Top Stories
Mystery safe
The mystery started with a hike. Neil "Jaxon" Jackson and Bob Standfast chose to hike the Schultz Creek Trail a few weeks ago. A metal object on his left caught Jaxon's eye.
Canyon officials to tackle warming
Officials at the Grand Canyon are proposing to make the national park one of at least 50 in the country that attempts to counter and respond to global climate change.
Hopi elect former Flag principal
A former Flagstaff school principal has been elected as the new chairman of the Hopi Tribe in northern Arizona.
No charges in NAU grad student death
SALT LAKE CITY -- A Hurricane police officer won't face prosecution for using a Taser on a Northern Arizona University graduate student who later died, the Washington County attorney's office said Thursday.
Katrina ruling could bring new deluge of lawsuits
NEW ORLEANS -- A landmark court ruling blaming the Army Corps of Engineers' "monumental negligence" for some of the worst flooding from Hurricane Katrina could lead to a new deluge: billions of dollars in legal action from thousands of storm victims.
Flagstaff & Northern Arizona
Power outage darkens NAU, suspends game
A power outage Thursday night left 1,300 homes in west Flagstaff, including the entire NAU campus, in the dark for 80 minutes.
Prescribed burn plans for today
Pending favorable weather and ventilation conditions and approval from ADEQ, Coconino National Forest fire managers are planning burns on the following projects for today:
Arrests made in alleged county burglary ring
Six people have been arrested in connection with a rash of burglaries happening in the southeast corner of the county in Forest Lakes.
Students collecting supplies for furry friends
The students in the Mount Elden Middle School Animal Society are holding their second annual pet supply drive for local homeless animals on Saturday at Olsen's Grain in Flagstaff. The students will be collecting pet food and other useful items like collars, dishes and beds to benefit the Coconino Humane Association. They'll be outside the store from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
H1N1 vaccines now for wider population
Adults ages 25 to 64 with chronic health problems and all people ages 6 months to 24 years old will be eligible for free H1N1 (swine) flu vaccine at Coconino County Health Department beginning Dec. 5.
More Local headlines
Viewpoints
School closures, teacher layoffs on fast track
Some say time started running out on the Flagstaff Unified School District the day the Legislature decided to fund charter schools but not bind them with the same red tape as the mainstream public schools.
Letters
Wolf recovery now in better handsDon't let mammogram study delay tests
Guest Viewpoint
Palin savors a fine whine
The temperature was close to zero Monday as I left the house to buy Sarah Palin's memoir, "Going Rogue: An American Life." The book was almost impossible to find in Anchorage before its official release Tuesday. The salesman who finally sold me one asked me to promise I wouldn't reveal his identity if he sold me a pre-publication copy.
Sports
A different story
Sinagua showed what a team stockpiled with senior leadership can do last year when it rolled to the Grand Canyon Region regular-season and tournament titles.
Lights go out on NAU
Cameron Jones and Gabe Rogers literally shot the lights out at the Rolle Activity Center on Thursday night.
Jacks suffer last-second loss
The NAU women's basketball team led for 39 minutes before surrendering its lead with 30 seconds left on the clock against the University of Missouri-Kansas City in a 59-58 road loss to the Kangaroos on Thursday.
Wise, Horne lead Arizona past Rice
TUCSON -- Nic Wise had 15 points, seven assists and five steals and Jamelle Horne scored eight of his 13 in the final 5 1/2 minutes to help Arizona pull away from Rice 66-49 on Thursday night.
Stojakovic leads New Orleans past Phoenix
NEW ORLEANS -- The rookie didn't flinch in crunch time and the old veteran couldn't miss.
More Sports headlines
Arts, Living & Entertainment
A story told by the feet
As they tap their way through Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico, dancers in Troupe 2 in Michael Flatley's "Lord of the Dance" company will stop in Flagstaff next week for one show only Tuesday night at Ardrey Auditorium at NAU.
Waning 'Moon'
Where would Hollywood be without that old standby, the vampire-werewolf-schoolgirl love triangle?
More Arts, Living & Entertainment headlines
Tonight in Prime Time
How to contact the Arizona Daily Sun newsroomArizona
County unemployment up for 2nd straight month
PHOENIX -- A new unemployment report provides mixed news about the state of the economy, both statewide and in Coconino County.
Two GOP lawmakers halt budget process
PHOENIX -- Efforts to start plugging the $2 billion hole in the state budget came to a screeching halt Thursday when two Republican lawmakers refused to support the plan.
Monitor arrested for sexting student
TUCSON (AP) -- Authorities say a Tucson Unified School District monitor has been arrested for allegedly sending sexually explicit images to a student by cell phone.
More Arizona headlines
Nation
Proposed 'Botax' could cut health care costs
WASHINGTON (AP) -- They call it the "Botax."
Republicans blast 'bait and switch' health bill
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Digging in for a long struggle, Republican senators and governors assailed the Democrats' newly minted health care legislation Thursday as a collection of tax increases, Medicare cuts and heavy new burdens for deficit-ridden states.
AP Poll: Support for curbs on malpractice lawsuits
WASHINGTON (AP) -- It's an issue that Democrats would rather not deal with as they shape a health care overhaul. Yet a new Associated Press poll says most Americans support curbs on medical malpractice lawsuits.
FAA glitch causesU.S. air travel delays
ATLANTA (AP) -- Air travelers nationwide scrambled to revise their plans Thursday after an FAA computer glitch caused widespread cancellations and delays for the second time in 15 months.
Food banks burdened by high demand in sour economy
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Soup kitchen workers are seeing new faces in line and charities are taking more calls for help as the recession makes for a less-than-bountiful Thanksgiving.
More National headlines
World
200 Web sites spread al-Qaida's message in English
RIYADH,Saudi Arabia (AP) -- Increasing numbers of English-language Web sites are spreading al-Qaida's message to Muslims in the West.
Muslim countries seek blasphemy ban
GENEVA (AP) -- Four years after cartoons of the prophet Muhammad set off violent protests across the Muslim world, Islamic nations are mounting a campaign for an international treaty to protect religious symbols and beliefs from mockery -- essentially a ban on blasphemy that would put them on a collision course with free speech laws in the West.
Irish demand replay with France
DUBLIN (AP) -- Ireland appealed to France and soccer authorities Thursday to replay their World Cup playoff in Paris after an obvious handball by Thierry Henry produced the winning goal.
U.N. committee criticizes N. Korea rights violations
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- A key U.N. committee expressed "very serious concern" Thursday at widespread reports of torture and other grave human rights violations in North Korea and strongly urged the government to put an end to the violations.
Belgian-British duo wins race for EU's top jobs
BRUSSELS (AP) -- EU leaders on Thursday handed the European Union's top new jobs to two little-known compromise figures -- Belgium's prime minister and the EU's trade commissioner -- dashing hopes of those who wanted to raise the continent's global profile.
More World headlines
The Arizona Daily Sun, Copyright 2009 © 1751 S. Thompson, Flagstaff, AZ