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- Tumamoc Hill, a popular place for exercise, is at the center of a tug of war. |
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- To read additional letters and tips on how to comment, visit us online at www.dailystar.com/opinion |
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- The nation's newspapers, the Star included, that have chosen not to run the cartoon of Muhammad have done so for pretty much the same and predictable reasons. The readers, however, know the real reason. You cannot fool all of the people all of the time. |
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- During the week when we paid tribute to Betty Friedan and the modern feminist movement, a study revealed that our teenage girls are in trouble. |
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- And for another week, the Democrats managed to hold themselves hostage to, well, themselves. |
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- No one has been more contemptuous of Cold War thinking and planning in our military than Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld and his band of transformers and reformers, and yet when it came time to fish or cut bait last week they just sat in the boat doing nothing. |
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- We've all heard how bad the economy is, and how the Bush tax cuts have cut government revenues while only helping the rich. But the facts prove just the opposite. These tax cuts must be made permanent. |
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- The surprising victory of the Islamic Party Hamas in Palestinian elections was due in part to the corruption of the ruling Fatah Party. |
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- Decreasing costs are making what was once a highly expensive form of 3-D model-making more accessible to small- and mid-sized businesses. |
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- Was Mark Livingston trying to blow the whistle on suspect corporate behavior, and protect his company's shareholders? Or was he making trouble? |
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- Cupid is roaming the cubicles in the 24/7 workplace without being roped in by the boss, to judge by new surveys suggesting that most employers don't forbid co-worker dating. |
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- CHICAGO ? Quick, name a male nurse on TV or in the movies who was neither ridiculed nor portrayed wearing a white dress and cap. |
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- "If only we'd listened to that boy, instead of walling him up in the abandoned coke oven." |
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Moving up (Feb 13 2006 15:59 GMT) - KGUN brings in Calif. marketer |
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- NEW YORK ? Every tax filing season, many small businesses end up paying the government more than they need to. Some don't take advantage of all the deductions they're entitled to. Some haven't kept up with changes in the tax law. |
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- CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas ? Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot and wounded a companion during a weekend quail hunting trip in Texas, spraying the fellow hunter in the face and chest with shotgun pellets. |
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- NEW YORK ? People in the Northeast were starting to think Old Man Winter had forgotten about them. Turns out, he was just saving up. |
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- KANSAS CITY, Mo. ? Seven was not enough for Diane and David Petersohn, so they decided to adopt. |
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- WASHINGTON ? Unheeded warnings, poor planning and apathy in recognizing the scope of Hurricane Katrina's destruction led to the slow emergency response from the White House down to local parishes, a House investigation concludes. |
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- Malorie Moore's circulatory disease prevents her from attending high school. |
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- For corrections officers, life at the Pima County Adult Detention Center is all about maintaining order and safety. |
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- CARACAS, Venezuela ? As their plane engine started, two American missionaries looked back at the Joti Indians watching from the grassy airstrip ? an abrupt and bitter goodbye after nearly three decades in Venezuela's rain forest. |
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- PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti ? A member of Haiti's electoral council said results of the presidential elections were being manipulated, echoing complaints by throngs of supporters of Rene Preval, who poured into the streets on Sunday with angry allegations of fraud. |
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- TEHRAN, Iran ? The Iranian government on Sunday rejected an accusation by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that it has fanned violent protests over caricatures of Islam's Prophet Muhammad and demanded an apology, saying that could reduce growing tension. |
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- UNITED NATIONS ? Secretary-General Kofi Annan intends to ask President Bush today what the United States can contribute to a mobile U.N. force to stop the killings, rape and pillaging in Sudan's Darfur region. |
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Lottery (Feb 13 2006 15:59 GMT) - Drawings for Saturday, Feb. 11 |
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- BAGHDAD ? Video images appearing to show British soldiers beating Iraqi youths with batons and fists aired throughout the Middle East and Britain on Sunday, outraging locals and prompting British Prime Minister Tony Blair to promise a full investigation. |
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- BAGHDAD ? Shiite lawmakers on Sunday chose incumbent Ibrahim al-Jaafari to be Iraq's prime minister, endorsing the physician and longtime exile for a second term by a single vote ? due in large part to support by a radical anti-U.S. faction. |
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Corrections (Feb 13 2006 15:59 GMT) - ? Karen A. Weber, 43, survived an accident Friday on West Orange Grove Road, contrary to an article on B10 in Sunday's state edition. |
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- BOSTON ? It's like countless Internet photo albums: An adorable baby girl aglow at Christmas, at her baptism, in a skunk costume for Halloween ? joined in some frames by one or both of her smiling parents. |
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- WASHINGTON ? Al-Qaida has had plenty of time to figure out how to avoid government prying into its communications with associates in the United States, says a congressman overseeing U.S. intelligence, and that probably means the eavesdropping is no longer effective. |
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- NEW ORLEANS ? Lawyers asked for a temporary restraining order Sunday to stop the evictions of 12,000 families left homeless by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita from hotels across the nation today. |
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- PHOENIX ? Seventeen proposed ballot initiatives covering a range of subjects have been filed with state officials in an effort to get voters to decide the issues in November. |
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- PHOENIX ? Arizona lawmakers are trying to fix flaws in a new state law that is meant to make it harder for people to sneak into the country yet has produced only a small number of prosecutions in the counties where it's most likely to get used. |
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- ROSEVILLE, Calif. ? A single-engine plane that appeared to have been performing an aerobatic stunt lost control and crashed into a suburban home Sunday, killing at least two people and sparking a fire that gutted the house, police said. |
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Ask Jimmy (Feb 13 2006 15:59 GMT) - Vern Paul dropped me a line in January about his theory on "Rocks & Rain." He wrote that he was predicting rain around Feb. 10 because he has memories of mud from the few times he attended the Tucson gem show. On Thursday, I received this follow-up: "It's still to early to say if my theory will hold, but the gem show is still here and I feel raindrops on my head, just as I predicted last week. |
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- For corrections officers, life at the Pima County Adult Detention Center is all about maintaining order and safety. |
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- Married 45 years and the father of four, John Kressley is a career Navy veteran who describes himself as a believer in the American dream and a champion of the U.S. Constitution. |
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- Mount Lemmon is a tinderbox waiting for a spark, according to its fire chief. |
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- There's nothing new about singles going to a bar in hopes of meeting one another, but this time it was a little different. |
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- Just what Arizona needed: another flag flap. As if the posturing over illegal immigration and the bickering over English-learner funding weren't taking up enough time, some state lawmakers have decided the time is right to hoist aloft one of their most reliable distractions. |
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- Road Runner readers had many suggestions in response to a question by Martha Hawes on Jan. 30: How can you tell a fellow driver that you're sorry about cutting him or her off in traffic or other such motoring offense? Here are a few: |
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- A North Side house fire that burned two cars and melted the front part of a third was prevented from spreading into the house by a well-watered tree, officials said. |
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- Three men were injured Sunday in separate hiking accidents in mountains near Tucson. |
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- The UA's Group for Early Modern Studies will celebrate Benjamin Franklin's 300th birthday with a public lecture Feb. 23 by a noted lightning and thunderstorm expert. |
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- A 26-year-old soldier was killed Saturday night when his motorcycle went off the road and he was thrown from the vehicle, the Pima County Sheriff's Department said. |
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- Malorie Moore's circulatory disease prevents her from attending high school. |
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Corrections (Feb 13 2006 15:59 GMT) - ? Karen A. Weber, 43, survived an accident Friday on West Orange Grove Road, contrary to an article on B10 in Sunday's state edition. |
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