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  Saving Pima County's death row dogs

  

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  Posted 11:21 PM 5/20/2013 by Danielle Lerner

  TUCSON - For one group of abandoned dogs and cats at Pima Animal Care Center time is running out. The shelter is forced to euthanize thousands of animals each year and when it comes to the dogs in its "Special Needs" category, their fate lies in the community's hands.

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  Local connection to man picking up the pieces after Oklahoma tornado

  

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  Posted 11:17 PM 5/20/2013 by Sean Mooney

  Tucson- While Tucsonans are enjoying lots of sunshine, residents here, with friends and relatives in Oklahoma, are worried about the severe weather they are dealing with there.

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  Nearby residents closely watching "Soldier Basin Wildfire"

  Posted 7:28 PM 5/20/2013 by Erika Flores

  NOGALES - The "Soldier Basin Fire" is still growing in the Coronado National Forest about five miles east of the Nogales airport.

  Around 200 firefighters are battling the blaze that started Friday night.

  So far, more than 3,100 acres are scorched and only 5 percent contained.

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  New mountain lion at the Desert Museum needs a name

  

  Posted 5:08 PM 5/20/2013

  Two 13-year-old mountain lions at the Desert Museum are retiring due to arthritis that makes it difficult for them to get up and down the exhibit's steep slope.

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  Fire east of Nogales estimated at 3 square miles

  

  Posted 4:47 PM 5/20/2013

  The fire began Friday night and is being fought by about 200 firefighters who are building lines to stop the fire's spread.

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  Justice Dept.: Arizona A.G. retaliated in Fast and Furious

  Posted 4:39 PM 5/20/2013

  The Justice Department's inspector general says the U.S. Attorney in Arizona violated department policy by providing Fox News with information apparently aimed at undercutting the credibility of a federal agent who helped reveal the botched arms-trafficking probe called Operation Fast and (More)

  
  

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  Man accused of trying to smuggle $107K out of Ariz.

  Posted 4:35 PM 5/20/2013

  Federal authorities say a Mexican man is in custody for allegedly trying to smuggle nearly $107,000 in ican man is in custody for allegedly trying to smuggle nearly $107,000 in undeclared cash across the southern Arizona border.

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  No injuries after Freon leak at jail in Tucson

  Posted 4:33 PM 5/20/2013

  Crews learned that maintenance workers were working on the roof and thought the Freon had been drained.

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  Charitable givers beware of where your gifts go

  Posted 4:13 PM 5/20/2013

  Marietta Luce's life revolves around her husband, their five children and two grandchildren. And she enjoys giving money to childrens' charities-mainly "Feed The Children." The 84-year old Tucson resident doesn't keep cancelled checks, but says she's been donating $50 a month to "Feed The (More)

  
  

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  New sports field honors Tucson soldier's sacrifice

  Posted 3:30 PM 5/20/2013 by John Overall

  A newly renovated athletic field was dedicated to Army Specialist, Christopher Moon on Monday. The 2006 Southern Arizona Baseball Player of the Year gave up his athletic career to enlist in the Army and died in 2010 from injuries he suffered by a roadside bomb.

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