In The News Monday, February 07, 2011
Ambulance-ER video link sees 02/07/2011 Arizona Daily Star View Clip money, time run out
Ben's Bells: Social worker 02/07/2011 Arizona Daily Star View Clip supports cancer patients, families
Gabrielle Giffords shooting: A 02/06/2011 AZ Central.com View Clip fatal chain of events unfolds
Arizona shooting tragedy 02/05/2011 Arizona Republic View Clip makeshift memorials preserved
University of Arizona to Open 02/04/2011 Becker's Hospital Review View Clip Cancer Center at St. Joseph's Hospital (The University of Arizona's Arizona Cancer Center in Tucson)
Mental health clinic eyes mind, 02/07/2011 Coloradoan View Clip body, spirit (Dr. Andrew Weil)
Doctors offer advice to those is 02/04/2011 FOX11AZ.com View Clip Southern Arizona not used to prolonged cold (Harvey Meislin, UMC's Department of Emergency Medicine)
People in Action: New Hires (Dr. 02/04/2011 Inside Tucson Business View Clip Joe Livingston)
A Mississippian is worried about 02/04/2011 Inside Tucson Business View Clip Arizona
Volunteers begin clearing, 02/07/2011 KVOA Tucson News View Clip archiving UMC memorial
Crimetrackers - 1 month later 02/07/2011 KVOA-TV - Online View Clip
Mall Emergency Prompts RNs to 02/07/2011 Nurse.com View Clip Volunteer CPR Session (Pediatric nurses from Diamond Children's at University Medical Center)
My Turn: Bill Hillman thanks 02/07/2011 Los Angeles Times View Clip chest compressions for helping to save his wife (Dr. Ewy, Sarver Heart Center)
Health test: Are you health 02/07/2011 OregonLive.com View Clip literate? As many as half of U.S. adults are not (Dr. Barry Weiss, UA College of Medicine)
New Professional Education 02/07/2011 Pharmacy Choice View Clip Research Reported from University of Arizona, Department of Surgery
Bill Hillman thanks chest 02/06/2011 Hartford Courant - Online View Clip compressions for helping to save his wife (Dr. Ewy, Sarver Heart Center)
9, YEARS AGO, THERE WAS A 02/06/2011 News 4 at 10 PM - KVOA-TV Text below SHOOTING ON THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA CAMPUS.
Tucson Tragedy Reignites Long- 02/04/2011 Psychiatric News View Clip Standing Controversies
ADHD next topic in Norwalk 02/06/2011 Wilton Villager - Online View Clip Hospital Medicine 2011 series
DOWN IN TUCSON, THE 02/05/2011 12 News Weekend Today - Text below MEMORIAL OUTSIDE KPNX-TV UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER NOW BEING TAKEN DOWN TO PREPARE FOR A MORE PERMANENT MEMORIAL.
NEW VIDEO, A BIG CLEAN UP 02/05/2011 ABC15 News at 10 PM - KNXV- Text below OUTSIDE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL TV CENTER IN TUCSON.
Asheville area religion notes 02/05/2011 Asheville Citizen-Times View Clip
Latest Arizona news, sports, 02/05/2011 Associated Press (AP) - Phoenix Text below business and entertainment: Bureau
Astronaut husband says Giffords 02/05/2011 Commercial Appeal - Online View Clip would embrace his decision to fly
ALL THE SYMBOLS OF 02/05/2011 Good Morning Arizona - KTVK- Text below SUPPORT WILL BE STORED AT TV THE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UNTIL A PERMAMENT MEMORIAL IS BUILT. 3
Kelly's return to space gets 02/05/2011 News Journal - Online View Clip support
Many back astronaut's decision 02/05/2011 San Jose Mercury News - Online View Clip to fly
Two arrested in attempted 02/05/2011 Sierra Vista Herald - Online View Clip burglary
Experts, caregivers weigh in on 02/04/2011 USA Today View Clip Mark Kelly's tough decision
Space or spouse? Many support 02/05/2011 WNYT-TV - Online View Clip Kelly's decision
9, YEARS AGO, THERE WAS A SHOOTING ON THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA CAMPUS. 02/06/2011 News 4 at 10 PM - KVOA-TV FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL THE PIMA COUNTY RECORDER'S OFFICE AT 740-43- 30.COMING UP, ARE THERE ANY LESSONS LEARNED FROM 2, TRAGIC SHOOTINGS IN TUCSON? THE SAFEWAY SHOOTINGS FROM A MONTH AGO, AND THE SHOOTING ON U- OF-A CAMPUS, 9, YEARS AGO. IT'S TONIGHT'S CRIME TRACKERS INVESTIGATION. PLUS, FORMER PRESIDENT REAGAN REMEMBERED ON WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN HIS 100-TH BIRTHDAY. AND A PIECE OF HISTORY, RIGHT HERE IN TUCSON. KEEP IT HERE, NEWS-4 TUCSON AT-10, WILL BE RIGHT BACK. NEW AT TEN IT'S BEEN NEARLY A MONTH SINCE A GUNMAN WENT ON A SHOOTING RAMPAGE OUTSIDE A SAFEWAY STORE. 6, PEOPLE DIED THAT DAY. 13, WOUNDED. THIS WASN'T THE FIRST MAJOR TRAGEDY TO OCCUR IN TUCSON. 9, YEARS AGO, THERE WAS A SHOOTING ON THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA CAMPUS. INVESTIGATORS SAY, ROBERT FLORES, A NURSING STUDENT COLLEGE OF NURSING, AND KILLED THREE PROFESSORS. FLORES, THEN TURNED THE GUN ON HIMSELF. WERE THERE LESSONS LEARNED FROM THAT DAY, THAT CAN HELP US HEAL FROM THIS LATEST TRAGEDY? NEWS-4'S LUPITA MURILLO HAS TONIGHT'S CRIME TRACKERS INVESTIGATION. IT'S A DAY PHIL ROGERS WILL NEVER FORGET. HIS WIFE ROBIN LOST HER LIFE THAT DAY. ROBERT FLORES WAS CARRYING FIVE HANDGUNS 200 ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION . A STUDENT WHO ESCAPED FROM THE CLASSROOM THAT DAY DESCRIBED THE TERROR. HE SAID A COUPLE OF WORDS TO THE FIRST TEACHER, AND SHOT HER THREE TIMES, JANUARY 8TH'S SAFEWAY SHOOTING BROUGHT BACK PAINFUL MEMORIES. I FELT A LITTLE SAD FOR THE WHOLE SITUATION. HIS ADVICE FOR THE SURVIVING VICTIMS AND FAMILIES. LOOK FORWARD NOT BACKWARD YOU HAVE TO BE THANKFUL YOU ARE THE ONE THAT IS ALIVE. U OF A POLICE CHIEF TONY DAYKIN WAS THERE IN 2002, AND WAS AT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER WHEN THE VICTIMS WERE BROUGHT IN ON JANUARY 8TH. WHAT WE LEARNED THEN AND WE'VE CONTINUED TO CONFIRM ALONG THE WAY IS NO MATTER HOW WELL YOU'RE TRAINED NO MATTER WHAT ROLE YOU PLAY EVENTS LIKE THIS DO AFFECT YOU AND THEY AFFECT YOU EMOTIONALLY, PSYCHOLOGICALLY AND ITS GOOD TO RECOGNIZE THAT. OUT OF THE 2002 TRAGEDY THAT OCCURRED HERE AT THE COLLEGE OF NURSING THE CAMPUS EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM WAS CREATED. LESSON LEARNED, HOW DO WE HEAL HOW DO WE GO FORWARD. MELISSA VITO WAS ALSO AT THE U OF A IN 2002, AND NOW HEADS THE CAMPUS EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM AS PART OF HER DUTIES AS VICE PRESIDENT OF STUDENT AFFAIRS. KNOWING THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN ON OUR CAMPUS BUT it's the KIND OF EVENT THAT RESONATES CRITICALLY THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY WE NEEDED TO STEP IN AND GET TOGETHER. TOGETHER WE THRIVE CAME ABOUT, 26 THOUSAND PEOPLE ATTENDED. INCLUDING THE PRESIDENT IN AN EFFORT TO BEGIN THE HEALING PROCESS. LM NEWS 4 TUCSON.
DOWN IN TUCSON, THE MEMORIAL OUTSIDE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER NOW BEING TAKEN DOWN TO PREPARE FOR A MORE PERMANENT MEMORIAL. 02/05/2011 12 News Weekend Today - KPNX-TV
DOWN IN TUCSON, THE MEMORIAL OUTSIDE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER NOW BEING TAKEN DOWN TO PREPARE FOR A MORE PERMANENT MEMORIAL. WHILE THOSE PLANS ARE STILL BEING DISCUSSED, YOU CAN BE A PART OF A COMMUNITY EVENT IN HONOR OF THE VICTIMS. NEXT SUNDAY ORGANIZERS ARE INVITING PEOPLE TO GATHER ON HIGH CORP BIT STADIUM FIELD AND FORM A LARGE HUMAN HEART. THEY'RE TRYING TO GET MORE THAN 12,000 PEOPLE TO WEAR A RED SHIRT TO MAKE THE HEART TO SYMBOLIZE HOW TUCSON HAS COME TOGETHER AFTER SUCH A TRAGEDY.
NEW VIDEO, A BIG CLEAN UP OUTSIDE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER IN TUCSON. 02/05/2011 ABC15 News at 10 PM - KNXV-TV
NEW VIDEO, A BIG CLEAN UP OUTSIDE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER IN TUCSON. THAT'S WHERE GABREILLE GIFFORDS AND VICTIMS OF A MASS SHOOTING WERE TREATED. VOLUNTEERS DISMANTLED A MASSIVE TRY TRIBUTE ON THE FRONT LAWN BUT A BIG MESS LEFT BEHIND,
Latest Arizona news, sports, business and entertainment: 02/05/2011 Associated Press (AP) - Phoenix Bureau
Husband: Giffords would be OK with flight decision
HOUSTON (AP) _ The astronaut husband of wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords says he plans for his wife to be at Cape Canaveral, Fla., as he rockets off on space shuttle Endeavour's final flight.
Shuttle commander Mark Kelly said Friday his wife would be "very comfortable" with his decision to return to the mission, which is set to launch in April. During a news conference Friday, he declined to go into details about Giffords' condition or say how he knows she supports his choice to fly.
Kelly took leave from training after Giffords was gunned down Jan. 8 in Tucson.
Rabbi Stephanie Aaron, who married Giffords and Kelly in 2007, says the couple has been communicating but she didn't elaborate. Aaron says she's sure Kelly made his decision on what Giffords' wishes would be.
CONGRESSWOMAN SHOT-HOSPITAL TRIBUTE
Tribute to Tucson victims dismantled at hospital
PHOENIX (AP) _ Volunteers have dismantled a massive tribute outside the Tucson hospital where U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and other victims of a mass shooting were treated.
The volunteers removed thousands of candles, cards, photos, stuffed animals and flowers that blanketed the 60 foot-by-100 foot lawn in front of University Medical Center, where doctors performed life-saving surgery on the Arizona congresswoman, who is now in a rehabilitation facility in Houston.
People began bringing the first pieces the day of the Jan. 8 shooting. Six people were killed, including a 9-year-old girl and a federal judge, and 13 were wounded, including Giffords.
The tribute became a place for community members to reflect on the tragedy.
All items from the site will be saved for a permanent memorial in the future.
CONGRESSWOMAN SHOT-SUSPECT
Writing samples sought for Tucson shooting suspect
PHOENIX (AP) _ State and federal prosecutors agreed that the suspect in the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 18 others will be tried first in federal court before any prosecution begins on state charges.
The agreement reached in the case of suspect Jared Loughner was announced Friday by Pima County Attorney Barbara LaWall and Dennis Burke, the U.S. Attorney for Arizona.
In a written statement, the prosecutors say federal law requires all state prosecutions to be suspended while a federal case is pending.
Loughner pleaded not guilty to federal charges of trying to assassinate Giffords and kill two of her aides.
He will likely face state charges in the attack and federal murder charges for the deaths of Giffords aide Gabe Zimmerman and U.S. District Judge John Roll.
BREWER-INAUGURAL
Brewer's offfice releases inauguration expenses
PHOENIX (AP) _ Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer's office reports that close to $65,000 was spent on her Jan. 3 inauguration at the State Capitol.
Brewer's office says the expenses included $24,372 for overtime and regular pay for Capitol Police officers and General Services Division employees.
Other major expenses included just under $6,000 for printing, $6,200 for rentals of tables, chairs and tents, and $13,100 for souvenir inauguration coins.
The governor's office says the expenses are being paid from an inauguration fund. Details on donations to that fund haven't been released.
The midday inauguration was held on the plaza in front of the Old Capitol. A reception was held afterward in nearby Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza.
BODIES FOUND
Bodies of a man and woman found north of Phoenix
GOODYEAR, Ariz. (AP) _ Goodyear police say the bodies of a man and a woman have been found in rural Yavapai County and are believed to be a missing Goodyear woman and her former boyfriend.
The Yavapai County Sheriff's Office says the bodies were located a half mile from Crown King about 60 miles north of Phoenix.
Goodyear police Commander Ralph McLaughlin tells The Associated Press the bodies were found inside a truck and are believed to be 47-year-old Thomas Watson and 31-year-old Tara Shermerhorn.
McLaughlin did not say how the couple died. The search began last evening after Shermerhorn's family notified police that she was missing.
McLaughlin says the couple had broken up, but it's not clear why they were together.
PHOENIX-SPOUSE STABBING
Phoenix man gets prison for wife's fatal stabbing
PHOENIX (AP) _ A Phoenix man has been sentenced to 22 years in prison for fatally stabbing his wife last year and driving her corpse to the city's police station.
Maricopa County prosecutors say 59-year-old Dwight Wesley pleaded guilty to second-degree murder last October and was sentenced Friday.
Authorities say Wesley was driving 46-year-old Delores Glover to work on April 28 when they got into an argument and she told him she was getting a divorce.
Wesley later walked into the downtown Phoenix police station covered in blood and carrying a knife. His dead wife's body was in his car outside the police station and Wesley turned himself in.
Authorities say the couple had been living together for about three months before Glover was killed.
CAR INTO HOUSE
2 die after car plows into an east Phoenix house
PHOENIX (AP) _ Police have released the names of two people killed after a car plowed into an east Phoenix home.
Police say the driver was 30-year-old Russell Hubbard and the passenger was 35-year-old Kimberly Shasteen. Their hometowns aren't immediately available.
Police say both victims were ejected from the vehicle and died at the scene.
The accident occurred shortly before 3 a.m. near 24th Street and Osborn Road when the car lost control and hit the home. A couple inside the home wasn't injured.
Police believe the vehicle was traveling at a high rate of speed at the time of the crash. Officers are still investigating the accident and it's unclear whether alcohol use was a factor.
SWASTIKA BRAND
Civil action filed in New Mexico swastika branding
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) _ Relatives of a developmentally disabled Navajo man who was branded with a heated swastika have filed a civil lawsuit against McDonald's Corp. and the owner of a New Mexico restaurant.
The action was filed Thursday on behalf of the victim, whose arm was branded using a heated metal coat hanger shaped into a swastika last spring.
The lawsuit, filed Thursday in state District Court in Santa Fe, alleges a McDonald's franchise owner in Farmington, N.M., hired employees in violation of corporate policies requiring a safe environment for customers.
Neither McDonald's officials nor the local owner immediately returned messages seeking comment.
Three men face federal criminal charges under a law that makes it easier for the government to prosecute people for hate crimes.
SIXTH GRADERS-DRUGS
6 Ariz middle schoolers swallow prescription drugs
PHOENIX (AP) _ Authorities say six sixth-grade students at a Litchfield Park middle school needed hospital treatment after swallowing prescription drugs.
The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office says the incident occurred around noon Friday at Wigwam Creek Middle School,
Authorities say all but one of the boys has been released from the hospital. An unidentified student is suspected of handing out the pills on the playground.
Other students told a teacher, and that person looked into the student's backpack and saw marijuana and prescription pills.
School officials called 911 and were advised to send the six students to the hospital as a precautionary measure.
The Arizona Republic says the Sheriff's Office plans to soon serve a search warrant at the home of the suspected student. School officials say there'll be consequences from the incident.
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Information from: The Arizona Republic, http://www.azcentral.com
COMPUTER TAMPERING ARREST
Marana man accused of tampering with TV broadcast
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) _ A Marana man has been arrested for allegedly using a computer to interrupt the local telecast of the 2009 Super Bowl with a 37-second pornography clip.
The FBI and Marana police took Frank Tanori Gonzalez into custody Friday on suspicion of fraud and computer tampering.
Authorities say someone cut into the Comcast broadcast of the Super Bowl game between the Arizona Cardinals and Pittsburgh Steelers that was televised in the Tucson area on KVOA.
Comcast ended up offering a $10 credit to all of its 80,000 subscribers, whether they saw the brief X-rated clip or not, and turned over the investigation to the FBI.
Authorities didn't say what led them to Gonzalez. His age and other background information wasn't immediately available. It was unclear Friday whether he had a lawyer.
YUMA-BANK ROBBERY
Yuma police investigating bank robbery
YUMA, Ariz. (AP) _ Yuma police say a robber got away with an undisclosed amount of cash after a Friday morning robbery at the 1st Bank Yuma branch.
Once the robber got the cash he fled on foot. Witnesses did not see a gun and there were no injuries.
The case remains under investigation.
SURPRISE CLAIM
$1 million harassment claim filed against Surprise
PHOENIX (AP) _ A former Surprise police detective has filed a $1 million claim against the city.
Alicia Peterson says she quit her job last September after months of discrimination and harassment.
Her attorney says Peterson scored well when tested to become a sergeant last year. But the high scores allegedly triggered a barrage of rumors, insults and other harassment from Peterson's male colleagues who applied for the same job.
The claim says Surprise violated federal and state law by creating a hostile working environment and failed to correct the other officers' behavior. The Arizona Republic received a copy of the claim from the city after making a public records request.
A Surprise spokesman didn't know if the city has responded to the notice of claim, which is a precursor to a lawsuit.
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Information from: The Arizona Republic, http://www.azcentral.com
TUCSON LIQUOR LICENSE
Tucson strip club's liquor license transferred
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) _ The Arizona State Liquor Board has approved a license transfer for a Tucson strip club that was the site of two deadly shootings in 2009.
The board voted 7-0 Thursday to transfer The Candy Store's license from the previous owner to Corey D. Owens, who'll operate the club through a corporation.
The Arizona Daily Star says the liquor board delayed approving The Candy Store's license transfer at a December hearing due to public opposition of the application and because the City Council recommended it not be approved.
Last year, the strip club's owner agreed to pay two fines totaling $90,000 for violations that included repeated acts of violence and selling or using drugs on the premises.
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Information from: Arizona Daily Star, http://www.azstarnet.com
WOLF RECAPTURED
Mexican wolf released last week is recaptured
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) _ Federal wildlife biologists say they have recaptured a male Mexican wolf that was released last week into a recovery area on the Arizona-New Mexico border.
Residents of Nutrioso, Ariz., told federal officials the wolf was seen repeatedly in and around their community since being placed into the forest last week. Biologists determined that because the wolf was remaining in an area near humans and not responding to efforts to discourage him, a temporary removal was warranted.
No pets or livestock were harmed while the wolf was in the area.
Fish and Wildlife Service regional director Benjamin Tuggle says the wolf's recapture demonstrates the agency's commitment to act quickly to address problems. He says the wolf's removal is not a setback because it's not considered a permanent removal.
KINGMAN-BURST PIPES
Kingman homes, businesses hit with burst pipes
KINGMAN, Ariz. (AP) _ Freezing temperatures in northwest Arizona caused numerous problems for Kingman Water Department customers.
The Kingman Daily Miner reports temperatures as low as the mid-teens Wednesday and Thursday led to frozen pipes and broken water mains throughout the city's water system.
Kingman City Water Superintendent George Sedich estimated three dozen calls came in Thursday afternoon from residents asking for help with frozen or burst pipes.
Many waterline breaks were on the customer's property and that's something Sedich says the city couldn't help with.
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Information from: Kingman Daily Miner, http://www.kingmandailyminer.com
ARPAIO-MCDONALDS
Arpaio issues warning to deputies about McDonalds
PHOENIX (AP) _ Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is urging his uniformed deputies to use caution when eating at McDonald's restaurants following an alleged incident in Mesa.
The Sheriff's Office says a uniformed deputy was verbally harassed in Spanish by McDonald's food handlers Thursday. The deputy says both he and Arpaio were accused of being racists. The deputy confronted the workers in Spanish about their remarks and refused to accept his food order as a precaution.
Arpaio says the restaurant was targeted for an employer sanctions investigation last March when four people were arrested for identification theft.
The franchisee of the Mesa McDonald's says he takes the allegations seriously and is gathering facts. Richard Coulston says McDonald's has a zero tolerance policy against discrimination of any kind and his restaurant is no exception.
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ALL THE SYMBOLS OF SUPPORT WILL BE STORED AT THE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UNTIL A PERMAMENT MEMORIAL IS BUILT. 3 02/05/2011 Good Morning Arizona - KTVK-TV
CAPTAIN MARK KELLY WILL LEAVE HIS RECOVERING WIFE, CONGRESSWOMAN GABRIELLE GIFFORDS TO GO INTO SPACE. IT WAS A TOUGH DECISION, BUT THE ASTRONAUT SAYS, HE WILL BE REJOINING THE SHUTTLE ENDEAVOR CREW. KELLY ACKNOWLEDGED THAT REPRESENTATIVE GIFFORDS IS FULLY AWARE AND HELPED IN THE DEICISON-MAKING PROCESS. HE SAYS SHE'S A HUGE SUPPORTER OF HIS CAREER. WHEN ASKED ABOUT DETAILS IN HER IMPROVEMENT PROCESS, HE SAID THIS: IM NOT GOING TO SAY WHAT SHE CAN OR CANT DO IM GOING TO SAY IF SHE'S IMPORVING OR SHES GETTING WORSE. AND IN THIS CASE SHE IS IMPROVING RATHER QUICKLY MUCH QUICKER THAN THE HE PAST WEEK IN TRAINING IN ORDER TO REASSURE HIS SUPERIORS THAT HE IS PHYSCIALLY AND EMOTIONALLY ABLE TO RETURN TO THE ASTRONAUT PROGRAM. CAPTAIN KELLY PREDICTS HIS WIFE WILL BE HEALTHY ENOUGH TO TRAVEL TO CAPE CANAVERAL TO WITNESS THE LAUNCH IN PERSON, ON APRIL 19TH. 3 3 THE MASSIVE TRIBUTE TO THE SHOOTING VICTIMS IN TUCSON, SEEN BY THE NATION, HAS BEEN COMPLETELY TAKEN DOWN. THE ITEMS WERE CAREFULLY DUSTED, WRAPPED, AND PACKED. ALL THE SYMBOLS OF SUPPORT WILL BE STORED AT THE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UNTIL A PERMAMENT MEMORIAL IS BUILT. 3 THE MAN ACCUSED OF THE TUCSON MASSACRE WILL BE FACING FEDERAL CHARGES, EVEN BEFORE THE STATE OF ARIZONA HAS THE CHANCE TO FACE HIM IN COURT. PROSECUTORS SAY JARED LOUGHNER KILLED SIX PEOPLE, AND HURT 13 MORE, IN AN ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION ON ARIZONA CONGRESSWOMAN GABRIELLE GIFFORDS. LOUGHNER HAS PLED NOT GUILTY TO FEDERAL CHARGES FOR THE ATTEMPTED KILLINGS OF GIFFORDS AND TWO OF HER AIDES. CHARGES FOR THE VICTIMS NOT EMPLOYED BY THE GOVERNMENT WILL HAVE TO BE FILED BY THE STATE, AFTER THE FEDERAL TRIAL. 3 3 THOUSANDS OF BABIES HAVE BEE BORN THERE, BUT NOW, THE BIRTHING CENTER AT JOHN C. LINCOLN-NORTH IS CLOSING ITS DOORS FOR GOOD TODAY. THE HOSPITAL WAS FORCED TO CLOSE THE CENTER AFTER AN ESTIMATED LOSS OF MORE THAN TWO MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR. THAT'S BECAUSE OF STATE BUDGET CUTS TO THE STATE'S MEDICAID PROGRAM, AHCCCS. THE CENTER EMPLOYS MORE THAN A HUNDRED PEOPLE. SO FAR, WORD IS THE HOSPITAL WAS ABLE TO FIND JOBS FOR SEVERAL DOZEN WORKERS. 3 AN ABORTION BILL IS MAKING ITS WAY THROUGH THE STATE LEGISLATURE. CRITICS SAY, IT WOULD LIMIT THE ACCESS TO WOMEN. HOUSE BILL 24-16 REQUIRES A DOCTOR TO OFFER AN ULTRASOUND IMAGE AND AUDIO OF A FETUS' HEARTBEAT BEFORE AN ABORTION. DEBORAH SHEASBY OF THE ARIZONA POLICY PROJECT HELPED WRITE THE BILL. CRITICS, LIKE PLANNED PARENTHOOD SAY, ALL OF THEIR CLINICS ALREADY PERFORM ULTRASOUNDS BEFORE EVERY ABORTION, AND CALL THE PROVISION UNECCESARY AND INTRUSTIVE. its really about giving women all the information they need STEINBERG: ultrasound is not a political tool, its a medical procedure and for legislators to micromanage our medical care in this manner is unnvering is not good lawmaking and it's not good REQUIRE A PILL THAT TERMINATES PREGNANCIES TO BE HANDED OUT ONLY AT SURGICAL FACILITIES, NOT DOCTORS OFFICES. THE PROPSAL PASSED THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE THIS WEEK, AND NEXT HEADS TO THE RULES COMMITTEE. 3 3 3 MARIJUANA, CANNIBAS, WEED, NO MATTER WHAT YOU CALL IT, MARIJUANA IS NOW LEGAL IN ARIZONA. BUT WHAT LIES AHEAD? AHEAD? JOINING US NOW, DON HERRINGTON, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND PREPAREDNESS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES, WITH MORE. 3 3 3 AND OF COURSE, 3TV, WILL BE FOLLOWING THE PROCESS AS IT UNRAVELS.