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- The Eighth Amendment is another in the Bill of Rights intended to provide common people with protection from the state's authority. Here, the people are given a counterweight to the criminal court's reach by requiring that bail and fines not be excessive. |
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- The Ninth and 10th amendments to the U.S. Constitution don't receive as much attention as their siblings in the Bill of Rights, but they are no less important in the day-to-day lives of citizens in our community. |
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- Mining activities generally make a mess of the landscape. It doesn't matter whether the target of the mining is copper, limestone or calcium carbonate. The end result is like a wound that won't heal and continues to affect everything around it. |
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- We should all be very worried since people voted for the 80-cent tax on cigarettes. If they can do that with cigarettes, what's next? How about alcohol? We have too many drunk drivers, so let's tax the beverage industry out of business. |
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- After nearly four years of living in what can be charitably described as a state of denial, everyone in Washington, from President Bush to the Baker Commission to incoming Defense Secretary Robert Gates, to outgoing Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld to the study group assembled by Marine Gen. Peter Pace, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has finally admitted that pretty much nothing is going right in Iraq. |
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- The latest remedy for what ails the Downtown Rio Nuevo redevelopment project could come from Andrew Weil and an eight-acre wellness center. But we won't hold our breath waiting for it to happen. |
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- Second in a series: Each month I look at one of the Star's 12 guiding principles. |
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- When Venezuela's leftist populist President Hugo Chavez cited Jesus Christ repeatedly in his election victory speech last week, he joined a growing number of Latin American politicians who are embracing religion ? or at least pretending to do so. |
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- More rights at work have brought a boom in lawsuits by employees who think they've been wronged, according to a new study from the University of Arizona. |
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- If the city, a pair of developers and Dr. Andrew Weil have their way, Tucson may be on its way to solidifying its leadership as an international destination for health and wellness. |
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- If Tempe-based US Airways is successful in executing its proposed $8.7 billion hostile takeover of bankrupt Delta Air Lines, it will become the largest U.S. airline and one of the biggest in the world. |
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- Cyber Monday, the techno-geek name for the online shopping surge the Monday after Thanksgiving, sent the nation's computer chips to new levels of digital retail greatness last week. |
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- MEXICO CITY ? Armed with a cybernetics engineering and computer systems degree, Mexico City native Angel Camacho arrived for his first day on the job as an engineer in California's Silicon Valley and was immediately given an assignment by another engineer: Take out the trash. |
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- If you are struggling to buy your annual holiday gifts without going deeper into debt, consider opening a "Christmas Club account" for next holiday season. Typically, club accounts (and some institutions will allow you to open them to save for other goals) require weekly or biweekly deposits of a fixed amount. Many institutions that offer the accounts require direct deposits from a paycheck. |
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- Like many people her age, Fern Wakulich, 84, needed to get more income out of her modest retirement savings. And, like many elderly widows, the Clearwater, Fla., resident was trusting. Far too trusting. |
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- NEW YORK ? The most tenacious bargain hunters often take pride in finding the best price in town and might even sniff at less-determined shoppers who simply snap up what is put before them. But it seems some savvy investors lose their keen eye for a deal when it comes to index mutual funds. |
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- Q We are in a situation where we owe $250,000 on our mortgage and $88,000 on our second mortgage. We also have $30,000 in credit cards and owe $37,000 on our car. Plus we are paying college bills. We bring home $7,500 per month but now are behind and can't seem to see light. Would it be in our best interest to refinance the whole amount into a mortgage? |
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- Developers of products designed to keep us safe and happy while computing have decided that fall is the time of year to introduce their new lines of products. |
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- Q The other day I received unwanted downloads for the Microsoft Internet Explorer; it is not my main Web browser. I have heard there are major problems with the new IE and do not want it. Is there a way to get rid of updates? |
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- Chrissy Goral has made a name for herself in Tucson with her colorful paintings on recycled windows, backlit by Christmas lights. Her favorite subject is Our Lady of Guadalupe, the Roman Catholic patroness of the Americas, whose feast day is widely celebrated on Dec. 12. |
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- PHOENIX ? The state's Homeland Security director is being replaced in the wake of three reports questioning how the agency spent money. |
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- The pajama tatters left behind are nowhere to be found. |
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- The developer of a prized piece of the Tucson Mountain foothills says he's going to save 70 percent of the property and not move any of its hundreds of saguaros off it. |
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- During just three recent days, school buses running up to an hour late failed to deliver students on time to at least 15 Tucson Unified elementary, middle and high schools. |
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- Tucson is trying a new approach for dealing with the world's oldest profession. |
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- Santa came to the South Side on Saturday. |
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Lottery (Dec 10 2006 23:59 GMT) - Drawings for Saturday, Dec. 9 |
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- A husband and wife were killed Saturday morning in a car crash. |
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- The trends for Hispanic women are alarming ? showing they may be developing breast cancer much earlier than expected, with those born in this country at highest risk. |
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- Tucson police made about 325 drug busts in October, including almost two dozen for drug dealing, crime data show. |
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- PHOENIX ? Arizonans are spending less time waiting for service at Motor Vehicle Division offices. |
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- A fire at a house north of Downtown caused an estimated $100,000 damage Saturday and displaced two brothers who lived there, an official said. |
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- The discovery of a body set on fire on the far Southeast Side Saturday evening is being investigated as a suspicious death, officials said. |
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- The number of Arizona children who died from fire or burns surged to 20 last year, after none died the year before. |
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- Tucson City Council ? Usually meets the first four Tuesdays of the month for an afternoon study session (time varies) followed by a 5:30 p.m. regular meeting at City Hall, 255 W. |
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Deaths (Dec 10 2006 23:59 GMT) - The deceased are from Tucson unless otherwise noted. Occupations are stated when available. |
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- Cooler temperatures can be expected for the next couple of days as a weak weather system continues to move through the Great Basin to our north overnight. This system will bring occasional breezes to all of Southeast Arizona, with only a chance of showers as far south as the White Mountains. |
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- ZipCodeFamous.com, a social directory, recently launched focusing on one key goal - exclusivity through zip codes in a finite membership. (PRWeb Dec 10, 2006) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http: |
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- After Party Poker closed poker players in the USA had to pick and choose out of a few poker rooms still open. US online poker players have declared one poker site to be the best. (PRWeb Dec 10, 2006) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http: |
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- The Internet has revolutionized the way that people work together for ever, as the launch of an enhanced web site in this sector clearly demonstrates. Since the new, improved Freelance Work Exchange web site was launched a few days ago, freelance professionals and employers from over 200 countries have signed up to work together on projects of every size and description. (PRWeb Dec 10, 2006) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http: |
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