Arizona News
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An Arizona medical examiner said Monday that he could find no reason why a convicted murderer who was given a lethal injection last week took nearly two hours to die in a possible violation of the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
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Dallas -
More than 1,000 unaccompanied children who crossed illegally into Texas earlier this month are on their way to shelters in Dallas, Texas.
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Tucson -
Forget the Trojan Horse — it reportedly only fit 30 soldiers. But a drug cartel's watermelons? Let's just say they held enough weed to knock Wiz Khalifa out.
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Phoenix -
Arizona's public schools chief has confessed to being a prolific Internet troll who posted harsh comments on various blogs, in one case calling poor Americans "lazy pigs."
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Prescott Valley -
Though a popular maneuver in hearts, the classic card game, very few people can claim to have taken the expression "shoot the moon" literally. An Arizona man was arrested Friday after doing just that.
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The illegals immigrants, mostly from Central America, cross the Rio Grande into Texas where they are soon picked up by the Border Patrol. Last year 154,453 immigrants were apprehended, up from the 97,762 caught in 2012.
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A Phoenix man is now in custody after having posted an ad in Craigslist with the heading "man-seeking-horse." In an undercover sting operation, police confirmed the man's intentions.
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New York -
A powder that turns water into booze has been banned from distribution and sale after initially being approved "in error" by federal regulators.
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Arizona offers the intrepid outdoors enthusiast high adventure in one of the most environmentally diverse places on the planet.
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Arizona will not seek to extradite former standout professional football player Darren Sharper from California to face rape and drugging charges involving two women as a similar case against him in Los...
In the Media
by David Schwartz (Reuters)
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Surprise -
Super Bowl Champion Quarterback Russell Wilson switched uniforms and took the field as a Texas Ranger Monday, thrilling both football fans and baseball fans alike.
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Los Angeles -
The governor of the US state of Arizona vetoed a controversial bill Wednesday that would have let businesses refuse to serve gays and lesbians for religious reasons.Triggering applause from gay rights groups, hardline Republican Jan Brewer said the mea...
In the Media
by AFP
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Phoenix -
Among progressive circles near and far, Arizona is widely considered a laughing stock for many of the regressive bills drafted-- and sometimes passed-- by its Republican-controlled legislature.
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Phoenix -
Hundreds protested at Arizona's state capitol Friday after the state legislature approved a controversial bill allowing businesses to refuse service to any potential customers based on the owner's religious beliefs.
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Adventure travel shows no signs of slowing down as a vacation option for those seeking an extreme adrenaline rush, to those looking to just to dabble in it and experience the thrill of trying something for the first time.
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Phoenix -
In an article which opens with an attempt at humour, an online news portal reports on an alarming trend: apparently, an Arizona neighbourhood is being plagued by an unusually large number of feral chihuahuas.
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Phoenix -
The immigration question is once again at the forefront in Arizona, but this time the illegal aliens, originally from Mexico, are not people.
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New York -
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie was booed Saturday as he took the stage during the Super Bowl hand-off ceremony in Times Square. Some in the crowd booed, while at least one other heckler could be heard shouting: "we hate traffic, we hate traffic."
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Tucson -
Michael Hoard remembers sitting in the stands at Sancet Stadium as a child, cheering on the Arizona Wildcats baseball team.
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Bread and water punishment has been around since the French Revolution, in the 1820s, and was used for "troublemakers." Even then, the length of time a man was confined to this diet lasted no more than three days.
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Seattle -
A Washington state lawmaker and Seattle Seahawks fan upset over his NFL team's loss to the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday took to Twitter and called the Grand Canyon State a "desert racist wasteland."
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Tucson -
Three girls, ages 12, 13 and 17, were reportedly imprisoned in a Tucson, Ariz., home for two years. The mother, Sophia Richter, 32, and stepfather, Fernando Richter, 34, have both been arrested and booked into the Pima County Jail.
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Goodyear -
An 11th grader at Millennium High School in Arizona says school officials are violating his rights by banning him from school.
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A 24-year-old Arizona woman was killed when she was accidentally shot by her boyfriend's gun while they embraced in a hug.
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Medical authorities in Arizona have reported the arrival of a frightening flesh-eating drug that's sent two people to the hospital with horrific injuries.
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A new device which can warn a patient of a potential heart attack hours ahead of time, possibly saving a life, is being tested in Arizona.
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Tucson -
Anyone who has knowledge about young children understands that their focus time is limited and that they can’t sit still very long.
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Sasabe -
For four weeks in the summer of 2012, I was “embedded” with a volunteer group of men who patrol the desert between Phoenix and the Mexican border.
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Phoenix -
It was quiet in Hostotipaquillo as Luis turned the corner towards home. Next to him in the front seat was his wife and in the back were two body guards. He glanced at his wife, still amazed at how beautiful she was after all these years.
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USA Today is reporting that the fire southwest of Yarnell, Arizona has killed 19 firefighters. The fire has more than quadrupled in size since it first started Friday from a lightning bolt.
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A shooting occurred in this office complex in Phoenix, Arizona, injuring at least three people.
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Authorities say three teen sisters were rescued after being held captive for two years in their Tucson, Arizona home. The girls' stepfather and mother are in custody
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Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (left) with an unidentified woman
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Cake for one-year birthday celebration of 3 Bags in 2 Days. Nov. 14, 2010. Springdale, Ark.
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Shown here are the some of America's attributes, its mountains, lakes and plains, as here in Arizona on the outskirts of Yuma.
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Peg Kearns is shown here in the offices of Tom Kiley, someone who has spent years as a counselor and who is concerned about the plight of veterans.
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This sign is at the entrance of the Veterans Memorial Park in Yuma, Arizona.
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The Boulders, Arizona
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The front office of Hunter Employment Agency has numbers of legal Mexican-Americans helping people of all nationalities find work.
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A rare antique tribal mask, Kachina Hapota, circa 1910-1920, is displayed at the Drouot auction house in Paris before auction, December 9, 2013
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Cessna plane crashes into Arizona High School
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Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona speaking at the Tea Party Patriots American Policy Summit in Phoenix, Arizona, 25 February 2011
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This is a recognition plaque on the memorial wall of the veterans park in Yuma, Arizona
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Prescott Valley Police Department
Cameron Read police mugshot
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Actor Steven Seagal
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Jane Kiley is the owner of Hunter Employment Company that hires legal Mexican American immigrants.
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A rare antique tribal mask, Kachina Hapota, circa 1910-1920, revered as a sacred ritual artifact by the Native American Hopi tribe in Arizona is displayed at the Drouot auction house in Paris before auction, December 9, 2013
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A Phoenix dust storm also known as a haboob
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