All Headlines for Monday, 05.12.2008

Front Page Headlines

• Grade inflation adds to woes, especially in middle schools
• TPD cop shot, 2nd stabbed on city's N. Side
• Teacher makes it his mission to put halt to social promotion
• Ditching class has become habit during his 1st year in high school
• Injured vets' medical bills could cost $59B yearly

TUCSON REGION

• Grade inflation adds to woes, especially in middle schools
• TPD cop shot, 2nd stabbed on city's N. Side
• Tax plan may fund police, homes (with poll)
• Teacher makes it his mission to put halt to social promotion
• Ditching class has become habit during his 1st year in high school
• Schools try varied ways to keep kids on course
• TUSD board weighs budget override vote
• San Miguel graduates 1st class
• Road Runner by Andrea Kelly: Errant notes surface; more gripes thus ensue
• Sheriff seeks murderer who burned crime scene
• Man fatally shot at red light
• Tucson Time Capsule: New meaning to 'taste test' in '83
• Businessman killed in home invasion
• CO2 shape shifts and moves about on mysterious Iapetus
• Cassini's radar pulls aside Titan's atmospheric shroud
• Order bars hospital from sending patient in coma back to Honduras
• State's low youth-vote stats a worry for political leaders
• Camp fund for 2008 is $6,674 richer
• Air tankers battle 2K-acre Solano Fire

NEWS

• Cassini mission nearly at its end
• Jimmy's weather

Nation

• Spouse's legal status can be bar to tax rebate
• Folks riffle through rubble as toll of U.S. storms rises to at least 22
• Lid on Bush wedding is lifted a little bit, but privacy prevailed
• Around the nation
• Coyote attacks on rise in L.A. suburbs
• 3 dead in Wisconsin medical helicopter crash
• 'Survivor: Fans vs. Favorites' winner crowned
• Woman pays off 1976 parking ticket issued in Michigan
• Families will make case for vaccine link to autism
• Confusing ballot designs still plague elections
• Mother-son New Jersey Guard sergeants heading to Iraq together
• Gospel singer Dottie Rambo dies in tour bus wreck in Missouri
• Ex-Illinois sergeant accused of rape to go on trial
• Chicago students seek Obama's haircut, speedy spud, Weird Al
• Gas prices knock bicycle sales, repairs into higher gear Gas prices knock bicycle sales, repairs into higher gear

World

• Sadr City calm for 1st time since March
• Pro-West leader wins Serbian election
• Sudan cuts ties with Chad after rebel attack
• Natural disaster is becoming epic humanitarian catastrophe
• Around the world
• Hundreds strip for naked photo shoot in Austria
• Real-life skull worship inspires new 'Indy' film
• Thousands protest drug violence in Mexican border city after police director killed

Washington

• Injured vets' medical bills could cost $59B yearly

Sports

• UA must go distance for regional
• Merchan is hoping his travels end up on D-backs' roster
• Weekend no layup for tourney teams
• Get-tough Jazz takes hits but knots series
• Former associate says Mayo received thousands of dollars from promoter
• Sports on the air

Men's Basketball

• Get-tough Jazz takes hits but knots series
• Laid-back Duncan gives Spurs a spark

Baseball

• Merchan is hoping his travels end up on D-backs' roster
• Weekend no layup for tourney teams
• Around the AL
• Another pinch hit by Ward helps Cubs ward off defeat
• Around the NL
• Gaston, Sedbrook lead Cats to sweep of Utah Valley St.

Hockey

• Max factor: 4th-line forward gives Pens 2-0 lead

Golf

• Sorenstam displays old, dominant game with 7-shot victory

Softball

• UA must go distance for regional

Business

• State solicits applications for tech grants
• Raytheon wins contract for ship-defense missile
• Traditional water-cooler chats go virtual
• Taxing duties for self- employed
• Manager balances family, work, service

Neighbors

Midtown

• Teacher gets dramatic honor

Accent

• Opinion by Bonnie Henry: After all these years
• Network numbers and shows are tumbling
• Many use Web polls to plan wedding
• Carolyn Hax: Baby makes small stuff big
• Bridge: Famous hand
• Horoscope
• Dear Abby: It's Women's Health Week
• Community calendar

Opinion

• Best teachers are made of more than technique
• Readers give ideas to save on gas, groceries
• Letters to the editor
• My opinion Maria Elena Salinas: Colombia trade pact stuck in the middle
• Don't fall for a 'windfall' profits tax; it's not real
• Charter schools offer parents choices for children's education
• Keep America's promise to huddled masses
• Expensive Reading First program fails test
• Opinion by Leonard Pitts Jr.: What works: Freedom Project instills lofty dreams in black students