All Headlines for Saturday, 07.05.2008

Front Page Headlines

• Olympic trials: local update
• Traffic via Sasabe may surge as 33 miles of road are paved
• State cuts in budget slap cities, counties
• Former Sen. Helms, combative lightning rod of the right, dies

TODAY'S UPDATES

• No word on UA basketball recruit Jennings' SAT score
• Arizona Wildcat sets American record in 50 free
• Pet owners scrambling to find pups spooked by fireworks
• FBI joins probe of noose found in Yuma
• FDA reports more cases of salmonella illnesses
• Man drowns in Lake Havasu channel
• Fatal AZ F-16 crash caused by pilot blackout

TUCSON REGION

• Coming Sunday: Is the Rosemont copper mine a done deal?
• Coming Monday: Infighting, dissent at Tucson's no-kill Hermitage Cat Shelter
• State cuts in budget slap cities, counties
• Find your lost pet
• Artwork for road
• Political Notebook by Daniel Scarpinato: It's gotta hurt: Kolbe no longer helping Bee
• Retiring rector oversaw merger of 2 Episcopal parishes
• UA plans outreach on caring for pets
• Solar farms' impact to be explained
• 4 lawyers are finalists for vacant judicial post
• Expect widespread lane closures for tree pruning, paving, widening
• Get involved
• Moments of caring shared with kids in need
• Compassion for needy drives Tucsonan to aid Sonora area
• Tucson ranks high in driving safety
• Blood Donations
• Tucson Time Capsule: Taxidermist paired art, love of outdoors
• Monument's partial vehicle ban working
• Rain fails to foil fireworks
• C. Ariz. fire chars 4th home
• Jimmy's forecast

NEWS

• Olympic trials: local update
• Traffic via Sasabe may surge as 33 miles of road are paved
• Q&A on the News
• America celebrates Independence Day
• Dad is guilty of felonies in kids' feeding
• Fines double to $1K for faulty gas pumps
• Survivor of copter collision dies; crash report expected next week

Nation

• Former Sen. Helms, combative lightning rod of the right, dies
• Calif. fires threaten 4,500 homes
• Record oil prices fuel public support for more ocean drilling
• Protesters target Bush at citizenship ceremony
• Around the Nation
• Backers using loopholes in campaign law to help McCain pull in big money
• GOP polishes up weapon it used in 2004: branding opponent a 'flip-flopper'
• 'Jaws' Chestnut still hot-dog king in a 'frank' photo finish
• Guerrilla gardeners are cropping up in various cities
• Four people dead in Milwaukee shooting; no arrests
• Hundreds remember 9/11 flight crews with sculpture
• Statue of Liberty's crown may reopen to public
• Crazy cat that frightened neighborhood mends ways
• Two teens attacked in town mocked in YouTube videos
• Man accused of faking heart attacks to avoid bills
• Franken tries the switch from comic to Congress
• Obama and family spend Fourth of July in Montana

World

• Around the world
• July Fourth in Iraq just another day for most U.S. troops
• Soaring oil, food prices likely to grab G-8 spotlight
• Corrupt, authoritarian African nations naturally fail to censure Mugabe
• Talk grows over ex-hostage's political future
• Khan: Pakistan's military knew about shipment of nuke equipment to N. Korea
• Airstrikes by U.S. hit 2 vehicles in Afghanistan
• U.K. court: Pringles don't have enough potatoes to qualify for a potato snack or a tax

Washington

• Sunday's TV News Shows

Sports

• Flying to Beijing: Victory for Abdi
• D-backs drop below .500, lead NL West by half-game
• Around the AL
• Nymeyer, Olympian
• Around the NL
• Sisters will face off, then join forces
• New group of cyclists is hoping to step up
• Beard edges Leverenz for spot on team
• One-throw day in qualifying gives Camarena big boost for today's final
• Phelps breaks record; Torres on team again
• Sports on the air

Men's Basketball

• Heat's top pick sustains slightly cracked sternum

Baseball

• D-backs drop below .500, lead NL West by half-game
• Around the AL
• Around the NL
• D'Antona hits 3 HRs; Sidewinders outlast Bees

Golf

• Tucsonan Black trails Ozaki by 3 in New York

Auto Racing

• Joe Gibbs Racing on cruise control in Nationwide with Hamlin win
• Will ailing automakers exit NASCAR?
• Sprint Cup at the midpoint: It's been sweet for Kyle Busch
• Kyle Busch a man of many labels

Business

• Coming Sunday: Raytheon Missile Systems' new president, Taylor Lawrence, takes charge
• Publishing magnate tells us what makes him great
• Kenneth Harney: Barring veto, relief is likely for homeowners, buyers
• Comic-book 'Oscar' goes to …
• News & Notes

Neighbors

Accent

• Buying surplus for less
• We're looking for women who've either mastered the art of shopping with children, or who need a little help in figuring it out.
• Brighton selling items to help people in Kenya
• Community calendar
• Movie Schedule
• 'Preppy look' stands the test of time
• Horoscope
• Don't brush off 'recycled' toothbrush
• Dear Abby : Learn shoe-removal etiquette
• Bridge : Safety play saves the day
• Carolyn Hax : Marriage is a beautiful thing

Opinion

• Declare freedom from electronic tethers
• NASA must continue its bold mission
• LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
• Public should accept more frequent, but less destructive, forest fires
• Coming Sunday: Public should accept more frequent, but less destructive, forest fires