Why not try a patio vegetable garden? A 7-gallon tub or stock tank can serve as a container garden on your patio, providing plants plenty of room to spread and to grow vertically. Just make sure you set the container

Despite spending the past 17 years interviewing thieves, burglars, drug dealers and worse, she identifies herself as a true "Pollyanna."

This comes after the political vision of a summer gas-tax holiday died a quick death in Congress, losing to a view that federal excise taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel will have to go up if they go anywhere.

The painful past and present have become a way of life for Ali and his tribe, so much so that the news that the president of Sudan has been indicted on genocide charges seems to leave him cold.

Tucsonans aplenty, following in the footsteps of fellow Arizonans Jordin Sparks, Brooke White and David Hernandez, will make the two-hour trip to the Jobing.com Arena, 9400 W. Maryland Ave., in Glendale, on Friday. We can only hope that most of

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Luxury linens, plump pillows, restful colors, rich wood? They all contribute to the appeal.

Tucson consistently lays claim to the lowest average gas price in the state, and last week it laid claim — again — to a greater distinction: cheapest in the country.

Memories of a teenage visit finally prompted the 47-year-old to move here from Ohio three years ago.

When he died recently, his children sat down and discussed what should be done. As in many families, the decision was based on what would bring them the most solace and what was most financially feasible.

Just as traditional outdoors enthusiasts enjoy mountaineering or hiking, and tech-minded gadget lovers enjoy geocaching, ghost towners have their own agenda: seeking out, documenting and photographing towns that one day will cease to exist.

Rosario Martinez and Cruz Cardenas discovered that.

The "teenage phenomenon" of heroin use in Pima County seems mostly confined to the north and northwest areas, said Anthony Coulson, the Drug Enforcement Administration assistant special agent in charge of the Tucson District Office.

They weren't kidding around: Five state police detectives wanted to seize Kimball Public Library's public-access computers as they frantically searched for a 12-year-old girl, acting on a tip that she sometimes used the terminals.

Yet many of us are fascinated by romantic tales of the cowboy life — and this historic ranch offers a rich, authentic look at a real home on the range.

The program began in Washington in 1972 and is now in all 50 states and several Canadian provinces. The service is one of several volunteer programs of the Cooperative Extension Service, an agency within the United States Department of Agriculture

A year after rescue dog Rosie gave birth to a dozen puppies, several members of her long-shot litter and their owners showed up at the Midtown park last Sunday to celebrate and play.