Send a kid to camp: Use envelope in today's Star

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Send a kid to camp: Use envelope in today's Star

Please join the Arizona Daily Star in helping local children. Today's Star includes an envelope you can use to mail checks so children from low-income or military families can go to camp.

Get listed in summer-activity guide

When it comes to ways to spend those long, hot summer days, there's no better place to be than Tucson - if you're a kid.

Send a Kid to Camp

The Arizona Daily Star's Sportsmen's Fund Send a Kid to Camp program raises money so children from low-income households and military families can attend YMCA, Boy Scout and Girl Scout and Camp Courage burn camps. Five years ago, the Send a Kid to Camp mission was expanded to send children w…

Larcena Pennington Page: Pioneer woman redefined what it meant to be tough

Hardships were part of life for Southern Arizona pioneers in the mid-1800s, but the trials endured by Larcena Pennington Page would have brought the toughest frontiersman to his knees.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) ***** Others simply want to be around you, but you might be quite busy. Wherever you are, others look to you for answers, solutions and just a fun chat. Friends surround you.

9 feared dead in Coast Guard, Marine air collision off SoCal

SAN DIEGO — The nighttime collision of a Coast Guard aircraft on a rescue mission and a Marine helicopter left nine people feared dead at sea Friday as investigators tried to solve the mystery of how the air crews failed to see each other in a heavily used military area.

9 feared dead in Coast Guard, Marine air collision off SoCal

US cannot attack and support Afghanistan's drug trade

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House Dems reach agreement, prepare to unveil health bill

WASHINGTON — House Democrats reached agreement Wednesday on key elements of a health-care bill that would vastly alter America's medical landscape, requiring virtually universal sign-ups and establishing a new government-run insurance option for millions.

House Dems reach agreement, prepare to unveil health bill

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Trick-or-treaters can get free glow bracelets

3 principles against Afghanistan buildup

It is crunch time on Afghanistan, so here's my vote: We need to be thinking about how to reduce our footprint and our goals there in a responsible way, not dig in deeper. We simply do not have the Afghan partners, the NATO allies, the domestic support, the financial resources or the national…

Halloween festivals and events

Nightfall: Harvest of Fear — Old Tucson Studios, 201 S. Kinney Road. Live shows, haunted attractions. 6-10 p.m. Oct. 29. 6 p.m.-midnight Oct. 30-31. $24; $20 for ages 11 and under. 883-0100.

Halloween festivals and events

What to do

Many events offer discounted tickets for students, seniors, military and others. Call venue for details.

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Roadside bombs claim 8 more US lives

KABUL — Roadside bombs — the biggest killer of U.S. soldiers — claimed eight more American lives Tuesday, driving the U.S. death toll to a record level for the third time in four months as President Obama nears a decision on a new strategy for the troubled war.