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May 18 Today in Arizona history
Arizona Diamondbacks starter Randy Johnson, left, celebrates with catcher Robby Hammock after pitching a perfect game against the Atlanta Braves Tuesday, May 18, 2004 in Atlanta. Arizona won ...
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Report NKorea launches 3 missiles
>Are you from South or North Korea? Send us your experiences.(CNN) -- North Korea launched three short-range guided missiles into the sea off the Korean Peninsula's east coast Saturday, South Korea's semi-official news agency Yonhap cited the South Korean Defense Ministry as saying. The ministry said it had detected two launches in the morning, followed by another in the afternoon, Yonhap ...
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Chandler man accused of meth sales in Prescott may take plea
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Gas prices May 18
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AZ man gets one last shot at freedom
A man convicted of burglary without any physical evidence or eyewitness testimony was sentenced to 26 years in prison. Tim Casner had never been in trouble with the law, never even got so much as a parking ticket, when he was arrested, convicted and sent to prison in 1998. For the past 13 years, Casner has been locked up at the state prison in Kingman, Arizona. But the Prescott house painter has ...
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AZ cab limo drivers face drug testing
A new Arizona state law aims to hold drivers accountable behind the wheel. Senate Bill 1087 requires a driver of a taxi or limousine to submit to drug testing. New drivers must submit to drug tests, and each driver must submit to random drug tests once a year. Cab and limo company owners must keep drug testing records for all employees. Those records can be requested by the state at any time. ...
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BREAKING NEWS YCSO deputy fired after review of conduct in Iron Brotherhood bar fight investigation
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Get one Check in the mail may be fake
I get these complaints every week. The checks look real, they use real business names, but they are all scams. You deposit the check, it appears to be good. The scammers ask you to send part of the money back, then the bank tells you it bounced. I've seen banks close accounts after this. No matter how tempting, don't bitetear it up.. If you need help or need to warn others about a ...
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Flight canceled after pilot goes missing
US Airways flight 298 never got off the ground after the plane's captain went missing. The plane's co-pilot broke the news over the plane's intercom system to the 175 passengers who had already boarded the flight to Charlotte, NC. "He apologized and said that he'd never seen an instance, in all of his time working for an airline, where the captain went missing and they ...
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Ariz woman gets life in prison for husbands death
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) -- A Scottsdale woman will spend the rest of her life in prison for killing her husband, dismembering his body and dropping pieces of it in at least three ...
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Woman sentenced for killing husband
her husband more than three years ago has been sentenced to natural life in prison. Shari Tobyne pleaded guilty and was sentenced on Friday. According to Scottsdale police, Shari shot and killed her husband, Dwight, at their home near Pima Road and Shea Boulevard on November 24, 2009. Police say Dwight was in the process of divorcing his wife and was set to move out the next day. After shooting ...
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AZ boxer gives check to cancer research
PHOENIX - At Iron Boy gym in Phoenix, you will find 18-year old Francisco "Panchito" De Vaca. Every day he trains, sweats, and fights, something he's been doing since he started boxing at age five. Over 13 years of fighting as an amateur boxer, with a record of 190 wins and 16 loses, Francisco finally has his shot. Friday night will be his first fight as a professional boxer, and ...
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Need a job Amys Baking Co. is hiring
SCOTTSDALE, AZ - Looking for work? Amy's Baking Company is having a job fair. The Scottsdale bistro might have trouble filling the 30 spots it's hiring for after their ...
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Arizona deputy loses job over Prescott bar case
PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) -- A Yavapai County sheriff's deputy whose actions were investigating following a brawl involving a motorcycle club at a Prescott bar has been ...
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GOP split left by Senate Medicaid battle
PHOENIX - An Arizona Senate battle over expanding Medicaid revealed a fractured Republican majority that is likely to be exposed next in the House of Representatives as it takes up Gov. Jan Brewer's top priority. Thursday's daylong Senate fight between conservative Republican senators and five GOP moderates who joined Democrats to vote to adopt a signature part of President Barack ...
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Is too much H2O dangerous
GLENDALE, AZ - While working under the hot sun as a security guard at the University of Phoenix stadium late last summer, Julie Wilson found out the hard way that too much of a good thing can be a bad ...
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AZ teacher accused of sex misconduct
ORO VALLEY, AZ - A teacher at Ironwood Ridge High School is being accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a female student. Oro Valley police say the department's school resource officers first began investigating Robert Brush in March. At the time, there wasn't enough evidence to make an arrest. This week, investigators received additional information, and the 31-year-old ...
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Arizona teacher accused of sexual misconduct
This week, investigators received additional information, and the 31-year-old marketing and media arts teacher was taken into custody at the school. He was booked into the Pima County jail on one count of sexual misconduct with a ...
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AZ Democratic Party picks new exec director
DJ Quinlan has been serving as interim director for five months. Party Chairman Bill Roe announced Friday that Quinlan's been hired to do the job ...
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Arizona House Approves Bill Further Protecting Religious Freedom
Senate Bill 1178 , which passed the Arizona House of Representatives on Wednesday with a 32-24 vote along party lines and reportedly with little debate, seeks to strengthen the language of the already existing Religious Freedom Restoration Act.The bill seeks to strengthen religious freedom in the state in several ways, predominately by giving all denominations the ability to file a lawsuit over ...
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Injuries reported after trains collide
FAIRFIELD, Conn. - A New York-area commuter railroad says two trains have collided in Connecticut, and there are preliminary reports of injuries. The Metro-North Railroad says emergency workers are arriving at the scene of Friday's accident. The rail line referred to it in a news release as a "major derailment." The railroad says the accident involved a New York-bound train ...
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MCSO 15 entered country illegally
PHOENIX - Maricopa County detectives arrested 15 suspected undocumented immigrants Thursday, 10 of whom were traveling in a single vehicle. Detectives from Maricopa County's human smuggling unit arrested 10 suspects in a Toyota Sienna van around 12:20 p.m. Thursday. Just about two hours later, detectives arrested five more people suspected of entering the country illegally that were ...
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Young scientists shine in AZ competition
PHOENIX - It is the largest high school science competition in the world and it's happening right here in the Valley. Approximately 1,600 students from around the globe participated in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. However, these aren't your typical science projects and the students excel far beyond their grade levels. Aditya Khurana is a scientist researching ...
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Donation continues gun buyback event
PHOENIX - Phoenix is hosting another gun buyback event this weekend thanks to an anonymous donation of $100,000. The buyback program's first two events, on May 4 and 11, were a big success--officers collected almost 1,000 firearms between the two dates. A third event will take place at three Valley churches on Saturday starting at 9 a.m. An anonymous donor funded the first two events with a ...
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PD Man went missing on bike ride
SCOTTSDALE, AZ - Scottsdale police are still looking for a 78-year-old who went missing Thursday after going on a bike ride. Edward Allen Brawley of Scottsdale left his home around 12:30 p.m. Thursday to go on a bike ride near Hayden Road and McCormick Parkway and has not been seen since. His wife said he usually is gone for no more than an hour, police reported. Brawley was last seen wearing ...
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Arizona may need to use prison labor
With Arizona’s budget deficit at state level soaring past $3 billion and projections for the next few years suggesting it might reach $10 billion, due to a highly controversial decision by the state legislature to sell a number of public buildings and then lease them back. Fortunately, not all financial news and outlooks for the state are negative, one small border town called Douglas, may just have a solution to the cash crisis facing some municipalities across the state.
Arizona’s financial situation in the wake of the universally destructive Great Recession has become dire. Our deficit for 2010 is many times higher than what it was a few years ago, before the crash of late 2008, and because of this the state legislature has become desperate to save money by cutting budgets and raise money by selling public buildings. Read more
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