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Tucson Bike Swap Meet PDF Print E-mail
Written by Jesse Cebulski   

The All Soul's Procession brings out huge crowds every year but on this Saturday morning something else filled the street.

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Improper Service PDF Print E-mail
Written by Sandra Westdahl   

In 2008 Irina DeLone received a traffic ticket in the mail.

"By my lawyer’s advice I waited to be served properly," DeLone said. 

At the time she was working 2 jobs and was very rarely home.

"They tried to serve me I think several times. I found couple of letters stuck in my door," DeLone said.

But she ignored those letters since...

"I didn't receive a letter personally and i didn't sign anything," DeLone said.

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Laughter Yoga - Laugh yourself to better health PDF Print E-mail
Written by Sandra Westdahl   

Laughter yoga is an exercise class where people laugh for no reason at all.

“A lot of people say well do you do yoga poses and laugh, but we don’t do that at all,” said Gita Fendelman, who teaches the class.

The group takes the deep breathing and relaxation techniques from traditional yoga and combines that with laughter exercises.

There are many different kinds of exercises. For example, there is the crying laughter, the Shakespeare laughter and the Santa Claus laughter.

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Photo Radar Citation - Are you legally obligated to pay the ticket in Arizona? PDF Print E-mail
Written by Sandra Westdahl   

Thousands of people in Tucson get photo radar citations sent to their homes each year. The tickets provide options of how to respond to them, but one crucial fact may be missing: In Arizona, you can legally choose to ignore the ticket. However, that option may not be very clear to the public.

 

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Government Wants Your Drugs PDF Print E-mail
Written by Ziniu Chen   

Many of us have expired, unwanted, and unused drugs in our medicine cabinets and don’t how to dispose of them.

Now, the Drug Enforcement Agency (the DEA) and the Tucson Police Department are working closely together to take back unwanted drugs and dispose of them properly.

 

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Little Puppet Has Big Stories PDF Print E-mail
Written by Ziniu Chen   

Gabriela Galup is an artist from Peru, whose hand puppet show is different from what most of us are accustomed to.

Galup knows the connections to her audience come from the puppets in her hands.

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All Soles Procession PDF Print E-mail
Written by Courtney Griffin   
More than 20 thousand people attended the all souls procession two-mile walk from fourth avenue to congress and I-10. This annual ritual brings to life walking zombies, ghost and creative floats. Crowds come to remember someone's passing whether it's an animal or person.
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Spirit Group Leads All-Souls Procession PDF Print E-mail
Written by Bryan Lewis   

 

 

 

 

 

 

The preparations for the All Souls Procession started much earlier than the six p.m. official start for one Tucson group.

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Thrift Store Shopping PDF Print E-mail
Written by Chrissy Grande   

Economic lows mean for some people it's time to get thrifty.

Society of St. Vincent de Paul is one thrift store in Tucson that sells used items. They have items that range from furniture, electronics, books, jewelry, and clothing that even including wedding dress and wet suits. All of the items sold are donated.

 

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Children and Technology PDF Print E-mail
Written by Faune Williams   

Playing on the playground used to be a common activity for young kids.

But now with the growing technology children are spending hours in front of the TV and computer.

 

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Arizona Cat’s Eye, a 30-minute news magazine and online publication, features the best video news stories produced by students at the University of Arizona School of Journalism.

Produced once per semester, the reporters take viewers to a myriad of places in Southern Arizona, from the U.S.-Mexico border for a look at the impact of the border fence on wildlife, to downtown Tucson for a lesson on the city’s colonial past, to the UA campus and an ensuing battle to become the next starting quarterback. 

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