Stars and babies

Shirley Temple, Mrs. Charles Black in private life, is shown leaving Santa Monica Hospital with her daughter, Lori, born Friday, April 17, 1954, Santa Monica, Calif. The Blacks also have a daughter Linda Susan, 6, and a son, Charles Jr., 2. (AP Photo)

Captive calls Somali pirates 'hospitable'

MOGADISHU, Somalia — A British woman who is being held by Somali pirates with her husband after their yacht was hijacked said in a phone call broadcast Friday that the couple were "bearing up," and she described her captors as "very hospitable."

Captive calls Somali pirates 'hospitable'

US-brokered deal could reinstate Zelaya

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Ousted President Manuel Zelaya said Friday that a U.S.-brokered pact will restore him to power in about a week, ending Honduras' isolation four months after soldiers flew the leftist leader into exile in his pajamas.

US-brokered deal could reinstate Zelaya

US cannot attack and support Afghanistan's drug trade

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Murky 'Soldiers of God' raising a violent profile in Iran

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Seven years ago, a little-known group called Jundallah emerged in Iran with claims to fight for the rights of minority Sunnis in the unruly tribal areas near the border with Pakistan.

Murky 'Soldiers of God' raising a violent profile in Iran

Call center adding 70 jobs, weighs possibly 600 more

APAC Customer Services Inc. will be hiring about 70 new workers for its second call center in Tucson, with plans to hire an additional 600 people in the future.

Obama: 'Sobering' return of US fallen, families' grief to bear on Afghan policy

WASHINGTON — Hours after a personal encounter with the grim cost of war, President Obama said Thursday the sight of 18 flag-covered cases holding the remains of Americans killed this week in Afghanistan can't help but influence his thinking about sending more troops overseas.

Obama: 'Sobering' return of US fallen, families' grief to bear on Afghan policy

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CASEY CROWE : US coach takes time for locals

Standing on an empty mat in the basement-level wrestling room at the old Amphitheater High School gymnasium last week, was the leader of America's freestyle wrestling world.

TREO sets goal of helping entrepreneurs

Tucson Regional Economic Opportunities Inc. announced a new initiative to help entrepreneurs at its annual meeting Thursday.

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Big snowstorm marches into Nebraska after pounding Utah, Wyoming, Colorado

DENVER — An early blast of winter that blanketed some Western states with heavy snow slowly worked its way out of Colorado and pushed into Nebraska Thursday, bringing blizzard conditions to the eastern plains and causing treacherous roads, closed schools and hundreds of canceled flights.

Big snowstorm marches into Nebraska after pounding Utah, Wyoming, Colorado

Seasonal-flu study: Statins help save lives

A new treatment for H1N1 flu may already be on pharmacy shelves — cholesterol-lowering statin drugs like Lipitor and Zocor.

Nicaraguan leader's allies protest at US Embassy

MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — The Nicaraguan government accused the United States of applying an "interventionist and destabilizing policy" Thursday after the U.S. ambassador criticized a ruling allowing leftist President Daniel Ortega to seek re-election.