TUCSON REGION
 The Tucson Unified School District is poised to play its own version of Let's-Make-a-Deal with local developers, proposing a swap of some of its vacant land in exchange for land that can be used to build new Southwest Side schools.
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SPOTLIGHT TOPIC
U.S. law favors project now, but tables could turn in '09
Is the Rosemont copper mine a done deal? It has many opponents. But at first glance, the legal case appears heavily tilted in favor of Canada-based Augusta Resources' effort to mine copper and dispose waste rock on 4,000 acres in the Santa Rita Mountains southeast of Tucson.
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TRANSPORTATION
Sun Tran's popularity is rising along with gas prices  Sun Tran ridership has gone up at least 6 percent each month this year compared with the same month last year, and riders say the cost of fuel has a big impact on their decision to ride.
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SPORTS
UA's Jackson sets U.S. mark in 50, sees it fall but still reaches final
On Saturday morning in the 50 freestyle preliminaries of the trials, Arizona Wildcats junior Lara Jackson broke the American record at 24.50. Incredibly, by the time Jackson had finished her semifinal swim Saturday night, her record had been broken twice.
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VAMOS
A survivor is silent no more 
Arizona Daily Star reporter George Sanchez offers an honest and frank discussion of his successful battle against testicular cancer.
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ONLINE EXTRAS
Water. Sunscreen. Camera. Doris Evans likely runs through this checklist every day before taking her morning walk in the Tucson Mountains. It is here she exercises her photographic muscle and captures images of her favorite subject, nature.
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