What do you make of this? Introducing the Sickweather forecast

This week marks the debut of what's intended to be a weekly series of illness forecasts from a Baltimore start-up company called Sickweather.

Can you name Tucson's 2012 newsmakers?

How well do you know the Tucson-area newsmakers of 2012? Be quick, before the letters flip over to reveal the answers.

Word cloud: Arizona Wildcats' season at a glance

Here's a word-cloud visualization of the Arizona Wildcats' football season so far.

Ka'Boom! goes Ka'Deem

Arizona Wildcats sophomore running back Ka'Deem Carey set a Pac-12 Conference single-game rushing record on Nov. 10, piling up 366 yards (and five touchdowns) against the Colorado Buffaloes. Here is his season so far.

About our web site's new look

Today marks the debut of a new look for azstarnet.com, the Arizona Daily Star's web site.

A place to read and share Sept. 11 tributes

Here's an opportunity to bring the Sept. 11 anniversary and its remembrances out of the headlines and down to the personal level.

Hidden-camera border documentary renews spotlight on Arizona

A hidden-camera documentary from the Center for Immigration Studies is the latest Internet sensation in the immigration debate.

Feds moving closer to challenge of Arizona immigration law

Several national news organizations are reporting that a Justice Department legal team is drafting a plan to challenge Arizona's new immigration law, SB 1070.

From National Review to Nickelodeon: SB 1070's the topic

Arizona's new immigration law continues to grab headlines around the nation.

Gov. Brewer has a hit on YouTube

Gov. Jan Brewer has a hit on YouTube - a video spoof of a children's puppet show that mocks critics of SB 1070 for not reading the immigration law.

Today's immigration aftershocks

Aftershocks from passage of SB 1070 keep rolling in.

Have you read the law?

Have you read SB 1070? Has anyone?

Did the ethnic studies protest prove Tom Horne's point?

Protesters who tried to confront Arizona's school superintendent Wednesday brought some heated rhetoric to the event. Did they prove Tom Horne's point for him?

This morning's new problem for reader comments

StarNet's reader comments were thrown into disarray for a time this morning when an upgrade aimed at web sites elsewhere hit us, too.

Reader-comment problem debugged

The problem that had been slowing the loading of reader-comment pages since Friday has been found and debugged.

New Arizona AD is kind to his Twitter followers

New University of Arizona Athletic Director Greg Byrne is not only active on Twitter, he's generous, too.

Site changes, based on your feedback

We've made some changes based on your feedback about the new site. Here's what's new.

About StarNet's new look

StarNet gets a fresh start today, with a streamlined new look and updated technology. Look over the site, then join me at 4 p.m. MST for a live chat where I will answer your questions.