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New Arizona law establishes benefit corporations
Arizona has created a new class of corporation that focuses on more than just the bottom line. The Arizona Daily Star reports the state legislature passed a law establishing for-profit "benefit corporations," or companies that must have the purpose of creating a "general public benefit." The governor signed it into law late last month and it goes into effect in 2015. Read more at ...
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Arizona unemployment holds steady at 7.9 percent
Arizona's unemployment rate held steady in April at 7.9 percent. The East Valley Tribune reports the state's jobless rate remained at the level it has been at for the past three months, remaining higher than the national rate of 7.5 percent. Arizona added 5,200 jobs last month. Read more by clicking the link ...
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Go Daddy partners with Locu on restaurant menus
Go Daddy has partnered with a San Francisco company called Locu to give independent restaurants a new way to help diners find their menus online. Scottsdale-based Go Daddy, the worlds largest domain name registration company, has integrated Locu into its proprietary Website Builder software to make it easy for restaurants to post their menus on their websites. Locu offers hundreds of ...
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Ferris wheel ride world record broken in Chicago
CHICAGO -; A manager of Chicago's Navy Pier rode the tourist spot's Ferris wheel for more than 2 days, bringing the world record for the longest ride to the birthplace of the amusement park ...
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FL town anxious to meet Powerball winner
ZEPHYRHILLS, FA - It could be an anxious wait of up to two months for people in a small Florida city to find out who won the highest Powerball jackpot in history: an estimated $590.5 million. The lucky ticket was bought sometime Saturday or earlier at a Publix supermarket in Zephyrhills, a city of about 13,000 people best known around the state for its brand of spring water with the same name. ...
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Slow morning commute after CT crash
HARTFORD, CT - Railroad officials in Connecticut say the morning commute is going as well as can be expected following Friday's train collision that that injured 72 people and has shut down service. Metro-North is using a fleet of 120 buses at the Bridgeport train station to help rail commuters make their way around the scene of the accident and help get them get to New York City. A shuttle ...
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Phoenix firefighter police officer die on duty on same day
Ben Harper and Daryl Raetz marked the first time Phoenix lost a firefighter and police officer on the same day, officials said. Firefighter Harper, 23, died at 1:30 a.m. local time Sunday while fighting a mulch fire in west Phoenix, The Arizona Republic reported Monday. Harper, a newlywed, was crushed between two emergency vehicles while readjusting equipment. He died at St. Joseph's ...
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Arias returns to court for penalty phase of trial
FILE - Jodi Arias cries as Steven Alexander, brother of murder victim Travis Alexander, makes his "victim impact statement" to the jury in this Thursday, May 16, 2013 file photo, during the penalty phase of the Jodi Arias trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix. Arias returns to court Monday May 20, 2013 for the continuation of her trial after being convicted of murder in ...
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Teen arrested expelled for relationship
A Treasure Coast teen is deciding whether to take a deal from the state on charges of an alleged same-sex relationship with an underaged student. Her mother is speaking out against what she calls the unfair ...
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PD works to ID driver in officers death
PHOENIX - Flags flew at half-staff on a still and somber Sunday night. They were flying in memory of Phoenix police Officer Daryl Raetz, hit by a driver who's still on the run. That driver left Raetz to die near 51st Avenue and Cambridge. The missing SUV has been found, but now we're waiting to learn more about the driver, as police are still searching for him or her. The sun was ...
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Comeback possible for Amys Baking
SCOTTSDALE, AZ - "I thought 'Oh my god what is happening here,'" says Amy Bouzaglo of Amy's Baking Company in Scottsdale, as she sits with her husband, Samy. She is talking about her episode ...
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22-year-old shot by Tucson police
TUCSON, AZ - A 22-year-old was fatally shot by Tucson police after he removed a handgun from his waistband. Tucson police say Freddy Batt Sosa was pronounced dead at the scene on Saturday night. Authorities say officers responding to a call that Sosa and his sister were fighting saw that Sosa at one point had his sister on the ground and pointed a gun at her. Police say Sosa refused to follow ...
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Tornadoes touch down in Kansas Okla.
At least two tornadoes touched down in two states on Sunday as severe weather swept the region. A large "violent and extremely dangerous" tornado was spotted on the southwest side of Wichita, Kansas, moving northeast at about 30 miles per hour, the National Weather Service said. A second confirmed tornado was seen near Edmond, Oklahoma, moving east at about 30 miles per hour, said the ...
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Phoenix I-17 closed for police situation
PHOENIX - Interstate 17 in Phoenix is closed for a police situation. The freeway is closed in both directions at Northern Avenue. The Arizona Department of Transportation says traffic is being detoured at Northern Avenue. ADOT cameras show that a significant traffic backup has already built up. There is no estimated time to reopen the freeway, according to ADOT. Check traffic conditions ...
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Two $1M Powerball tickets sold in AZ
PHOENIX - While Arizona can't claim the $590.5 million Powerball winner, two $1 million second prize winning tickets were sold here in the state. Lottery officials said in a Sunday press release that the tickets, which matched five out of five numbers drawn, not including the Powerball, were sold in Safford and Chandler. One winning ticket was sold at a Chevron gas station at 1990 S. Alma ...
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MONDAY 4 stories to watch in Arizona
Emotional testimony will resume Monday in the penalty phase of the Jodi Arias murder trial. Arias herself may address the jury. 10am, Maricopa County Superior Court, ...
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Tucson police fatally shoot man who pulled out gun
Authorities say officers responding to a call that Sosa and his sister were fighting saw that Sosa at one point had his sister on the ground and pointed a gun at ...
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FBI agents dead in VA training exercise
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA - Two FBI agents have been killed in a training accident in Virginia. A spokeswoman for the FBI's Norfolk office, Vanessa Torres, said Sunday that the accident happened Friday afternoon off the Virginia Beach coast. Torres says the accident is being investigated. She didn't have any further details and the agents weren't immediately identified. The agents were ...
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2 hurt at Avondale apartment shooting
AVONDALE, AZ - Authorities have arrested three people in connection to a shooting at an apartment complex that left two people injured in Avondale, Ariz. Brandon Busse, spokesperson for Avondale Police Department, said officers responded to a shooting at an apartment complex near El Mirage and Durango Drive around 1 a.m. Sunday. Police said the shooting occurred after two groups arrived at a ...
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Police face difficult deadline in destroying guns
A new Arizona law that hasn't yet taken effect bars cities and counties from destroying guns turned over to police at buyback events and instead requires that the guns be ...
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MLB Miami 2 Arizona 1
Marcell Ozuna delivered a two-run double Sunday and the Miami Marlins survived a late Arizona rally to edge the Diamondbacks 2-1. Ozuna doubled home Adeiny Hechavarria and Derek Dietrich with two out in the sixth inning, providing Miami's only ...
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PD Man struck killed by train in Tempe
TEMPE, AZ - A man in his 20s has died after apparently being hit by a train Sunday morning in Tempe. Tempe Police Detective Jaime Garibay said a Union Pacific train struck a man in his 20s around 7:30 a.m. near University Drive. Police said the man was dead at the scene. The victim's name was not released. Police are still investigating why the man was near the train ...
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What do we eat New food map tells us
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Do your kids love chocolate milk? It may have more calories on average than you thought. Same goes for soda. Until now, the only way to find out what people in the United States eat and how many calories they consume has been government data, which can lag behind the rapidly expanding and changing food marketplace. Researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel ...
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Brewer wrestled with decision on Medicaid proposal
PHOENIX (AP) -- The weekend before Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer made her State of the State address in January, she practiced two versions of her speech: One with a Medicaid expansion in it and one without ...
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Lawyers OJ Simpson closer to freedom
LAS VEGAS - The latest high-stakes court hearing for O.J. Simpson in the glitzy capital of big gambles has come to a close with the former football star's defense team feeling confident that their client is closer to getting out of prison. The last time Simpson was in a Las Vegas courtroom, he was convicted of kidnapping and armed robbery. Now, with a new team of attorneys on his side, he ...
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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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