By TOM BEAL, Arizona Daily Star

Lost families of Holocaust may be tracked in DNA lab

By TOM BEAL, Arizona Daily Star

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.

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Microchips may track saguaro thieves

By TOM BEAL, Arizona Daily Star

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.

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Patent holder fights toy maker Hasbro for years

By TOM BEAL, Arizona Daily Star

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.

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Visa snafu strands Arizona restaurant owners in Germany

By TOM BEAL, Arizona Daily Star

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.

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Arizona works to become the solar-power 'Saudi Arabia'

By TOM BEAL, Arizona Daily Star

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.

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