By CAROL ANN ALAIMO, Arizona Daily Star

TUCSON, Ariz. - Somewhere in the halls of Sahuarita Middle School in Tucson walks a boy who already is a deadbeat debtor.

He isn't old enough to qualify for credit. But at the house his family was evicted from recently, someone used his name and Social Security number to rack up a $950 unpaid bill with Tucson Electric Power.

Tucson lawyer Ann Haralambie refers to herself as "a 57-year-old bombshell."
And not in a flattering way.
Since birth, she's been part of a secret that stood to shatter a family she'd never met.

In a city that prides itself on respect for military veterans, scorn is a fact of life for former Army Capt. Erin Russ.
Neighbors gawk when she takes out the trash. At Tucson malls, teen-agers titter and hiss as the strapping ex-infantry officer shops for cashmere and heels.
Even simple errands can be a source of angst for Russ, who was born a man but now lives as a woman.

For some people, spending two straight years in Iraq would be a nightmare. For Suzanne Bott of Tucson, Ariz. it's a dream.
She loves it so much she's trying to sign on for a third year.
Bott, 51, a former cultural adviser to Pima County, Ariz., now has a similar role with a U.S. reconstruction team in Nineveh province in northern Iraq.

TUCSON, Ariz. -- "Every time I see it, it hurts. It feels like my heart is popping out of my chest," Isabel "Billie" Sanchez says of the military's Missing Man Formation.

The recent deaths of three elite military parachutists near Marana, Ariz. are a lot like three fatal lightning strikes in the same place. It's virtually unheard of, experts say. And it's raising eyebrows in the world of covert warfare.