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A trimmer Tucson? Pima County out to help residents get active, shed pounds
Looking out on downtown from her second-floor office at the YMCA of Southern Arizona, Annemarie Medina could be any other person with a desk job. Except that her desk is waist high and she’s climbing on a stepping machine while she checks e-mail.
Friend says Giffords speaks more
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is able to laugh at jokes, recognize visitors and even offer a poignant response when asked recently by her husband how she was doing.
Obama to sign bill naming Yuma courthouse for Roll
President Barack Obama plans to sign a bill Thursday naming the new federal courthouse in Yuma for the judge killed in last month's mass shooting in Tucson.
Giffords’ friends in Congress to hold fundraiser
Congressional friends of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, the Tucson congresswoman shot in January, are holding a campaign fundraiser next month for her 2012 election.
Centennial expo kicks off Arizona’s 100th year with dancers, cowboys and a penny drive
A cowboy lassoed a bale of hay, flamenco dancers clapped castanets and a Navajo sounded his drum on Monday, Arizona’s 99th birthday, as Gov. Jan Brewer kicked off the countdown to the state’s centennial.
NYC mayor conducts gun-sale sting in Arizona
Weeks after the shooting in Tucson, sellers at an Arizona gun show allowed undercover investigators hired by New York City to buy semiautomatic pistols even after they said they probably couldn't pass a background check, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Monday.
Will he or won’t he?
Sources say Napolitano has been quietly making calls back to Arizona, which some are seeing as the early stages of her beginning to lay the groundwork for a Senate run.
Pot-firing catapult found at Arizona-Mexico border
Drug smugglers trying to get marijuana across the Arizona-Mexico border apparently are trying a new approach a�� a catapult.
Doctors: Rep. Giffords ready to start full rehab
Doctors treating Rep. Gabrielle Giffords say they plan to put a speaking valve in her breathing tube to help her speak.
Giffords moved to nearby rehab hospital in Houston
Police stood guard as an ambulance took Rep. Gabrielle Giffords from intensive care to a rehabilitation hospital in Houston on Wednesday, an encouraging step that came after doctors upgraded her condition from serious to good.
State of the Union stirs current of hope, doubt
The everyday Americans who tuned in for President Obama's State of the Union address heard, once more, the many calls for compromise and saw political adversaries sitting shoulder-to-shoulder in an unusual demonstration of unity. Some even cheered when the president referred to "the American family" as something more consequential than party or political preference.
Pima County Dems don’t want counter-protest
A group is planning a protest rally Friday against Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik over his comments about the shooting rampage in Tucson.
