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Tucson, Arizona | Published: 06.27.2009 A group of Northwest Side residents will get free lodging at an extended-stay hotel after an electrical hazard forced them out of their trailer homes. More than 30 people from the Aristocrat Trailer Park, in the 4400 block of North Old Romero Road, were moved to the InTown Suites Friday after authorities discovered some faulty wiring at the property. The property's owner, Mark Wierzbinski, paid to have his tenants moved to the hotel, on West Ina Road near North Thornydale Road, he said. The Northwest Fire District were called to the trailer park late Friday morning for an electrical fire, but the fire had been extinguished when firefighters got there, said Capt. Adam Goldberg, a Northwest Fire District spokesman. However, the firefighters noticed some electrical problems and called... [read full story]
In this Aug. 1, 2009 photo, a giraffe from Africa's most endangered giraffe subspecies stands in the bush near Koure, Niger. The animals in Niger are known as Giraffa camelopardalis peralta, the most endangered subspecies in...
ARCADIA, California (AP) - Prostate cancer couldn't keep Dennis Hopper away from the Breeders' Cup on Saturday. The 73-year-old actor and artist attended the Breeders' Cup in support of The V Foundation for Cancer Research, the...
How little you have to do to get into the feature well of a slick magazine these days. Thomas Mallon's takedown of Ayn Rand in The New Yorker is not online, but it is so phoned-in and lacking in protein that even this synopsis...
A very interesting open letter from Conor Friedersdorf to Jonah Goldberg . I’m writing this letter as a fan – I’ve tremendous respect for the pioneering work you did at National Review Online, your attempts to inject humor into...
