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Witherspoon Phoenix reunite for crime drama
Actors Reese Witherspoon and Joaquin Phoenix will reportedly team up again for a crime thriller, to be directed by Paul Thomas. The popular duo was last seen together in the 2005 movie "Walk The Line", for which Witherspoon even won a best actress Academy Award. They are now set for a big screen reunion in upcoming movie "Inherent Vice", reports dailystar.co.uk. The film is based on Thomas ...
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The English Teacher Review
They say that the best way to learn a subject is to teach it, and, as a former high school chalk-pusher I heartily agree. In Craig Zisk's 'The English Teacher,' the title character teaches the likes of 'A Tale of Two Cities' while some of the greats taped to the walls like Mark Twain overlook the classroom. The teacher represents learning a lot about Charles Dickens by ...
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TIPS to stay safe on the water
Put on your bathing suit, sun glasses and sun screen and tube down the Salt River. Tubing at the Salt River opened today and ABC15 is Taking Action to help keep you safe around the ...
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Witness Car crashes into VA parade
DAMASCUS, VA - Witnesses in southwestern Virginia said a car drove into a crowd at a parade Saturday and hurt several people, but the nature of their injuries wasn't immediately known. It happened around 2:30 p.m. during the Hikers Parade at the Trail Days festival, an annual celebration of the Appalachian Trail in Damascus, a small mountain town near the Tennessee state line about a ...
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Body of missing Scottsdale man found in canal
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) -- Scottsdale police say a body found in a canal has been identified as a man who was reported missing after he failed to return from a bicycle ride earlier this ...
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Heart surgeon works on trial presents for Verve Medical
Dr. Richard Heuser I caught up with Dr. Richard Heuser on Friday, right after he finished a surgical procedure and before he headed out to Paris for an interventional cardiology meeting. Heuser was the first in the U.S. to perform a medical procedure as part of a clinical trial for Eden Prairie, Minn.-based Osprey Medical Inc. The Osprey Medical Cincor system is designed to remove contrast dye ...
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POWERBALL What to do if you win
The odds are tough, but it is possible that someone will hold the winning ticket in the $600 million Powerball this evening. If you hold that major ticket, what are you supposed to do to help organize all that cash? Valley CPA Robert Hockensmith stopped by ABC15 Mornings to give us some ...
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PHX Teen critical after struck by car
PHOENIX - A teenager remains in 'extremely critical condition' after he was walking across the street and was struck by a vehicle late Friday night. Sgt. Tommy Thompson of the Phoenix Police Department said an 18-year-old male along with two friends were crossing the street at Glendale and 27th Avenues around 11 p.m. Friday night. A 25-year-old driver in a 1995 Lincoln Townecar was ...
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FBI investigates ricin letters in WA
SPOKANE, WA - Authorities in hazardous materials suits are searching an apartment in downtown Spokane, Wash., as they investigate the recent discovery of a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin. FBI agents, Spokane police officers and U.S. Postal Inspection Service officials descended on the apartment Saturday morning. No arrests have been made. An FBI spokeswoman has not said ...
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Reforms unveiled for Arizona National Guard
PHOENIX (AP) -- The Arizona National Guard's top officer has unveiled more than a dozen initiatives aimed at solving problems within the organization that were documented in a recent ...
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Saguaro National Park busy repairing rutted trails
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -- There are trenches up to 2 feet deep that cut across some trails at Saguaro National Park East. The causes include horses' hooves, storm runoff and years of natural ...
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La Mesa tagging suspects caught
LA MESA -; Three teenagers suspected of causing thousands of dollars in damage with graffiti on buildings in La Mesa overnight were arrested early ...
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What the IRS scandal means for you
The IRS is currently under fire for apparently targeting conservative groups. Valley CPA Robert Hockensmith discussed how the scandal can affect Valley residents and refunds on ABC15 Mornings. Watch the video above to hear what Robert ...
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Wild turkeys relocated from Davis-Monthan air base
Game and Fish and the National Wild Turkey Federation have been reintroducing them since 1980 into the Sky Island mountain ranges across southeastern Arizona. They now number around ...
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Donation allows Phoenix gun buybacks to continue
Phoenix police, the mayor and Arizonans for Gun Safety have hosted gun buyback events at area churches the previous two weekends. Last Saturday, they ran out of grocery store gift cards for people who were willing to turn in their ...
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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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May 18 Today in Arizona history
Arizona Diamondbacks starter Randy Johnson, left, celebrates with catcher Robby Hammock after pitching a perfect game against the Atlanta Braves Tuesday, May 18, 2004 in Atlanta. Arizona won ...
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Report NKorea launches 3 missiles
>Are you from South or North Korea? Send us your experiences.(CNN) -- North Korea launched three short-range guided missiles into the sea off the Korean Peninsula's east coast Saturday, South Korea's semi-official news agency Yonhap cited the South Korean Defense Ministry as saying. The ministry said it had detected two launches in the morning, followed by another in the afternoon, Yonhap ...
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Chandler man accused of meth sales in Prescott may take plea
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Gas prices May 18
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AZ man gets one last shot at freedom
A man convicted of burglary without any physical evidence or eyewitness testimony was sentenced to 26 years in prison. Tim Casner had never been in trouble with the law, never even got so much as a parking ticket, when he was arrested, convicted and sent to prison in 1998. For the past 13 years, Casner has been locked up at the state prison in Kingman, Arizona. But the Prescott house painter has ...
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Tucson redevelopment project hitting obstacles
Downtown Tucson is meant to be the heart of the city, but has suffered due to the emergence of the suburbs and general economic neglect, hence making it the focus of a major revitalization project that aims to breathe new life into the area, however, the road has been uncertain and remains beset with challenges.
In 1999, residents of Tucson voted in favour of the redevelopment plan for downtown, which was to be jumped started with the construction of a new mixed-use development called Rio Nuevo, which would function as both a retail and community hub, complimented by the presence of several new hotels and the Convention Centre, which was to be expanded. Read more
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