A government report issued last month found that 63 million Americans either don't have a conventional phone at home or, if they do, they rarely use it.

The decision to go strictly digital is testing political norms, as pollsters adjust to the phenomenon.

And ultimately it could mean that pollsters might start hounding you on your cell phone - if they can get their hands on your number.

• City to pay $1,650 in fines over KIDCO program dispute in Vail
• Smokers kick habit to ease money crunch
• Tim Russert: Warmly remembered on 'Meet the Press'
• High court eyes 1st major ruling on gun rights
• 5% cuts will mean vacant county jobs
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In a week of epic moments at the U.S. Open, Tiger Woods delivered the biggest one yet. It didn't bring him another major, just another chance.

Down to his last stroke Sunday afternoon at Torrey Pines, Woods rapped a 12-foot birdie putt that bumped along toward the hole and swirled into the back side of the cup without an inch to spare.

• MLB: Starter gives D-backs a Meche of trouble with key hit, 10 Ks
• NASCAR: Running on fumes, Earnhardt takes race
• CWS: Stunning Fresno State cooks Rice with trio of three-run home runs
• NBA: Kobe steals a win
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The radio call comes crackling into the headsets of four uniformed agents aboard a Black Hawk helicopter flying southwest of Tucson.

On a peak in the Patagonia Mountains near the Arizona-Mexico border southeast of Tucson, agents are calling for help to get confiscated bales of marijuana out of a remote area.

• Treated sex offenders seldom re-offend
• E.T. hunters join forces with Mars lander crew
• Magnus execs back in lending business
• Greg Hansen: Job with Dad hard, dirty, priceless
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Got a spark for a good lightning photo? Don't hide it on your hard drive! Upload it to StarNet for a chance to win a $100 gift certificate.

We'll take photo submissions from June 15 until Aug. 31, and then allow voting until Sept. 30. The winner will also have their winning photo published in the Star.

• Movie, malls, local libraries offer cool oases as temperatures climb
• Monsoon season is here - yes, really
• The monsoon: It gives, it takes
• Memorable storms
• Learn how the monsoon works with an interactive Flash animation
• Blog: Monsoon: A StarNet blog on Tucson's rainy season
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In the words of Shemar Moore, the streak is over.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. hadn't won a race since May 2006. That's a span of 76 races. That all changed Sunday as he saved just enough fuel to make it across the finish line ahead of Kasey Kahne.

Now it's Jeff Gordon's and Tony Stewart's turn to find victory lane this season.

• AZNB Exclusive: Monday's calendar listings
• Last Writes: A dying father learns to say goodbye to his young children
• Monsoon: Just because there's no rain, doesn't mean you can't pretend
• Tales from the Morgue: Taking a ride at Old Tucson
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Andrea Vatne has caught the bug - the photography bug that is. The affliction manifests itself as a "never-ending want to travel to take pictures," which is how our latest all-star describes her motivation.

Vatne says she always took pictures of her three children, and took the obligatory tourist shots. But she says, "It wasn't photography." The photography didn't begin until she got a digital camera.

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• UPDATED: VP-poll-ooza
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