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Ariz. migrant case could lead to sweeping changes

Last updated Thursday, April 26, 2012 - 12:09pm

PHOENIX -- The United States could see an official about-face in the coming months in how it confronts illegal immigration if the Supreme Court follows through on its suggestion that it would let local police enforce the most controversial part of Arizona's immigration law.

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$11.6M awarded to improve I-15 in Arizona Strip

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, April 24, 2012 - 6:21am

BEAVER DAM, Ariz. -- An $11.6 million contract has been awarded to repave a remote section of Interstate 15 through the Virgin River Gorge.

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FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2012 photo, Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu speaks at a news conference in Florence, Ariz. Babeu, a sheriff seeking the GOP nomination for an Arizona congressional seat has been forced to confirm he is gay amid allegations of misconduct made by a man with whom he previously had a relationship. There are questions, many of them, about Babeu and his "choices" and judgment, about whether the sheriff may have somehow abused his power. Yet voters, Republican voters in particular, are also asking some intriguing questions of themselves, about acceptance and identity and values, about what really matters most to them. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Deirdre Hamill)

Gay sheriff's conservative political star tarnished, but he's not quitting

Robin Abcarian Los Angeles Times

Last updated Tuesday, February 28, 2012 - 11:07am

SAN TAN VALLEY, Ariz. -- As he walked into the cafeteria of Walker Butte Elementary School to help recruit local citizens as law enforcement volunteers, the recently outed sheriff of Pinal County got an immensely warm welcome. Men shook his hand. Women embraced and kissed him.

Paul Babeu did not seem to be a man whose career and political aspirations were crumbling, as some have claimed. Except for his raggedy voice, he seemed about as comfortable and upbeat as could be expected of a man who had just faced the world to admit publicly for the first time that he was gay, while denying he had threatened his former lover, a Mexican national, with deportation.

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Kevin Baxter: Tucson wants MLS in the spring

Kevin Baxter Los Angeles Times

Last updated Monday, February 27, 2012 - 6:37pm

LOS ANGELES -- For more than 60 years, Tucson was synonymous with spring training. Then 13 months ago the Colorado Rockies and Arizona Diamondbacks decamped for Maricopa County, taking with them tens of millions of tourist dollars and leaving gaping holes in the city's coffers and its sports landscape.

Chris Keeney thinks he can fill both voids by bringing spring training back. Only his idea has nothing to do with baseball.

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Horses and riders make their way up a trail at Tanque Verde, a working ranch that sidles up to Saguaro National Park near Tucson, Ariz, where guests get to live a "Gunsmoke"-style life.

'Gunsmoke' comes to life

Jim Buchta Star Tribune (Minneapolis)

Last updated Sunday, January 22, 2012 - 5:55am

TUCSON, Ariz. -- Gene Autry I wasn't. Barely an hour ino an all-day trail ride, my hiking boots felt like ovens and my baseball cap barely shaded my face.

It was no better for my horse, Cutter. The low Arizona sun lit his red mane like flames. We were climbing, and Cutter struggled to get his footing on the rocky, steep trail. Sweat trickled down his shoulders as a dozen wannabe cowboys plodded along nose-to-tail behind a real cowboy named Joe.

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FILE - In a Monday, Dec. 5, 2011 file photo, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio discusses the latest in the document release on his office's handling of many sexual assault cases over the years in El Mirage, Ariz., during a news conference, in Phoenix. Federal authorities plan to announce their findings Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011 in a civil rights investigation of Arpaio, who has been accused of using discriminatory tactics in its signature immigration patrols. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Feds issue scathing report against AZ sheriff

Jacques Billeaud The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, December 16, 2011 - 6:24pm

PHOENIX -- Sheriff Joe Arpaio says a scathing U.S. Justice Department report about his office's law enforcement tactics marks what he calls "a sad day for America as a whole."

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Utah to Arizona: Don’t toll Interstate 15

Richard Simon Los Angeles Times

Last updated Monday, October 31, 2011 - 11:41pm

WASHINGTON — A proposed toll on a 30-mile stretch of Interstate 15 in Arizona is drawing opposition from Utah.

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(DEIRDRE HAMILL/The Associated Press) In this Friday, Oct. 14, 2011 photo, protesters march from Chase bank to Bank of America in Phoenix, in support of the Occupy Wall Street protest movement.

Dozens arrested in Arizona after Wall St. protests

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, October 17, 2011 - 8:06am

PHOENIX — Authorities in Arizona arrested nearly 100 people after two separate protests in support of the Occupy Wall Street movement.

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GOP-led bill opens up Grand Canyon area to mining

Felicia Fonseca The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, October 12, 2011 - 11:55pm

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- A group of Republican lawmakers is renewing an effort to open up 1 million acres near the Grand Canyon to new mining claims.

Legislation announced Wednesday would prevent the Interior Department from extending a temporary ban on the filing of new mining claims that expires in December. The group said Interior Secretary Ken Salazar's intention to set aside the land for 20 years would eliminate hundreds of potential jobs, create a de facto wilderness area and unravel decades of responsible resource development.

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(The Associated Press) In this Jan. 8, 2011 photo released by the Pima County Sheriff’s Office shows shooting suspect Jared Loughner. A judge in Tucson hears arguments Wednesday Sept. 28, 2011 over whether Jared Lee Loughner should spend eight more months in psychological treatment in a bid to make him competent to stand trial. Loughner has been at a Missouri prison facility since U.S. District Judge Larry Burns found him mentally unfit four months ago.

Judge to mull an extension of Loughner’s treatment

Amanda Lee Myers, Jacques Billeaud The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, September 28, 2011 - 8:39am

TUCSON, Ariz. — The man accused of wounding Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in a deadly shooting rampage is scheduled Wednesday to make his first court appearance since an angry outburst got him kicked out of a May competency hearing.

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Ariz. governor on deadline for immigration appeal

Jacques Billeaud The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, August 10, 2011 - 7:58am

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer faces a Wednesday deadline for asking the U.S. Supreme Court to accept her appeal of a ruling that put on hold key parts of the state's immigration enforcement law.

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A giant dust storm covers Phoenix, Tuesday, July 5, 2011. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Rob Schumacher)

Phoenix hit by massive dust storm

Amanda Lee Myers The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, July 6, 2011 - 3:59pm

PHOENIX — Arizonans are calling it the mother of all dust storms.

The mile-high wall of ominous, billowing dust that appeared to swallow Phoenix and its suburbs is all that locals can talk about.

It moved through the state around sundown Tuesday, halting airline flights, knocking out power to nearly 10,000 people, turning swimming pools into mud pits and caking cars with dirt.

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12-year-old bicyclist from Ariz. killed in S. Utah

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Last updated Sunday, June 26, 2011 - 7:44pm

SANTA CLARA — A 12-year-old Arizona girl was hit and killed Saturday by a sport utility vehicle.

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(ERIN HOOLEY/Standard-Examiner) Emily Whipp, of Sandy, with her dog, Rebel, get results from the judges during the Protection Sports Association K9 trials held in Riverdale ong Saturday. Handlers and their dogs tested for level one and level two obedience certificates. Events continue today.

Dogs do happy dance during obedience testing in Riverdale

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, June 25, 2011 - 10:52pm

RIVERDALE -- Rukus kept his ears alert and his eyes fixed on the movements of master Dwayne Baker. The dog, a 5-year-old Belgian Malinois, stayed focused on his obedience training even as a starter pistol fired nearby, two men in padded safety suits tossed a yellow tennis ball and another man threw dog treats near the spot where Baker had ordered Rukus to stay.

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Stephanie Jaco looks over her Mustang that was destroyed along with her home from the Monument Fire near Sierra Vista, Ariz. on Wednesday, June 22, 2011. The first of three major wildfires that have been burning in Arizona for weeks is expected to be fully contained by Wednesday evening, and fire crews are making major strides in corralling the other two. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, David Kadlubowski)

Ariz. fire nears containment after everything in sight

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Last updated Thursday, June 23, 2011 - 9:57am

PHOENIX -- Fire crews are making major strides in corralling three major wildfires that have been burning in Arizona for weeks, and they expect to have one of the fires fully contained by this weekend.

The 348-square-mile fire that will be the first contained has burned through almost an entire forest atop southeastern Arizona's Chiricahua mountains. The forest supports a huge diversity of plants and animals and is a world-renowned bird watching area.

The fire was tamed because it basically had burned across the whole mountain range, said Mary Christensen, a spokeswoman for the team that has battled the huge blaze since it broke out May 8. The Chiricahua is one of the state's so-called "sky island" mountain ranges, which rise from the surrounding desert and grasslands and aren't connected to other ranges. It is part of the Coronado National Forest.

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