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Charges Dropped Against Nation's Leading Rusher Changes Scope of Pac-12 Football

The Arizona Wildcats got some outstanding news on June 17 when the Tucson City Prosecutor's Office dropped all charges against star running back Ka'Deem Carey.

Astrophotos: The Galactic Desert

The desert provides some of the most stunning landscapes and skycapes, as evidenced by two recent astrophotos from Universe Today readers.

The Controversial Story of the Arizona Desert's Real-Life Biodome

Biodome wasn't just the title of a 90s movie starring Pauly Shore and a Baldwin brother. Two decades ago, it was a real project just north of Tucson where for two years scientists lived inside a three-acre utopian greenhouse called Biosphere 2.

Report Finds Tough Border Security Does Not Deter Detainees From Re-Entering The Country

Even with border security spending at astronomical highs, deported immigrants are still finding their way back into the U.S., according to a new study from the University of Arizona.

'Death map' of deserts aims to save lives of desperate Mexican migrants

Illegal immigration: Humane Borders support group charts bodies found in US-Mexico frontier to try to limit future tragedies

A tatty blanket hanging over a barbed-wire fence is a tell-tale sign that a group of migrants has recently passed by.

Spelling Bee creates a buzz with vocabulary tests and alternate answers

86th Scripps Spelling Bee a hive of activity as controversial new rounds and contested words feature in route to semifinals

A spelling bee week that began with curiosity and angst over a new vocabulary test was set to end the familiar way with bright kids spelling difficult words under the

The Latest Artificial Heart: Part Cow, Part Machine

A new kind of artificial heart that combines synthetic and biological materials as well as sensors and software to detect a patient’s level of exertion and adjust output accordingly is to be tested in patients at four cardiac surgery centers in Europe and the Middle East


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Gun control calls grow louder as Newtown families give voice to grief

Undeterred by failure in the Senate, a growing movement is attempting to take on the NRA at its own game and win

Terri Rousseau is a member of what she calls "the saddest club in the world".

David Simon, creator of The Wire, says new US drug laws help only 'white, middle-class kids'

The award-winning creator of The Wire, David Simon, has emerged as a critic of the 'racial bias' in the US debate on the war on drugs

David Simon surged into the American mainstream with a bleak vision of the devastation wrought by drugs on his home town of Baltimore lt;em>The Wire, hailed

Evaluating Arte Moreno's First 10 Years as Los Angeles Angels Owner

Wednesday, May 22, marks the 10-year anniversary of the day that Moreno was officially introduced as the owner of the Angels franchise, but given his club's performance this season, especially relative to preseason expectations, Moreno's probably not in a commemorative mood at the moment.