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US court rules casino site issue still undecided
A federal appeals court says a key legal issue remains unresolved regarding whether a southern Arizona tribe was rightfully awarded reservation status for its planned casino site in the Phoenix area.The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday issued an opinion that replaces a September ruling on the Tohono O'odham Nation's planned casino resort in the Phoenix area.The property is ...
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Aftermath Tornado Hits Ok
OKLAHOMA CITY - A mile-wide tornado churned through the Oklahoma City suburbs, destroying homes for the second day in a row Monday, as part of a severe weather outbreak that was expected to spread in other parts of the Plains and ...
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Insys Therapeutics completes $37M IPO to back medical marijuana drug
Insys Therapeutics Inc. has completed its $36.8 million initial public offering to help bolster sales of its medical marijuana drug. Insys Therapeutics Inc. has completed its $36.8 million initial public offering to help bolster sales of its medical marijuana drug one of a handful of Arizona IPOs within the past seven months. The resurgence of IPOS in Arizona is a sign that the economy is ...
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Navajo Nation opens flagship casino in Arizona
A grand opening for the Twin Arrows Navajo Casino Resort is set for Friday. It's the Navajo Nation's first casino in Arizona, about 20 miles east of ...
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US attorney in Arizona improperly leaked Fast and Furious memo
Fox News with information apparently aimed at undercutting the credibility of a federal agent who helped reveal the botched arms-trafficking probe called Operation Fast and Furious, the Justice Department's inspector general said Monday.There was substantial evidence in the 2011 incident that then-US attorney Dennis Burke's motive for disclosing a memo by federal agent John Dodson was ...
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Arias trial wraps for day after series of motions
Defense attorneys for Jodi Arias asked the judge to remove them from the case and declare a mistrial Monday, arguing the frenzy surrounding the case has created a modern-day witch hunt.The judge denied both motions, and Arias planned to take the stand Tuesday. Jurors will find out then if she tells them the same thing she told a local reporter: She'd rather be executed than spend her life ...
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Inmate found dead at Mohave County jail identified
An inmate found dead in a Mohave County jail has been identified as a 28-year-Bullhead City man.Mohave County sheriff's spokeswoman Trish Carter says Gilberto Alvarado Avila Jr. died Saturday after being discovered being unresponsive in the jail's medical unit.Avila was later pronounced dead.According to Carter, Avila was initially taken into custody by Bullhead City police and booked ...
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Agree Obama approval rating still high
A new poll shows that President Barack Obama's approval rating hasn't suffered as a result of three recent controversies. The CNN/ORC International survey, released Sunday, showed that 53 percent of respondents approve of the job Obama is doing. In April, the same poll put his approval rating at 51 percent. That gain is within the poll's sampling error, so it doesn't ...
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Football player Daryl Washington pleads not guilty
PHOENIX -; Arizona Cardinals linebacker Daryl Washington has pleaded not guilty to charges accusing him of assaulting his ex-girlfriend, who authorities have said is the mother of his baby ...
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Gitmo shuts down wifi over threats
MIAMI - The U.S. military has shut down wireless internet service at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba because of online hacking threats. A spokesman for the Guantanamo Bay prison says that officials have also blocked access to social networks such as Facebook and Twitter through military computer networks because of the threat. Army Lt. Col. Samuel House says the precautions were taken ...
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Father No idea why daughter killed
NORTH HIGHLANDS,CA - A devastated father says he has no idea why gunmen targeted his Northern California home over the weekend, killing his 10-year-old daughter as she watched TV. Ernesto Campo returned to the family's home Monday with his brother to collect personal items. Family members are staying with relatives to avoid the home riddled with bullets and stained with blood. Campo and his ...
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Suspect in PHX PD death in custody
has been arrested, according to court paperwork obtained by ABC15's Christopher Sign. While Jesus Cabrera Molina has not yet been charged in the death of Officer Daryl Raetz, he is in custody on separate drug charges, the paperwork shows. Molina was arrested around 1:15 p.m. Sunday during a traffic stop near Thompson Ranch Road and Grand Avenue in Surprise. The records show Molina was ...
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Arias lawyers ask to withdraw AGAIN
PHOENIX - The penalty phase of the Jodi Arias murder trial wrapped up for the day Monday after a series of legal arguments in which her defense lawyers asked for a mistrial and to withdraw from the case. The trial is scheduled to continue Tuesday with Arias speaking to the jury. The judge denied the defense's request for a mistrial based on a key witness receiving death threats. In protest ...
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Kingman man found incompetent to stand trial
A Mohave County judge has ruled that a 31-year-old Kingman man is incompetent to stand trial in the killing of his father in 2008 and will be treated at a mental health facility.Shawn Guerrero was sent to the Arizona State Hospital in 2009 before being ruled competent to stand trial in the shooting death of 59-year-old John Guerrero.However, the younger Guerrero was sent to a Pima County ...
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Phoenix mayor eyes more spending on bike projects
Phoenix would spend $1.5 million of its state transportation funding on making the city more bicycle friendly if Mayor Greg Stanton gets his way.Stanton is proposing that the money be used to add more bike lanes, launch a bike-share program and prepare a citywide bicycle plan.The Arizona Republic ...
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STUDY ADHD leads to adult obesity
Boys with ADHD may be at risk for obesity later in life, according to a new study - which, if confirmed in larger studies, may have implications for more than 4 million kids in the United States living with the disorder. Researchers at NYU's Langone Medical Center have been following more than 200 kids for four decades. They found those who had ADHD in their early years were twice as likely ...
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Unrest bombing in Russia
At least eight people are dead and 20 are injured after a car bombing on Monday in Russia's volatile North Caucasus region, security officials told CNN. The incident -- which occurred in Makhachkala, capital of the semi-autonomous republic of Dagestan -- also caused significant damage. The officials say they believe law enforcement officers may have been the target because the explosion ...
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Arizona Congressman Wants To Expand His DC Abortion Ban To Restrict Reproductive Rights Nationwide
anti-abortion agenda upon the women who live in the nation’s capital, Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) now intends to push for a nationwide bill to criminalize abortions after 20 weeks. Franks, who invoked the illegal abortion ...
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Moon Field at Grijalva Park honors fallen Tucson High soldier killed in Afghanistan
As children play in a multi-use field at Grijalva Park, they will be connected to an athlete and hero who grew up and played in the Midvale Park subdivision.The field at the park was dedicated this morning in honor of Army Spc. Christopher J. Moon, who died in July 2010 as a result of wounds he suffered from a roadside bomb while serving in Afghanistan.The park is adjacent to Grijalva Elementary ...
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Project CAP Selects Phoenix Agency for Agency 2020 Program
Hester, Heitel & Associates, an independent insurance agency in Phoenix, has been chosen as the spotlight agency to represent Project CAP's Agency 2020 ...
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Arizona killer Jodi Arias set to take stand in defense of her life
By Alastair Jamieson, Staff writer, NBC News Jodi Arias, the woman convicted of the frenzied murder of an ex-lover in Arizona, was due back in court Monday as jurors consider whether she should be executed for the ...
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2 dead 20 injured after explosions in Dagestan- Wave of violent attacks kills at least 86 in Iraq
MAKHACHKALA, Russia – Two people are dead and at least 20 are injured after two car bombs exploded Monday in Dagestan, in Russia's North Caucasus region, where armed militias are leading an Islamist insurgency. Both blasts were near the headquarters of the court bailiffs and appeared to have been detonated by remote control, a Russian state agency told Reuters. Police cordoned ...
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Soldier Basin Fire 5 contained
NOGALES, AZ - A wildfire has burned approximately 3 square miles of grass and brush on ridges of the Coronado National Forest about a dozen miles from Nogales in rural Santa Cruz County in southern Arizona. The Soldier Basin fire is approximately five miles east of the Nogales airport, which is seven miles northeast of the southern Arizona city. The Forest Service says the human-caused fire is ...
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Friends family honor fallen firefighter
PHOENIX - Friends, family and the community gathered this morning for a short memorial to remember a Phoenix firefighter who died this weekend while working to fight a mulch fire. Approximately 200 people showed up at Northwest Christian School to remember 23-year-old Brad Harper, a two-year veteran with the fire department, who died after he was pinned between two fire trucks Saturday evening. ...
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Op-Ed Gamma Rays and the Grand Canyon
denied their motion to overturn the Salazar decision on constitutional grounds. A tactical, piecemeal circumvention of the ban has had better luck in the bureaucracy of the U.S. Forest Service. The USFS, despite the anti-mining intent of their boss President Obama, authorized a Canadian company to dig uranium six miles from the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. ...
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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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