5 things to know for Thursday

CREATED Mar. 7, 2013

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Web Producer: Mekita Rivas
 
TUCSON (KGUN9-TV) - 9 On Your Side presents a daily digital curation of headlines that our news team recommends you follow to stay in-the-know with current events. 
 
1. BAR BRAWL ARRESTS
 
Authorities say seven more people have been arrested in last month's assault of three people outside a Tucson bar (full story). 
 
2. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY 
 
A cold storm system will hit southern Arizona Friday into early Saturday (full story). 
 
3. BODIES PILE UP AT BORDER MORGUE
 
While illegal crossings have dropped dramatically in past years, hundreds of bodies are still found annually on the border (full story). 
 
4. VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMAN ACT
 
Law enforcement officers, domestic-violence survivors, lawmakers and tribal leaders will join Obama for the signing ceremony Thursday at the Interior Department. Vice President Joe Biden will also speak. He wrote the original bill in 1994.
 
5. GUN CONTROL LEGISLATION
 
President Barack Obama's prospects for expanded background checks for gun sales seem shaky as the Senate Judiciary Committee prepares for Congress' first votes on curbing guns since December's horrific shootings at a Connecticut elementary school.