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Seattle Times, 24.04.13 00:34 UTC

Boeing: Tests of 787 battery should have been tougher

At Tuesday s hearing by the National Transportation Safety Board into the 787 Dreamliner battery design, Boeing conceded that its certification testing fell short and needs to be tightened in the future.

Deborah Hersman chief project engineer Tucson Boston Rockford Federal Aviation Administration +12 more

Seattle Times, 22.04.13 17:30 UTC

DPS: Driver of SUV survived crash that killed 5

Authorities say the driver of an SUV that overturned while being followed by Border Patrol agents survived the weekend crash in southeastern Arizona that killed five people.

Bart Graves southeastern Arizona Mexico Guatemala Arizona Patrol +3 more

Seattle Times, 21.04.13 22:03 UTC

5 die in rollover during pursuit by Border Patrol

Authorities say five people died after the van they were traveling in rolled over in southern Arizona as it was being pursued by Border Patrol agents.

Arizona Rural/Metro Fire spokesman Tucson Benson Willie Treatch +1 more

Seattle Times, 21.04.13 02:54 UTC

History, culture, distrust combined to defeat gun control effort

What began as an energetic effort to finally get something new on gun control on the books wound up last week in defeat after defeat, and the bill was finally pulled. There s no telling when it will return.

Congress federal government Susan Collins Obama Tucson GABRIELLE GIFFORDS +5 more

Los Angeles Daily News, 20.04.13 18:54 UTC

Charles Krauthammer: President is reluctant to say the word 'terrorism'

Terrorism is speech - speech that gathers its audience by killing innocents as theatrically as possible. The 19th-century anarchist Paul Brousse called it "propaganda by deed." Accordingly, the ...

ADO White House Chechen Paul Brousse Obama GABRIELLE GIFFORDS +6 more

Seattle Times, 18.04.13 06:17 UTC

Giffords 'furious' about Senate gun control votes

Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords says she's "furious" after senators on Wednesday blocked legislation that would expand background checks for gun buyers.

The New York Times Company Tucson Senate National Rifle Association GABRIELLE GIFFORDS Arizona +1 more

Seattle Times, 18.04.13 01:00 UTC

Arizona moves to force sale of turned-in guns

The months since the deadly Connecticut school shooting have seen dozens of gun buyback events across the country that have taken thousands of guns off the streets for destruction.

Arizona's Republican-controlled Legislature GABRIELLE GIFFORDS United States Arizona Connecticut Tucson

Wired, 14.04.13 10:43 UTC

Wired Space Photo of the Day: The Elephant Trunk Nebula

This image of the Elephant Trunk Nebula was taken with the Mosaic camera on the WIYN 0.9-meter telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory near Tucson, Arizona. The Elephant Trunk is a dense, ...

Kitt Peak National Observatory Arizona Tucson

Reuters - Business News, 14.04.13 09:27 UTC

Analysis: Euro zone bank troublespots don't come down to size

By Carmel Crimmins and Sinead Cruise DUBLIN/LONDON | Sun Apr 14, 2013 5:15am EDT DUBLIN/LONDON (Reuters) - Though the implosion of Cyprus's bloated banking system has put other euro zone economies ...

director of European sovereign ratings at Standard & Poors Director Tucson London Dublin Malta +22 more

Seattle Times, 14.04.13 04:43 UTC

The man who would bring NBA back to Seattle

Behind the push to bring NBA basketball back to Seattle is a self-made multimillionaire who grew up in Rainier Valley, learned from his mistakes as an investment analyst, and is lavishly generous with his friends and family.

John Griffin Bob Hansen Roosevelt High School University of Southern California BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES, CASA DE BOLSA, S.A. DE C.V., GRUPO FINANCIERO BANK OF AMERICA MOTORSPORTS AUTHENTICS, INC. +56 more

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Tucson is a city in and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States, located 118 miles southeast of Phoenix and 60 miles (98 km) north of the U.S. -Mexico border. As of July 1, 2006, a Census Bureau estimate puts the city's population at 541,811, with a metropolitan area population at 1,023,320 as of July 1, 2008. In 2005, Tucson ranked as the 32 largest city and 52 largest metropoli...

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