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Jodi Arias is expected to testify on her own behalf in the penalty phase of her trial. If testimony and closing arguments wrap up Tuesday, the jury will then begin deliberations on the death penalty. 9:30 a.m., Maricopa County Superior Court, ...
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Arizona authorities seek relatives of man who may be from Oxnard
Due to his condition, he cannot communicate clearly, authorities said. He appears to be in his mid- to late 70s. He says he is from the Los Angeles area, possibly Oxnard, and may have family there, they ...
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PD Missing Peoria woman vulnerable
PEORIA, AZ - Police are asking for the public's health to locate a Peoria woman they called "vulnerable." Officials didn't immediately release why 27-year-old Amber Snyder was deemed vulnerable. She was last seen May 18 outside her home near 99th and Peoria Avenues, police said. Her family initially thought she went to stay with a friend but later learned that was not the ...
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Taxes down pay up in Maricopa County
PHOENIX - Property taxes will be going down and pay for county employees will rise in Maricopa County thanks to a unanimous vote by the board of supervisors. The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors endorsed Monday a $2.2 billion budget for the upcoming fiscal year, which is $82.4 million lower than current spending, according to a press release. The approved budget should result in a modest ...
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AZ Red Cross reacts to tornado in OK
tornado emergency in Moore, Oklahoma, but it hasn't yet been asked to send volunteers, a spokesperson said. Spokeswoman Trudy Thompson Rice said that Arizonans with loved ones in Moore should download the Red Cross Tornado App for their smartphones. "The app will keep you up to date on the tornadoes and the help that is available to those affected," Thompson Rice said. The Red ...
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MORE tornado alerts across Midwest
MOORE, OK - Tornado warnings have been issued across much of the Midwest, stretching from Texas to Illinois, following a second deadly twister in as many days in the Oklahoma City area. The National Weather Service issued tornado warnings Monday evening for several counties in southeastern Oklahoma and north-central Texas, along with parts of northwest Arkansas, Missouri, central Iowa and ...
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Control what employers see online
I know you've "Googled" your name before, right? Well, I did it recently, and from what I'm hearing, I'm pretty lucky. I didn't see any negative entries near the top of the search. So if I were looking for a job, employers wouldn't be able to hold much against me. And ...
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Brewer bill signing halt stays after vote
Gov. Jan Brewer is refusing to begin signing bills passed by the Legislature again even though the Arizona Senate has passed a budget that includes the Medicaid expansion she's demanding in return for her signature, her spokesman said.The state House of Representatives still needs to act and until that happens, the veto threat the governor put in place two weeks ago stays in place, Brewer ...
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Court undecided on Glendale casino
PHOENIX - A federal appeals court says a key legal issue remains unresolved regarding whether a southern Arizona tribe was rightfully awarded reservation status for its planned casino site in the Phoenix area. The U.S. Interior Department must consider anew whether a federal law on land acquisitions by the Tohono O'odham Nation prohibits adding its planned casino site to the tribe's ...
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Teen found dead in Coconino County
PHOENIX - Coconino County sheriff's deputies are investigating the murder of a teenaged boy found Friday east of Ash Fork. The sheriff's office got a call about a body on the north side of Interstate 40 just east of Ash Fork, according to a report. A gas company employee pulled off the highway on a side road and discovered the boy's body on the ground in the turnaround area, ...
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Man wanted in murder case arrested in AZ
Federal authorities say a California man wanted in an Alabama murder case has been arrested near the southern Arizona border. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials said Monday that 50-year-old Jose Manuel Martinez was taken into custody and turned over to San Luis police. They say Martinez is from Delano, Calif. CBP officers arrested Martinez on Friday after a records check showed that he ...
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PHX school uses music to reach students
PHOENIX - A local high school has found a way to help some of their at-risk students through the power of music. Students at the Arizona Collegiate High School, some with problems ranging from attendance issues to being on probation, are using music to improve their lives. Photojournalist Chencho Flores went to a recent recital and brings us their ...
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PCSO Car hits Valley school bus
SAN TAN VALLEY - A woman had to be extricated from her vehicle Monday after her SUV hit a school bus with 47 kids on board. According to Pinal County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Tammy Ingersoll, the accident happened around 4:10 p.m. near Quail Run and Belle Vista in San Tan Valley. Ingersoll said the school bus was carrying 4th, 5th and 6th graders from Magma Ranch K-8 school. Officials ...
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VIDEO Funnel touches down in OK
OKLAHOMA CITY - A massive tornado tore through parts of Oklahoma Monday, leveling neighborhoods and leaving young children trapped inside their schools. Video footage from Moore, Okla. and Oklahoma City showed the funnel reaching the ground and later growing to a width of about one ...
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Tempe PD names man killed by train
fatally struck by a train in Tempe. Tempe police say 27-year-old Shane Tsosie was the man killed when he was struck by a southbound Union Pacific train about 7:40 a.m. Sunday. Police say Tsosie was on the tracks near 10th and 11th streets when he was struck. It wasn't immediately clear Monday if Tsosie was a Tempe resident. The train conductor reported the collision to the police. Police ...
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$1M in marijuana seized at border
NOGALES, AZ - A 44-year-old man was arrested Friday for allegedly attempting to smuggle more than 2,000 pounds of marijuana into the United States. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Port of Mariposa Commercial Facility used an x-ray scanner to discover the drugs, which were concealed in a shipment of 1,000 bags of charcoal. The marijuana was valued at just more than $1 million, ...
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Border patrol seizes $1M in drugs
YUMA, AZ - Border patrol agents in Yuma seized more than $1 million worth of cocaine and methamphetamine at a checkpoint Friday. Agents reportedly stopped a man driving a Chevy Silverado at the Highway 95 checkpoint. During a search of the vehicle, agents discovered the drugs hidden in the gas tank. A total of 42 pounds of methamphetamine and 2.2 pounds of cocaine were seized. The drugs were ...
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Queen Creek students badly hurt in crash
GILBERT, AZ - Four high school students were seriously injured in a Sunday morning crash in Gilbert that police say likely involved alcohol. Two of the students are currently in critical condition with potentially life threatening injuries, police said. The other two occupants of the white truck were seriously injured, but their injuries were not life threatening. The Queen Creek High School ...
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Amys Baking drops news conference
SCOTTSDALE - Amy's Baking Company has canceled its Tuesday press conference that would have answered questions about controversy surrounding the business ...
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Arias attorneys will put one witness on Arias
Jodi Arias looks at her family on Monday, May 20, 2013 during the penalty phase of her murder trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix, Ariz. 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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Search begins for survivors in OK
The city of Moore, Okla., was hit by a mile-wide tornado on Monday afternoon. People wearing neon-green vests were joined by residents in the search through rubble. Neighborhoods are flattened and homes blown apart. Gary Knight with the Oklahoma City Police Department says an elementary school took a direct hit from the mile-wide tornado, but did not say which school was hit. There were no ...
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Dealt with tornadoes 6 fast facts
A second day of powerful storms and severe weather unleashed a massive amount of destruction on parts of Oklahoma, including a mile-wide tornado Monday afternoon. The same swath of Midwest states frequently face these deadly phenomena, which have so far left buildings and neighborhoods in their wake. Here are some fast facts about severe weather from ...
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First Solar rides renewed solar investing interest to new high
Panels from Tempe-based First Solar. First Solar Inc.s stock price hit a 52-week high on Monday, the result of another good earnings report. Tempe-based First Solar (Nasdaq: FSLR) has been benefiting from a return on higher revenues and some quarterly profits of its own and other companies. Today the good news came from JA Solar, which didnt even make a profit. The last couple of years have not ...
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US court rules casino site issue still undecided
A federal appeals court says a key legal issue remains unresolved regarding whether a southern Arizona tribe was rightfully awarded reservation status for its planned casino site in the Phoenix area.The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday issued an opinion that replaces a September ruling on the Tohono O'odham Nation's planned casino resort in the Phoenix area.The property is ...
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Aftermath Tornado Hits Ok
OKLAHOMA CITY - A mile-wide tornado churned through the Oklahoma City suburbs, destroying homes for the second day in a row Monday, as part of a severe weather outbreak that was expected to spread in other parts of the Plains and ...
Arizona Digest
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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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