Auld Lang what now? The story of a New Year's song https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/123122_auld_lang_syne/auld-lang-what-now-story-new-years-song/
The history, meaning and lyrics of "Auld Lang Syne" — just in time to impress your friends this holiday.
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Pima men go 3-0 at Aztec Holiday Classic with squeaker vs McLennan https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/123023_pcc_mens_basketball/pima-men-go-3-0-aztec-holiday-classic-with-squeaker-mclennan/
The Pima Community College men’s basketball team (12-1) went undefeated in the Aztec Holiday Classic as it finished up on Saturday at the West Campus Aztec Gymnasium.
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Acosta & Buffill-Gutierrez clutch as Pima women outduel South Plains https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/123123_pcc_womens_basketball/acosta-buffill-gutierrez-clutch-as-pima-women-outduel-south-plains/
The Pima Community College women’s basketball team (10-3) bounced back in a big way on Saturday to close out the Aztec Holiday Classic.
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Thank you for allowing us to tell your stories, Tucson https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/123123_morales_2023_essay/thank-you-allowing-us-tell-your-stories-tucson/
Authentically local independent journalism is urgently needed. Help us listen even more intently, and tell you and your neighbors even more about what makes Tucson tick.
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Be it resolved in 2024: Read the darn news! https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/123023_resolution_read_op/be-it-resolved-2024-read-darn-news/
The New Year is about to begin and I've got a great idea for a resolution for 2024. Read the d--- paper! (And by "paper" I of course mean your local independent nonprofit news outlet: the Tucson Sentinel.)
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Deadline NYE: Join the Sentinel Watchdog Club & TRIPLE your donation to real local news! https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/111023_newsmatch/deadline-nye-join-sentinel-watchdog-club-triple-your-donation-real-local-news/
Updated: Give to real local journalism that matters — your donation TRIPLED before Dec. 31! Support the watchdog reporters of the nonprofit independent newsroom at the Tucson Sentinel.
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Join the Sentinel Watchdog Club & TRIPLE your donation to real local news! https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/111023_newsmatch/join-sentinel-watchdog-club-triple-your-donation-real-local-news/
Updated: Give to real local journalism that matters — your donation TRIPLED before Dec. 31! Support the watchdog reporters of the nonprofit independent newsroom at the Tucson Sentinel.
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Arizona GOP bid to block ‘dark money’ disclosure in 2024 fails https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/123023_az_dark_money/arizona-gop-bid-block-dark-money-disclosure-2024-fails/
A judge on Friday refused a bid by Arizona Republican legislative leaders to block an anti-dark money law that voters passed in 2022, concluding that their claims that the new state law is unconstitutional don't pass muster.
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Ukraine recap: As cracks appear in Western support, 2024 looks set to be a desperate fight for survival https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/123023_ukraine_survival_op/ukraine-recap-as-cracks-appear-western-support-2024-looks-set-desperate-fight-survival/
Winter 2023-2024 has brought with it the sense that there is now an ever-more uncertain faultline between the West and an increasingly aggressive Russia, and as cracks appear in Western support, 2024 looks set to be a desperate fight for survival for Ukraine.
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Pima men net big upset over No. 5 Snow College https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/122923_pcc_mens_basketball/pima-men-net-big-upset-over-no-5-snow-college/
The Pima Community College men’s basketball team (11-1) scored one of the biggest wins of the season on Friday in the second day of the Aztec Holiday Classic.
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Waugh, Niemann & Acosta combine for 53 but Pima women drop game to Eastern Wyoming https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/123023_pcc_womens_basketball/waugh-niemann-acosta-combine-53-but-pima-women-drop-game-eastern-wyoming/
The Pima Community College women’s basketball team (9-3) found itself in a battle on Friday in the second day of the Aztec Holiday Classic.
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Where did the new year’s resolution come from? Well, we’ve been making them for 4,000 years https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/123023_new_years_resolutions_op/where-did-new-years-resolution-come-from-well-weve-been-making-them-4000-years/
New year pledges or promises are not new, and most ancient cultures practiced some type of religious tradition or festival at the beginning of the new year - and people were making and breaking pledges just as they do to this day.
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UFO buffs feel the R-E-S-P-E-C-T as government gets serious about research https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/123023_ufo_respect/ufo-buffs-feel-r-e-s-p-e-c-t-as-government-gets-serious-research/
Researchers are encouraged by the federal government’s recent interest in explaining Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena – the new name for what used to be called UFOs.
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Homeless residents face uncertainty as encampment sweeps gain steam https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/123023_homeless_sweeps/homeless-residents-face-uncertainty-as-encampment-sweeps-gain-steam/
While cities and the unhoused wait for affordable housing options to emerge, elected leaders are trying to find ways to alleviate the uncomfortable visuals of countless rows of their constituents sheltered in tents - including greenlighting more sweeps and adopting city-designated camps.
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Holiday hours: Offices where all is quiet on New Year's Day https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/122923_new_year_closure/holiday-hours-offices-where-all-quiet-new-years-day/
What's open, what's closed on January 1 around Tucson.
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Arizona court agrees to withhold grand jury transcripts in Remington case https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/122923_remington_ruling/arizona-court-agrees-withhold-grand-jury-transcripts-remington-case/
Attorneys representing former Tucson Police Officer Ryan Remington will not have access to transcripts from a second grand jury hearing, a state appeals court ruled. Remington was indicted in the 2021 death of a man accused of shoplifting, but that case was thrown out.
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Begay scores 12 off bench as Pima women surge past Bismarck https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/122823_pcc_womens_basketball/begay-scores-12-off-bench-as-pima-women-surge-past-bismarck/
The Pima Community College women’s basketball team (9-2) returned from the holiday break and opened the Aztec Holiday Classic with a victory on Thursday at the West Campus Aztec Gymnasium.
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Gonzales goes for 17pts, 7reb, 6asts as Pima men net win over Bismarck State https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/122823_pcc_mens_basketball/gonzales-goes-17pts-7reb-6asts-as-pima-men-net-win-over-bismarck-state/
The Pima Community College men’s basketball team (10-1) opened play in the Aztec Holiday Classic on Thursday at the West Campus Aztec Gymnasium.
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¿La mejor manera de cumplir un propósito de Año Nuevo? Haga un 'propósito de año viejo' https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/122923_old_new_resolutions_esp/191la-mejor-manera-de-cumplir-un-proposito-de-ano-nuevo-haga-un-proposito-de-ano-viejo/
Con el enfoque del “año viejo”, tal vez puedas eludir los desafíos inevitables que conllevan las resoluciones tradicionales de Año Nuevo y lograr cambios positivos y duraderos.
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¿La mejor manera de cumplir un propósito de Año Nuevo? Haga un “propósito de año viejo” https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/122923_old_new_resolutions_esp/191la-mejor-manera-de-cumplir-un-proposito-de-ano-nuevo-haga-un-8220proposito-de-ano-viejo8221/
Con el enfoque del “año viejo”, tal vez puedas eludir los desafíos inevitables que conllevan las resoluciones tradicionales de Año Nuevo y lograr cambios positivos y duraderos.
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