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New photos aid hunt for rape suspect

The Tucson Police Department unveiled a new photo of serial rape suspect James Allen Selby yesterday, the second in four days.

Thus far, TPD has released three photos of Selby, the latest of which was taken in March. The new photo shows him with a mustache, unlike the two previous ones.

Police would not say how they got the photos.

"All we can say is we obtained them through the investigation," said Sgt. Judy Altieri, Tucson Police Department spokeswoman. [Read article]

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TPD: 1, not 2, nearly abducted

One, not two, attempted abductions occurred near the UA campus Monday, as one of the victims reported that the suspect tried to take her backpack ÷ not abduct her ÷ police stated yesterday.

The victim of the attempted backpack theft did not want to talk about the incident further, meaning the case may not be prosecuted, said Tucson Police Department Sgt. Judy Altieri.

There was an attempted abduction of a UA student at North Second Avenue and East University Boulevard at 9:30 p.m. That was followed by a 10:14 p.m. report of what was at first thought to be another attempted abduction at North Second Avenue and East University Boulevard by a person fitting the same description as the suspect for the earlier incident. [Read article]

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Records queries may be secret

A grand jury can deliver subpoenas for private records without students' knowledge or permission under Bush's Patriot Act

The students whose records were released to federal law enforcement agencies over the past year cannot necessarily find out whether their records were ever released.

Under an amendment to the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act, a federal grand jury can issue a subpoena for student records with special instructions to keep the subpoena's existence off the record, university attorney Steve Adamczyk said yesterday in a speech titled "Student Records Privacy Post 9-11." [Read article]

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photo Non-honors in honors dorms

Kaibab-Huachuca, Yavapai and Yuma see fewer honors-student applicants

Residence halls normally reserved for honors students have seen a significant influx of non-honors residents this year.

One out of every three honors hall residents is a non-honors student, according to a Residence Life census that counted the total number of honors and non-honors students in Kaibab-Huachuca, Yavapai and Yuma Residence Halls, the three honors halls. [Read article]

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UA South opens largest building

After four years in the making, Sierra Vista campus ready to unveil Academic Tech building

UA South will finally cut the ribbon Sept. 20 on a building that has been four years in the making.

The Academic Technology Building is now the largest building on UA South's Sierra Vista campus and will help the campus move into the new age of university education, said Randall Groth, dean of UA South. [Read article]

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On the Spot

Graphic design junior risks limbs jumping motorcycles, refuels with art, Mexican food

WILDCAT: How did you get that cast on your leg?

MULLIGAN: I broke it riding my motorcycle.

WILDCAT: Where?

MULLIGAN: Out in Pinal, by Pinal Air Park. Like out on the freeway.

WILDCAT: Were you driving on the freeway?

MULLIGAN: Yeah. No, no, no, up a little jump.

WILDCAT: You know, if you tell people it was a big jump it sounds much more dramatic. [Read article]

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Party sends underage drinker to hospital; fraternity blamed

(U-WIRE) GAINESVILLE, Fla. ÷ The University of Florida's Beta Theta Pi Fraternity has been charged with serving an underage member alcohol at a party on Aug. 25, according to a letter from the Dean of Students Office.

The new 17-year-old member was rushed to the emergency room of Shands Hospital at UF by two other fraternity members when he became incoherent and started vomiting blood, according to a University Police report. [Read article]

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Sept. 11: One year later, still a hard time for a happy birthday

(U-WIRE) ITHACA, N.Y. ÷ Sept. 11 is a special day Jon Rothstein and his grandmother will always share.

It's their birthday.

Rothstein, an Ithaca College sophomore, started his day off a year ago with a call to his grandma to say "Happy Birthday." He then went to his usual 9:25 a.m. class with no idea that the day would hold a special significance for anyone else.

But then, Rothstein said, "A kid came in late [to class] and he said, "Did you hear a plane just crashed into the World Trade Center?" [Read article]

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Fast facts:

  • An average cat consumes about 127,750 calories a year, nearly 28 times their own weight in food and the same amount again in liquids.
  • Only female wasps, bees and mosquitoes sting.
  • The majestic Niagara Falls, popular honeymoon site for newlyweds located in both New York and Ontario, was named after the Mohawk Indian word meaning "thunder of waters."
  • New Orleans was the U.S. Confederacy's largest city.
  • In Elizabethan slang, the term "to die" meant to have an orgasm. John Donne and William Shakespeare both used the phrase.
  • Some neutron stars spin 600 times a second, which is as fast as a dentist's drill.
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    On this date:

  • In 1788, New York was declared the first federal capital of the United States.
  • In 1898, Celluloid photographic film ÷ the type of film used for most movies ÷ was patented by Reverend Hannibal Williston Goodwin of Newark, N.J.
  • In 1922, in Azizia, Libya, the mercury climbed to 136 degrees Fahrenheit, the highest temperature to ever be recorded on Earth.
  • In 1969, John Lennon and Yoko Ono made their first concert presentation as the Plastic Ono Band. Their appearance at the Toronto Peace Festival was the first in four years for Lennon.
  • In 1991, the Soviet Union and the United States agreed to cut off arms supplies to the warring sides in Afghanistan.
  • In 1996, rap star Tupac Shakur died at the age of 25 from gunshot wounds he had received the previous week. He was shot four times in the chest while riding as a passenger in a car with record-company executive and suspected gangster Marion "Suge" Knight in Las Vegas.
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    Quotable...

    "The first time we may be completely certain he has nuclear weapons is when, God forbid, he uses one."

    ÷ George Bush, speaking in front of the United Nations General Assembly, on Iraq's Saddam Hussein.


     
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