Arizona News
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Compromise among senators eyed on border security
Wednesday, Jun 19, 5:49 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) - After secretive talks, key senators expressed optimism Wednesday night that they were closing in on a bipartisan agreement to toughen the border security requirements in immigration... Read more...
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Gov. Jan Brewer vetoes religious property tax bill
Wednesday, Jun 19, 5:48 pm
PHOENIX -- Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has vetoed a bill that would have expanded property tax exemptions for religious organizations, while also signing another bill that blocks unemployment benefits... Read more...
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New Colo. wildfire prompts evacuations of homes
Wednesday, Jun 19, 5:47 pm
EVERGREEN, Colo. (AP) - A new wildfire in the foothills southwest of Denver forced the evacuation of dozens of homes Wednesday as hot and windy conditions in much of Colorado and elsewhere in the... Read more...
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Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer vetoes adoption bill
Wednesday, Jun 19, 5:47 pm
PHOENIX -- Republican Gov. Jan Brewer vetoed a bill Wednesday that would have allowed foster children to be adopted while their birth parents were still fighting to keep them. The veto came after... Read more...
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Minuteman group co-founder charged with child molestation
Wednesday, Jun 19, 5:26 pm
PHOENIX -- The leader of an Arizona militia group was arrested Thursday on suspicion of molesting three young girls. According to police documents, Christopher Allen Simcox, 52, was charged after... Read more...
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Gov. Jan Brewer signs health cost transparency bill
Wednesday, Jun 19, 5:00 pm
PHOENIX -- Gov. Jan Brewer has signed a bill requiring hospitals and doctors to post the prices of their most common procedures and changing the way the state's Medicaid program determines what to... Read more...
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Gov. Jan Brewer signs elected officials' pension bill
Wednesday, Jun 19, 4:58 pm
PHOENIX -- A bill replacing pensions for new judges and other elected officials with a 401(k)-style retirement plan has been signed into law by Gov. Jan Brewer. The elimination of the Elected... Read more...
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Man who opened fire at construction site may be charged with hate crime
Wednesday, Jun 19, 4:56 pm
PHOENIX -- A man opened fire at a construction site in Florence, Ariz., and investigators said it could have been a hate crime. "Danny Davis went to this site because it was a site where minorities... Read more...
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Hundreds displaced by Doce Fire near Prescott
Wednesday, Jun 19, 3:29 pm
PRESCOTT, Ariz. -- A nearly eight-square-mile wildfire just west of Prescott moved into people's backyards but firefighters have been able to keep the scattering of homes threatened in a wilderness... Read more...
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Brewer vetoes 1 unemployment bill, cites cost
Wednesday, Jun 19, 3:26 pm
PHOENIX -- Gov. Jan Brewer has vetoed one of several bills changing how the state's unemployment insurance systems works. Brewer rejected SB1369 on Wednesday, saying it would cost the state unemployment... Read more...
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Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signs election overhaul bill
Wednesday, Jun 19, 3:25 pm
PHOENIX -- Gov. Jan Brewer signed a sweeping election bill Wednesday that will overhaul the early voting process in Arizona and make it more difficult for third-party candidates to get on the ballot. ... Read more...
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Phoenix serial shooter Dale Hausner dies in prison
Wednesday, Jun 19, 2:56 pm
PHOENIX -- Dale Hausner, one of the two men convicted in a string of serial shootings, died Wednesday in prison. Hausner, 40, was found unresponsive in his cell about noon. He was taken to a local... Read more...
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Man killed at Mesa construction site identified
Wednesday, Jun 19, 2:51 pm
PHOENIX -- A worker who was killed Wednesday morning at a Mesa, Ariz., construction site has been identified. Steven Ariston, 43, was killed when a support structure of a bridge under construction... Read more...
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$500K bond set for suspect in fatal I-17 crash
Wednesday, Jun 19, 2:28 pm
PHOENIX -- A Gilbert man accused of manslaughter in a fatal freeway crash has had his bond set at $500,000. Maricopa County prosecutors say 27-year-old Carl William Day also is being held on... Read more...
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Defense: US man never joined Syrian al-Qaida group
Wednesday, Jun 19, 2:15 pm
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - A U.S. Army veteran was confused and mistaken when he told authorities he fought with an al-Qaida group seeking to topple the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad, his... Read more...
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Historic Marble Canyon Lodge burns down near Page, Ariz.
Wednesday, Jun 19, 2:09 pm
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- The historic Marble Canyon Lodge and Restaurant in northern Arizona has burned to the ground. Coconino County Sheriff's officials say the fire was reported about 1:30 a.m.... Read more...
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Suspect pleads not guilty in fatal Phoenix crash
Wednesday, Jun 19, 1:55 pm
PHOENIX -- A man accused in the hit-and-run death of a Phoenix police officer last month has pleaded not guilty in the case. Maricopa County prosecutors said 24-year-old Jesus Cabrera Molina entered... Read more...
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