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Officer firefighter procession routes
PHOENIX - Officials have released the planned routes for the funeral processions of a Phoenix police officer and a firefighter who died last weekend. Phoenix firefighter Bradley Harper's funeral procession will begin Friday at 3 p.m. and travel from Christ's Church of the Valley at 7007 W. Happy Valley Road to Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery at 2300 W. Van Buren St. The procession will ...
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GOP Medicaid supporter gets threat
PHOENIX - A Republican member of the Arizona House says she received an obscene and threatening voicemail at her office because she supports Gov. Jan Brewer's push to expand Medicaid. A visibly shaken Rep. Kate Brophy McGee of Phoenix urged fellow members Thursday to tell their constituents to be civil. She told them she should not be frightened to come to work. The message came after ...
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Construction worker killed in partial collapse of Montgomery Mall parking garage
(Sarah L. Voisin/ The Washington Post ) - The outside of Macy's is seen at Montgomery Mall after a parking structure collapsed on ...
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Arizona tribe claims bank mismanaged investments
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) -- The Hopi Tribe of northern Arizona claims its investments were mishandled by a national banking institute, resulting in the loss of millions of ...
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Solana and the $24 million it took to create a single job
A new report criticizes how much money was spent to create "green" jobs. Solana Generating Station is about to come online, but according to a recent review, each permanent employee at the station cost about $24.1 million to create. Yes. You read that right. Providing my journalism math is correct. Im not guaranteeing that. The number comes from a review from the Institute for Energy ...
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Horne Watch out for charity scams
PHOENIX - Many Arizona residents have shown their support for the families of a Phoenix firefighter and a police officer killed last week, but some people are looking to take advantage of that with charity scams, according to Attorney General Tom Horne. Horne said his office has been alerted to possible charity scammers already trying to take advantage of the deaths of Phoenix police officer ...
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NOW Dump truck fire closes US 93
Fire Weather Warning issued May 23 at 12:05PM MST expiring May 23 at 8:00PM MST in effect for: Graham; Greenlee… Fire Weather Warning issued May 23 at 10:15AM MST expiring May 23 at 8:00PM MST in effect for: ...
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Chandler residents discuss power lines
CHANDLER, AZ - Concerned Chandler residents are meeting with representatives of Salt River Project Thursday night to discuss the company's plans to install new high-power lines and substations. Some residents are worried that the 130-to-154 foot power lines could damage their property values in southwest Chandler. SRP says the new lines are needed to meet commercial and industrial demand. ...
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Busy 2013 hurricane season predicted
COLLEGE PARK, MD - Get ready for another busy hurricane season, maybe unusually wild, federal forecasters say. Their prediction Thursday calls for 13 to 20 named Atlantic storms, 7 to 11 that strengthen into hurricanes and 3 to 6 that become major hurricanes. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said there is a 70 percent chance that this year will be more active than an average ...
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PD Student hackers changed grades
PRESCOTT, AZ - Three 16-year-old Prescott High School students have been arrested on suspicion of hacking into teachers' computers and changing grades. Prescott police said the students purchased a "key logger" device and used it to obtain the usernames and passwords of several teachers. The students then allegedly used the logins to access and modify grade sheets. A teacher ...
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F-A-S-T facts about the Spelling Bee
Here's a look at what you need to know about the National Spelling Bee, held in the spring every year in Washington, DC. Facts: May 26-June 1, 2013 - The 86th Annual Scripps National Spelling Bee will be held. Fourteen year old Snigdha Nandipati, an eighth grader from San Diego, California is the 2012 winner. Snigdha 's winning word was guetapens, a word meaning ambush, snare or trap. ...
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On Deck Padres visit Arizona
The Padres were 7-2 at Chase Field last season, their best record ever at what had been a house of horrors. Going into 2012, the Padres had an all-time record of 38-83 at the Diamondbacks downtown Phoenix home. Arizona opens the weekend in a dead heat with San Francisco and Colorado for the National League West lead. The Padres won two of the first three games played against Arizona May 3-5 at ...
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Woman accused of contaminating daughters IV tubes
TUCSON, Ariz. -; A prosecutor says a woman on trial in Tucson contaminated her hospitalized infant daughter's intravenous lines in an attempt to get attention from the girl's ...
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Arizona 20-week Abortion Ban Struck Down
A federal court Tuesday struck down Arizona's ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy absent a medical emergency. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the law violated a woman's constitutionally protected right to terminate a pregnancy before a fetus is able to survive outside the womb. "Viability" of a fetus is generally considered to start at 24 weeks. ...
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Snapple co-founder dies at age 80
Leonard Marsh -- the co-founder of the Snapple beverage brand -- has died at age 80. Snapple was founded in New York as Unadulterated Food Products in 1972, selling natural fruit juices to health food stores. Marsh started the business with his brother-in-law Hyman Golden and his childhood friend Arnold Greenberg. The now well-known brand name didn't appear until 1980. Marsh was a window ...
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Teen pleads not guilty to bomb charge
in his family's home has pleaded not guilty. Joshua Prater entered the plea Thursday to a charge of misconduct involving weapons. He was arraigned in Maricopa County Superior Court. Police have said a cleaning woman found the device inside the home and took it to a fire station. Firefighters notified police, and the bomb squad responded and disabled the ...
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AZ man gets 340 years for sex crimes
FLAGSTAFF, AZ - A 45-year-old Flagstaff man faces 340 years in prison after being sentenced in a child-sex case that included voyeurism, surreptitious videotaping and extensive downloading of child pornography. David Greenberg was sentenced Wednesday in Coconino County Superior Court to 17 years in prison on each of 20 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor. State law requires that the terms ...
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How to avoid causing a roadside fire
Fire Weather Warning issued May 23 at 10:15AM MST expiring May 23 at 8:00PM MST in effect for: Mohave… Fire Weather Warning issued May 23 at 4:43AM MST expiring May 23 at 8:00PM MST in effect for: Graham; ...
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Day-care operator gets prison term in tax case
KINGMAN, Ariz. (AP) -- A Kingman day-care operator has been sentenced to 18 months in prison and ordered to pay $318,000 of restitution after pleading guilty to a federal tax ...
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Arizona jury resumes weighing death penalty in Arias murder case
Jodi Arias addresses the jury during the penalty phase of her murder trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix, Arizona May 21, ...
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House backs variable rate student loans
WASHINGTON-House lawmakers on Thursday approved legislation that links student loan rates to the ups and downs of the financial markets in spite of a veto threat from President Barack Obama. The Republican-backed the bill would allow students to dodge a scheduled rate hike for students with new subsidized Stafford loans next month, but rates could rise in coming years. Democrats largely opposed ...
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Douglas man facing federal charges
A Douglas man was arrested May 20 for allegedly holding two Guatemalan women hostage.According to federal court documents, at approximately 4 p.m. on May 19, Cochise County Sheriff’s Officers were advised by Douglas Police Department of a report of two female undocumented aliens reportedly being held against their will somewhere on Washington Avenue in Bay Acers.CCSO, DPD and U.S. Border ...
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NOW Arias jury back in deliberations
PHOENIX - The Phoenix jury deciding whether Jodi Arias should be sentenced to life in prison or death has resumed deliberations a day after reaching an impasse and being told to keep trying. Deliberations resumed Thursday morning. The panel started deliberating Arias' sentence Tuesday, after the former waitress addressed them and asked them to spare her ...
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PD Teen arrested for siblings death
WEST POINT, UT - Police say a teenager has been arrested in the deaths of his two younger brothers, ages 4 and 10, at the family home. The disclosure came on Thursday after authorities questioned the 15-year-old boy in the deaths. Their bodies were found Wednesday night at their home in West Point, about 30 miles north of Salt Lake City. Police Sgt. Susan Poulsen has said the boys died from ...
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15 unexpected struggles after disaster
MOORE, OK - While the worst of any natural disaster clearly comes during the disaster itself, the aftermath is often equally difficult to deal with. In the case of this week's F5 tornado in Moore, Oklahoma, basic fundamentals disappeared for those left to pick up the pieces. Here are 15 unexpected struggles that victims, clean-up crews and onlookers faced: 1) No restroom access in the ...
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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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