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Avoid freeway closures this weekend
PHOENIX - Roadway improvements will require numerous closures this weekend, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation. Plan ahead with this summary of the closures and avoid the traffic this weekend. Here are the closures: Eastbound Loop 101 between 35th and Seventh avenues When: 10 p.m. Friday - 5 a.m. Monday Alternate route: Beardsley frontage road (eastbound). Access I-17 via Deer ...
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Police investigate deadly Gilbert shooting
Police say the shooter, 27-year-old Brandon Shriner, claims he fired in self-defense. He has not been arrested, and police say the investigation is ...
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Man dies after being hit by train in Casa Grande
Casa Grande police spokesman Thomas Anderson says the man was standing on the tracks but did not move despite the train operator honking the horn and pulling the ...
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PHX rally supports Boy Scouts policy
PHOENIX - Supporters on Friday gathered in downtown Phoenix to rally behind the current Boy Scouts of America membership policy banning gay scout leaders and members. The rally comes less than a week before the national council is set to vote on a resolution potentially lifting a ban on allowing openly gay scout leaders and members into troops. The rally was held at the Boy Scouts of America ...
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Jill Biden speaks to Navajo Tech graduates
CROWNPOINT, N.M. (AP) -- Graduates at Navajo Technical College got to hear from Jill Biden, the wife of Vice President Joe Biden, during their commencement ceremony ...
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Phoenix Man Sentenced to 235 Months in Federal Prison for Armed Bank Robbery
PHOENIX-On May 15, 2013, Jon Phillip Carstens, 47, of Phoenix, Arizona, was sentenced by visiting U.S. District Judge Linda R. Reade to 235 months in federal prison for robbing a Wells Fargo Bank in Yuma, Arizona. Carstens pleaded guilty on February 8, 2013 to armed bank robbery. According to the plea agreement, Carstens entered a Wells Fargo Bank in Yuma wearing a hat and a scarf which covered ...
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Arrest made in killing of restaurant co-owners
Phoenix police say one of four men who were part-owners of a Vietnamese restaurant has been arrested in the stabbing deaths of two brothers who were also part-owners of the business.Police said two pairs of brothers owned the restaurant and that one brother from each pair argued for several hours about hiring and firing of restaurant staff before the fight began.Brothers Brandon and Timmy Hoang ...
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No winner Powerball could reach $925M
PHOENIX - The Powerball lottery has risen to $600 million, but that number would be dwarfed by the $925 million it's expected to jump to if no one wins the jackpot on Saturday. There was no winning ticket in Wednesday's jackpot of $360 million, and the prize has now become the second-largest lottery jackpot in U.S. ...
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Franks pushes ban on US abortions after 20 weeks
Republican Rep. Trent Franks had introduced a bill that would ban such procedures only in the District of Columbia. But following the Kermit Gosnell case, he plans to amend it so it would apply nationwide. Gosnell is a Philadelphia abortion doctor who was convicted of killing three babies after they were born ...
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NBA Draft Lottery Preview
Team Needs While the Magic take no satisfaction in finishing with the NBA's worst record in 2012-13, there is now immense hope surrounding a franchise that was deep in drama this time last year. During the 2012 offseason, the Magic parted ways with former President of Basketball Operations Otis Smith and Head Coach Stan Van Gundy and instituted a new regime led by General Manager Rob ...
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5.2 earthquake hits Ontario Canada
TORONTO - A 5.2 magnitude earthquake centered northwest of Ottawa rattled buildings Friday in Ontario and Quebec and was felt across upstate New York from Buffalo to the Vermont border. Canada's government agency that monitors earthquakes said the quake it registered a 5.2-magnitude temblor with an epicenter located about 11 miles (17 kilometers) northeast of Shawville, Quebec, about an ...
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PD Prescott man assaults two women
PRESCOTT, AZ - A 32-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly sexually abusing two women in a downtown Prescott bar and then fleeing. Kt. Ken Morley of Prescott Police Department said 32-year-old Antonio Lopez Perez has been booked into the Yavapai County Jail on two felony counts of sexual abuse after an incident that occurred on Thursday, May 16, 2013. Perez allegedly grabbed two ...
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Judge Suggests He Will Strike Down Arizona Discrimination Against Many Immigrant Drivers
After President Obama opened the door to temporary legal status for more than a million young immigrants who came to the United States as children, Arizona and other ...
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PD Man struck by cargo train killed
CASA GRANDE, AZ - Authorities say a man has died after he was struck by a train in Casa Grande Friday morning. Thomas Anderson with the Casa Grande Police Department said that at around 7:45 a.m. an empty Union Pacific cargo train was traveling westbound through Casa Grande when the conductor saw a person standing on the railroad tracks and wasn't able to stop the train before hitting and ...
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Feeling lucky Powerball now $600M
DES MOINES, IA - Powerball officials say the jackpot has climbed to an estimated $600 million, making it the largest prize in the game's history and the world's second largest lottery prize. Lottery officials say the prize is growing quickly Friday because so many people have been purchasing the $2 tickets. The jackpot has grown by an estimated $236 million since the last drawing on ...
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Motorcyclist killed in Mesa crash
MESA, AZ - A motorcyclist was killed when he crashed into a car in Mesa Thursday night, according to authorities. Police say the motorcyclist, a man in his 20s, was speeding on Rio Salado Parkway when he hit the car near Country Club Drive. The rider was thrown from the bike and ended up about 50 yards away. Police say a mother and infant were in the car. They were taken to the hospital. Police ...
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BLM studies impact of northwestern Ariz. wind farm
BP Wind Energy North America had proposed building 283 wind turbines on BLM and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation land that could produce up to 500 megawatts of ...
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Requests for pretrial ruling on elections denied
PHOENIX (AP) -- A lawsuit challenging a 2012 state law that would require Arizona's local governments to move their elections to even-numbered years is now on track to go to ...
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Jennifer Nettles to release solo album
NASHVILLE, TN - Sugarland's Jennifer Nettles is releasing a solo album. Nettles says Friday in a news release that she is working with Rick Rubin and will release the album in the fall. Rumors that Nettles would release a solo album have been prevalent for a while. Grammy Award-winning Sugarland includes Kristian Bush and is one of country music's most successful and honored acts. The ...
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Tucson clerk stabbed suspect fled
TUCSON, AZ - A 22-year-old convenience store clerk in Tucson is hospitalized in critical condition after being found early Friday with life-threatening injuries after being stabbed. Police say a customer found the wounded clerk at about 1 a.m. and call 911. The incident was initially reported as an armed robbery but Sgt. Chris Widmer says police now don't think it was connected to a ...
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Unemployment drops in 40 states
WASHINGTON - Solid hiring helped lower unemployment rates in 40 U.S. states last month, the most since November. The declines show the job market is improving throughout most of the country. The Labor Department said Friday that unemployment rates increased in only three states: Louisiana, Tennessee and North Dakota. Rates were unchanged in seven states. California, New York and South Carolina ...
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Cheers in New Orleans shooting arrests
NEW ORLEANS - Days after a burst of gunfire brought a chaotic and bloody end to a Mother's Day neighborhood parade in New Orleans, news of six arrests gave an organizer of the traditional event reason to celebrate again. "I'm just ecstatic," Edward Buckner, president of the Original Big 7 Social Aid and Pleasure Club, said Thursday. Two brothers were booked with 20 counts ...
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Man injured at Peoria construction site
PEORIA, AZ - A man was injured near a construction site in Peoria Friday morning after he reportedly fell several feet. Amanda Jacinto, of the Peoria Police Department, said a male in his 40s fell between seven to 15 feet near a construction site at Lake Pleasant Parkway and Jomax in Peoria, Ariz. The individual was unconscious at first, but then regained consciousness. The victim was flown by ...
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Direct Energy looking forward to Arizona electric deregulation discussion
Direct Energy is expanding in the Phoenix area. Direct Energy is ready to start talking a bit more about deregulated utilities in Arizona. The Houston-based company, which announced earlier this year it was opening another call center in the Valley, is ready to join in on the discussion of giving consumers a choice in who their electric providers will be. Heres a hint: Direct Energy believes ...
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Tucson store clerk critical after being stabbing
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -- A 22-year-old convenience store clerk in Tucson is hospitalized in critical condition after being found early Friday with life-threatening injuries after being ...
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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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