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The Arizona Daily Star won eight first-place awards, among other honors, in the Associated Press Managing Editors News Writing and Photo Contest.

For general excellence, the Star won second place among metro newspapers, while the Arizona Republic took first, in the awards presented Saturday in Prescott.

The Star's awards:

Deadline reporting: first place, Becky Pallack, for "Dad slain after he confronts intruders."

Feature photo: first place, Jeffry Scott, for "Origin of Man."

Front page design: first place, Jeff Randall.

General news photo: first place, A.E. Araiza, for "Deployment."

Online presentation: first place, StarNet team, for "Sealing our border: Why it won't work;" second place, tie, StarNet team for "Northwest Star."

Page design: first place, Sara Stewart; second place, Hugo Torres.

Photo illustration: first place, Ron Medvescek, for "Window Dressing."

Sports action photo: first place, Kelly Presnell for "El Tour"; second place: David Sanders for "Splash Landing."

Business reporting: second place, Brady McCombs and Thomas Stauffer, for "Illegal labor fix falls short."

Environmental reporting: second place, Tony Davis, "Growth magnifies wildfire hazards."

Health reporting: second place, Carla McClain, for "Last farewell for kin in the trauma room."

Pictorial photo: second place, James Gregg, "Adobe Hand"; third place, Dean Knuth, "Night Bloomer."

Portrait/personality photo: second place, David Sanders, for "Alicia Hollowell"; third place, David Sanders, for "All Souls."

Public service: second place, Rob O'Dell and Erica Meltzer, for "Your taxes paid for it."

Sports deadline reporting: second place, Djamila Grossman for "Runner in Tucson Marathon dies."

Spot news photo: second place, James S. Wood, for "Agony."

Editorial writing, third place, Martin Rosales.

Feature writing: third place, Carla McClain, for "A short life, a great love."