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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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