The end of the road appears near for Tucson's last drive-in movie theater.

A developer is finalizing a deal to buy the De Anza Drive-In, at 1401 S. Alvernon Way, and has already started marketing it as a retail complex.

Evergreen Development Co. is calling the project De Anza Crossings, a 20-acre retail "power center,"

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If there is one tradition passed down from one Arizona Wildcats softball player to another, it is the NCAA tournament.

If there is one rite of passage, it is the first game.

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The federal listing of the polar bear as threatened stands as one of the biggest legal victories for the Tucson group that first sought the bear's protection.

But more lawsuits lie ahead if the Center for Biological Diversity is going to win its effort to use the Endangered Species Act to focus the world's attention on global warming and to bring new legal standards to the climate-change issue.

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Tucson's heating up. Scientists say temperatures could rise by seven degrees or more in this century. But if you simply can't wait that long to turn up the heat, welcome to our 100 Days of Summer guide.

In these highlights, you'll find all you need to know about concerts, movies and other events to make the days ahead even hotter.

• Bonnie Raitt plays at AVA on Friday
• Summer concert calendar
• Liquid refreshment: Poolside bars
• Food Fight: Voters say Wingstop's wings are the real thing
• Catch these summer specials at restaurants all over town
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Why are some students promoted to the next grade even when they fail essential classes?

The examination of this phenomenon - called social promotion - in eight Tucson-area school districts draws upon millions of records obtained by the Arizona Daily Star during the course of a 10-month investigation.

Click here for a transcript of Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne

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Shania Twain and Robert "Mutt" Lange seemed like they had one of those celebrity marriages that was really going to last. They were an odd couple - a country beauty with a metal/rock producer - that made it work for 14 years. And now it's all ending.

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