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Thousands run last mile in Boston race
BOSTON - Rosy Spraker was only a half-mile from the finish line of her seventh Boston Marathon when the bombs went off. She received her medal later in the mail at her Lorton, Va., home. But she couldn't bring herself to wear it until Saturday, when she and thousands of other athletes joined victims of the blast to run and walk the last mile of the race. "Now I feel like I've ...
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One dead one critically injured in Mesa County car accident
One man is dead and another is in critical condition after a one-car accident in Mesa County on Saturday morning.Around 12a.m., the men went off-road and collided with a number of fixed objects after driving through the intersection of 17 ¼ Road and K ¾ Road in Fruita, according to a news release.Both men were ejected from the car before it came to a rest and caught fire. The man ...
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Phoenix officer remembered for his dedication
PHOENIX (AP) -- Phoenix police officers, family and friends are gathering Saturday to remember an officer who was killed last weekend while on ...
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Video Judge rules Arizona Sheriffs office racially profiled
A federal judge has rule that the office of controversial Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio has systematically engaged in racial profiling. Anne-Marie Greene ...
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Many march vs Monsanto in 250 cities
LOS ANGELES - Marches and rallies against seed giant Monsanto were held across the U.S. and in dozens of other countries Saturday. "March Against Monsanto" protesters say they want to call attention to the dangers posed by genetically modified food and the food giants that produce it. Marches are planned for more than 250 cities around the globe, according to organizers. Genetically ...
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Carrie Underwood donates $1M to hometown
Singer Carrie Underwood has become more akin to an "American Hero" to Oklahomans recovering from this week's deadly tornado. The 30-year-old OK native (and season 4 "American Idol" champ) has donated $1 million to the Red Cross for disaster relief, which will aid those rebuilding after Monday's monstrous twister decimated the town of Moore, Oklahoma. The sum was ...
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Freight trains collide in MO 7 hurt
Two freight trains collided at an overpass near Chaffee, Missouri, early Saturday morning, injuring seven people, authorities said. The overpass collapsed when one of the trains struck a pillar, Scott County Sheriff Rick Walters said. There were two vehicles on the overpass at the time. A fire broke out on one of the train engines and was extinguished, Walters said. Five of the injured were in ...
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Crews look for pilot in NY Angel Flight
EPHRATAH, N.Y. - Divers searched a large pond while investigators combed nearby woods Saturday for any sign of the pilot of a volunteer Angel Flight that crashed in upstate New York, killing two passengers. The plane's passengers were found dead Friday night near where the small plane crashed in Ephratah, about an hour west of Albany, Fulton County Sheriff Thomas Lorey said. The bulk of the ...
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Family friends mourn fallen Phoenix firefighter
PEORIA, Ariz. (AP) -- Firefighters from as far away as Canada were among those who gathered in Arizona to honor fallen Phoenix firefighter Bradley ...
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Arizona Racial Profiling Lawsuit Key Figures In Joe Arpaio Case
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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Arizona sheriff illegally used racial profiling judge rules
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona lawman Joe Arpaio violated the constitutional rights of Latino drivers in his crackdown on illegal immigration, a federal judge found on Friday, and ordered him to stop using race as a factor in law enforcement decisions. The ruling against the Maricopa County sheriff came in response to a class-action lawsuit brought by Hispanic drivers that tested whether police can ...
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Thousands of bridges at risk of freak collapse
The collapse of an interstate highway bridge in Washington state brings new attention to the limits of the country’s infrastructure, especially older structures that were designed with little room for error and were never intended to carry the number of cars and trucks they see ...
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Extra Bases In Corbin a 2010 Trade Pays Arizona a Big Dividend
Kevin Towers was scouting for the Yankees in 2010 when a trade got his attention. The Arizona Diamondbacks, spiraling toward a last-place finish in the National League West, dealt pitcher Dan Haren, a three-time All-Star, to the Los Angeles Angels for a package that included two promising left-handers in Class A. ...
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Quick decisions ahead of OK tornado
MOORE, OK - They say you should never make a big decision when you're emotional. But what if there's barely a moment to think and a life-or-death choice looming? In those last horrifying minutes before the EF5 tornado struck, there was no time for reflection or regret. Just questions needing answers, right now. Does a pregnant woman go to find her daughter, or protect the life growing ...
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Yuma bros. arrested on sex drug charges
YUMA - Federal authorities say two Yuma brothers wanted on sex and drug charges have been arrested in Mexico and are awaiting extradition to Arizona. U.S. Marshals Service officials say 49-year-old Martin Mayorquin and 34-year-old Christopher Mayorquin were taken into custody Friday after more than five years on the run. The brothers were working as street vendors in Algodones, Mexico. ...
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Court bans detention practices by Ariz. sheriff against Latinos
Joe Arpaio 's handling of people of Latino descent amounts to racial and ethnic profiling. Judge Murray Stone, ruling in suits filed by some of the profiled people, banned some of the sheriff's operation procedures, CNN reported Saturday. The court said many of Arpaio's practices violated Fourth Amendment guarantees against unreasonable search and seizure, and 14th Amendment ...
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Joe Arpaio racially profied Latinos in Arizona judge rules
US district judge Murray Snow also ruled Arpaio's deputies unreasonably prolonged the detentions of people who were pulled over. Photograph: Darren ...
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May 25 Today in Arizona history
1892: The Arizona Medical Association is organized in Phoenix. It is incorporated on June 16, 1950.1929: Yuma Mesa Grapefruit Co. announces it will erect a $25,000 packing house in Yuma and the Bomberger Seed Co. would construct a $10,000 warehouse and seed laboratory.Want to share an important event from Tucson's history? Email it ...
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Jury foreman in Arizona case says life or death decision unfair
MARION, Ill.oA Japan-based maker of auto components says its roughly $15 million planned expansion of a southern Illinois plant will add 80 ...
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Green phoenix rises from the ashes as Japan shifts its focus
The word "Fukushima" may be synonymous with nuclear meltdowns, ghost towns and contaminated rice fields. The north-east region of Japan, however, once famed for its green mountains and fresh vegetables, is in the midst of the most ambitious of rebranding projects: it is attempting to transform itself into a ...
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Tough Arizona Sheriff Gets Judicial Reprimand
In Arizona, a federal judge ruled against the Maricopa County Sheriff's Department, saying it used racial profiling to enforce the state's tough immigration laws. Host Scott Simon talks with NPR's Ted Robbins about the ...
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UPHILL BATTLEArizona Sheriff to Appeal Racial Profiling Case Ruling
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio will appeal a federal judge's ruling that his agency systematically singled out Latinos in its trademark immigration patrols, marking the first finding by a court that the agency racially profiles people. Tim Casey, the lead attorney representing America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff in the case, said an appeal of the finding that the agency ...
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Arizona authorities investigating threatening email sent lawmakers
PHOENIX – Arizona's bitter debate over a signature part of President Obama's health care overhaul has sparked an investigation into lawmakers' safety after at least nine legislators received a threatening email over Gov. Jan Brewer's push to expand Medicaid access. The message referred to Second Amendment rights and shooting someone, but did not include any direct ...
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Arizona Sheriff Ruled to Unfairly Target Latinos
A U.S. federal judge has ruled that an Arizona sheriff known for his tough policies has been singling out Latinos in immigration patrols and traffic ...
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Garage thieves targeting Valley homes
GILBERT, AZ - A "safety alert" is being distributed to homes in and around the Trilogy at Power Ranch neighborhood in southeast Gilbert after a couple of people were seen possibly casing homes for burglaries, neighbors said. The possible burglars appear to be testing different garage door openers to see if any of the remotes activate a garage. "Lock your doors," said resident ...
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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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