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Blind golfer's attitude is anything but par for the course

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Posted 9:39 AM 5/20/2013 by Samantha Ptashkin

Sight or no sight, Dick won't give up his passion for the game. "There is a saying blindness is not darkness."
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Succesful export wins Tucson company national recognition

Posted 9:31 AM 5/20/2013 by Czarina Nafarrate

U.S. Acting Secretary of Commerce, Rebecca Blank, celebrated 57 U.S. companies, including Tucson's Mintec, Inc. at the 2013 President's "E" Awards ceremony.
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Environmentalists, developers spar over San Pedro River water

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Posted 9:23 AM 5/20/2013 by Ryan Haarer

Running through highway 90 and into Mexico is a forest in the desert, the San Pedro, the last river of its kind in Southern Arizona.
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Senators work through changes to immigration bill

Posted 8:56 AM 5/20/2013 by Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) - Senators working on a wide-ranging immigration bill have agreed to tighten controls on the asylum system that allows people fleeing war or persecution to find refuge in the U.S.Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina offered the amendment, which would (More)
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Breezy today, ice-breaking heat for Memorial Day Weekend

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Posted 8:35 AM 5/20/2013 by Jeff Beamish

TUCSON - Gusty winds, seasonal temps to start the week.

Low pressure over the Dakotas and high pressure near Nevada brings the breezes back this afternoon, according to News 4 Meteorologist Jeff Beamish. Expect winds up to 20 MPH out of the west-northwest today as high temps peak in the (More) • Video (1)
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Official: 2nd person killed by Oklahoma tornado

Posted 8:17 AM 5/20/2013 by Associated Press

SHAWNEE, Okla. (AP) - Oklahoma's state medical examiner's office says a second person was killed by a tornado that leveled a central Oklahoma mobile home park.Office spokeswoman Amy Elliot on Monday identified the two people who are confirmed to have been killed during Sunday's storms (More)
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Cartel towns pose challenge for immigration reform

Posted 7:46 AM 5/20/2013 by Associated Press

MATAMOROS, Mexico (AP) - Just across the Rio Grande from Brownsville, Texas, stands a dormitory-style shelter filled with people recently deported from the U.S. and other migrants waiting to cross the border.

The long rows of bunk beds offer immigrants a place to rest on their long journey. (More)
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Officials warn of sex offender in Sahuarita

Posted 7:19 AM 5/20/2013 by Czarina Nafarrate

Officials say Steven Lee Tucker served his sentence, and registered as a Level 3 (high risk) offender with the state of Arizona.
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United to restart 787 flights today

Posted 6:22 AM 5/20/2013

UNDATED (AP) - United Airlines' 787s return to the air this morning with a flight from Houston to Chicago.

The federal government had grounded Boeing 787s in January because of smoldering batteries that caused an emergency landing and a fire on another plane.

United says it'll first use the 787s for shorter domestic flights and resume using them for international flights June 10.
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International

Baghdad car bomb kills 13, raises death toll to 70

Posted 6:02 AM 5/20/2013 by Associated Press

BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraqi officials say a car bomb in another Shiite neighborhood in Baghdad has killed 13 people.The blast pushed the day's death toll from a deadly wave of bombings and shooting attacks across Iraq to 70.The officials say the latest blast struck on Monday (More)
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Yahoo takes big leap with $1.1B deal for Tumblr

Posted 5:08 AM 5/20/2013 by Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Yahoo is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to rejuvenate an Internet icon that had fallen behind the times.The deal announced Monday represents Mayer's boldest move yet since she left Google 10 months ago to lead (More)
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Bisbee council to mull civil unions proposal again

Posted 3:27 AM 5/20/2013 by Associated Press

PHOENIX (AP) - Officials in Bisbee will consider on Tuesday a revised version of an ordinance that would legalize civil unions for same-sex couples.The City Council approved an earlier version of the measure last month, but agreed to rewrite it after Attorney General Tom Horne and an (More)