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Isabel Celis' Mom Sticks Up For Husband Who's Cut Off From Other Kids

Posted 05.24.2012

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The mother of a missing Arizona girl is defending her husband as "a great father" even though authorities have barred him from seeing their two other ...

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Police Search Water For Missing 6-Year-Old Girl

AP | Posted 04.27.2012

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TUCSON, Ariz. — Police in Tucson, Ariz., say they're checking bodies of water near the home of a missing 6-year-old girl for any signs of her. ...

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TIMELINE: The Isabel Mercedes Celis Case

Posted 04.25.2012

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Police in Arizona are searching for Isabel Mercedes Celis, who went missing from her parents' Tuscon home sometime in the early morning of April 21. P...

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Police Reduce Search For Isabel Celis: 'That Doesn't Mean We're Giving Up Hope'

AP | Posted 05.08.2012

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TUCSON, Ariz. — Police are scaling back search efforts for a 6-year-old girl who was last seen Friday night when she was getting ready for bed in he...

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Missing Girl's Family Breaks Silence And Vows To 'Never Give Up Finding Her'

AP | TERRY TANG AND TRACIE CONE | Posted 05.08.2012

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TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -- The family of an Arizona girl who went missing from her bedroom over the weekend said they will never give up looking for the 6-...

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Anger Reignited Over Arizona's Ethnic Studies Ban

AP | AMANDA LEE MYERS | Posted 04.11.2012

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PHOENIX -- An Arizona school district's decision to oust the director of a dismantled Mexican-American studies program and a recent segment on a TV co...

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Tucson School Walk Outs Grow: Protest School District's Folly and Mexican American Studies Banishment

Jeff Biggers | Posted 03.24.2012

Read More: Mexican American Studies, Doj, Tucson Arizona, Tucson, Sheriff Joe, John Huppenthal, Arizona, Racial Profiling, Arizona Gone Wild, Ethnic Studies, Cesar Chavez, Tea Party, Tom Horne, Protests, Schools, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Tucson Ethnic Studies, Education News

As the nation watches the Tucson Unified School District's spiral into disarray, hundreds of students have walked out of their Tucson schools today in a coordinated protest against the banishment of the district's acclaimed Mexican American Studies program.

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Arizona Schools' Ethnic Studies Program Ruled Illegal

AP | By JACQUES BILLEAUD | Posted 12.28.2011

Read More: Mexican American Studies, Ethnic Studies, Education, Mexican-Americans, Arizona Ethnic Studies, Tucson Arizona, Tucson, Judge Lewis Kowal, Arizona, Latino Voices News

PHOENIX -- An administrative law judge ruled Tuesday that a Tucson school district's ethnic studies program violates state law, agreeing with the find...

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Hacker Admits Interrupting Super Bowl With Porn

AP | Posted 12.20.2011

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TUCSON, Ariz. -- An Arizona man admitted in court Thursday that he used a computer to interrupt a Tucson-area telecast of the 2009 Super Bowl with a 3...

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Dust Storm Causes Pileup On Arizona Interstate

AP | Posted 12.04.2011

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PICACHO, Ariz. -- Authorities have closed a portion of Interstate 10 northwest of Tucson, Ariz., after a dust storm led to a multi-vehicle pileup. Wi...

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Judge: Jared Loughner Can Be Made Mentally Fit To Stand Trial

AP | Posted 11.28.2011

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TUCSON, Ariz. -- A federal judge has ruled that the suspect in the Tucson shooting rampage can eventually be made mentally fit to stand trial. U.S. D...

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Forcible Medication Of Jared Loughner May Continue, Federal Judge Rules

AP | ELLIOT SPAGAT | Posted 10.26.2011

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SAN DIEGO — A federal judge ruled Friday that prison doctors may continue to forcibly medicate the man accused in the deadly Arizona shooting ra...

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Jared Loughner Can Be Forcibly Medicated, Says Judge

AP | ELLIOT SPAGAT | Posted 08.29.2011

SAN DIEGO — A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the Tucson shooting rampage suspect can be forced to continue taking anti-psychotic drugs, reje...

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Healing In Tucson

Marlene H. Phillips | Posted 05.25.2011

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The residents of Tucson Arizona watched the memorial service held on the University of Arizona campus in honor of those killed and wounded in the mass shooting of January 8th. Over 23,000 of us sat in the McKale Memorial Center or in Memorial Stadium next door and shared our grief with our neighbors.

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David Frum Tries to Blame Pot for Tucson Shooting: What Is He Smoking?

John Wellington Ennis | Posted 05.25.2011

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When a prominent columnist with decades of experience so rashly tries to deflect public attention from a staggering tragedy toward a scape goat, what you're smelling is his credibility going up in smoke.

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20 Most Bike-Friendly Cities In America: Bicycling.com Ranks The Best Cities To Ride In (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Bicycling.com released its definitive list of the most bike-friendly cities in the U.S. this week. The study surveyed only cities with 100,000 citizen...

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Arizona Immigration Law: City Of Tucson Joins Police Officer's Lawsuit Against Enforcement

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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TUCSON, Ariz. — The city of Tucson has joined a lawsuit by one of its police officers to block Arizona's immigration enforcement law. The suit ...

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2009 Marks the Deadliest Year for Crossing Arizona/Mexico Border

Marlene H. Phillips | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Migrant Deaths, Deaths in the Desert, Tucson-Arizona, Illegal Immigration, Border Fence, Illegal Immigrants, Politics News

For those of us who live in Tucson, Arizona the story goes beyond economics and becomes one of survival, as desperate men, women and children die in the desert we call home.

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Freedom Comm. Discloses Buyer For Arizona Paper

CBS4Denver | CBS 4 Denver | Posted 05.25.2011

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Freedom Communications said Wednesday that it has finalized an agreement to sell the East Valley Tribune in the Phoenix suburb of Mesa to a com...

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Report: Reno highest in construction job losses

AP | SANDRA CHEREB | Posted 05.25.2011

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CARSON CITY, Nev. — A new report shows Nevada's Reno-Sparks region is the nation's hardest hit area when it comes to construction jobs lost in the recession.

The report released Wednesday by the Associated General Contractors of America ranks the metropolitan area 337th based on the percentage of construction jobs gained or lost in the past year.

From August 2008 to August 2009, Reno lost 35 percent of its construction work force.

The area of Duluth, Minn., and Superior, Wis., did only slightly better, followed by Tucson, Ariz., Wenatchee, Wash., and Redding, Calif.

On the other end of the spectrum, construction employment in Columbus, Ind., grew 14 percent. Other spots that improved include Anderson, Ind., Tulsa, Okla., Longview, Wash., and Baton Rouge, La.

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Qwest doubles top broadband speed in some cities

AP | PETER SVENSSON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Denver, Minneapolis, Salt Lake City-Utah, Phoenix-Arizona, Seattle-Washington, Vancouver-Washington, Tucson-Arizona, Home News

Qwest Communications International Inc. is doubling its top Internet download speeds in some areas to keep up with the offerings of cable companies.

The phone company said Monday it is introducing a plan with download speeds of up to 40 megabits per second and upload speeds of up to 20 mbps in parts of 15 cities, including Denver; Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.; Salt Lake City; Seattle and Vancouver, Wash.; and Minneapolis/St. Paul.

It costs $110 per month for the first year when combined with home phone service.

Qwest aims to add more areas in the next few months. It's also offering higher upload speeds to existing customers in the upgraded areas: up to 5 mbps for $5 per month. Higher upstream speeds are useful for online backups, sharing of large files and video conferencing.

Cable companies are rolling out a new cable-modem technology this year, allowing them to offer download speeds of 50 mbps, and in some places, even more.

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The Renault-Nissan Alliance Forms Zero-Emission Vehicle Partnership in Raleigh

Dygest.net | Dygest.net | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nissan will introduce zero-emission vehicles in the United States in 2010, starting with a 5-passenger compact vehicle that will have a range of 100 m...

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The Consequences of a Wall: More Deaths Along AZ Border

Marlene H. Phillips | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mexico, Tucson Arizona, Illegal Immigrants, Mexican Immigration, Undocumented Immigrants, Death Rate Rising, Border Fence, Border Well, Politics News

During the first half of this fiscal year the remains of 60 migrants were found in the Southern Arizona desert; 128 bodies were found across the entire U.S./Mexican border.

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