By TOM BEAL, Arizona Daily Star

TUCSON, Ariz. - Victims of cardiac arrest were twice as likely to survive when given continuous chest compressions by bystanders, according to a study released Sunday by two Arizona researchers.

At the border crossing or airport security checkpoint of the near future, you could be questioned by an avatar on a computer screen while an array of instruments unobtrusively measures your pulse, blood pressure, blink rate and retinal response.

The senior class at Tucson's City High School mulled over a number of possibilities for a $2,000 gift before deciding to keep its charity closer to home, helping the family of a former classmate.

Men may actually be from Mars -- women, too, not to mention dogs, cats and the teeniest microbes.
It's not a new theory. In fact, it got laughs in astronomy circles for decades, until researchers demonstrated that meteorites of just the right size and velocity could launch rocks into space and that microbes embedded deep in those rocks could survive a trip to another planet.

TUCSON, Ariz. -- Genetic technology developed to identify the remains of those killed in the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, will be enhanced in a University of Arizona genomics laboratory to solve a more complex puzzle - identification of families separated for generations after the Holocaust.

TUCSON, Ariz. -- Saguaros may benefit from another layer of protection to that already provided by their tough flesh, spined ribs, massive size, protective state laws, a federal haven and a vigilant public.Think microchips.

TUCSON, Ariz. -- Michael Bowling rolled the dice against the giant Monopoly maker and found justice in Providence.That's his view, and while it might be a tad overblown, the nearly nine-year battle he waged to protect his patent for "crystal dice" from infringement by toy giant Hasbro Inc. certainly seemed mythic to him.

Strict enforcement of immigration laws has created a schnitzel and spaetzle shortage in the Arizona White Mountains hamlet of Nutrioso. Friends of German nationals Joerg and Beate Bohlig and patrons of their shuttered German restaurant, Cafe Beate, are up in arms over the State Department's refusal to renew the couple's visas.

TUCSON, Ariz. -- tThere is a shadow over the bright future of solar power in Arizona, cast by the clouds that blanket metropolitan areas when demand for electricity is greatest.