  30-01-2020 18:38
  
  PHOENIX - Investigators in Arizona are trying to figure out what caused a helicopter to crash in Southern California killing Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven other people.The
  investigation has moved to Phoenix to a salvage yard near 31st
  avenue and Buckeye that houses damaged aircraft.The helicopter involved in the crash is in Phoenix so investigators can study the wreckage as the months-long project for the NTSB gets underway.“They're
  going to try to re-assemble that helicopter part by
  
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• WATCH LIVE: Senate Impeachment Trial continues

  30-01-2020 18:26
  
  Streaming Live from KVOAWATCH: Senate Impeachment Trial continuesPosted by News 4 Tucson - KVOA on Thursday, January 30, 2020By LISA MASCARO, ERIC TUCKER and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's defense lawyer Alan Dershowitz now says his headline-dominating argument against impeaching the president has been distorted.Meanwhile, Trump's Senate trial headed into a final day of questions and answers before a vote on whether or not to call witnesses —
  
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• Dershowitz says his Trump impeachment defense distorted

  30-01-2020 18:26
  
  By LISA MASCARO, ERIC TUCKER and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's defense lawyer Alan Dershowitz now says his headline-dominating argument against impeaching the president has been distorted.Meanwhile, Trump's Senate trial headed into a final day of questions and answers before a vote on whether or not to call witnesses — a decision that could send the proceedings to weeks of further action or a relatively abrupt acquittal.In a day-after tweet,
  
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• AP Exclusive: Woman who says Trump raped her seeks his DNA

  30-01-2020 18:16
  
  By JENNIFER PELTZ
  NEW YORK (AP) - Lawyers for a woman who accuses President Donald Trump of raping her in the 1990s are asking for a DNA sample, seeking to determine whether his genetic material is on a dress she says she wore during the encounter.Advice columnist E. Jean Carroll's lawyers served notice to a Trump attorney Thursday for Trump to submit a sample March 2 in Washington for "analysis and comparison against unidentified male DNA present on the dress."Carroll filed a defamation suit ag
  
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• Lawyers for columnist who says Trump raped her in the 1990s seek sample of his DNA

  30-01-2020 18:00
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for columnist who says Trump raped her in the 1990s seek sample of his DNA.
  The post Lawyers for columnist who says Trump raped her in the 1990s seek sample of his DNA appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Claytoon of the Day: Tripping On Nepotism

  30-01-2020 17:42
  
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• Authorities find longest Southwest border smuggling tunnel

  30-01-2020 16:37
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) -U.S. authorities have announced the discovery of the longest smuggling tunnel ever found on the Southwest border.
  U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Wednesday the tunnel stretches more than three-quarters of a mile from a small warehouse in Tijuana, Mexico, into the San Diego area.
  It features an extensive rail/cart system, forced air ventilation, high voltage electrical cables and panels, an elevator at the tunnel entrance, and a complex drainage system.
  The tunnel extends
  
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• Uber, Lyft confirm Phoenix airport business as usual for now

  30-01-2020 16:19
  
  PHOENIX (AP) - Ride-hailing
  companies Uber and Lyft say they won't change their service at Phoenix Sky
  Harbor International Airport until Arizona's highest court rules on proposed
  fee increases that prompted threats to stop picking up and dropping off
  customers at one of the nation's largest airports.
  Both companies issued statements
  Wednesday confirming operations will continue while they wait for the Arizona
  Supreme Court to rule. The court on March 26 will hear arguments to a challenge
  of a c
  
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• Winds topple border wall panels on California-Mexico border

  30-01-2020 16:17
  
  CALEXICO, Calif. - Strong winds gusting across Southern California blew down several panels of a new barrier being installed along the U.S.-Mexico border.
  The San Diego Union-Tribune reports the panels fell Wednesday into Mexican territory where the border runs between the U.S. city of Calexico and the Mexican city of Mexicali.
  The newspaper says the 30-foot-tall panels had just been anchored in concrete that had not yet cured when the gusts hit and they fell into a road.
  Border Patrol Agent Ca
  
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• The Latest: Russia closing its land border with China

  30-01-2020 16:11
  
  BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on the outbreak of a new virus from China (all times local):11 p.m.Russia is closing its land border with China, similar to steps taken by Mongolia and North Korea, to guard against a new viral outbreak.Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin issued the decree Thursday, ordering the 2,600-mile land border with China closed starting Friday. It had been de facto closed because of the Lunar New Year holiday, but Russian authorities said the closure would be extended
  
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• Virginia, Nevada and Illinois sue federal government, seeking adoption of Equal Rights Amendment into US Constitution.

  30-01-2020 16:07
  
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia, Nevada and Illinois sue federal government, seeking adoption of Equal Rights Amendment into US Constitution.
  The post Virginia, Nevada and Illinois sue federal government, seeking adoption of Equal Rights Amendment into US Constitution. appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Germany: nurse suspected of drugging 5 babies with morphine

  30-01-2020 15:23
  
  BERLIN (AP) - A nurse at a German hospital has been arrested on suspicion that she administered morphine to five young babies, who were later found by staff with life-threatening breathing difficulties, officials said Thursday.The five babies at the University Hospital in the southwestern city of Ulm all suffered breathing problems at roughly the same time early on Dec. 20.
  Hospital staff intervened quickly and officials said the children, who were between a day and a month old at the time, aren
  
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• The Latest: Expert group: Boost preparedness for outbreaks

  30-01-2020 15:18
  
  BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on the outbreak of a new virus from China (all times local):10 p.m.A group of eminent experts says the world needs to boost preparedness for outbreaks like the new virus in China, notably through more funding to lesser developed countries.The Global Preparedness Monitoring Board has urged governments — even in countries that have not been affected by the new coronavirus —to “urgently dedicate resources to building their essential preparedness cap
  
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• China counts 170 virus deaths, new countries find infections

  30-01-2020 15:09
  
  BEIJING (AP) - The Latest on the outbreak of a new virus from China (all times local):9:30 p.m.Indonesia's government says it is preparing to evacuate nearly 250 Indonesians from China's Hubei province due to a viral outbreak.An official statement from his office said President Joko Widodo issued the instructions for the evacuation after a Cabinet meeting Thursday."The Chinese government is ready to facilitate the repatriation of Indonesian citizens from areas affected" by a new coronavirus, a f
  
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• US economy grew at moderate 2.1% rate in fourth quarter, matching Q3 rate

  30-01-2020 14:37
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — US economy grew at moderate 2.1% rate in fourth quarter, matching Q3 rate.
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• The Latest: Indonesia, Britain make evacuation flight plans

  30-01-2020 14:37
  
  BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on the outbreak of a new virus from China (all times local):9:30 p.m.Indonesia’s government says it is preparing to evacuate nearly 250 Indonesians from China’s Hubei province due to a viral outbreak.An official statement from his office said President Joko Widodo issued the instructions for the evacuation after a Cabinet meeting Thursday.“The Chinese government is ready to facilitate the repatriation of Indonesian citizens from areas affected&rd
  
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• New waste disposal area opens at Los Reales Landfill

  30-01-2020 14:18
  
  TUCSON – A new waste disposal area opened up at Los Reales
  Landfill on Wednesday.
  According to Tucson Environmental and General Services, the construction
  of Cell 4A begin in March 2019 at a cost of $3.2 million.
  Cell 4A is expected to last five to six years and to hold approximately 3,350,000 tons of trash. The waste disposal area is 100 feet below grade and will end approximately 100 feet above grade – covering an area of 12 acres.
  Los Reales Landfill opened in 1967 and is expected
  
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• An appeals court acquits a French cardinal of covering up the sexual abuse of minors

  30-01-2020 13:41
  
  PARIS (AP) — An appeals court acquits a French cardinal of covering up the sexual abuse of minors.
  The post An appeals court acquits a French cardinal of covering up the sexual abuse of minors appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Getting warmer each day with big changes early next week!

  30-01-2020 13:27
  
  TUCSON - It's another cold start but we have nice afternoon to look forward to with highs in the 50s and 60s. Temperatures warm each day and by the end of the weekend, highs approach the upper 70s! Big changes early next week including rain, snow and colder temperatures. Today: Tons of sunshine and cooler. High: 65°Tonight: Clear and cold. Low: 37°Tomorrow: Sunny and seasonable. High: 68°Beautiful day with highs warming into the 50s and 60s this afternoon! More of
  
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• Bank of England has opted to keep its main interest rate unchanged at 0.75% after recent run of firmer data

  30-01-2020 13:01
  
  LONDON (AP) — Bank of England has opted to keep its main interest rate unchanged at 0.75% after recent run of firmer data.
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• BIG weekend warm up!

  30-01-2020 13:00
  
  TUCSON - Temperatures will warm roughly 10 degrees above average by Sunday afternoon with highs in the upper 70s!The record on Sunday is 82° set back in 1934 so as of now that is not in jeopardy.
  Nonetheless, it's still going to be a big warm up for this time of year! On average, our high temperature for late January and early February is 67°.Enjoy the warm temperatures because big changes are on the way for early next week! By Tuesday, highs will be several degrees below average in the
  
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• The Latest: European plane begins evacuation trip to China

  30-01-2020 12:42
  
  BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on the outbreak of a new virus from China (all times local):7 p.m.A passenger plane has left Portugal en route to China to pick up about 350 Europeans from a virus-hit region.The A380 plane took off Thursday morning from a former military airport in Beja, southeast of Lisbon.Captain Antonios Efthymiou said it would pick up doctors and additional crew in Paris before heading to Hanoi, Vietnam, and then China.He told Portuguese media it would bring back about 350 Eu
  
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• Sweden’s IKEA closes China stores, offices due to virus

  30-01-2020 12:26
  
  BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on the outbreak of a new virus from China (all times local):6:25 p.m.
  Sweden’s IKEA has announced all of its stories in mainland China will remain closed for now to protect its customers and staff from the coronavirus outbreak.
  The furniture and home goods retailer is a favorite destination of Chinese city dwellers both for shopping and for just hanging out.
  The company said in a statement posted on its website that the stories would remain closed from Jan.
  
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• The Latest: Spanish airline Iberia halts flights to Shanghai

  30-01-2020 10:46
  
  BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on the outbreak of a new virus from China (all times local):5:45 p.m.Spain’s national airline Iberia says it is halting its three weekly round-trip flights between Madrid and Shanghai because of the coronavirus health alert.The company said in a statement late Wednesday that the suspension would start Friday and continue through the month of February, and could be extended.
  It said ticketed passengers could change their flight dates or be reimbursed. Iberia
  
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• The Latest: Cambodian leader urges calm on virus from China

  30-01-2020 10:30
  
  BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on the outbreak of a new virus from China (all times local):5:30 p.m.Cambodia’s leader has urged citizens to remain calm about the new virus from China, which has been confirmed in a single case of a visitor from Wuhan, while threatening to kick out reporters or officials seen wearing a face mask.Prime Minister Hun Sen said in a live televised address Thursday that people should not be scared because the real illness they faced was fear, based on inaccurate
  
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• The Latest: India confirms 1st case of new virus from China

  30-01-2020 09:45
  
  BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on the outbreak of a new virus from China (all times local):4:45 p.m.India’s health ministry says it has detected its first case of the novel coronavirus in the southern state of Kerala. A student who had been studying at Wuhan University tested positive for the virus.The ministry says in a statement that the student has been kept in isolation and is being monitored at a hospital. It’s not clear when the student returned to India from China.Passengers
  
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• Mike Shanahan: A proud papa as son Kyle seeks Super Bowl win

  30-01-2020 09:38
  
  DENVER (AP) — Mike Shanahan has never been this nervous about a Super Bowl. It’s one thing to coach in the big game, quite another to watch your kid do it.
  Shanahan, who coached in four Super Bowls as an assistant before leading the Denver Broncos to back-to-back titles in the late 1990s with John Elway at quarterback, will watch his son Kyle coach the San Francisco 49ers against the Kansas City Chiefs inSuper Bowl 54 onSunday.He’s got butterflies already.“You’re mu
  
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• The Latest: Korean Air says it will cut some China flights

  30-01-2020 09:19
  
  BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on the outbreak of a new virus from China:4:20 p.m.Korean Air says it will cut or suspend some of its flights to mainland China starting on Sunday as demands decrease amid a growing coronavirus crisis.South Korea’s largest airline on Thursday said it will suspend flights from Incheon International Airport to Huangshan, Zhangjiajie, Changsha and Kunming as well as flights from Busan to Beijing and Nanjing and from Jeju to Beijing. The company will reduce the
  
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• Where to Rock, Thursday, Jan. 30

  30-01-2020 09:00
  
  Comprised of violist Wil B. and violinist Kev Marcus, this edgy duo focuses on overcoming stereotypes.…
  
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• Where to Rock, This Weekend, Jan. 31 - Feb. 2

  30-01-2020 09:00
  
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• Under the Skin

  30-01-2020 09:00
  
  Arizona Theatre Company’s production of Master Harold… and the Boys, Athol Fugard’s semi-autobiographical play set in 1950’s South Africa, begs the audience to question how we deal with difficult times. Arizona Theatre Company's production of Master Harold... and the Boys, Athol Fugard's semi-autobiographical play set in 1950's South Africa, begs the audience to question how we deal with difficult times.…
  
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• Things to Do, Thursday, Jan. 30

  30-01-2020 09:00
  
  Black Violin. We could all use a little bit more music in our lives that blends classical and hip hop influences, am I right?…
  
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• The Lion’s Share

  30-01-2020 09:00
  
  It’s often been said that the collective soul of humankind needs wild places as well as the magnificent creatures that dwell there. The killing of a mother cougar and her two offspring found scavenging on human remains on the eve of the New Year in Pima Canyon may prove that adage true. In social gatherings and online chats, sentiments sounded angrily, assuming there had been a humane alternative for the three mountain lions.It's often been said that the collective soul of humankind needs
  
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• Queen of Cactus

  30-01-2020 09:00
  
  If there’s a story about the saguaro cactus that’s stuck in my head since I heard it back in 1982, it’s the one about David Grundman, the drunk knucklehead who, after failing to run down one of those mighty cactus in his jeep, decided he’d blast it with his shotgun. The saguaro got the last laugh, falling right atop of Grundman and permanently ending any threat he might pose to the plant world in the future. If there's a story about the saguaro cactus that's stuck in my h
  
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• Pot Luck

  30-01-2020 09:00
  
  There are many reasons to happily hop to your local cinema for a showing of Guy Ritchie’s gangster comedy return, The Gentlemen.There are many reasons to happily hop to your local cinema for a showing of Guy Ritchie's gangster comedy return, The Gentlemen. Chief among them would be the cast, led by Matthew McConaughey and an extremely amusing Hugh Grant.…
  
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• Old Country

  30-01-2020 09:00
  
  “A good song is a good Song.”
  Hank Topless makes this declaration between bites of his pollo asado taco at Taqueria Pico de Gallo on Tucson’s southside. The introspective, yet cocksure country musician’s new album, Songs I Hate To Sing, captures the sound of country music made between the dawn of the atomic age and Walter Cronkite reporting the last huey leaving Saigon."A good song is a good Song." Hank Topless makes this declaration between bites of his pollo asado taco
  
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