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Mon Feb 8th at 10:02 am by Rynski | 2 comments
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Fake hostage situation stops traffic, blocks I-10, ends with driver arrest
MAN ARRESTED AFTER PURSUIT IN moving truck claiming hostage situation Situation stopped traffic on I-10 between Phoenix and Tucson in Casa Grande On Sunday, February 07, 2010 at about 1:01... MORE»»
Mon Feb 8th at 9:55 am by Rynski | No comments
Hot Off The Press (release)
CBP seizes Volkswagen packed with $51K at Nogales POE
CBP SOUTHBOUND OPERATIONS SEIZE $51,000 at Nogales Port of Entry NOGALES, Arizona —U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers stopped an illegal exportation of $51,000 while screening traffic going into Mexico.... MORE»»
Mon Feb 8th at 9:52 am by Rynski | No comments
Hot Off The Press (release)
Attempted abduction (again) - this time in TPD territory
ABDUCTION - E. SENECA ST./N. Country Club Rd. On February 5, 2010, at 3:06 p.m., Operations Division Midtown Officers responded to a call reference an abduction of a 15-year-old girl.... MORE»»
Mon Feb 8th at 9:50 am by Rynski | No comments
Hot Off The Press (release)
Eloy man arrested for marijuana in spare tire at Naco POE
ELOY MAN ARRESTED FOR ATTEMPTED Marijuana Smuggling at Naco Port of Entry NACO, Arizona —U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers stopped a drug-smuggling attempt when they seized more than 46... MORE»»

Politics

Mon Feb 8th at 12:22 pm by Karen Nelson | No comments
Kare about Health
Childhood Obesity: First fix the Farm Bill
THE NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM serves 31 million children in more than 100,000 schools, according to the Arizona Star this morning. Todays' article “US taking steps to ban junk food... MORE»»
Mon Feb 8th at 10:56 am by reneeschaferhorton | One comment
God Blogging (and more)
Mark your calendar: Talk on free will; march for peace
INTERESTING TALK THIS WEEK FOR the thinkers among us: University of Arizona philosophy professor Shaun Nichols will be speaking Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at the St. Thomas More Catholic Newman... MORE»»
Mon Feb 8th at 7:13 am by Carolyn Classen | 8 comments
Carolyn's Community
Information on the F-35
DEMOCRACY FOR AMERICA (DFA), TUCSON chapter is hosting a panel discussion on the F-35, the Joint Strike Fighter Jet, on Wed. Feb. 10. This event will be at the Ward... MORE»»
Sat Feb 6th at 9:24 pm by mike_brewer | No comments
Veteran Veritas
PTSD Vets Win Retirement Deal: Tom Philpott/ Military Times
PTSD VETS WIN RETIREMENT DEAL Tom Philpott | January 28, 2010PTSD Vets Discharged Since 2002 Win Retirement Deal More than 4300 Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans who were diagnosed in... MORE»»

Arts

Mon Feb 8th at 5:02 pm by Debra Thornley | No comments
Jump Write In
Casa Libre to Present Edge 21: A Reading Series fo Emerging And Younger Writers
CASA LIBRE WILL HOST TWO writers, Bo McGuire and Juliana Piccillo, as part of their Edge 21 reading series. The reading will take place on Wednesday, February 17, 2010 at... MORE»»
Mon Feb 8th at 3:50 pm by dataport | No comments
The Data Port
Pandora and The Music Genome Project
THANKS TO THE MUSIC GENOME Project you can have music wherever you go, delivered on internet “stations” that not only reflect your musical tastes, but actually offer suggestions that let... MORE»»
Mon Feb 8th at 12:35 pm by Charles Spillar | No comments
Artistic Tucson
WHY WE NEED CREATIVE MINDS AND HOW TO DEVELOP THEM. Free lecture
LEARN WHY AND HOW CREATIVITY is developed in a FREE lecture by Jane Bruckman, artist and teacher at Green Fields Country Day School February 17. Buckman developed her own creative... MORE»»
Mon Feb 8th at 7:44 am by Rynski | 12 comments
Rynski's Blogski
What is art? Not one dude's graffiti - Slide show of found art
TUCSONAN BOBBY LEVERETTE’S POTENTIAL CAREER as the next Picasso was cut short last week when he was busted for his alleged graffiti spree. Leverette, 28, was arrested in connection with... MORE»»

Sports

Mon Feb 8th at 10:58 am by Andy Morales | One comment
High School Sports with Andy Morales
COMMON SENSE PREVAILS: Amphi/Palo Verde Semi-Final to be Played in Tucson
THE 4A D-I BOYS STATE soccer semi-final between Amphitheater and Palo Verde will be played at 5:00 p.m. at Salpointe High School on Wednesday. This match was originally scheduled to... MORE»»
Mon Feb 8th at 12:37 am by Scott Terrell | No comments
UAsports.net
Reality Checked: UA hoops drops two while football picks up recruits
AND…THE HOPES GO BACK DOWN. Nothing wipes away the excitement of two home wins faster than two road losses. With the optimism going up and then coming back down we’re... MORE»»
Sun Feb 7th at 12:52 pm by Andy Morales | No comments
High School Sports with Andy Morales
1A State Basketball Brackets Set - All Games in Prescott Valley
1A BASKETBALL BRACKETS SET THE St. Gregory girls finished 1 point behind Green Fields for the fourth and last spot from the South Region. The Hawks fail to make the... MORE»»
Sun Feb 7th at 9:36 am by mattminkusshow | 2 comments
The Matt Minkus Show
LPGA's Natalie Gulbis speaks out
EARLIER THIS WEEK I SPOKE with former Arizona Wildcat and current LPGA golfer Natalie Gulbis about a variety of topics for my weekly podcast on RadioExiles.com. Here are some main... MORE»»

Health

Thu Feb 4th at 7:52 pm by Karen Nelson | 5 comments
Kare about Health
Weight loss and fat loss are not the same
"NOT EVERYTHING THAT CAN BE counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." - Albert Einstein In America we are obsessed with weight. But "weight" can be a... MORE»»
Wed Feb 3rd at 10:51 am by medicareblogger | One comment
Medicare and More
Medicare Supplements: Lower prices coming in June!
IT LOOKS LIKE PREMIUMS WILL be lower for all Medicare supplements sold after June 2010. I went to a meeting yesterday at the UnitedHealth office here in Tucson to learn... MORE»»
Mon Feb 1st at 7:52 pm by greymatters | 2 comments
Grey Matters
To Disclose or not to Disclose
PEOPLE LIVING WITH MENTAL ILLNESS face this question all the time. "Should I tell my employer about my illness?" Supposedly the Americans With Disabililty Act provides some protection, but.....I think... MORE»»
Mon Feb 1st at 12:16 pm by Karen Nelson | 3 comments
Kare about Health
Are you thin but fat?
ARE YOU THIN IN APPEARANCE, but fat on the inside?! Wow... this just goes to show you, you can't judge a book by it's cover... Just because you are thin,... MORE»»

Life

Mon Feb 8th at 2:20 pm by bbbconsumeralert | No comments
Better Business Bureau Consumer Alert
Five Steps For Protecting Your Business When Banking Online
ONLINE BANKING HAS MADE IT easier and more convenient to manage business finances, but it also provides an opportunity for hackers to gain access to business accounts with the goal... MORE»»
Mon Feb 8th at 12:33 pm by Rynski | 6 comments
Sawyer Says: Animal Talk
Green Valley man arrested for leaving 23 dogs to die
GREEN VALLEY’S RAYMOND QUINTERO APPARENTLY decided he didn’t want to take his 23 dogs wherever he was going. So he allegedly left them behind to die. The 34-year-old man was... MORE»»
Mon Feb 8th at 11:28 am by karynzoldan | No comments
To Market to Food Market
Meeting: Sustainable Tucson - Food Resources
TONIGHT - FEB. 8 - your view of food sustainability in Tucson ’s future may change forever. The Sustainable Tucson Working Group on Food & Agriculture will engage your mind... MORE»»
Mon Feb 8th at 11:22 am by Tyler Woods | One comment
Retroflections
Peter Max
I WAS AT A BOOKSTORE not long ago and saw a Peter Max art book. I picked it up and was amazed at how the colors jumped out of the... MORE»»

Technology

Tue Feb 2nd at 10:47 am by wryheat | One comment
Wry Heat
IPCC and Peer Review
THE UN’S INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON Climate Change (IPCC) claims that all of its reports and predictions are based on strictly peer-reviewed scientific papers. Well, not exactly. Recent investigations have shown... MORE»»
Mon Feb 1st at 7:41 am by Rynski | 17 comments
Rynski's Blogski
Drive like a maniac without getting a ticket
ARE YOU SICK OF DRIVING safely and legally? Tired of keeping track of all those pesky red light cameras and speed traps? Now you don’t have to – Trapster will... MORE»»
Sat Jan 30th at 10:57 am by wryheat | 7 comments
Wry Heat
Obama administration still clueless on energy
AFTER A YEAR ON THE job, the Obama administration has learned little about energy. They still claim that "green" jobs will be created in the electrical generation sector if only... MORE»»
Wed Jan 27th at 1:43 pm by wryheat | 4 comments
Wry Heat
The State of our Surface Temperature Records
THE SCIENCE AND PUBLIC POLICY Institute has published a paper on Surface Temperature Records, in which the authors document the following points: 1. Instrumental temperature data for the pre-satellite era... MORE»»

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Tue Feb 9th at 8:01 am
Ferraribubba
Odd Pueblo: Tucson jinxed locations
Hey Rynski: Before Jessica Simpson got her hooks into Tony Romo, there was the sad case of another Dallas Plowboy...
Tue Feb 9th at 7:57 am
Cori
Odd Pueblo: Tucson jinxed locations
How come nobody's mentioned El Con Mall? There are still signs in that place from the 80's......
Tue Feb 9th at 7:56 am
tiponeill
Information on the F-35
Talk about your ‘Death Panels!’ When you compare that to our TOO POOR TO QUALIFY system of Death Panels, again...
Tue Feb 9th at 7:53 am
Rynski
Odd Pueblo: Tucson jinxed locations
hiya andrew! orb festival! yes, it really was a good one. best i've seen in a while. also had good...
Tue Feb 9th at 7:51 am
Rynski
Odd Pueblo: Tucson jinxed locations
hiya radmax! Bob's Big Boy!!! oh, i am so sad to know i missed one that used to be right...
Tue Feb 9th at 7:48 am
Rynski
Will sex on the first date wreck a relationship?
thanks for chiming in, tip. i like handy conventions, too - also like avoiding drama....
Tue Feb 9th at 7:47 am
Rynski
Will sex on the first date wreck a relationship?
thanks for input, b poole. like what you said about being human - also about letting the relationship decide the...
Tue Feb 9th at 7:43 am
Rynski
Will sex on the first date wreck a relationship?
yes - the heart is good but adding the brain is even better. you have a good attitude, for sure....
Tue Feb 9th at 7:43 am
Rynski
Will sex on the first date wreck a relationship?
right on, azmouse! hahah...
Tue Feb 9th at 7:42 am
Rynski
Will sex on the first date wreck a relationship?
rules were made to broken, no? hahha. glad your current relationship is still being fabulous!...

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