All Headlines for Friday, 07.04.2008

Front Page Headlines

• Colombian hostage rescue: audacity and acting lessons
• Bush to visit Tucson for Bee fundraiser in 2 weeks, invite says
• Father of five was helping rebuild Iraq
• At least 11 measures likely to be on ballot

TODAY'S UPDATES

• Scattered rain hits Tucson area; take umbrella to fireworks, in case
• Personal best puts Tucsonan Nymeyer on Olympic team
• Jesse Helms dies at 86
• Tucson, Pima County services to take hit in new state budget
• 4 Tucson lawyers finalists for Superior Court bench post
• Chestnut beats Kobayashi in hot dog eat-off
• 2 teens attacked in town mocked in YouTube videos
• Preview: Save on outdoor gear at Tucson military surplus stores
• Tucson comic book shop owner up for national prize
• Tucson police photo radar van weekend schedule
• Ill. father without baby sitter caged daughters, police say
• Scottsdale man convicted in child malnourishment case

TUCSON REGION

• Bush to visit Tucson for Bee fundraiser in 2 weeks, invite says
• New Americans in time for July 4
• TPD seeks man who pretends to be a cop
• City Council to turn to reviving moribund Rio Nuevo
• Move afoot to revive spring training bill
• What's closed on the Fourth of July
• Guide to area fireworks, celebrations
• City clerk replacement to be appointed Tuesday
• Neighbors roundup
• Web site encourages Hispanic women to get HIV test
• 4 attorneys are finalists for judgeship
• Woman, 23, arrested in 2 shootings — one fatal
• Photos: Bathing elephants: A jumbo-sized task
• Retiring from competition, equestrian goes out grandly
• Tucson Time Capsule: Rick Nelson rocks on the 4th
• Deaths
• Jimmy's forecast

NEWS

• Father of five was helping rebuild Iraq
• At least 11 measures likely to be on ballot
• Iraqi PM to visit Europe, United Arab Emirates

Nation

• YouTube must turn over view data in $1B copyright lawsuit
• Marine recruits with dependents often fail to fulfill commitment
• Airport 'go-arounds' cause worry as possibly disastrous maneuvers
• Q&A on the News
• Horrible existence as captives described by group
• Around the nation
• Wildfires blazing across California
• Willingness to refine Iraq pullout isn't policy shift, Obama insists
• Colombia, Mexico visits give McCain platform on drug war
• Serotonin abnormality tied to SIDS
• New York City crane inspector pleads not guilty to lying
• Former top Cleveland church accountant convicted
• Texas man freed by DNA after 15 years in prison
• Miniature dachshund gnaws off diabetic owner's toe
• D.C. native finds calling in 4th of July history
• Larry Harmon, longtime Bozo the Clown, dead at 83
• 1851 gun used in Civil War returns to Arkansas
• South Carolina child slaying suspect was close family friend
• Drifter pleads in Wisconsin torture-homicide case
• Minnesota teen charged with offering his vote on eBay
• July 4th boaters: Steer clear of New Jersey dolphin family

World

• Colombian hostage rescue: audacity and acting lessons
• Roots of Poland's tough stance vs. U.S. lie in Iraq
• 200 flock to U.S. Embassy in Zimbabwe for protection
• Around the world
• Doc's suicide instructions raise uproar in Germany
• After attack, Israeli Jews fear for security
• Pope approves miracle by priest who helped Hawaii leprosy patients, clearing way for sainthood
• International legal experts unveil index to measure how well nations follow rule of law
• British defense computers behind schedule, over budget
• Royal butler's collection of notes to go on sale
• French president kept in dark on hostage rescue
• Continental ordered to trial in Concorde explosion
• British police seek help on French student killings
• Case dropped against German parents who put baby up for sale on eBay as joke
• Former President Bush honored by Kissinger
• Hitler back in Berlin — this time in wax at new Madame Tussauds' wax museum

Washington

• Passport workers sneak lots of peeks at celebs' records
• Marine unit's Afghan tour is extended

Arizona / West

• Traffic-fine scofflaws getting group therapy

Sports

• Greg Hansen: Party on: Amanda's back
• Olympic dream ends suddenly for Glenn
• Nymeyer blazes into 100 freestyle final with a personal best
• A familiar final for the Williams family
• World record-holder fails to earn Beijing berth in 200 breast
• 4th of July special for Abdirahman
• Arenas returning to Wizards, leaves $16M on table
• Sports on the air

Baseball

• Around the AL
• NL inside pitch
• AL inside pitch
• Yankees: 'We walked through it'
• What you missed
• Around the NL
• Improbable victory
• Sidewinders' inconsistency an ongoing concern

Golf

• Marino grabs one-shot lead with a 65

Auto Racing

• F1 leader Massa admits he's a long way from securing championship title
• David Coulthard announces he will retire at end of F1 season
• To some, the race will always be the Firecracker 400
• NHRA changing priorities in wake of tragedy
• NFL star Moss buys 50 percent of truck team
• Busch puts incident with Montoya behind him
• Truex's car impounded at Daytona
• Mark Martin apparently has regained the racing fire

Business

• Albrecht to lead economic group
• Non-stop Delta flight to L.A. will be ended
• Home builder makes bankruptcy filing
• SE AZ builders hit snag
• Ranks of July 4th travelers in U.S. expected to be thinnest in 3 years
• Four-day workweek for government workers to get a trial run in Utah
• KLA-Tencor to close plant here
• Chuck Jaffe: Investment strategist's advice not so original
• Torque wrench will tighten lug nuts properly
• Honda's fuel-efficient models help it buck auto-industry slide

Neighbors

Accent

• On cornet, the cave man
• Warning puzzles chamber group
• Aisle seats: Arts picks for the week
• Young at Art
• Independence Day celebrations
• Community calendar
• Movie Schedule
• Sol Casinos hires Jonilonis
• Send us your fall arts info
• Bridge : Bidding quiz
• Horoscope
• Dear Abby : Controlling mom needs help
• Carolyn Hax: Safety standards are different

Opinion

• Declaration of Independence
• Letters to the editor
• Anti-gay-marriage initiative criticized
• My opinion Ellen Goodman : Declare independence; plant a backyard garden
• My opinion Charles Krauthammer : Obama shifts to appease working-class voters