Ethnic studies
"If there's racial discrimination involved here, it's in dividing students by race when they should be treated as individuals and taught to treat each other as such."
Tom Horne, then the state schools superintendent,
in reaction to a lawsuit filed by TUSD educators
State budget deficit
$825 million
Fiscal year 2011 shortfall
$1.4 billion
Fiscal year 2012 shortfall
Tucson homicides
As of Dec. 21, there were 53 homicides in Tucson in 2010. August was the deadliest month, with 11.
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An interactive showcasing the year's top stories in images.
Actors, writers, athletes, civil rights leaders and inventors were among the famous people who passed on in 2010.
An interactive looking at the top 10 sports stories of 2010, including male and female athletes of the year.
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