Provides the latest RSS feeds for Tucson News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Arizona Herald.com http://www.arizonaherald.com/index.php/ct/10/id/a548abef580c2494/ en-us Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:39:44 -0500 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:39:44 -0500 30 TUCSON, Ariz. — The rarest rocks on Earth are actually chunks of other planets, and Tucson's Gem, Mineral and Fossil Showcase is ground zero for the meteorite-obsessed. Meteorites ... http://story.arizonaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a548abef580c2494/id/203265235/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:15:09 -0500 Deseret News http://story.arizonaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a548abef580c2494/id/203265235/ Look around some open areas now, and you might spy a few early blooms such as flowering brittlebushes. The bush above was blooming in Saguaro National Park East. A bit more rain this month could ... http://story.arizonaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a548abef580c2494/id/203265236/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:12:54 -0500 Arizona Daily Star http://story.arizonaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a548abef580c2494/id/203265236/ The apostrophe-shaped Pioneer Hotel pool won awards for design back in its heyday, but now it's filled with dirt and plants to keep skateboarders out. The hotel closed in 1974, four years ... http://story.arizonaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a548abef580c2494/id/203265237/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:12:51 -0500 Arizona Daily Star http://story.arizonaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a548abef580c2494/id/203265237/ here . At around 10:30 on the evening of December 1, I was sitting in the Waltz & Weiser Saloon, a high-end sports bar tucked into a cove below the sub-lobby of the Westin Kierland Resort and ... http://story.arizonaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a548abef580c2494/id/203265181/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:00:44 -0500 In These Times http://story.arizonaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a548abef580c2494/id/203265181/ You may not have realized it while you were watching Sunday night, but one of this year's Superbowl commercials has Tucson ties! Tucson Greyhound Park was featured in an adorable 2012 Superbowl ... http://story.arizonaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a548abef580c2494/id/203263552/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:00:31 -0500 Examiner http://story.arizonaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a548abef580c2494/id/203263552/ Although the main event is excellent for children and adults there are also displays and exhibits around town in hotels and motels. Last year, a display of amethyst crystals included a cut geode ... http://story.arizonaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a548abef580c2494/id/203262315/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:24:37 -0500 Examiner http://story.arizonaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a548abef580c2494/id/203262315/ Mountain View High School students are working to raise awareness on how to prevent heart disease. Students in the Advanced Medical Laboratory Applications class will provide free cholesterol ... http://story.arizonaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a548abef580c2494/id/203256079/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:42:44 -0500 Arizona Daily Star http://story.arizonaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a548abef580c2494/id/203256079/ Colossal Cave Mountain Park will hold a flintknapping lecture and workshop today at the park, 16721 E. Old Spanish Trail. Learn how the ancients turned stone into tools, then join the workshop ... http://story.arizonaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a548abef580c2494/id/203256080/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:42:40 -0500 Arizona Daily Star http://story.arizonaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a548abef580c2494/id/203256080/ 1883: The Southern Pacific Railroad Company completes its transcontinental "Sunset Route," which runs between New Orleans and California. Explore Arizona's history with special ... http://story.arizonaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a548abef580c2494/id/203252519/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:49:43 -0500 Arizona Daily Star http://story.arizonaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a548abef580c2494/id/203252519/ It has become apparent that when faced with a lesser basketball team, Cal is able to do the expected and win comfortably, as in Saturday afternoon's 68-47 romp over Arizona State. Against ... http://story.arizonaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a548abef580c2494/id/203246755/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:43:44 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.arizonaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a548abef580c2494/id/203246755/ Maybe the Stanford players were put off their game by the noon starting time, the earliest tipoff at Maples Pavilion in six years. More likely it was a splendid defensive performance by Arizona on ... http://story.arizonaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a548abef580c2494/id/203246756/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:43:43 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.arizonaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a548abef580c2494/id/203246756/ Brittany Boyd had 19 points, a conference season-high 10 steals, six assists and six rebounds as Cal rallied from a lengthy scoring drought to beat Arizona State 67-62 on Saturday. The visiting ... http://story.arizonaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a548abef580c2494/id/203246757/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:43:10 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.arizonaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a548abef580c2494/id/203246757/ TUCSON - Joslyn Tinkle and Stanford have won 17 straight games since their only loss of the season. This balanced blowout was one of the easy ones. Tinkle had a career-high 22 points and matched ... http://story.arizonaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a548abef580c2494/id/203246758/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:42:02 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.arizonaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a548abef580c2494/id/203246758/ CBS' Emmy-winning competition show "The Amazing Race" is set to kick off its new season Feb. 19 and has a former Tucsonan in the running. Border Patrol agent Art Velez, 43, is from ... http://story.arizonaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a548abef580c2494/id/203246867/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:54:16 -0500 Arizona Daily Star http://story.arizonaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a548abef580c2494/id/203246867/ Prevention is at the heart of the matter when it comes to cardiovascular disease and stroke, according to Shelley Pozez and Bill Holmes, co-chairs of the Tucson Heart Ball 2012. "I am ... http://story.arizonaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a548abef580c2494/id/203246868/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:54:12 -0500 Arizona Daily Star http://story.arizonaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a548abef580c2494/id/203246868/ Maybe it was all in the delivery. Maybe it was all in the story. Or maybe it was both. Whatever the case, nobody could spin tale after tale of what it was like growing up in Tucson during the ... http://story.arizonaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a548abef580c2494/id/203246870/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:54:08 -0500 Arizona Daily Star http://story.arizonaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a548abef580c2494/id/203246870/ A Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit group is looking for Southern Arizona girls to apply for a scholarship that aims to get young women interested in politics. The scholarship will pay for a girl ... http://story.arizonaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a548abef580c2494/id/203246869/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:54:04 -0500 Arizona Daily Star http://story.arizonaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a548abef580c2494/id/203246869/ Patagonia writer J.P.S. Brown, the author of more than a dozen books about cowboying in the Southwest, is on his horse again. That would be his publishing horse. Brown is releasing several of his ... http://story.arizonaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a548abef580c2494/id/203246871/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:54:00 -0500 Arizona Daily Star http://story.arizonaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a548abef580c2494/id/203246871/ For Santos Alvarez, cleaning up graffiti is just another walk in the park. Alvarez has spent the last six years volunteering for the Midvale Park Neighborhood Association, scrubbing bridges, ... http://story.arizonaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a548abef580c2494/id/203246872/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:53:56 -0500 Arizona Daily Star http://story.arizonaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a548abef580c2494/id/203246872/ Michael Harthun scored 12 points, Chehales Tapscott had 11, and Renado Parker and Nate Lozeau added 10 apiece for Portland State (11-12, 5-6 Big Sky), which snapped a three-game losing streak. ... http://story.arizonaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a548abef580c2494/id/203244120/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:22:00 -0500 USA Today http://story.arizonaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a548abef580c2494/id/203244120/ STANFORD (CBS / AP) — Kyle Fogg scored 14 points to help Arizona beat Stanford 56-43 on Saturday. Jesse Perry added 11 points and Nick Johnson and Solomon Hill had 10 each for the Wildcats ... http://story.arizonaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a548abef580c2494/id/203243768/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:18:38 -0500 CBS 5 http://story.arizonaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a548abef580c2494/id/203243768/ (02-04) 16:54 PST Tucson, Ariz. (AP) -- Joslyn Tinkle and Stanford have won 17 straight games since their only loss of the season. This balanced blowout was one of the easy ones. Tinkle had a ... http://story.arizonaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a548abef580c2494/id/203242606/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:12:52 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.arizonaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a548abef580c2494/id/203242606/ SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA - American Spencer Levin ended with a five-shot lead when the frost-delayed second round of the Phoenix Open was completed in Scottsdale, Arizona, yesterday. Compatriot ... http://story.arizonaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a548abef580c2494/id/203242608/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:03:21 -0500 Haaretz http://story.arizonaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a548abef580c2494/id/203242608/ Finding positives in a 40-point loss is no easy chore. Arizona coach Niya Butts insists she saw some in the Wildcats' 91-51 setback against No. 4 Stanford on ... http://story.arizonaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a548abef580c2494/id/203242604/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:52:59 -0500 The Seattle Times http://story.arizonaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a548abef580c2494/id/203242604/