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  Western regional wildfire outlook planned Monday

  Posted 12:13 PM 5/11/2013 by Associated Press

  RENO, Nev. (AP) - U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Interior Secretary Sally Jewell plan to offer a regional outlook next week for the upcoming fire season across the West.

  Agency experts forecast above normal fire potential across almost all of Arizona, New Mexico, California and (More)

  
  

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  Apartment fire near Flowing Wells

  Posted 11:39 PM 5/10/2013

  TUCSON - Tucson Fire units are on the scene of a fire at an apartment on Fairview Ave. north of Prince Rd. Witnesses reported seeing smoke coming from a back window of an upstairs unit. No word on injuries or a cause at this time. A News4 Tucson crew is on the way to the scene. Tune in to News4 Tucson Saturday at 5:30 p.m. for complete details.
  

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  Teacher evaluation system stiffens

  Posted 5:42 PM 5/10/2013 by Erika Flores

  TUCSON - The teacher evaluation system stiffens this year for schools across Arizona.  It is a system that grades teachers in a big way by student performance.

  Quantitative data on student progress such as test scores have to account for between 33 to 50 percent of each (More)

  
  

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  4th Ave. merchants disinfect streets to keep dog virus away

  

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  Posted 12:03 PM 5/10/2013 by Erika Flores

  Several dogs have come down with the Canine Parvovirus. It's spreading fast and now, merchants along Fourth Avenue are taking precautions to protect customers and their pets.

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  Man sought in attempted Goodyear child abduction

  Posted 11:31 AM 5/10/2013

  Police in the Phoenix suburb of Goodyear are seeking a man who allegedly tried to abduct a 12-year-old girl walking to school on Friday.

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  Arizona death row inmate dead in apparent suicide

  Posted 11:15 AM 5/10/2013 by Associated Press

  FLORENCE, Ariz. (AP) - An Arizona death row inmate who murdered his wife and young daughter has died in what the Department of Corrections is calling an apparent suicide. The department says the death Friday of 50-year-old Milo Stanley will be investigated by the department and (More)

  
  

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  5th grader in Dewey, AZ spotted with gun on school bus

  Posted 4:15 PM 5/9/2013

  The nature of the call involved an 11-year-old school student in possession of a handgun on a school bus. A fellow student, who had seen the gun displayed, told his dad who in turn called YCSO.

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  Arias trial postponed until next week

  Posted 1:39 PM 5/9/2013 by Associated Press

  The jury was scheduled to return to the courtroom Thursday to decide whether Arias should be eligible for the death penalty for killing her one-time boyfriend on June 4, 2008.

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• Border

  $30,000 worth of heroin snagged from man's waist, navel

  

  Posted 11:37 AM 5/9/2013 by Brian White

  Border agents directed Calvin C. Howard III to a secondary questioning area after detecting possible drugs around his waist, the release stated.

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  Wildfire burning near Safford 70 percent contained

  

  Posted 11:19 AM 5/9/2013

  The fire is burning in grass and oak at an elevation near 5,000 feet. No structures are threatened.

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