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  WikiLeaks prosecutor agrees to 1 lesser charge

  Posted 8:34 AM 5/21/2013 by Associated Press

  FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) - Prosecutors say they have agreed to charge the Army private who released more than 700,000 secret U.S. documents to the WikiLeaks site with a lesser offense on one of the 22 counts against him.Maj. Ashden Fein said Tuesday that prosecutors had changed their (More)

  
  

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  State revenues jump in April, 1-time shift likely

  Posted 3:17 AM 5/21/2013 by Associated Press

  PHOENIX (AP) - State revenues jumped 17 percent in April from the previous year but Arizona budget officials say the increase is likely due to taxpayers fleeing higher taxes this year.The Joint Legislative Budget Committee report released Monday says taxpayers likely moved income into (More)

  
  

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  Padres Blow Late Lead Against Omaha

  

  Posted 9:57 PM 5/20/2013

  The Omaha Storm Chasers hit a season-high four home runs Monday and defeated the Tucson Padres 11-8 at Werner Park.The Padres scored in the first inning for the fourth-straight game after Gregorio Petit hit an RBI double and later scored on a Storm Chasers throwing error. Tucson's (More)

  
  

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  Corbin tosses 3-hitter as D-backs beat Rockies 5-1

  

  Posted 9:53 PM 5/20/2013

  DENVER (AP) Patrick Corbin was a maestro on the mound, making his slider move all over the place.

  And after the Arizona Diamondbacks lefty finished off his virtuoso performance, he calmly sauntered over to congratulate his catcher, casually shook his hand and coolly walked off the field.

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  Brewer bill signing halt stays after vote

  Posted 4:31 PM 5/20/2013

  Gov. Jan Brewer won't begin signing passed bills again even though the Arizona Senate has passed a budget that includes expanding Medicaid.

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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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  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)

  
  

• Sports

  Nolasco fans 11 D-backs, Marlins end 7-game skid

  

  Posted 7:28 PM 5/19/2013

  MIAMI (AP) Ricky Nolasco followed his worst outing of the season with his best.

  It resulted in a rare win for the Miami Marlins.

  Nolasco struck out 11 and the Marlins stopped a season-high seven-game losing streak, holding off the Arizona Diamondbacks 2-1 Sunday.

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  Padres Drop Finale to Iowa Cubs 7-3

  

  Posted 7:17 PM 5/19/2013

  Brad Nelson drove in five runs Sunday in the Iowa Cubs 7-3 victory over the Tucson Padres. The two teams split the four-game series at Principal Park.Tucson went ahead in the top of the first after three consecutive hits anchored by Brandon Allen's RBI single to put the Padres ahead (More)

  
  

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  "Project Graduation," a drug and alcohol-free graduation celebration

  

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  Posted 3:33 PM 5/19/2013 by Erika Flores

  TUCSON-"Ten years saving ten lives" that's how long Project Graduation has been running at Amphitheater School District.

  It's an alcohol and drug free event on graduation night that keeps kids having fun all night at school rather than on the streets, and they said close to ten thousand (More) • Video (1)