http://www.tucsonsentinel.com News from TucsonSentinel.com - Tucson's independent nonprofit news en Copyright 2010 2010-03-11T03:00:47+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/030310_catholic_health_care/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/030310_catholic_health_care/#When:03:00:47Z Laura Parker As the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ point man on abortion, Richard Doerflinger has emerged as a major player in the health care debate, one likely to play a pivotal role in the outcome. nationworld, news, politics, faith, family, health, breaking, kaiser_health_news 2010-03-11T03:00:47+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/031010_overrides/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/031010_overrides/#When:00:47:21Z Jennifer Tramm School budget override results were mixed in Tuesday’s consolidated elections. Sahaurita voters approved a budget increase, but Marana and Flowing Wells residents defeated their districts’ requests for more funding. flags, news, politics, education, local, breaking 2010-03-11T00:47:21+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/031010_bookfesfic/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/031010_bookfesfic/#When:22:09:11Z Sean Bottai The Tucson Festival of Books is one of our city’s more unique events, featuring a panoply of children’s events, author interviews, writing workshops and panels. flags, arts_culture, books, breaking, hub_headlines 2010-03-10T22:09:11+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/031010_rattlesnake/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/031010_rattlesnake/#When:20:16:11Z Mary Bustamante This year’s cold, rainy weather may delay rattlesnake season a bit, but it ultimately will mean more snakes when they surface in full force, probably the beginning of April. flags, news, crime, family, environment, local, arizona, breaking, hub_headlines 2010-03-10T20:16:11+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/031010_sebelius_speec/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/031010_sebelius_speec/#When:19:39:13Z Kaiser Health News Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told an audience of insurance industry professionals Wednesday “that opposing President Obama’s health-care agenda and letting premium hikes continue would eventually hurt the health-care industry.’ nationworld, news, politics, health, breaking, hub_headlines, kaiser_health_news 2010-03-10T19:39:13+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/031010_taliban/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/031010_taliban/#When:18:53:30Z Jean MacKenzie The “Morality and Knowledge Association” recently established in Herat wants to ban women’s voices from the airwaves, remove the “corruption” of foreign movies and soap operas from Afghans’ nightly viewing, and generally bring the media back into line with what they consider “Islamic principles and Afghan culture.” nationworld, news, politics, faith, war, breaking, hub_headlines 2010-03-10T18:53:30+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/031010_bookfestpoetry/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/031010_bookfestpoetry/#When:18:38:56Z Maggie Golston The Tucson Book Festival, in cooperation with the UA’s Poetry Center and American Indian Language Development Institute, will be hosting some of America’s best living poets this weekend. These are the Sentinel’s selections of the best of the festival’s poetry roster. flags, arts_culture, books, breaking, hub_headlines 2010-03-10T18:38:56+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/031010_chamberupdate/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/031010_chamberupdate/#When:17:18:26Z Dave Irwin The Tucson Chamber Music Festival offers free open rehearsals on the mornings of concerts. It’s an opportunity to watch seasoned professionals practice their craft in ways that are not always obvious in concerts alone. flags, arts_culture, classical, music_entertainment, breaking, hub_headlines, review 2010-03-10T17:18:26+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/031010_wrightstown_merger/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/031010_wrightstown_merger/#When:16:37:33Z Michael Truelsen This will be the final year for 96-year-old Wrightstown Elementary School. The TUSD Governing Board voted unanimously Tuesday to merge the East Side school with Henry Elementary effective this fall. flags, news, politics, education, local, breaking, hub_headlines 2010-03-10T16:37:33+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/031010_hugo/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/031010_hugo/#When:16:28:09Z Joan O'Dwyer Hugo (or Hugh) O’Conor is considered by many to be the Old Pueblo’s founding father. He is especially embraced by members of the large Irish community who dwell in Tucson today. flags, local, arts_culture, music_entertainment, breaking, hub_headlines 2010-03-10T16:28:09+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/031010_accesstucson/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/031010_accesstucson/#When:16:08:09Z Dylan Smith The city’s Channel 12 will move to Access Tucson’s downtown facility, and both operations will be funded equally, the City Council voted 6-1 Tuesday. flags, news, politics, business, downtown, media, local, breaking, hub_headlines 2010-03-10T16:08:09+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/031010_undercover_muslim/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/031010_undercover_muslim/#When:15:35:28Z David Case Theo Padnos now admits that he was indeed a “fake” Muslim who converted to Islam at a mosque in Yemen, in front of witnesses. nationworld, news, politics, faith, war, breaking, hub_headlines, globalpost 2010-03-10T15:35:28+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/030910_17words/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/030910_17words/#When:02:24:29Z Dave Low With all the hype surrounding Tim Burton’s new film adaptation of Alice in Wonderland, I felt that I should get in on the game. Perhaps TucsonSentinel.com will gross more than the movie. flags, opinion, comics, arts_culture, books, music_entertainment, film, food, eating, breaking, weird 2010-03-10T02:24:29+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/031010_braziltradedispute/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/031010_braziltradedispute/#When:02:11:26Z Roberto De Vido Capping a nine-year trade dispute over U.S. farm export credit guarantees, Brazil announced it would impost a broad range of sanctions on U.S. imports. nationworld, news, politics, business, opinion, comics, breaking 2010-03-10T02:11:26+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/030910_aviles/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/030910_aviles/#When:23:00:50Z Michael Moffett Rising out of tidal terrain reclaimed from generations of pollutant industries, the outer structure of the Oscar Niemeyer International Cultural Center promises a brighter future for those living in this secluded land of Spain’s north. flags, arts_culture, visualarts, breaking 2010-03-09T23:00:50+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030910_tribune/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030910_tribune/#When:21:56:21Z Nick R. Martin The publisher of the Northwest Explorer appears poised to take over the East Valley Tribune after his main competition to buy the Mesa newspaper - a failed bidder for the Tucson Citizen last year - dropped out of the contest. flags, news, business, media, local, arizona, breaking 2010-03-09T21:56:21+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/030910_hunger/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/030910_hunger/#When:21:36:41Z Julian Aguilar Inmates in a South Texas detention facility began a series of hunger strikes in January, hoping for better conditions and fewer transfers, as advocates pleaded for the government to come through on promises to reform the immigrant-detention system. nationworld, news, politics, border, crime, breaking, hub_headlines 2010-03-09T21:36:41+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030910_tangerine/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030910_tangerine/#When:20:40:30Z Dylan Smith Tangerine Road will be closed at the railroad tracks directly east of I-10 for emergency repairs by the Union Pacific Railroad. flags, news, trans_growth, local, breaking 2010-03-09T20:40:30+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/030910_unemployment_tracker/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/030910_unemployment_tracker/#When:18:41:19Z Olga Pierce The nation’s unemployment insurance system, including Arizona’s, is in crisis due to a combination skyrocketing unemployment and – in some cases – poor planning. nationworld, news, politics, business, local, arizona, breaking, hub_headlines, propublica 2010-03-09T18:41:19+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030910_bag/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030910_bag/#When:18:29:33Z Maggie Golston Fledgling organization Boycott Anti-Gunners, or BAG, has started a database of gun-friendly and anti-gun establishments in Tucson. flags, news, politics, crime, local, food, breaking, hub_headlines 2010-03-09T18:29:33+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/030910_stupak/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/030910_stupak/#When:18:05:50Z Kaiser Health News Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., who is leading a coalition of anti-abortion Democrats standing in the way of party leadership efforts to pass a health bill, signaled Monday that the impasse may be close to resolution. nationworld, news, politics, health, breaking, hub_headlines, kaiser_health_news 2010-03-09T18:05:50+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/030910_cominginhot/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/030910_cominginhot/#When:16:44:20Z Maggie Golston The UA’s Gallagher Theater will host a free performance Wednesday of “Coming in Hot,” a play adapted from “Powder: Writing by Women in the Ranks, from Vietnam to Iraq.” flags, news, war, arts_culture, theatre, music_entertainment, music, breaking 2010-03-09T16:44:20+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/030910_jewish_caribbean/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/030910_jewish_caribbean/#When:16:13:51Z Michael Truelsen A Caribbean pirate named Moses is giving Jamaica an unexpected source of tourism dollars - Jews. nationworld, news, politics, business, faith, arts_culture, breaking, hub_headlines, mexico_latin 2010-03-09T16:13:51+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/030910_internationalwomensday/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/030910_internationalwomensday/#When:04:52:53Z Roberto De Vido Annually on 8 March, thousands of events are held throughout the world to celebrate International Women’s Day. Including in North Korea. nationworld, news, family, opinion, comics, breaking 2010-03-09T04:52:53+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/030810_onaroll/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/030810_onaroll/#When:18:26:03Z Elsa Cook You cannot simply roll fish and rice together and call it sushi. You cannot come to On A Roll and expect Japan. flags, food, breaking, hub_headlines, review 2010-03-08T18:26:03+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/030810_obama_health/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/030810_obama_health/#When:16:59:29Z Kaiser Health News President Obama will travel to Philadelphia on Monday to “try to persuade the public to back his plan to remake the nation’s health care system, while also urging uneasy lawmakers to cast a ‘final vote’ for a massive reform bill in an election year.” nationworld, news, politics, health, breaking, hub_headlines, kaiser_health_news 2010-03-08T16:59:29+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/030810_joyce/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/030810_joyce/#When:15:19:57Z Conor O'Clery After 30 years of detective work and eye-strain, two Dubliners have produced a corrected version of “Finnegans Wake.” Their new edition of James Joyce’s most difficult work is being launched in Dublin on March 11. It is naturally the literary event of the year in Ireland. nationworld, news, environment, history, arts_culture, books, breaking, hub_headlines 2010-03-08T15:19:57+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030810_latinocensus/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030810_latinocensus/#When:15:06:41Z Jennifer A. Johnson To get its fair share of federal funding and congressional representation out of the U.S. census, Arizona must alleviate fears and generate interest among Latino residents, Democratic leaders and community activists said Friday. flags, news, politics, local, arizona, breaking, hub_headlines 2010-03-08T15:06:41+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/030810_starbuckstrenta/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/030810_starbuckstrenta/#When:02:42:59Z Roberto De Vido Starbucks is testing a new 31-ounce “trenta” size for cold drinks. Reminding us that just because something CAN be done, doesn’t mean it SHOULD be done. flags, news, business, health, local, arizona, opinion, comics, food, eating, breaking 2010-03-08T02:42:59+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/030710_oscar_liveblog/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/030710_oscar_liveblog/#When:00:59:45Z Maggie Golston It’s Oscars night, y’all! From the step-and-repeats to the awful musical numbers to the over-the-top speeches, we are here to mock all and sundry. flags, music_entertainment, celebs, film, breaking, hub_headlines, review 2010-03-08T00:59:45+00:00