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Corrections (Feb 28 2006 12:43 GMT) - ? A story in the Feb. 9 NWS edition of the Arizona Daily Star and a "How They Voted" item Feb. 12 on B2 about the Marana Town Council's Feb. 7 vote on the final plans for the San Lucas development should have said council members Patti Comerford voted no and Jim Blake voted yes. |
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- WASHINGTON ? At least tens of thousands of veterans with noncritical medical issues could suffer delayed or even denied care in coming years to enable President Bush to meet his promise of cutting the deficit in half ? if the White House is serious about its proposed budget. |
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- WASHINGTON ? The Coast Guard warned in December that the proposed takeover of some U.S. port operations by a state-owned company in the United Arab Emirates raised "intelligence gaps" that made it difficult to assess the deal's possible threat to national security. |
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- BERLIN ? Germany denied a report Monday that its intelligence service passed information about Saddam Hussein's plans for defending Baghdad to the United States a month before the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. |
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- BAGHDAD ? The streets of the capital were choked with traffic as Iraqis returned to work, filled their cars with gasoline and stocked up on food and supplies after three days of curfew. |
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- PHOENIX ? Ignoring complaints by prosecutors, state senators voted Monday to make it more difficult to convict people who say they killed someone else in self-defense. |
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- PHOENIX ? Gov. Janet Napolitano gave a cool response Monday to comments by the head of Wal-Mart, who suggested the reason so many of his company's workers are getting state-paid health care is that state programs are so generous. |
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- PHOENIX ? State lawmakers are poised today to send the governor yet another plan to teach English ? one Democratic legislators say is little better than the two she already rejected this year. |
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- LOS ANGELES ? Dennis Weaver, an actor with a Midwestern twang who played stiff-legged Chester the deputy on "Gunsmoke" and the cowboy cop hero in "McCloud," has died. He was 81. |
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- PHOENIX ? Gov. Janet Napolitano said Monday that she's getting a bit of a run-around on her request that the federal government pay to station National Guard troops along the border. |
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- MEXICO CITY ? A leaked draft of a government report on Mexico's "dirty war" alleges that the country's presidency orchestrated an anti-insurgency campaign in which soldiers carried out summary executions, raped women and set entire villages on fire. |
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- VATICAN CITY ? Pope Benedict XVI said Monday that embryos developed for in vitro fertilization deserve the same right to life as fetuses, children and adults ? and that that right extends to embryos even before they are transferred into a woman's womb. |
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- In the time it takes to blink, a star begins to die. |
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Ask Jimmy (Feb 28 2006 12:43 GMT) - On Friday afternoon, I was driving north on Oracle Road on my way back to SaddleBrooke when I saw what looked like a cumulonimbus cloud off to the north. It was the typical towering cloud with the anvil top. What gives? Is there hope that we might finally get some moisture? |
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- In a city where blacks make up a small part of the population, the dearth of places showcasing African-American culture in Tucson has people talking. Specifically, black professionals. |
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- Maria Cano is smiling nowadays. |
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- When Sister Luisa Derouen was chased out of her native Louisiana by Hurricane Katrina, she came to Tucson for safe harbor. |
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- Nearly a year has passed since the gut-wrenching saga of Terry Schiavo seized the nation's attention, but her embattled death still inspires Americans to make known their wishes about end-of-life care. |
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- Police reports say he was assaulted with a broomstick, a flashlight and a cane ? and now a 12-year-old Tucson boy may see the camp counselors accused of attacking him receive a plea deal that could allow them to avoid prison. |
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Weather (Feb 28 2006 12:43 GMT) - Today's forecast |
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- In the time it takes to blink, a star begins to die. |
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- The number of store clerks cited for selling tobacco to minors is up this year, a police official said Monday. But the number is still down by 50 percent over a 10-year period. |
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- A wildfire that extended from Mexico into Southern Arizona had grown to about 1,000 acres by Monday night, officials said. |
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- Funeral services are scheduled later this week for 18-year-old Elisa Gastellum, who died in a car crash Friday night on the West Side. |
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- Law enforcement authorities seized about 2,300 pounds of marijuana over the weekend in three separate incidents near the border. |
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Deaths (Feb 28 2006 12:43 GMT) - The deceased are from Tucson unless otherwise noted. Occupations are stated when available. |
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- A new location ? and menu ? are on tap for local Democrats. Beginning April 3, the Democrats of Greater Tucson will hold their weekly meeting at Micha's del Norte, a Mexican restaurant at 1200 E. Prince Road. |
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- University of Arizona students at a hearing Monday were generally supportive of proposals by administrators for moderate tuition increases next year. |
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- Bargain department store Kohl's is looking for nominations for its annual scholarships, which reward students who devote time to volunteering and charity work. |
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- The owner of Café Poca Cosa, Suzana Dávila, will be honored today with the "Heart of Downtown" award from Mayor Bob Walkup. |
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- Gates Pass Road west of Tucson will be closed from 4 p.m. until about 6:30 p.m. |
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- Hej, Kan man starte ie med en bestemt konfig ? f.eks. ved. ie /config1. |
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- Perfekte Stromversorgung? Was soll'n das? Geht man davon aus, dass die restlichen Umgebungsparameter typisch für diese Art von Fragen sind (also unbewohnt Insel, weit ab vom Schuss, man ist allein, etc. pp.), was bringt mir dann Elektrizität? |
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- Hej eksperter... Kan man ændre de inbyggede komponenter i flash 8's grafiske design? hvis ja, hvordan? M.V. |
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- Four explosions, including two car bombs and a suicide bomber, rocked the capital Tuesday morning, killing at least 15 people and injuring dozens, police said. |
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- Nokia 6102 Phone (Cingular) Manufacturer: Cingular Retail Price:$149.99 Our Price: |
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- Det fynske softwarehus DigiEyeZ gider ikke flere kedelige regnskaber og har derfor hyret et konsulentfirma, der skal hjælpe med at strikke en forkromet forretningsplan sammen. |
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- ResPower Announces Unlimited Rendering OptionsFrom: ResPowerType: Press Release |
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- Publishing News: Author fights allegations that story is stolen -- "The Da Vinci Code" author Dan Brown was in London's High Court on Monday to fight allegations from historians Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh that he stole "the whole architecture" of their research for his bestseller. |
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- To students at Eagleswood Elementary School, she used to be Mr. McBeth. Now, after undergoing a sex change, 71-year-old Lily McBeth is ready to return to teaching as Miss McBeth. |
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- The UK Lesbian and Gay Immigration Group will be marking the changes the civil partnership legislation has made to bi-national couples this week, as well as calling for more help in tackling the problems facing lesbian and gay refugees. |
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- George Michael has admitted that his arrest on drugs charges at the weekend was "all my fault, as usual" and praised the police who took him in. |
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- Lesbian and gay lives are barely ever featured positively by the BBC, according to new research, with just 0.06% of airtime devoted to sexual diversity. |
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- A judge in US state Tennessee has ruled that an anti-gay amendment vote may proceed, even though legislators failed to meet a deadline laid out in the state Constitution. |
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- Nineteen Quebec priests expressed the strongest public dissent to date on the Catholic Church's stance on homosexuality in an open letter published on Sunday in Montreal's La Presse daily. |
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- A senior Catholic Bishop in Scotland has slammed proposals that will allow same-sex couples to adopt children together. |
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