Mexico state congress asks for ban of video game

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — A shoot-em-up video game set in the border town of Ciudad Juarez has angered local officials who are busy fighting all-too-real violence. Chihuahua state legislators said Sunday they have asked federal authorities to ban a the game, “Call of Juarez: The Cartel,” which is based on drug cartel shootouts in Ciudad Juarez.

Daytona 500 winner probably won’t race for Sprint Cup title

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Daytona 500 winner Trevor Bayne says he’s probably not going to attempt to run for the Sprint Cup championship this year. The 20-year-old became the youngest winner in Daytona 500 history Sunday with a surprise victory in NASCAR’s biggest race. He’s scheduled to run only 17 Cup races this season for the Wood Brothers while he competes for the Nationwide Series title for Roush-Fenway Racing.

Arizona girls injured when bounce house blows away

A gust of wind picked up a bounce house with two girls playing inside Saturday, dumping one girl in the yard but carrying the other two houses away and dropping her onto a roof.

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Study challenges need for lymph node removal in cancer patients

When the news broke about a study that found many women with early breast cancer need not have all their underarm lymph nodes removed — even if they contain cancer cells — Christine Wunderlin was both happy and disappointed.

Turf-rebate program sees success

In 1999, the Southern Nevada Water Authority began a program that paid people to rip out their lawns. Since then, homes and businesses have removed enough turf to cover more than 2,600 regulation football fields and saved enough water to fill more than 63,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools.

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