Tucson hosts tours of landfill, recycling center on Valentine's Day

Some people think Valentine's Day is just a bunch of garbage. This year it is.

Tucson middle school evacuated after bathroom fire

A fire, intentionally set in a school bathroom, caused students and faculty to evacuated this morning from Utterback Middle School, 3233 South Pinal Vista, near South Campbell Avenue and East 36th Street.

Democratic National Conventions: A look back

Police rout big throng of hippies and yippies as they try to clear Grant Park during the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Aug. 28, 1968. One demonstrator fell at left as another lies on the ground at right while others huddle in the foreground. (AP Photo)

City pitches its case: Recycling can be a plus for local business

Could drinking more be better for the environment?

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Around the Nation

Supreme Court Justices debate, draw laughs at Tucson event

U.S. Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia and Stephen Breyer drew laughs from taking a few good-natured jibes at one another, while raising thought-provoking questions about how to interpret the Constitution in an evolving society.

Supreme Court Justices debate, draw laughs at Tucson event

Police Reports

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Police Reports

Ward 6: Contest is centered on downtown hotel

To hear City Council incumbent Nina Trasoff tell it, a proposed publicly financed Convention Center hotel downtown will employ 500 people for the next few years and generate millions of dollars by securing conventions that Tucson is losing now or at risk of losing.

Ward 6: Contest is centered on downtown hotel

Tucson budget primer: Three pots of money

During this political season, politicians, radio talk-show hosts and activists have often mangled the facts about the city of Tucson's budget to promote their positions.