| 2007-08-20 2 prisoners flee transport van; both rearrested (starnet-local) http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/197241.php Authorities Sunday night caught the second of two convicted sex offenders who escaped in the afternoon from a private interstate prisoner transport van near I-10 and Cortaro Road, a Marana Police Department spokesman said. | add comment |
| 2007-08-20 Arizona use of 3 of 5 top painkillers soars (kvoa) http://www.kvoa.com/global/story.asp?s=6953678 TUCSON, Ariz. -- Disabled after 11 back surgeries for what one doctor called "a congenitally deficient spine," Mary Lynn O'Connor has taken prescription painkillers Oxycontin or... | add comment |
| 2007-08-20 Bailey likes learning about history (starnet-local) http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/197191.php Hundreds of kids in Tucson are looking for adults to be their friends and mentors. The nonprofit Big Brothers Big Sisters program matches children with adults who have similar interests, such as sports, reading and the outdoors. | add comment |
| 2007-08-20 Billy the Kid researchers draw scrutiny (starnet-local) http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/197227.php LAS CRUCES, N.M. — Two men who exhumed a man buried in Prescott nearly 70 years ago in their quest to find Billy the Kid's remains have resigned as deputies in New Mexico's Lincoln County. | add comment |
| 2007-08-20 Border crossers can obtain permits on Web (citizen-local) http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/60582.php U.S. Customs and Border Protection has added a tool on its Web site that will allow regular border crossers to apply for their participation in Secure Electronic Network for Travelers Rapid Inspection, or SENTRI, program, the agency said in a news release. | add comment |
| 2007-08-20 Car vs. power pole had 12,000 without power Sunday morning (citizen-local) http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/60560.php About 12,000 Tucson Electric Power Company customers were without electricity for about 30 minutes Sunday morning after a car crashed into a power pole, setting off a circuit breaker in a line feeding four substations, a TEP spokesman said. | add comment |
| 2007-08-20 Chandler police dog honored (kvoa) http://www.kvoa.com/global/story.asp?s=6953685 PHOENIX -- Chandler police, citizens and their pets turned out for a special memorial service to honor the 5-year-old police canine "Bandit." | add comment |
| 2007-08-20 Chandler praised for diversity progress (citizen-local) http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/60567.php MESA - In 1997, Chandler police conducted a five-day sweep of the city for illegal immigrants, leading to 432 arrests and deportations and sparking outrage in the civil rights community. | add comment |
| 2007-08-20 Chandler unsure how to handle illegal crossers after '97 roundup (starnet-local) http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/197217.php MESA — In 1997, Chandler police conducted a five-day sweep of the city for illegal immigrants, leading to 432 arrests and deportations and sparking outrage in the civil rights community. | add comment |
| 2007-08-20 Convicted sex offender on loose after escape in Marana (citizen-local) http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/60571.php Two convicted sex offenders wanted in California escaped in Marana on Sunday when a private prisoner transportation company employee stopped a van to allow a third prisoner to use a restroom, a Marana police spokesman said. | add comment |
| 2007-08-20 Despite tough life, he wrote the book on humor (starnet-local) http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/197231.php A bout of rheumatic fever could have ended David Jacobson's reason for living. | add comment |
| 2007-08-20 Expo among events for PPEP anniversary (citizen-local) http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/60577.php Tucson-based Portable Practical Educational Preparation, more commonly known as PPEP, will celebrate its 40th anniversary Friday. | add comment |
| 2007-08-20 Gargulinski: All aboard for a dose of toxins, germs (citizen-local) http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/60564.php Nothing beats returning from a summer vacation with plenty of souvenirs - except when one of them is a massive illness. | add comment |
| 2007-08-20 Hitchhiker posts rules of thumb (starnet-local) http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/197233.php FLAGSTAFF — Morgan Strub got bitten by the hitchhiking bug as a 16-year-old runaway. | add comment |
| 2007-08-20 Hobbs: Want to start a business? Plenty of Web sites can help (citizen-local) http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/60484.php Many of the readers of this column are closet entrepreneurs. This article is for you. | add comment |
| 2007-08-20 ID theft could become worse with employer-sanctions law (starnet-local) http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/197219.php PHOENIX— Authorities fear the booming industry of identity theft in Arizona is about to get even bigger as some illegal immigrants look for ways to circumvent the state's new employer-sanctions law and a new Bush administration policy. | add comment |
| 2007-08-20 Jimmy's forecast (starnet-local) http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/197226.php High pressure is dominating the Southwest and shoving our high temperatures to over 100 through the middle of the week. There's still enough moisture to trigger hit-or-miss thunderstorms in our area. The models agree that moisture from Hurricane Dean will boost thunderstorms by the weekend. | add comment |
| 2007-08-20 LOTTERY (citizen-local) http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/60579.php For Aug. 18, 2007 | add comment |
| 2007-08-20 Lottery (starnet-local) http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/197235.php Drawings for Saturday, Aug. 18 | add comment |
| 2007-08-20 Man sought in '04 knifing of his wife (starnet-local) http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/197200.php The Suspect: Margarito Gerardo Pimentel, 39. | add comment |
| 2007-08-20 Near North Side school gets $2.3M energy-efficient wing (citizen-local) http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/60572.php The dirt lot at Blenman Elementary School eventually will be home to a classroom addition. | add comment |
| 2007-08-20 New Arizona law may spur ID theft (citizen-local) http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/60563.php PHOENIX - Authorities fear the booming industry of identity theft in Arizona is about to get even bigger as some illegal immigrants look for ways to circumvent the state's new employer sanctions law and a new Bush administration policy. | add comment |
| 2007-08-20 Off-duty officer catches graffiti vandals red-handed (kvoa) http://www.kvoa.com/global/story.asp?s=6953686 PHOENIX -- Three teenagers are busted by an off-duty Phoenix Police officer after they allegedly defaced nearly four blocks of sidewalks, block walls, light posts and more in northwest... | add comment |
| 2007-08-20 Phoenix area faring better that other housing markets (kvoa) http://www.kvoa.com/global/story.asp?s=6953687 PHOENIX -- Home prices in the Phoenix area are down 2.7 percent, but its lost less ground than other hot property locations around the nation. | add comment |
| 2007-08-20 Podcasts from UA offered on Web site (starnet-local) http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/197225.php The University of Arizona has teamed up with Apple Inc. to consolidate access to all UA-generated podcasts into one centralized place. | add comment |
| 2007-08-20 Poll giving police high marks for trust is disputed (citizen-local) http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/60565.php An overwhelming majority of Arizona residents say they have "some" or "a great deal" of trust in police, with law-enforcement officers rating even more positively than doctors and public-school teachers, according to a survey conducted by the Morrison Institute for Public Policy at Arizona State University. | add comment |
| 2007-08-20 Record heat milestone approaches (kvoa) http://www.kvoa.com/global/story.asp?s=6953688 PHOENIX -- The Phoenix area is approaching a record that most would likely not want to see. It's the record for the number of days in a year the Phoenix area has reached at least... | add comment |
| 2007-08-20 Road Runner by Andrea Kelly : Signal now in place at SE location (starnet-local) http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/197187.php A long-awaited traffic signal on the Southeast Side has arrived. | add comment |
| 2007-08-20 S. Ariz. copter crews to aid in Dean rescues (starnet-local) http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/197215.php As Texas braces for a major hurricane that hit Jamaica and was heading for Mexico, a helicopter and two crews from Southern Arizona have been sent to San Antonio to provide emergency medical transportation and evacuation. | add comment |
| 2007-08-20 TUSD, Sunnyside districts short on school bus drivers (starnet-local) http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/197196.php The Tucson Unified School District has put office workers, computer specialists and dispatchers behind the wheel to keep its school buses running on schedule until it can hire enough drivers. | add comment |
| 2007-08-20 Texting, driving don't mix (starnet-local) http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/197202.php Austin Chico knows that text-messaging while behind the wheel is not the safest way to drive, but the Tucson High Magnet School senior says that doesn't stop him. | add comment |
| 2007-08-20 Trail users say county is yielding to developer (starnet-local) http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/197214.php County officials plan to abandon a central access road to Tortolita Mountain Park so a luxury development can have privacy. | add comment |
| 2007-08-20 Tucson Time Capsule: Famed researcher visits (starnet-local) http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/197212.php | add comment |
| 2007-08-20 UA taking fast track to heal nurse shortage (citizen-local) http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/60581.php At least four years of study has been the common route toward a bachelor's degree in nursing. | add comment |
| 2007-08-20 Use of painkillers soars in Ariz., U.S. (citizen-local) http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/60566.php Disabled after 11 back surgeries for what one doctor called "a congenitally deficient spine," Mary Lynn O'Connor has taken prescription painkillers Oxycontin or morphine for the past seven years. | add comment |
| 2007-08-20 Wars using up Army's power (citizen-local) http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/60568.php WASHINGTON - Sapped by nearly six years of war, the Army will have nearly exhausted its fighting force and its options if the Bush administration decides to extend the Iraq buildup beyond next spring. | add comment |
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