Arizona News
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Arizona group files referendum to block Medicaid expansion
Wednesday, Jun 19, 12:31 pm
PHOENIX -- A group opposed to Gov. Jan Brewer's plan to expand Arizona's Medicaid plan under provisions of the federal health care overhaul law has filed a citizen's referendum to block the new law. ... Read more...
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Bill could reduce illegal immigration 25 percent
Wednesday, Jun 19, 12:12 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) - Illegal immigration into the United States would decrease by only 25 percent under a far-reaching Senate immigration bill, according to an analysis by the Congressional Budget... Read more...
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House panel starts rewrite of No Child Left Behind
Wednesday, Jun 19, 11:46 am
WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republicans on Wednesday finished their rewrite of GOP President George W. Bush's prized No Child Left Behind Act, sending to their colleagues a bill that would strip Education... Read more...
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2 die in Chandler house fire
Wednesday, Jun 19, 10:36 am
CHANDLER, Ariz. -- Authorities said two people have been found dead after their Chandler house caught fire. Chandler Fire Department said the bodies of an 82-year-old woman and a 72-year-old... Read more...
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Neighbors: Couple killed waited for order to leave
Wednesday, Jun 19, 10:20 am
DENVER (AP) - Bob and Barbara Schmidt dashed to their home on a dirt road in a heavily wooded area northeast of Colorado Springs as smoke from what would become the most destructive wildfire in... Read more...
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Support beams collapse at Mesa construction site, 1 dead
Wednesday, Jun 19, 6:53 am
PHOENIX -- A worker was killed Wednesday morning when a support structure of a bridge under construction in Mesa collapsed. Three steel beams crashed down, trapping two men under thousands of pounds... Read more...
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Tempe museum to host Legend City 50th anniversary
Wednesday, Jun 19, 5:00 am
PHOENIX -- Longtime Valley residents can take a walk down memory lane this weekend. They'll be reliving a fond memory of their childhood: Legend City. It was June 29, 1963 when thousands of... Read more...
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Canadian snowbirds hoping for longer stays in U.S.
Wednesday, Jun 19, 5:00 am
PHOENIX -- The Canadian Snowbirds Association is closely watching one debate in the Senate. Lawmakers are looking at a proposed piece of legislation that would allow Canadian snowbirds to spend... Read more...
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APS: Outage leaves Bagdad residents without power
Tuesday, Jun 18, 10:12 pm
PHOENIX -- A power outage that began around 12:00 p.m. Tuesday afternoon has left 971 customers without power, according to an APS spokesperson. Jenna Shaver of APS said the outage was related to... Read more...
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Tempe PD: Arizona Mills' movie theater evacuated after gun report
Tuesday, Jun 18, 9:33 pm
PHOENIX -- The Harkins Theatres 25 and IMAX inside Arizona Mills was evacuated Tuesday night, according to the Tempe Police Department. The evacuation was done as a precaution to a report of a man... Read more...
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Wildfire near Prescott grows to 7,000 acres
Tuesday, Jun 18, 5:51 pm
PHOENIX -- A wildfire broke out Tuesday about eight miles northwest of Prescott, Ariz., and has burned about 7,000 acres, the U.S. Forest Service said. About 460 homes had been evacuated by 11 a.m.... Read more...
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US Airways among busiest for domestic flights
Tuesday, Jun 18, 5:13 pm
A Tempe, Ariz. airline is one of the busiest in the world when it comes to domestic flights. According to Read more...
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Junction City police seize $828K from Arizona driver
Tuesday, Jun 18, 4:50 pm
JUNCTION CITY, Kan. -- A 78-year-old Arizona man is being held in northeast Kansas after police reported finding $828,000 in cash in his pickup truck. Junction City Police Chief Tim Brown says... Read more...
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Appeals court upholds ruling on Arizona's bail law
Tuesday, Jun 18, 4:30 pm
PHOENIX -- An appeals court has upheld a lower court's ruling that dismissed a challenge to an Arizona law that denies bail to people who aren't in the country legally and are charged with murder,... Read more...
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Possible human remains found in northern Arizona
Tuesday, Jun 18, 3:45 pm
MEADVIEW, Ariz. -- Construction crews paving a road to the Grand Canyon Skywalk have uncovered what authorities say appear to be human remains. Authorities say a small pile of bones were found... Read more...
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Coalition urging Obama to halt EPA rules for Arizona power plant
Tuesday, Jun 18, 3:38 pm
PHOENIX -- A proposed rule by the Environmental Protection Agency for an Arizona power plant is a bad one, a coalition said. The EPA is calling for new equipment at the Navajo Generating Station... Read more...
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Jodi Arias prosecutor opposes postponement of retrial
Tuesday, Jun 18, 3:22 pm
PHOENIX -- The prosecutor in the Jodi Arias case has asked a judge to reject her attorneys' request to delay until next year the retrial of the penalty phase in her case. Prosecutor Juan Martinez... Read more...
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