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The Twitter Feed of the Day: @MayorEmanuel (weekly) http://www.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/arc
Real Rahm Emanuel found out today that he might not be eligible to run for mayor of Chicago. Fake Rahm Emanuel on Twitter isn't taking the news well:
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2011-01-25 \Tucson\News\Daily\Jan 25 2011\
New Restaurant Opens at Pima Air and Space Museum (weekly) http://www.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/arc
A new restaurant where one can dine while watching military aircraft take to the air has opened at the Pima Air and Space Museum.
Flight Grill is open from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., daily.…
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2011-01-25 \Tucson\News\Daily\Jan 25 2011\
Update: Tucson Tragedy Victims Fund Raises $15k; a Rundown of Donations (weekly) http://www.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/arc
More than two weeks since the Tucson shooting at Safeway, the Tucson Tragedy Victims Fund has received $15,000 in donations.
"It's a good start.…
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2011-01-25 \Tucson\News\Daily\Jan 25 2011\
Conservative Conference Not Quite Conservative Enough for Some (weekly) http://www.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/arc
CNN:
Republican South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint is opting out of an appearance at this year's Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), making him the latest Republican to the criticize what some have seen as a pro-gay tilt to ... read more
2011-01-25 \Tucson\News\Daily\Jan 25 2011\
Monday Night in Tucson Music (weekly) http://www.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/arc
Music editor Stephen Seigel on the two big concerts in town tonight:
First, Solar Culture has two indie rock acts, including one that's a loud side project of a very quiet band:
Solar Culture's got one heck of a double bill this week ... read more
2011-01-25 \Tucson\News\Daily\Jan 25 2011\
The Battle of the Dupnik Rallies (weekly) http://www.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/arc
In case you're wondering, the "Support Sheriff Dupnik Rally" event page on Facebook is currently leading the "Protest against statements by Sheriff Dupnik" page in listed attendees, 24 to 19.
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2011-01-25 \Tucson\News\Daily\Jan 25 2011\
Loughner Pleads Not Guilty (weekly) http://www.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/arc
From the Denver Post:
The man accused of carrying out a mass shooting in Tucson pleaded not guilty Monday to charges he tried to kill Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and two of her aides.
The plea by Jared Lee Loughner marked his second court ... read more
2011-01-25 \Tucson\News\Daily\Jan 25 2011\
New Music From Fort Lowell Records (weekly) http://www.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/arc
After a successful first year as a indie record label (and largely the definition of success as far as music companies go is to still exist), Tucson's Fort Lowell Records is rolling out their first release of 2011, from Los Angeles electro ... read more
2011-01-25 \Tucson\News\Daily\Jan 25 2011\
Voter Registration Numbers: Independents Overtake Democrats in AZ (weekly) http://www.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/arc
The number of independent voters has now surpassed the number of registered Democrats in Arizona.
The press release from Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett:While the number of voters registering with a party designated tas “ ... read more
2011-01-25 \Tucson\News\Daily\Jan 25 2011\
Congratulations, Dan Savage! (weekly) http://www.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/arc
While it's not really in my nature to be happy when other people are successful, Dan Savage's column appears in our paper and he also the editorial director of Seattle alt-weekly The Stranger, so he gets an exception to my grumpiness ... read more
2011-01-25 \Tucson\News\Daily\Jan 25 2011\
Food Company Manages to Package Despair (weekly) http://www.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/arc
The only thing missing: a DVD copy of a romantic comedy starring Katherine Heigl.
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2011-01-25 \Tucson\News\Daily\Jan 25 2011\
The Awl Says the Mean Thing I Was Sort of Thinking About Jack LaLanne (weekly) http://www.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/arc
Alex Balk at the Awl:
Here is what his typical day was like.
He ate two meals a day and shunned snacks.…
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2011-01-25 \Tucson\News\Daily\Jan 25 2011\
Mitt Romney Might Have Taken the Porn at the Marriott Away (weekly) http://www.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/arc
The Marriott hotel chain, like most major hotel chains, has relied on in-room pornography as a revenue source for some time. However, the days of scrolling through the pay-per-view options to see what volume of Naughty Cheerleaders they ... read more
2011-01-25 \Tucson\News\Daily\Jan 25 2011\
Rothschild Files for Mayor's Race (weekly) http://www.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/arc
Attorney Jonathan Rothschild has officially filed to run for mayor of Tucson this year. We mentioned his plans in The Skinny a few weeks back.…
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2011-01-25 \Tucson\News\Daily\Jan 25 2011\
Republican Jesse Kelly: "Unfinished Business" in Giffords' Congressional District 8 (weekly) http://www.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/arc
A week before Congesswoman Gabrielle Giffords was shot while doing her first Congress on Your Corner of her third term, we mentioned in The Skinny that we'd heard rumblings that Republican Jesse Kelly was preparing to announce his plans ... read more
2011-01-25 \Tucson\News\Daily\Jan 25 2011\
Giffords could leave ICU this week (starnet-local) http://azstarnet.com/news/local/article_
Mark Kelly told The ... read more
2011-01-25 \Tucson\News\Daily\Jan 25 2011\
UMC nurses who staffed ICU called 'unsung heroes' (starnet-local) http://azstarnet.com/news/local/article_
Nurses from the intensive ... read more
2011-01-25 \Tucson\News\Daily\Jan 25 2011\
Utah man OK'd to lead Dupnik recall bid (starnet-local) http://azstarnet.com/news/local/govt-and
The Salt Lake City man who wants to recall Pima County Sheriff
Clarence Dupnik can legally head a political committee to do so,
said Pima County Elections Director Brad Nelson.
2011-01-25 \Tucson\News\Daily\Jan 25 2011\
Radar van locations (starnet-local) http://azstarnet.com/news/local/article_
The city's two police radar vans are scheduled to snap
photographs of speeders at these locations today:
2011-01-25 \Tucson\News\Daily\Jan 25 2011\
Restaurant cancels lion tacos; owner cites threats (starnet-local) http://azstarnet.com/business/local/arti
A Tucson restaurant ... read more
2011-01-25 \Tucson\News\Daily\Jan 25 2011\
Correction (starnet-local) http://azstarnet.com/news/local/article_
• "Tragedy spurs talk of enduring tributes," Sunday on A1,
mischaracterized David Marsland's objection to a community response
after the 2009 massacre in Binghamton, N.Y. Marsland objected t
2011-01-25 \Tucson\News\Daily\Jan 25 2011\
Deaths (starnet-local) http://azstarnet.com/news/local/article_
The deceased are from Tucson unless otherwise noted. Occupations
are given if available.
2011-01-25 \Tucson\News\Daily\Jan 25 2011\
Lottery (starnet-local) http://azstarnet.com/news/local/article_
Drawings for Monday, Jan. 24
2011-01-25 \Tucson\News\Daily\Jan 25 2011\
Giffords aide to sit with first lady (starnet-local) http://azstarnet.com/news/local/article_
Daniel Hernandez will spend his 21st birthday with first lady
Michelle Obama tonight in Washington.
2011-01-25 \Tucson\News\Daily\Jan 25 2011\
Not-guilty plea entered for Loughner (starnet-local) http://azstarnet.com/news/local/article_
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2011-01-25 \Tucson\News\Daily\Jan 25 2011\
Encounter with javelina puts Patch in the slammer (starnet-local) http://azstarnet.com/news/local/article_
If you're with your ... read more
2011-01-25 \Tucson\News\Daily\Jan 25 2011\
Tucsonans to attend State of the Union Tuesday (starnet-local) http://azstarnet.com/news/local/article_
An intern to Rep. Gabrielle Giffords who aided the congresswoman
after she was shot in the head and the family of a 9-year-old girl
who was killed will sit with first lady Michelle Obama for
President
2010-05-14 \Tucson\News\Daily\May 14 2010\
What Will SB1070 Do To Arizona Agriculture? (weekly) http://www.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/arc
So what might happen to Arizona's lettuce industry as a result of SB 1070? The Atlantic's Sara Rubin alerts us to a potential problem:But many of the harvesters who painstakingly kneel to cut each head of lettuce may choose not to work in Arizona ... read more
2010-05-14 \Tucson\News\Daily\May 14 2010\
Rialto Mural: Cancellation Notice (weekly) http://www.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/arc
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2010-05-14 \Tucson\News\Daily\May 14 2010\
Downing's Independent Campaign: A GOP Opportunity? (weekly) http://www.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/arc
We told you a few days ago about Democrat Ted Downing's plot to run as an Independent instead of a Democrat in his campaign against state Sen. Paula Aboud. That means Downing would avoid a rematch with Aboud in a Democratic primary. That didn ... read more
2010-05-14 \Tucson\News\Daily\May 14 2010\
Bodies: The Exhibition: The Video (weekly) http://www.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/arc
Can't find your duodenum, dural sac or deep peroneal nerve? Try looking for them at the Rialto Building downtown, 300 W. Congress St, starting this Saturday at Bodies: The Exhibition. The show features a literal inside look at what makes us ... read more
2010-05-14 \Tucson\News\Daily\May 14 2010\
Nico Ratoff at Epic Cafe (weekly) http://www.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/arc
I first met Nico Ratoff at an Odyssey Storytelling series meeting in founder/director Penelope ... read more
2010-05-14 \Tucson\News\Daily\May 14 2010\
Come to Tucson! (weekly) http://www.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/arc
I can just hear Sarah Palin saying to us Arizonans, "So how's that boycott-y thing goin' for ya?"
Whatever your views on the immigration issue, one thing is for sure: we're taking an economic hit we don't need. Daily I'm hearing of concerts ... read more
2010-05-14 \Tucson\News\Daily\May 14 2010\
Liquidating Arizona (weekly) http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/liqui
Targeting illegal immigrants! Cutting education funding! Chasing after Obama's birth certificate! It was another busy year for the Legislature
by Jim Nintzel
Was Jon Stewart right ... read more
2010-05-14 \Tucson\News\Daily\May 14 2010\
Serraglio (weekly) http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/serra
From heartbroken Midwesterner to activist desert rat, in a mere 20 years
by Randy Serraglio
The 20th anniversary of the day I moved to Tucson passed last month, but I was way too ... read more
2010-05-14 \Tucson\News\Daily\May 14 2010\
Fact and Fiction (weekly) http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/fact-
The Besnard Lakes create conceptual, prog-influenced rock that's best listened to on vinyl
by Eric Swedlund
The world of the Besnard Lakes is a world to get lost in. The Montreal ... read more
2010-05-14 \Tucson\News\Daily\May 14 2010\
Landscape Trio (weekly) http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/lands
The works of one pastel artist and two photographers shine at Etherton Gallery
by Margaret Regan
The first thing that grabs your attention in the eye-popping landscape show at Etherton ... read more
2010-05-14 \Tucson\News\Daily\May 14 2010\
Ask a Mexican! (weekly) http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/ask-a
by Gustavo Arellano
Dear Readers: I was supposed to deliver this column to ustedes for Cinco de Drinko, but Arizona's reprehensible SB 1070 bill had to rear its ugly head. I could devote this column to ... read more
2009-08-29 \Tucson\News\Daily\Aug 29 2009\
General Guideline And Quick Reference for City Primary Election, September 1, 20 (city) http://www.tucsonaz.gov/hottopics/primar
The Primary Election will take place on Tuesday, September 1, 2009.
Polls will be open from 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
2009-08-29 \Tucson\News\Daily\Aug 29 2009\
Tucsonans join the Navy and see a different world (starnet-local) http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/306890
In her tiny bed on an aircraft carrier on the other side of the world, Navy Seaman Cristina Araos dreams of rosy Tucson sunsets.
2009-08-29 \Tucson\News\Daily\Aug 29 2009\
Students get a course in Latin American life (starnet-local) http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/306858
Susan Grundy remembers her reaction when her high-school-aged daughter announced one day that she wanted to be part of a youth leadership program that stations high school students in Central and South American countries for the summer.
2009-08-29 \Tucson\News\Daily\Aug 29 2009\
Ben's Bells : About 25 foster kids have been in her care (starnet-local) http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/306824
The recipient of this week's Ben's Bell is Deborah Polito, who has spent more than 25 years caring for foster children, most of them infants with serious medical conditions.
2009-08-29 \Tucson\News\Daily\Aug 29 2009\
Mine foes ask delay in routing electricity (starnet-local) http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/306843
The ongoing debate about a proposed power-line route for the Rosemont Mine amounts to a chicken-and-egg dispute.
2009-08-29 \Tucson\News\Daily\Aug 29 2009\
Convict is charged in 1973 murder (starnet-local) http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/306881
Jim Miller devoted nearly half of his life to finding his daughter's killer.
2009-08-29 \Tucson\News\Daily\Aug 29 2009\
US considers protection for tortoise (starnet-local) http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/306880
The federal government has agreed to consider whether the Sonoran desert tortoise, a Southwest icon whose population has declined by half in the past 20 years, warrants protection under the Endangered Species Act.
2009-08-29 \Tucson\News\Daily\Aug 29 2009\
Group helps homeless moms, kids (starnet-local) http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/306862
In his professional life, Jeff Singleton builds new homes.
2009-08-29 \Tucson\News\Daily\Aug 29 2009\
Get involved (starnet-local) http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/306854
Browse hundreds of volunteer opportunities online at www.volunteersoaz.org, the Volunteer Center of Southern Arizona's Web site. For personalized assistance or more information on any of the volunteer opportunities listed here, call 881-3300.
2009-08-29 \Tucson\News\Daily\Aug 29 2009\
Boy nearly drowns in bathtub (starnet-local) http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/306887
A 1-year-old boy was taken to a hospital Friday evening after he nearly drowned in a bathtub, authorities said.
2009-08-29 \Tucson\News\Daily\Aug 29 2009\
Officers to search for remains (starnet-local) http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/306870
Authorities will be searching a property on the far northwest side where two women who died in a suicide pact once resided.
2009-08-29 \Tucson\News\Daily\Aug 29 2009\
Veterinarian splits conjoined rattlers (starnet-local) http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/306839
A veterinarian at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum was successfully able to separate a pair of conjoined rattlesnakes, an official said Friday.
2009-08-29 \Tucson\News\Daily\Aug 29 2009\
Radar van locations (starnet-local) http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/306830
The city's police radar van is scheduled to snap photographs of speeders at these locations this weekend, according to the Tucson Police Department:
2009-08-29 \Tucson\News\Daily\Aug 29 2009\
Flu shots to be offered a month early (starnet-local) http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/306826
Walgreens will begin administering seasonal flu shots at its Take Care Clinics next week, about one month earlier than normal.
2009-08-29 \Tucson\News\Daily\Aug 29 2009\
Blood donations (starnet-local) http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/306825
The American Red Cross will be seeking blood donors at these times and places next week. To schedule an appointment, call 1-800-448-3543.
2009-08-29 \Tucson\News\Daily\Aug 29 2009\
UA panel examines our solar future (starnet-local) http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/306871
Speaking for the "dismal science" of economics, Eller College Dean Paul Portney cast a shadow on the bright prospect of a solar future, noting that large-scale solar electric generation is still two to three times more expensive than burning fossil fuels ... read more
2009-08-29 \Tucson\News\Daily\Aug 29 2009\
Jimmy's forecast (starnet-local) http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/306833
Another hot day throughout southeastern Arizona again today with high temperatures falling just short of record levels. An upper flow more favorable for bringing moisture in will give us a chance of isolated to scattered thunderstorms next week with the ... read more
2008-12-14 \Tucson\News\Daily\Dec 14 2008\
With Brewer in office, change may be tangible (starnet-local) http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/271605
PHOENIX — What exactly does Democratic Gov. Janet Napolitano's likely departure from the state mean to your daily life?
2008-12-14 \Tucson\News\Daily\Dec 14 2008\
Send us info on your private, charter schools (starnet-local) http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/271634
The Arizona Daily Star is preparing its annual list of private and charter schools, to be published in early 2009.
2008-12-14 \Tucson\News\Daily\Dec 14 2008\
Hard move made harder: Downturn takes toll on seniors, homes (starnet-local) http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/271603
Francesca Jarvis has lived in her university-area home since 1968, and it shows.
2008-12-14 \Tucson\News\Daily\Dec 14 2008\
Land swap by TUSD is raising eyebrows (starnet-local) http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/271589
The Tucson Unified School District is swapping land in the prime lower Foothills area for a Southwest Side site adjacent to a mobile home park, a trade site that the district's own appraisal shows is worth three times less.
2008-12-14 \Tucson\News\Daily\Dec 14 2008\
Sonora nurtures efforts to attract US hunters (starnet-local) http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/271583
LA COLORADA, Sonora — U.S. hunters looking for prized game are giving beef and dairy cattle ranchers in northern Mexico an economic boost.