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Court Rules That Arizona Sheriff Engages In Racial Profiling
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio (right) attends a rally for the Tea Party Express in 2010. A U.S. District court has ruled that Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio's department has violated the rights of Latino drivers by racially profiling them as part of a crackdown on illegal immigration and issued an injunction to halt the ...
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Judge Ariz. sheriffs office profiles Latinos
A federal judge must now decide whether the nation's largest police force has been unjustly stopping black and Hispanic men under a polarizing tactic known as stop, question and frisk, and whether changes are needed to department policy, training and ...
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UNLV to face Arizona at home after deal falls apart to move football game
moving the game to Glendale, Ariz., the Rebels football team will open its home slate on Sept. 7 against Arizona in Las Vegas as originally scheduled, UNLV Athletic Director Jim Livengood announced in a statement Friday. "We were approached by a promoter to move our September 7 home football game against Arizona to Glendale's University of Phoenix Stadium but we've decided to ...
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PD Ex-city worker tried to molest girl
PHOENIX - A former City of Phoenix recreation leader who recently resigned his position was arrested Thursday on suspicion of the attempted molestation of a 13-year-old. Michael Hudson, 21, reportedly climbed into the victim's window on May 17 in order to avoid her parents, police said. He brought alcohol and began drinking with the girl and up to two of her friends. At some point, Hudson ...
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Arizona jury fails to decide if Jodi Arias should be executed
1 of 8. Jodi Arias listens as the verdict for sentencing is read for her first degree murder conviction at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix, Arizona, May 23, 2013. An Arizona jury weighing whether Jodi Arias should be put to death for the brutal murder of her ex-boyfriend deadlocked on Thursday and the judge ordered a retrial of the penalty phase of the ...
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Judge Arpaios Office Profiles Latinos
A federal judge ruled Friday that the office of America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff systematically singled out Latinos in its trademark immigration patrols, marking the first finding by a court that the agency racially profiles people. The 142-page decision by U.S. District Judge Murray Snow in Phoenix backs up allegations that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's critics ...
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Suicidal jumpers fall kills South Korean girl police say
South Korean police say a suicidal man jumping to his death also killed a 5-year-old girl by falling on her as she walked with her parents outside the apartment ...
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Chandler tables chicken ordinance
keep chickens in their backyards has been tabled until July. The city's Planning and Zoning Commission had approved the plan May 1. But the Arizona Republic reports that the City Council voted 4-3 Thursday to delay a decision on the issue until its July 11 meeting. The proposed ordinance would allow as many as five hens in residential neighborhoods. The city prohibits chickens or any animal ...
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Kidnapping suspect arrested after high-speed chase across Tucson
A Tucson man suspected of kidnapping his ex-girlfriend has been arrested after a high-speed, cross-town police chase.Ozziel Ramirez, 20, was arrested at about 1:30 p.m. today near Ryan Airfield about 10 miles southwest of Tucson.He is suspected of kidnapping Marveen Estrada, 23, at about 8 p.m. Thursday. Estrada was riding in the passenger seat of a vehicle that pulled into the Quickmart located ...
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Tempe City Council to consider State Farm development May 30
The development agreement for State Farm Insurances massive 2 million-square-foot regional headquarters along Tempe Town Lake which was confirmed after months of rumors today and is reportedly the largest office development in state history will go before Tempe City Council for consideration at its next meeting on May 30, city spokeswoman Nikki Ripley told me Friday afternoon. The city has ...
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Arias foreman Sentencing decision unfair to jury
As jurors in Jodi Arias' murder trial filed one by one from the courtroom after a dramatic five months of gut-wrenching testimony and gruesome photographs, three women on the panel cried and one looked to the victim's family, mouthing the word, ...
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GOP wants to revive pro-religion bill
PHOENIX - GOP leaders want to revive a bill that would allow people to sue over infringements on religious freedom after it was vetoed by Republican Gov. Jan Brewer. Cathi Herrod, president of the Center for Arizona Policy, sent an email to supporters Friday vowing to bring back Senate Bill 1178. Civil liberties groups say the bill would legalize anti-gay discrimination. Brewer vetoed the bill ...
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VIDEO Jokes during the National Bee
WASHINGTON D.C. - Laughter. L-A-U-G-H-T-E-R. Laughter. All jokes aside, the Scripps National Spelling Bee is serious business and the contestants feel an immense amount of the pressure when they approach the microphone and face the judges. Letter-by-letter, they mime the spelling of the word on the palm of their hand or they silently mutter under their breath, working to merge the letters ...
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VIDEO Funny faces at National Bee
some crazy things to. We get to watch it over and over. Contestants at the Scripps National Spelling Bee are known to have some whacky reactions to the words their asked to spell. Fainting. Impressions. Jokes. And even some hostility is all too common. Watch the video above to see a collection of some of the best reactions--from the hilarious to the over-ecstatic--from contestants throughout ...
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McCain questions DHS head Napolitano
PHOENIX - Arizona Senator John McCain is asking the head of the Department of Homeland Security for more information about a man suspected of hitting and killing a Phoenix police officer last weekend. McCain sent a letter asking several questions of Secretary Janet Napolitano about Jesus Cabrera-Molina, who was arrested on Sunday on an unrelated drug charge. Cabrera-Molina has not been charged ...
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$600M office complex coming to Tempe
TEMPE, AZ - A $600 million office facility is coming to Tempe near the Arizona State University campus, the city announced Friday. The land, leased from ASU, will be home to the largest office development in Arizona history, with more the 2 million square feet to be constructed on more than 20 acres. The site is adjacent to ASU athletic facilities as well as Tempe Town Lake. Developed by Ryan ...
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Spelling Bee injects humor laughs
The cool blonde knew. Her stealth mission was a success. May I have that in a sentence, please? The Scripps National Spelling Bee has a long-held reputation for seriousness. Serious children spelling serious words with serious meanings. The annual competition, begun in 1925 and administered since 1941 by The E.W. Scripps Co. of Cincinnati, is known for its pressure, its nervous contestants, its ...
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FAST FACTS 2013 National Spelling Bee
will compete from the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands and Department of Defense Dependents Schools in Europe; as well as the Bahamas, Canada, China, Ghana, Jamaica, Japan and South Korea. Zee Week 2013 marks ...
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230PM | Funeral for PHX firefighter
PHOENIX - A rolling set of street closings is planned late Friday afternoon and early evening for a procession of fire vehicles as the body of a Phoenix firefighter is taken to a cemetery for burial after his funeral. The procession for Firefighter Brad Harper begins at 2:30 p.m. after his funeral at Christ's Church of the Valley in ...
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Feds warns Navajo about unspent housing funds
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) -- The Navajo Nation has had trouble spending hundreds of millions of dollars in federal housing funds over the past several ...
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Campaign-finance case against Horne still on track
A spokesman says Secretary of State Ken Bennett's office isn't being swayed by a lawyer's criticism of campaign finance allegations against Attorney General Tom Horne and an associate.Attorney Timothy La Sota says in a letter obtained by The Arizona Republic ...
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Report AZ teen births drop steeply
WASHINGTON - Teen births in Arizona plummeted 35 percent between 2007 and 2011, tying with Utah for the steepest decline in the nation, according to new numbers released Thursday. ...
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Crews herd horses from stable fire
PHOENIX - Phoenix firefighters had to get several horses out of harm's way as they fought an early morning fire at a stable on Friday. Fire Capt. Jonathan Jacobs says a fire truck used a water gun to knock down the flames but that the job was made more difficult by up to 10 horses running around. He says firefighters had to herd several of the horses to safety away from the fire. Cause of ...
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TODAY New Scottsdale restaurant opens
PHOENIX - Since the first of the year nearly 10,000 new jobs have been added to the Valley's growing hospitality and tourism industry. In January 185,000 people worked in area hotels, bars, resorts and restaurants. Now more more than 194,000 people do. Samuel Baxter is one of those people. He was unemployed for two months before finding a job at a new restaurant. Baxter is now the new Chef ...
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ADOT No highway closures this weekend
PHOENIX - In an attempt to ease holiday travel, the Arizona Department of Transportation hasn't scheduled any road closures on state highways over Memorial Day weekend. Heavy traffic is expected due to holiday travelers, especially in existing work zones, officials said. However, the funeral processions for fallen firefighter Bradley Harper and slain police officer Daryl Raetz will close ...
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Phoenix is water wise but planning is key
Phoenix is an insatiably thirty city, needing around 150 million gallons of water every day for agricultural, residential and commercial uses while the city with its population of over 4.5 million is also leading the charge in finding ways to live sustainably in a region of the world that is vast and largely arid.
Phoenix is often referred to as a ‘desert city’, because it is built in and has grown up in the desert. The Phoenix metropolitan area or Valley of the Sun, is located in the northeast of the Sonoran Destert and has one of the hottest climates of any other city in the country. Read more
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