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FILE - In this Nov. 29, 2012 photo, Karen Bach, Director of Budget, Products and Communications of the Arizona Lottery, announces during a news conference in Phoenix that one of the winning tickets in the $579.9 million Powerball jackpot was purchased in Fountain Hills, Ariz. The other ticket holders in last week's record $577.5 million Powerball jackpot have claimed their half of the prize but aren't stepping into the spotlight just yet, the Arizona Lottery said Friday, Dec. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Ariz. winners claim share of $588M Powerball prize

Last updated Friday, December 7, 2012 - 4:16pm

PHOENIX — The other ticket holders in last week’s record $577.5 million Powerball jackpot have claimed their half of the prize but aren’t stepping into the spotlight just yet, the Arizona Lottery said Friday.

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This undated photo provided by the Arizona Department of Corrections shows Richard Dale Stokley. Stokley, an Arizona death-row inmate, on Friday, Nov. 30, 2012, asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block his scheduled execution for the following week, arguing that he was denied fair consideration for sentencing leniency and that he shouldn't be executed when another man convicted of killing two 13-year-old girls only had to serve prison time. (AP Photo/Arizona Department of Corrections)

Ariz. inmate executed for murdering teen girls in ghost town

Paul Davenport The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, December 5, 2012 - 12:51pm

FLORENCE, Ariz. — An inmate was executed Wednesday after being convicted of murdering two 13-year-old girls in a ghost town where they were raped, strangled and stabbed before being dumped in a partly flooded mine shaft.

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Wounded border agent released from hospital

Jacques Billeaud, Paul Davenport The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, October 3, 2012 - 12:04pm

NACO, Ariz. — A Border Patrol agent who was wounded in a shooting near the U.S.-Mexico border has been released from the hospital.

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In this photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, law enforcement officers gather at a command post in the desert near Naco, Ariz., Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012, after a Border Patrol agent was shot to death near the U.S.-Mexico line. The agent, Nicholas Ivie, 30, and a colleague were on patrol about 100 miles from Tucson, when shooting broke out shortly before 2 a.m., the Border Patrol said. (AP Photo/U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Gabriel Guerrero)

Investigators scour desert for evidence in Border Patrol agent's killing

Jacques Billeaud, Paul Davenport The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, October 3, 2012 - 9:26am

NACO, Ariz. — Investigators were scouring a rugged area near the U.S.-Mexico line looking for evidence in the fatal shooting of a Border Patrol agent.

Nicholas Ivie and a colleague were on patrol in the desert near Naco, about 100 miles from Tucson, when gunfire broke out shortly before 2 a.m. Tuesday, according to the Border Patrol.

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Det. Bill Silva, left, with the Bisbee Police Department, and an unnamed agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration patrol a fence line east of Naco, Ariz., after a Border Patrol agent was killed early Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012. The shooting occurred after an alarm was triggered on one of the thousands of sensors placed by the U.S. government along the border, and the agents went to investigate, said Cochise County Sheriff's spokeswoman Carol Capas. (AP Photo/Arizona Daily Star, Mike Christy)

Border Patrol agents shot, one killed

Jacques Billeaud, Paul Davenport The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, October 2, 2012 - 5:49pm

BISBEE, Ariz. — A Border Patrol agent was shot to death Tuesday in Arizona near the U.S.-Mexico line, the first fatal shooting of an agent since a deadly 2010 firefight with Mexican bandits that spawned congressional probes of a botched government gun-smuggling investigation.

The agent, Nicholas Ivie, 30, and a colleague were on patrol in the desert near Naco, Ariz., about 100 miles from Tucson, when shooting broke out shortly before 2 a.m., the Border Patrol said. The second agent was shot in the ankle and buttocks, and was airlifted to a hospital. Ivie grew up in Provo, Utah.

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Maria Jesus Rodriguez, left, gets a hug from Selena Keesecker, after Rodriguez spoke about her story as they join dozens who rally in front of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building, a day after a portion of Arizona's immigration law took effect, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012, in Phoenix. Civil rights activists contend will lead to systematic racial profiling, as the protesters chanted "No papers, no fear." (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Groups protest Ariz. immigration law’s enforcement

Felicia Fonseca, Paul Davenport The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, September 20, 2012 - 9:54am

PHOENIX — A day after the most contentious provision of Arizona’s immigration law took effect, rallies were held around Phoenix to protest the mandate that civil rights activists say will lead to systematic racial profiling.

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Arizona to pay for sheriff to patrol Colorado City

Paul Davenport The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, June 7, 2012 - 5:19pm

COLORADO CITY, Ariz. — The Arizona Attorney General’s Office plans to provide funding to the Mohave County sheriff to provide law enforcement patrols in a northern Arizona community with a polygamist enclave.

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This May 17, 2011, file photo, shows Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer speaking to the media in Phoenix. Brewer has overhauled Arizona's five-member board that often is the last chance for Arizona's death-row inmates to seek mercy from being executed, raising questions over possible political motives and how effective a largely new board can be in upcoming hearings. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Arizona governor vetoes bill that Utah's Herbert signed

Paul Davenport The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - 9:28am

PHOENIX — Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer vetoed legislation Monday that would have had the state join Utah in demanding that the federal government surrender control of millions of acres of public land.

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Arizona House rejects bill to abolish police force in polygamist town

Paul Davenport The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, April 25, 2012 - 2:24pm

PHOENIX -- A sharply divided Arizona House has rejected a bill to allow Mohave County officials to abolish the police department in a northern Arizona community with a polygamist enclave.

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Arizona may join Utah in demanding public lands

Paul Davenport The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, April 23, 2012 - 4:39pm

PHOENIX -- Arizona may join Utah in demanding that the federal government surrender control of millions of acres of public land to the state.

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Arizona bill targets police in polygamist enclave

Paul Davenport The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, February 8, 2012 - 6:10pm

PHOENIX — A bill advancing in the Arizona Legislature would abolish the police department in Colorado City, a northern Arizona community where state Attorney General Tom Horne says officers who are followers of polygamist leader Warren Jeffs flout the law.

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Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer points at President Barack Obama after he arrived at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, in Mesa, Ariz. Brewer greeted Obama and what she got was a book critique. Of her book. The two leaders engaged in an intense conversation at the base of Air Force One’s steps. Both could be seen smiling, but speaking at the same time. Asked moments later what the conversation was about, Brewer, a Republican, said: "He was a little disturbed about my book." Brewer recently published a book, "Scorpions for Breakfast," something of a memoir that describes her years growing up and defends her signing of Arizona’s controversial law cracking down on illegal immigrants, which Obama opposes. Brewer also handed Obama an envelope with a handwritten invitation for Obama to return to Arizona to meet her for lunch and to join her for a visit to the border. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

Obama and Ariz. governor have testy exchange on tarmac

Paul Davenport The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, January 26, 2012 - 6:21pm

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer says she meant no disrespect when she pointed a finger at President Barack Obama during an intense discussion on an airport tarmac. But the Republican governor says the Democratic president showed disrespect for her by abruptly ending their conversation.

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FILE - In an Aug. 19, 2010 file photo, Arizona Department of Corrections Director Charles Ryan explains the changes the department is making and circumstances that lead to an escape at a state prison in Kingman, Ariz., of three inmates on July 30, at a news conference, in Phoenix. The company that operates the Kingman prison is among four firms that the state Department of Corrections is proposing be awarded new prison bed contracts. Utah-based Management and Training Corp. operates the state prison in Kingman, which state officials have said was plagued with security flaws that allow the escape last July. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Arizona eyes more private prison contracts

Paul Davenport The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, July 11, 2011 - 5:16pm

PHOENIX -- A Utah company that operates an Arizona prison where three violent offenders escaped last year is among four firms that the Arizona Department of Corrections is proposing be awarded new prison bed contracts.

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Arizona lawmakers preparing citizenship legislation

Amanda Lee Myers, Paul Davenport, The Associated Press ahowell

Last updated Tuesday, October 19, 2010 - 1:42pm

PHOENIX -- Lawmakers in at least 14 states are collaborating on proposed legislation to deny U.S. citizenship to children of illegal immigrants, according to lawmakers, including the sponsor of Arizona's 2010 law targeting illegal immigration.

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Prison chief says state didn't detect prison flaws

Felicia Fonseca, Paul Davenport, The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, August 19, 2010 - 12:42pm

PHOENIX -- The Arizona Department of Corrections says a privately operated state prison in Kingman was plagued by security problems prior to the escape of three inmates, including two convicted of murder.

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