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LAW & ORDER
A teacher accused of telling his students frightening tales about the devil is fighting his termination. Michael P. Corkery has requested a hearing to argue against his dismissal from Miller Elementary School, which the Tucson Unified School District Governing Board approved in October.


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UA FOOTBALL
Nicolas Grigsby won't be on the UA Mall for Saturday's broadcast of ESPN's "College GameDay."

But the Arizona Wildcats' starting tailback has a pretty good idea how the two-hour show, which previews all the day's biggest college football games, will end.

"Lee's going to pick up that Ducks head like this, right," Grigsby said. "He'll start to put it on, and then he'll go, awww, no, and pick up the Wilbur head and put it on."

NEWS
Weeks after voters rejected a TUSD override that would have covered the cost of replacing outdated software, the Governing Board has approved an $8.1 million contract to get the work done.

UA BASKETBALL
New cheers spook Owls early as Cats struggle to victory
The bus to Phoenix, for an eventual flight to Maui, was to leave nine hours after Arizona's 66-49 win over Rice ended Thursday.

There was no time left. No more quiet practices on campus, no more meetings or film sessions to figure it all out.

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'I'm the guy whose life you saved'

Brad Rasmusson and his wife heard someone call for a doctor.

They were pedaling uphill on Mile 64 of the 2007 El Tour de Tucson's 109-mile race. A man ahead was on the ground, motionless.

He had been there for four minutes after falling off his bike. His head was bleeding; his hands, which had gone limp along with the rest of his body, were clean. He had split his helmet and broken his glasses.

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