High school soccer: Six Foothills girls 4 wins away from fourth state trophy

Six seniors from third-seeded Catalina Foothills are hoping to end their careers with four state championships when the playoffs start today.

Boys soccer: Rangers end losing skid to 'nemesis' Badgers

Mitch Anhoury had never beaten Tucson High School.

Gun lockers too costly, regents say

PHOENIX - University officials say it will cost them $13.3 million to install gun lockers outside all of their more than 700 public buildings to keep faculty, students and others from bringing weapons inside.

Higher ed elsewhere

Here's this week's roundup of higher-education news elsewhere.

Remedial education costs Arizona $132 million a year

And millions of your tax dollars are wasted on students who aren't ready for college and end up dropping out anyway, a new report finds. But PCC and the UA have some new strategies in mind.

Higher ed elsewhere

In an effort to be a better curator of higher-education news, I bring you this blog feature on higher ed elsewhere. I'll try to do it once a week or so, with a focus on the West and with lots of Arizona context. Let me know what you think. Here we go:

Regent is critical of AZ plan to cut taxes and cut university spending

DuVal calls Arizona's new economic strategy "an airplane with only one wing"

Financial journalist helps you navigate the college-aid maze

Financial journalist Kathy Kristof, author of "Taming the Tuition Tiger" and "Investing 101," shares tips on saving for college.

The sad state of college savings in our state

The good news is more Arizona parents are saving for college. But parents aren't saving nearly enough.

Standings

CLASS 5A

Business tips are article of faith for Christian networking group

A new business-networking group goes beyond the professional into the personal and pushes even further — into religion.

Business tips are article of faith for Christian networking group

Day of the Dead festivities help set Tucson apart

Halloween in Tucson is typically the time of year when summer finally breaks and fall settles in with coolish temperatures and autumn skies.

Cards post 38th straight sellout

TEMPE — The Cardinals' game against the Panthers on Sunday has sold out.

Cards post 38th straight sellout

Blood donations

The American Red Cross will seek blood donors at these times and places next week. To schedule an appointment, call 1-800-448-3543.

Community calendar

Today

GV woman found alive 2 days after crash; husband died

A Green Valley woman survived two days of frigid temperatures at the bottom of a 300-foot embankment following a rollover crash near Safford that killed her husband, the Arizona Department of Public Safety said.

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."