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- I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinion of himself than on the opinion of others. - Marcus Aurelius,... |
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- Recently Received: Possessions: The History and Uses of Haunting in the Hudson Valley, by Judith Richardson. The Hudson River Valley is just full of ghosts, it seems - ghosts of spies, of Revolutionary War soldiers, of presidents, of slaves...... |
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- Helen Trujillo and her neighbors spend a lot of time in their front yards, keeping an eye out from their porches for anything suspicious. |
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- Don Logan has improved Scottsdale's image and promoted diversity Valleywide. He is a consensus builder, someone who has done a lot of good. That's why so many people are struggling to grasp why someone would send a mail bomb to the 48-year-old Logan, director of Scottsdale's Office of Diversity and Dialogue. |
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- Harold ''Hal'' Fields, a Valley real estate agent who was once the Valley's top seller of HUD homes, has been jailed on fraud and theft charges stemming from a home-investment plan that prosecutors allege bilked investors of at least $1.4 million. Fields was jailed without bond Feb. 12. |
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- The 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit out of Camp Pendleton, Calif., will be tuning up its urban warfare techniques in the Valley during the first half of March. |
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- The State Bar of Arizona and Channel 12's Call 12 For Action team are giving you something for nothing: legal advice. Beginning Friday, lawyers will be at the Channel 12 studios to answer legal questions over the telephone on the first Friday of each month during the Arizona Midday program from 11 a.m. to noon. |
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- The battle over same-sex marriages roared through Arizona last week, just as it did through much of the rest of the nation. |
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- There are things you can count on as a Valley resident: Traffic will be a nightmare; it will be hot in August; Jon Gentry will make you laugh. |
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- The Maricopa Community Colleges are considering a proposal by their financial advisory council to raise tuition and fees $4 per credit hour, district officials said. |
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- Inspired by BookPALS, an all-volunteer children's literacy organization sponsored by the Screen Actors Guild, and funded by a grant by the Starbucks Foundation, dozens of Madison Park sixth-graders received a hardbound version of each one of the lives they illuminated with text and photographs. |
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- A nearly $4 million grant of contemporary ceramics has been made to the Arizona State University Art Museum, school officials said. |
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- Getting re-elected to the U.S. Senate can be time-consuming. That's why it's better when you don't have to be so bothered with it. But wouldn't it be better if Arizonans had a contested Senate race this fall, where issues are openly debated, and opposing views and ideas are exchanged? |
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- Political Insider is a tongue-in-cheek look at the past week in Arizona politics. |
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- Two Scottsdale students took top honors recently at the Region II spelling bee and will advance to the state bee March 27. |
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- When parents were asked to describe their biggest concern about public schools, quality and school safety took a back seat to money. |
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- Here is news in brief from around the Valley and state. |
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- Readers share ''acts of kindness'' by others. |
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- This is starting to become a ritual - the three-monthly rebuild of my laptop. So far it's taken since 10am this morning, and there's still more to do.... |
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