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Gas prices May 25
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Fire in Prescott dumpster caused by improperly disposed-of chemicals
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Overtaxing PV may cause town to opt out of CYFD board member fears
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Judge Arizona sheriff’s office targets Latinos
Sheriff Joe Arpaio relied on racial profiling and illegal detentions to target Latinos, using their ethnicity as the main basis for suspecting that they were in the country illegally, a federal judge ...
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Angry emails sent to AZ lawmakers
The Arizona Department of Public Safety has launched an investigation into lawmakers' safety after at least nine legislators received threatening emails over Gov. Jan Brewer's push to expand Medicaid in the state. Officials said Friday that the sender of the email asked the lawmakers to vote against the Medicaid expansion plan and made reference to Second Amendment rights. The ...
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Woman struck killed after AZ graduation
TUCSON, AZ - Authorities have released the name of a wheelchair-bound woman who was fatally struck by a vehicle while leaving a high school graduation in Tucson. Northwest Fire District officials say 82-year-old Dorothy Penrod died Thursday night, shortly after arriving at University of Arizona Medical Center. The woman's 59-year-old nephew also was struck and was listed Friday in extremely ...
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Florida Staves Off Steals by Arizona
TALLAHASSEE | Florida has a new fiscal game plan to keep its spring training lineup of baseball teams from jumping to the Cactus League in ...
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WEEKEND 4 stories to watch in Arizona
So you can stay ahead of the news, here's a quick look at some of the stories ABC15 will be keeping an eye on Saturday, May 25, through Monday, May ...
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ID theft quiz How to protect yourself
I'm constantly getting calls and emails about identity theft and scammers trying to get information from you. The good news is, many people are ...
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ROUTE Phoenix PD funeral procession
PHOENIX - Officials have released the planned route for the funeral procession of a Phoenix police officer killed while wrapping up a DUI stop last weekend. Officer Daryl Raetz's funeral procession will take place Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and is expected to cause significant traffic delays. The procession will be immediately following his funeral at Christ's Church of the Valley ...
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Padres Pregame Hoping to stay hot in Arizona
San Diego Padres' Chris Denorfia connects for a solid single to center that drives in Carlos Quentin with the tying run against the St. Louis Cardinals in the sixth inning of a baseball game in San Diego, Monday, May 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Lenny ...
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Key figures in racial profiling lawsuit in Ariz
PHOENIX -- Key figures in a lawsuit that alleges that an Arizona sheriff's office has racially profiled Latinos in its immigration patrols. A judge ruled Friday that Arpaio's office systematically racially profiles Latinos:ARPAIO: Sheriff Joe Arpaio has aggressively pursued local immigration enforcement. The sheriff has been accused of launching some immigration patrols based on ...
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Surviving the outdoors if youre lost
APACHE JUNCTION, AZ - Arizona's outdoors can be beautiful to enjoy but a fun hiking trip can quickly turn into a dangerous situation. So what do you do if you find yourself having to go into survival mode? It's a situation Pam Paley found herself in two years ago when she went on a hike through the Superstition Mountains. Her plan was to just do a half-day hike with a friend. Instead, ...
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Jury foreman sorry about Arias mistrial
on Thursday. Juror 18, foreman Bill Zervakos, explained how, in the end, the trial for Arias ended up with a hung jury when deciding on life in prison or death. "None of us knew what would happen if we were unable to come up with a verdict," Zervakos admitted. Zervakos told ABC15 the jury believed Stephens would decide whether to give Arias life in prison or life with chance of ...
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VIDEO Comicon invades downtown PHX
Comicon fever has swept the Valley. You'll see everything from a full-sized mockup of the Mos Eisley cantina from Star Wars, to all kinds of costumed heroes and villains. Stars from your favorite TV shows, comics and movies are also at the event. See what it's like to suit up like a superhero in the video player ...
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State Farm development Lots of jobs less parking for ASU students
The planned $600 million-State Farm Insurance regional headquarters that Tempe city officials confirmed today may bring thousands of jobs and tax revenues to the state, but for Arizona State University students, it will also mean less parking. The roughly 2,000 parking spots located on the north side of Rio Salado Parkway, just west of Rural Road commonly known as Lot 59 North will be ...
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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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Judge Rules Against Arizona Sheriff in Racial Profiling Suit
PHOENIX -- A federal judge on Friday found hardline Arizona lawman Joe Arpaio had violated the constitutional rights of Latino drivers in his crackdown on ...
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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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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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