PHOENIX - Arizona voters will likely get to decide the fate of 11 ballot measures this year.

There's a wide variety of choices for voters to make, ranging from higher taxes for transit and preserving state trust lands to questions about affirmative action programs and the rights of buyers of new homes.

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On a day many Tucsonans were busy making holiday weekend plans, loved ones of a local soldier were gathered at his grave in 100-degree heat to say goodbye to a father of five killed in action in Iraq.

Army Chief Warrant Officer Robert C. Hammett was buried Thursday in Tucson, the city he considered his home.

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It's OOH AH week and we're not talking about the UA. Of course, it's Fireworks with a capital F that will be prompting all the awe.

Here's a list of where you can go to celebrate Independence Day with fireworks and fun for the whole family.

• Create your own fireworks show
• 'A' Mt. fireworks to reroute Downtown-area road access
• Guide to area fireworks, celebrations
• 'Patton' and 'Team America' on the Fourth
• What's closed on the Fourth of July
• Look west before fireworks
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OMAHA - Judgment Day at the Olympic swimming trials has arrived for Caitlin Leverenz, and of all people getting in the way it is ancient Amanda Beard, who on Thursday joked that Leverenz is "still just a baby.''

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• Track and field: 4th of July special for Abdirahman
• Spring training: Move afoot to revive spring training bill
• Baseball: Improbable victory: Jackson delivers game-winning hit in six-run ninth
• Wimbledon: A familiar final for the Williams family
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Got a spark for a good lightning photo? Don't hide it on your hard drive! Upload it to StarNet for a chance to win a $100 gift certificate.

We'll take photo submissions from June 15 until Aug. 31, and then allow voting until Sept. 30.

The top winner will get the gift certificate (from an electronics store) and will have his or her photo published in the Star on Oct. 5, along with photos from several runners-up.

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Roger Clemens. Evander Holyfield. Brett Favre. Mark Martin.

Some people just don't know when to leave well-enough alone and don't know when to walk away.

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