Good morning , Today is Friday, Aug. 27, 2004. The Tucson weather forecast calls for a mostly sunny day with a high of 100. For the full five-day forecast or information on other locations around the country, go to http://www.azstarnet.com/hw3/hw.php
Here's what's new on StarNet, the online service of the Arizona Daily Star: McCain a double winner in ad ruckus President Bush and Sen. John Kerry bowed to the wishes of popular maverick John McCain on Thursday, as the president embraced the Republican senator's legal fight against big-money special-interest groups airing negative ads and the Democratic nominee scrapped a commercial that featured McCain. http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/vote_2004 Voter Resource Guide The Arizona Daily Star and KVOA-TV Channel 4 present their Voter Resource Guide, which allows you to find out who's running in all major state and all Southern Arizona Primary races, and to compare and contrast candidates' responses to questions we asked them. Also, you can search by zip code to see what races you are eligible to vote for, and create an online ballot that you can print out and take with you to the polls. http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/vote_2004 Stop fighting, al-Sadr tells militia NAJAF, Iraq - Rebel Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr today ordered his men inside Najaf's Imam Ali mosque to lay down their weapons and join thousands of Shiite pilgrims outside the shrine. Take an in-depth look at the Imam Ali shrine with a web interactive on StarNet's America at War site. http://www.azstarnet.com/attack Failing AIMs to mean no diploma in 2006 Current high school juniors who've passed all their courses but not the AIMS test by the end of their senior year in May 2006 will find themselves without a diploma and not allowed to continue classes at their school. And there's no guarantee that those students will even be able to try the AIMS again once they have finished their high school course requirements. http://www.azstarnet.com/education Test results Find AIMS test results for schools statewide, plus Stanford 9 scores and other comparative scores in StarNet's Education site. http://www.azstarnet.com/education Stoops' optimism flows at UA kickoff luncheon There are bad problems and there are good problems. A year ago, Arizona football had plenty of the former, with a 2-10 record and the midseason firing of coach John Mackovic. Watch a video of part of Stoops' speech. http://wildcats.azstarnet.com Sabino, Cholla capture their openers Sabino and Cholla prevailed in games against their neighborhood rivals Thursday on the opening night of the high school football season. http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/preps Varsity Game of the Week Catch a live webcast of tonight's Ironwood Ridge vs. Flowing Wells game on StarNet starting at 7 p.m. Also, bring your radio to the game and listen to the webcast live on Radio StarNet, a low-power broadcast at 102.8 FM. http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/preps Ring that used teen hookers broken up in Nogales, Son. NOGALES, Sonora - A child prostitution ring in this border city was broken up this week after the man police say was the ringleader complained to law enforcement officials that some of the teens he'd filmed himself having sex with were trying to blackmail him. http://www.azstarnet.com/border Ranks of uninsured unchanged Seventeen percent of Arizonans were without health insurance last year, their ranks essentially unchanged from the year before. http://www.dailystar.com/dailystar/metro/fri.html High school football schedule and scores Plan your night and see scores from around the state at azhighschoolsports.com's scoreboard. http://arizona.12dt.com/azfb4 Preps news from around Arizona Get the latest news from high schools statewide. Our partners in Flagstaff, Yuma and the Phoenix area bring you their local high school football news and results. http://www.azhighschoolsports.com A new 18 for SaddleBrooke The number of golf holes is proportional to the number of residents in SaddleBrooke - so it's time for a new course. http://www.dailystar.com/dailystar/business/fri.html Heads-up play: Fab Five go out winners ATHENS - The decisive move in the Olympic women's soccer tournament was soaring toward the head of Abby Wambach when the ball and a thought arrived at her noggin about the same time. "I've trained all my life," she recalled thinking, "for a moment like this." StarNet brings you results throughout each day of the Olympics in Greece, which is 10 hours ahead of Arizona. In addition to results, read features about athletes with ties to Southern Arizona, see slide shows of each day's activities and learn about the games with AP's interactive presentations. http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/olympics Drag's royal appeal Tucson's drag scene is populated with queens of all sizes and types. The regular shows are a hoot and a half. http://www.dailystar.com/dailystar/accent/fri.html Live webcasts: Sidewinders vs. River Cats Listen to all the Sidewinders games on StarNet. Hear the action as described by Brett Dolan and Ryan Radtke. Tonight's game against the Sacramento River Cats is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. MST. http://www.azstarnet.com/sidewinders --Compiled by John Ames, Content Producer -- To subscribe under another e-mail address or to unsubscribe, go to http://www.azstarnet.com/newsletter ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. 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