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POWERBALL What to do if you win
The odds are tough, but it is possible that someone will hold the winning ticket in the $600 million Powerball this evening. If you hold that major ticket, what are you supposed to do to help organize all that cash? Valley CPA Robert Hockensmith stopped by ABC15 Mornings to give us some ...
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PHX Teen critical after struck by car
PHOENIX - A teenager remains in 'extremely critical condition' after he was walking across the street and was struck by a vehicle late Friday night. Sgt. Tommy Thompson of the Phoenix Police Department said an 18-year-old male along with two friends were crossing the street at Glendale and 27th Avenues around 11 p.m. Friday night. A 25-year-old driver in a 1995 Lincoln Townecar was ...
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FBI investigates ricin letters in WA
SPOKANE, WA - Authorities in hazardous materials suits are searching an apartment in downtown Spokane, Wash., as they investigate the recent discovery of a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin. FBI agents, Spokane police officers and U.S. Postal Inspection Service officials descended on the apartment Saturday morning. No arrests have been made. An FBI spokeswoman has not said ...
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Reforms unveiled for Arizona National Guard
PHOENIX (AP) -- The Arizona National Guard's top officer has unveiled more than a dozen initiatives aimed at solving problems within the organization that were documented in a recent ...
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Saguaro National Park busy repairing rutted trails
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -- There are trenches up to 2 feet deep that cut across some trails at Saguaro National Park East. The causes include horses' hooves, storm runoff and years of natural ...
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La Mesa tagging suspects caught
LA MESA -; Three teenagers suspected of causing thousands of dollars in damage with graffiti on buildings in La Mesa overnight were arrested early ...
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What the IRS scandal means for you
The IRS is currently under fire for apparently targeting conservative groups. Valley CPA Robert Hockensmith discussed how the scandal can affect Valley residents and refunds on ABC15 Mornings. Watch the video above to hear what Robert ...
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Wild turkeys relocated from Davis-Monthan air base
Game and Fish and the National Wild Turkey Federation have been reintroducing them since 1980 into the Sky Island mountain ranges across southeastern Arizona. They now number around ...
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Donation allows Phoenix gun buybacks to continue
Phoenix police, the mayor and Arizonans for Gun Safety have hosted gun buyback events at area churches the previous two weekends. Last Saturday, they ran out of grocery store gift cards for people who were willing to turn in their ...
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Ariz deputies arrest 15 on human smuggling charges
Deputies say the first group of 10 Mexican nationals was arrested after the van they were traveling in was stopped Thursday north of the valley. About two hours later, five more people were arrested during a separate traffic ...
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Town rebuilding after Texas storms
TEXAS - Tina and Billy Clark saw the funnel cloud approaching and did what many of their neighbors did. "We just ran and hid in the closet," Tina Clark told CNN after one of a swarm of tornadoes descended Wednesday night into their neighborhood in Hood County, 30 miles southwest of Fort Worth, Texas. "I was holding the door shut," Billy Clark told CNN. "You could feel ...
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Plane lands with no landing gear in NJ
A US Airways plane touched down without landing gear at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey early Saturday morning. The plane was carrying 31 passengers and three crew members. U.S. Airways spokesman Davien Anderson told CNN that no injuries were reported. US Express Flight 4560, operated by Piedmont Airlines, took off from Philadelphia around 11 p.m. Friday night. The plane ...
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Powerball approaching new record
DES MOINES, Iowa - It's been a little more than a year since the world record for a lottery prize. On Saturday night, it could conceivably fall once again. The jackpot for Saturday night's Powerball drawing currently stands at $600 million. That's just $56 million less than the record from the March 2012 Mega Millions jackpot, which was split by three winning tickets. Should ...
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1 injured in PHX shooting suspects flee
PHOENIX - Authorities are investigating an overnight shooting at a Phoenix restaurant that left one person injured. Phoenix Police said they responded to a call about a possible fight near 16th Street and Roosevelt, when gunshots were heard nearby. A male in his 20s was injured at Salsita's Restaurant with non-life threatening injuries. The victim had a gunshot wound to the knee and a ...
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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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