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Certification revoked for 2 law enforcement officers from Tucson
Two law enforcement officers had their state credentials revoked last week.The Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Training Board voted unanimously on May 15 to revoke the peace officer certifications of:o Lynsey Gould Coutts, who was arrested a year ago on suspicion of driving under the influence while on her way to work as a Tucson Police Department officer.o Francisco Jimenez, who was ...
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Housing market now the tailwind pushing economic growth
A new report from Fannie Mae says the recent slowdown in economic growth may be short-lived thanks to the strong rebound of the housing market. It was only a few years ago that the housing market helped drag the U.S. economy into the gutter, but times surely have changed. In its monthly economic forecast on Monday, Fannie Mae said it believes the recent slowdown in economic growth may be ...
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Across America 2013 Solar Impulse Prepares For Flight From Phoenix To Dallas
Image Caption: Event week in Phoenix- Consulate of Switzerland Dinner - J. Brewer, Governor of the State of Arizona, and B. Piccard and A. Borschberg with the Clean Generation Flag. Credit: Solar Impulse |Merz| ...
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Penske Truck Leasing Opens Facility in Arizona
has opened a new $6 million, 24,000 square foot facility in Phoenix. The facility, situated on 10 acres, provides truck leasing, consumer and commercial truck rental and contract truck fleet maintenance services. It features five truck service bays, an automated wash bay, a maintenance shop and a three-lane commercial truck fuel island with bulk diesel exhaust fluid dispensation. It also ...
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Phoenix standoff ends when man kills himself
Phoenix police say a 32-year-old man sought in the abduction of his son has killed himself, ending a 12-hour barricade at a house in which six other people were held captive for varying lengths of time.Sgt. Steve Martos says Israel Celis Sr. had a self-inflicted gunshot wound when officers entered a barricaded room upon hearing a gunshot and screams Tuesday.A woman and an 8-year-old boy also in ...
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Closing arguments begin in Arias penalty phase
When Jodi Arias addresses the jury in her murder trial, the big question will be whether she pleads for mercy or repeats what she told a TV reporter minutes after her conviction: She would rather be executed ...
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Facebook page finds OK victims things
'May 19th 2013 OK Tornado Doc & Picture Recovery,' is drawing the attention of thousands. Leslie Hagelberg started the page as a way to help the victims get some of their valuables back. The page had more than 5,000 likes less than 24 hours after she started it. She says more than a dozen people have found some of their pictures through the page. Crystal Williams in south Tulsa ...
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Residents search for pets after tornado
MOORE, OK - As the recovery continues after a deadly tornado tore through Moore Monday, residents are searching for missing pets in the wake of the storm. Home Depot is serving as a location where animals found in the wreckage are being transported. Some are being taken to the Moore Animal Shelter and some are heading to Oklahoma ...
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VIDEO Arias statement on family prison
PHOENIX - Jodi Arias asked jurors Tuesday to give her life in prison, saying she "lacked perspective" when she told a local reporter in an interview that she preferred execution to spending the rest of her days in ...
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Committee Oks universal background checks for guns
The party-line vote Tuesday in the Senate Finance Committee came after family members of Sandy Hook and the Tucson shooting victims held a news conference urging passage of SB221. The bill now heads to the Senate ...
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Activists rally in Phoenix over IRS scrutiny
PHOENIX (AP) -- About 70 tea party activists waving signs and small American flags marched outside Phoenix's main Internal Revenue Service office Tuesday to protest the agency's extra scrutiny of conservative ...
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Arizona ban on abortion after 20 weeks struck down by federal court
Arizona 's ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, absent a medical emergency.The 9th US circuit court of appeals said the law violated a woman's constitutionally protected right to terminate a pregnancy before a foetus is able to survive outside the womb. "Viability" of a foetus is generally considered to start at 24 weeks; normal pregnancies run about 40 weeks. Nine ...
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MacFarlane Wont Return to Hosting Oscars Suggests Joaquin Phoenix
Cast member, creator and executive producer Seth MacFarlane participates in the panel for ''American Dad'' during the Fox summer Television Critics Association press tour in Beverly Hills, California August 2, ...
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Photos of Tucson shooting scene show gun knife
In this image released by the Pima County Sheriff's department, a Glock 9 mm pistol is seen in the aftermath of the Tucson shooting rampage that killed six people and wounded former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 12 others in January 2011. Authorities released more than 300 photos on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, made by investigators during their investigation in the parking lot of the shopping ...
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Police free last 2 people in home with armed man
Phoenix police say the last two people who were in a home with an armed man who was sought in the abduction of his 3-year-old son are now out and OK.Sgt. Steve Martos says a woman and an 8-year-old boy were extracted by police. Five other people either were released or extracted from the home earlier.Martos says SWAT officers are in the home and that he can't immediately comment on the ...
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VIDEO SWAT crashes through PHX home
Tuesday morning. Israel Celis Sr. was found dead in the back room of a home near 91st Avenue and Highland after authorities forced their way into the residence. Celis was wanted in connection with the abduction of his young son, along with the Tuesday barricade. Police SWAT teams used an armored vehicle to smash open the front of the house to gain entry after Celis shot at ...
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Woman crashes into Mesa store 4 hurt
MESA, AZ - An elderly woman crashed her car into a craft store in Mesa Tuesday morning, sending four people to the hospital, police said. An elderly woman drove into a Jo-Ann fabric store near Main Street and Recker Road around 11 a.m. and hit four women inside the store. Three of the victims are in serious condition with potentially life threatening injuries, police said. Police said the ...
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Appeals Court Strikes Down Arizona’s 20-Week Abortion Ban
permanently struck down Arizona’s ';fetal pain'; law that would have criminalized abortion services after 20 weeks of pregnancy. The panel of judges determined that the 20-week ban is unconstitutional ...
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Jodi Arias urges Arizona jury to spare her death penalty
Jodi Arias looks at her defense attorney Jennifer Wilmott during the penalty phase of her murder trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix, Arizona May 20, 2013 ...
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9th Circuit strikes down Arizona abortion law
A U.S. appeals court Tuesday struck down an Arizona abortion law banning the procedure after 20 weeks unless there's a medical emergency. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco said the law conflicts with federal decisions extending back to Roe vs. Wade. "Arizona may not deprive a woman of the choice to terminate her pregnancy at any point prior ...
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Arizona woman who killed boyfriend tells jury what shed do if life spared
Jodi Arias looks at her defense attorney Jennifer Wilmott on Monday, May 20, 2013 during the penalty phase of Arias' murder trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix, AZ. Jodi Arias was convicted of first-degree murder in the stabbing and shooting to death of Travis Alexander, 30, in his suburban Phoenix home in June 2008. (The Arizona Republic, Rob Schumacher, ...
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Arias tells jury what shell do if allowed to live
Jodi Arias spent 18 days on the stand sharing intimate, emotional and oftentimes X-rated details of her life before a rapt television and online audience. She had hoped it all might convince a jury that she killed her one-time boyfriend in ...
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Restaurant reopens after bad reality TV experience
A Scottsdale restaurant planned to reopen Tuesday night after it temporarily shut its doors following an embarrassing reality TV experience.Wife and husband Amy and Samy Bouzaglo recently invited the popular makeover show "Kitchen Nightmares" to their restaurant, Amy's Baking Co., after years of bad online reviews from unhappy customers.The Bouzaglos complained on the show that ...
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Police ram Phoenix home as standoff continues
A standoff with an armed man accused of abducting his 3-year-old son continues at a Phoenix home even after police used an armored truck to smash in the front of the house.Sgt. Steve Martos says 32-year-old Israel Celis Sr. remains in a room in the house and that a woman and an 8-year-old child also are believed to be inside.Television footage showed the armored truck ramming the front of the ...
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Arias What Ill do with life in prison
PHOENIX - Jodi Arias told a jury Tuesday that she can contribute to society if allowed to live, saying she'd like to start literacy, recycling and other programs in prison. Arias addressed the jury in the penalty phase of her trial as the panel considers whether to sentence her to life in prison or execution. After five months of trial, Arias told the jury she never meant to cause the ...
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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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